The Indian Railways is yet again expecting the highest-ever outlay for capital expenditure of over Rs 1.70 lakh crore from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is set to present the Budget on February 1.
Railway officials have decided to replace the Urdu language with Sanskrit on all signboards at platforms. The signboards which have names of railway stations written in Hindi, English, and Urdu will now be written in Hindi, English, and Sanskrit.
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A portion of the Bardhaman Railway Station building collapsed on Saturday evening, injuring two persons, an Eastern Railway (ER) spokesman said. They were taken to the Bardhaman Medical College Hospital, the official said, adding, Railway doctors have also rushed to the medical facility.
The increased fare, however, is not applicable on suburban trains while they are applicable on mail/express non-AC trains, AC trains, and Rajdhani, Shatabdis. Here's how it will affect your pocket from today.
While the BEST plans to operate 20 extra buses on seven routes connecting the city's sea fronts to railway stations, the Western and Central railways will ply eight and four services respectively on Tuesday night.
To facilitate the travel of participants of the 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' program, railways will grant 50 percent concession in basic fares of second/sleeper class to youngsters with earnings/emoluments of not more than Rs 5,000 per month, a statement from the ministry said. The concession has been granted as a special case only for normal train services and is not admissible in special trains or coaches, it said.
The Railways has provided free WiFi at 5,500 stations across the country, the national transporter's digital arm RailTel said on Friday. Jharkhand's Mahuamilan station, which comes under the East Central Railway zone, has become the 5,500th station to get the facility, it said.
Here's how Indian Railways is making things better for differently-abled persons. Specially designed coaches, concessional tickets and reservation quota are some of the facilities offered. Railway stations made more accessible by wheelchairs, battery-operated vehicles and Yatri Mitra Sewa.
The bomb threat comes amid a heightened alert following a stabbing attack in London, earlier in the day.
Passengers at 25 more railway stations such as Ajmer, Jaipur and Jodhpur would be served tea and other food items in environment friendly materials like Kulhad as the North-Western Railway has directed zonal officers to take steps for ensuring the use of green catering products at these places.
Five years after new division were announced for Jammu, Gulbarga and Silchar, the Railways has formed a committee to study their feasibility, according to an official order.
No passenger has been injured, Kumar said. Following the derailment, rail traffic at the station was disrupted for some time. Kumar said senior officials have reached the station and are probing the cause of the derailment.
Five persons were detained by Government Railway Police personnel for indulging in violent activity at the station complex. The passengers allegedly vandalised the station manager's office and VIP lounge at Howrah station.
The sit-in protest, which has led to massive traffic snarls in central Delhi since October 23, is over filling up of posts reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) in the recent level-1 recruitment exercise of the Indian Railways. The protest against "irregularities" in railway recruitment in the disabled category entered the third day on Friday, the railways assured the agitators that no vacancy for 'divyangjan' will be filled by any other category.
Conceived initially as inspection cars to be exclusively used by railway officials to visit far flung areas, these saloons comprise of two bedrooms, a lounge, a pantry, a toilet and a kitchen which are built to facilitate stay for up to five days. "While a designated number of saloons will be kept for use of railway officials for inspection, 200 of them will be turned over to IRCTC and will be operated as tourist trains. Upon conversion, around ten such trains can be put into service for public use," the source said.
For the convenience of rail travellers and to clear extra rush of passengers during this festive season, railways is running 200 pairs of special trains from Durga Puja till Christmas this year.
The security personnel participating in the search operation included those of local police, Government Railway Police, railway Protection Force and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, said officials.
The railways' target is to operate high speed trains in two categories -- at 160 kmph on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata routes, and up to 320 kmph under the ongoing bullet train project between Mumbai-Ahmedabad.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, he said the decision regarding Maulana's march seemed unclear. A face-saving formula could be offered to the JUI chief, he added.
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