updated: Feb 06 2021, 21:39 ist
Indian Railways is focussing on international connectivity through the North East, particularly with Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) general manager Anshul Gupta said here on Saturday.
Train connectivity to Bangladesh is nearing completion, while survey work for linking Nepal with the region has also begun, Gupta told reporters at a press conference here. Work is yet to start in the Myanmar sector, he said.
The NFR has been allocated Rs 8,060 crore in the Union budget this year, which is Rs 1,511 crore more than the budgetary allocation in the previous fiscal, he said.
Adequate funds have been allotted for railway connectivity to the capital cities of all the eight northeastern states by March 2023, speed augmentation of trains in the region by doubling of High Density Network (HDN) sections along with electrification of the entire network, the NFR general manager said.
SCR gets ₹ 7,222 crore to focus on infrastructure, safety projects
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Key projects in both Telugu States get substantial funds in the latest railway budget
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Work in progress on upgrading of railway track at Sanathnagar in Hyderabad under the jurisdiction of South Central Railway. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL
Key projects in both Telugu States get substantial funds in the latest railway budget
Telangana railway projects got ₹ 2,420 crore while Andhra Pradesh got ₹ 5,812 crore for the next financial year to take up new infrastructure and safety works. Telangana’s allocation is 118% more than the average of last five years from 2014-20 at ₹1,110 crore a year whereas for AP the hike is 105% higher than the average of ₹2,830 crore during the same period.
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Making The Brakes In India: Railways To Adopt Homegrown Technology Called TCAS To Prevent Accidents
by Arun Kumar Das - Dec 27, 2020 06:32 AM
Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal
Snapshot
TCAS is an Automatic Train Protection system and has been developed by the Railways along with manufacturers from within the country.
It is said to be capable of preventing train accidents caused due to âSignal Passed At Dangerâ, disobedience of train speed restrictions among others, by automatic application of brakes, should the train driver fail to do so.
Shifting strategy, Indian Railways will now go in for indigenously developed accident prevention systems instead of costlier European technology to ensure passenger safety.