Railway Ministry allots Rs 153.84 cr for new India-B’desh rly line in NE
The Railway Ministry has allocated Rs 153.84 crores for the under-construction railway line between India's Tripura to Bangladesh, officials said here on Saturday.
The Railway Ministry has allocated Rs 153.84 crores for the under-construction railway line between India's Tripura to Bangladesh, officials said here on Saturday.
According to the preliminary report by the State Emergency Operation Center, around 238 people lost their lives and 900 people are injured.
The Indian Railways has chosen to rehabilitate 200 stations around the country using engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and PPP models as part of its efforts to modernise railway facilities.
25 tonne axle load rails have been laid at DFC for the operation of two-storeyed double stack container trains carrying 12,000 tonne load. These tracks are of grade 1080 imported from Japan.
"When the government is allowing flights, BEST and ST buses with restrictions and precautions, then why millions of commuters debarred from the suburban trains, which are the lifeline of Mumbai," Darekar demanded.
After inaugural run on Friday, the train had developed some problems on the return leg of its journey from Varanasi and had to be halted twice
The train remained halted for almost three hours before resuming journey; railway ministry attributes the disruption to a "possible cattle run over"
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had on Wednesday said that the Railways would employ over four lakh people by 2021.
"There were complaints against the prevailing bidding system as the scope of formation of cartels and illegal interference in the bidding procedure to bag parking, catering and other contracts was always there," said a senior Railway Ministry official.
Passing through nine states and 60 districts, the project will have 48 stations and junctions along the Western DFC and 58 on the Eastern DFC.
