Highlights of Union minister Sadananda Gowda’s 1st Rail Budget in the Lok Sabha : * Indian railways to become the largest freight carrier in the world. * Social obligation of Railways in 2013-14 was Rs 20,000 crore. * Gross traffic receipts in 2013-14 was Rs 12,35,558 crore; operating ratio was 94%. * Focus in past: on sanctioning projects rather than completing them, Rly Min says. * Indian Railways spent Rs 41 K crore on laying 3,700 km of new lines in last 10 years. * Fare revision to bring in Rs.8 K crore; need another Rs.9 K crore for golden quadrilateral project. * Railways also proposes to set up Food Courts at major stations. * Need to explore alternative sources of resource mobilisation & NOT depend on fare hike alone.. * Spend 94% of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa. * With 12,500 trains, 23 million passengers move daily; equal to moving Australias population. * Private housekeeping wing at 50 major stations. * CCTV to monitor cleanliness activities. * Mechanized laundry will be introduced. * Dedicated freight corridor on Eastern & Western corridors. * 5,400 unmanned level crossing removed. * Tourist trains to be introduced to link all major places of tourist interests across the country. * 4,000 women constables to be recruited to ensure safety of women. 17,000 RPF constables to provide safety to passengers. * Setting up of Railway University for technical & non-technical study. * Ultrasonic System to detect problem in track. * Proposal to start Bullet trains on Mumbai—Ahmedabad route. Speed of important trains will be also raised. * Diamond Quadrilateral project of high speed trains to connect all major metros. * E-ticketing system to be improved. Future e-ticketing to support 7200 tickets per minute & to allow 120,000 simultaneous users * Wifi in A1 & A category stations and in select trains. Internet-based platform and unreserved tickets. * GIS mapping and digitization of Railway Land. Extension of logistics support to various e-Commerce Companies. * Bulk of future projects will be financed through PPP mode. * Facilitate transport of milk through rail. Special milk transportation trains in association with Amul and National Dairy Association Board. * One ticket to reach from Delhi to Srinagar. Uddhampur to Banihal by bus and Banihal to Srinagar by train. * Mumbai local to get 860 new, state- of-the art coaches. 64 new EMUs to be introduced. * Train connectivity to Char Dham. * Paperless office of Indian railways in 5 years. Digital reservation charts at stations. * Ready-to-eat meals to be introduced in phased manners. * 27 Express trains to be introduced. * 5 Jansadharan , 5 Premium AC trains to be introduced.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:03:15 +0000
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