MODI SARKAAR KA RAIL BUDGET !! Over 50 new trains including five Jan Sadharan trains, five premium trains and six AC express trains. High-speed network and bullet trains. Better food during train journeys. Cooked, ready-to-eat meals of known brands will be served on trains and strict action will be taken against vendors for poor quality. Food can be ordered by SMS and phone.Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour. The pilot project will be introduced on the New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes The minister promised cleaner trains. CCTVs will be used at stations for monitoring cleanliness and third party inspections will be introduced. Cleaning will be outsourced at 50 major stations. The reservation system will be revamped and ticket-booking will be facilitated through mobile phones and post offices.E-ticketing will enable 7,200 tickets per minute - against the current 2,000 per minute - and allow 120,000 users to simultaneously book online.The government has proposed rail connectivity to some of Indias most popular pilgrimage sites in Uttarakhand called the chaar dham.The government has proposed Office-on-Wheels; Wi-fi and workstation facilities on select trains.4,000 women constables will be posted for safety on trains. The Railway Minister proposed introduction of bullet trains between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. He also proposed setting up of Diamond Quadrilateral Network of high-speed trains connecting major metros and growth centers. Railways plans to increase speed of trains to 160-200 km per hour in nine select sectors: Delhi-Agra, Delhi-Chandigarh, Nagpur-Bilaspur, Goa-Mumbai, Chennai-Hyderabad, Delhi-Kanpur, Delhi-Pathankot, Mysore-Bangalore-Chennai, and Nagpur-Secundrabad. To mobilise resources for infrastructure upgradation and high-speed trains, the minister said it would seek Cabinet approval for foreign direct investment (FDI) in building rail infrastructure. He however said FDI would not be allowed in railway operations. To improve passenger convenience, the Railways will provide Wi-Fi services in A1 and A category stations and in select trains. Besides that platform and unreserved tickets can also be bought through internet. Railway e-ticketing services will be improved to support 7,200 tickets per minute and allow 1.2 lakh simultaneous users. To improve cleanliness measures, the minister provided a 40 per cent higher allocation and proposed outsourcing of cleanliness services at 50 major stations. He also said onboard housekeeping would be extended to more trains and CCTVs would be utilized to monitor stations cleanliness. The Railways will introduce pre-cooked and ready-to-eat meals of reputed brands on trains across the country. In addition to providing filtered (RO) drinking water on trains and at stations, the minister vowed strict action, including the cancellation of contracts, for any vendors who are found supplying unhygienic food to passengers. To improve transparency, Mr Gowda said e-procurement would be made compulsory for procurements over Rs 25 lakh. He also said the status of all ongoing projects would be made online. Railways will set up logistic parks and private freight terminals on public-private partnership (PPP) model. Connectivity to ports would be improved through PPP, procurement of parcel vans and rakes by private parties. Dedicated freight corridor projects: For eastern (Ludhiana, Punjab, to Dankuni, West Bengal) and western (Mumbai-Delhi) dedicated freight corridor projects, the Railways will target awarding of construction contracts for nearly 1,000 km this year..
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