On a cumulative basis from April 2023 - February 2024, freight loading of 1434.01 MT was achieved by Indian railways against last year’s loading of 1367.5 MT, an improvement of approximately 66.51 MT over last year’s loading for the same period.
The Ministry said the objective is to leverage innovative technologies developed by country’s startups/MSMEs/Innovators/Entrepreneurs
Expressing his delight over this tremendous result, Sanjay Kumar, CMD, RailTel said, "performance of the centre has been exceptional as 194 out of 207 students finally made it to IIT/ NIT's or other engineering colleges since inception of this project.
The pilot of the scheme was started on 25 March 2022 and as on 1 May 2023, 728 stations have been covered with 785 OSOP outlets in 21 states and three Union Territories across the country.
The freight corridor between Son Nagar in Bihar to Patratu in Jharkhand passes through the Palamu Tiger Reserve. Besides, a new railway track of 11 kilometers is also proposed.
IRCTC will be starting the series of departures of the religious tours from the different directions of the country to all important places connected with the life of Lord Shri Ram.
As a measure of preparedness, Covid Care coaches have been readied to serve as an additional health care facility for the isolation of Covid patients with mild symptoms.
NHRC has issued notices to the Chief Secretaries of Gujarat and Bihar, Chairman, Railway Board and Union Home Secretary calling for a detailed report on the migrant crisis.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted the request while asserting that the Indian Railways is committed to ensuring safety of all passengers.
The Odisha government had provided Rs 5.5 crore to the Railways for ticket fare of the migrants returning to Odisha, but people returning without prior information, may face difficulty in availing the free ticket facility.
