Tarakeswar-Bishnupur rail link nears completion
The final commissioning of the line being targeted in 2025, would facilitate easy rail connectivity between the birthplaces of Ramakrishna and Ma Sarada.
The final commissioning of the line being targeted in 2025, would facilitate easy rail connectivity between the birthplaces of Ramakrishna and Ma Sarada.
Spitting gutkha or betel juices at the city Metro premises could now cost Rs 500 to the visitors.
Crowd controlling measures by forming queues at the terminus stations under the supervision of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) staff for orderly entry of passengers in unreserved coaches is also being ensured, the Ministry of Railways said.
"The pertinent measures are being evaluated so that this does not remain without consequences," he added.
It was decided the SMC will write a letter to the railways through the government of West Bengal shortly.
South Eastern Railway on Tuesday refuted claims that a Bahanaga staff was missing after interrogation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection to the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, and said that it is not factually correct.
The train incidentally had met with accidents twice on the country's Independence Day. Out of 10 mishaps the train faced so far, five occurred in Odisha alone.
A point, missed by most, is the antiquated and dilapidated infrastructure of the railways. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on 13 December 2019, the Railway Minister informed that there were 38,850 railway bridges, which were more than 100 years old. Much of the railway track is more than fifty years old, with more than 100 per cent utilisation on trunk routes. Train bogies of even prestigious trains, like Rajdhani, are more than twenty years old
According to the West Central Railway CPRO, the derailment took place while the goods train was placed for unloading.
The case was registered in response to the First Information Report (FIR) filed by a Sub Inspector of Government Railway Police.