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NEW HOPE
NEW DAWN RAILWAYS

OFFERING SERVICES,

SAFETY AND SPEED

ndian Railways are being moulded into aspirations of New India and expectations of a Self-
Reliant India. In the last six years, it has offered better safety, more cleanliness and has
Iwitnessed substantial improvement in reducing the travel time. A network of semi-high speed
trains is being developed. Vande Bharat is an example of transformations taking place in Indian
Railways. Taking Railways to the unserved areas, 100 per cent electrification of trains and zero
carbon emission are Government's aims in the coming year

NEW DAWN NEW HOPES

Railways completed electrification of Railways have entrusted National High Speed
18,065 kilometre railway line in the Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) with the work of
period 2014-20. This was 371 per cent preparing detailed Project report for 865-km-long
increase compared to the five years Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail corridor
between 2009-14 NHSRCL will be adopting Light Detection and
Railways have launched a completely Ranging Survey (LiDAR) technique using Laser-
digitised online Human Resource enabled equipment mounted on a helicopter for
Management System. Between April conducting ground survey
2019 and June 2020, no lives were lost Railways have aimed for electrification of the
in train accidents. Since 1853, this is entire 28,143 kilometre of broad gauge by
the first such achievement December, 2023. Around 66 per cent work was
Record 1,274 Manned Level Crossings completed by November 2020
were eliminated in 2019-20 compared The National Rail and Transportation Institute
to 631 in 2018-19 (NRTI), Vadodara, a deemed to be University
Railways saw the highest- ever renewal established under the Railway Ministry, has
of rails for 5,181 track km (TKM) in announced seven new courses for the Academic
2019-20 against 4,265 TKM in 2018-19. year 2020-21
Total 505 pairs of trains were converted It is offering Master of Sciences course in
to Head on Generation (HOG), Systems Engineering in collaboration with the
unleashing approximately 70 million University of Birmingham, UK
litre diesel and Rs 450 Crore per annum Railways are aiming for zero carbon emission by
potential saving 2030. It will be installing Solar panels on the less
In the field of green initiatives, a total used land
number of 69,000 coaches were fitted Railways are fitting radio-frequency identification
with more than 2,44,000 bio-toilets in tags (RFID) in all wagons for tracking.
Indian Railways Railways have announced recruiting 1.4 Lakh
new vacancies
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