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Cover Story Sankalp Yatra of New India
LEAP FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS
IN TERMS OF
SPEED AND CONVENIENCE
Railways has made significant progress
in manufacturing under Make in India.
The work done to transform railways and
80 prepare railway tracks for fast-moving
trains is well evidenced by Vande Bharat
Express.-Narendra Modi, Prime Minister.
The indigenous Vande Bharat train in terms of
.n
speed and convenience is the best train in Indian
Railways. At present Vande Bharat trains are
running on two routes- New Delhi to Varanasi, and
New Delhi to Vaishno Devi.
RRTS .n The government is working on the vision to run 75
Vande Bharat trains by August 2023 and 400 trains
Similarly, the Rapid Rail Project, which is in the next three years. Currently, the speed of the
a joint partnership between the Center Vande Bharat train is 160 kmph, while its second
and the states got momentum when the
government under the leadership of Prime upgraded version is coming soon, its speed will be
Minister Narendra Modi was formed. The 180 kmph.
work is going on at full pace on the first .n The third upgrade version will run at 220 kilometers
line- Delhi-Meerut which is likely to be per hour. The process to make coaches is in
completed in June 2025. progress.
81 ROADS BECAME SAFER
In order to reduce the number of n During the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
road accidents and deaths in the there has been a huge reduction in road accidents
country, the Central Government due to awareness campaign, better engineering, strict
made several amendments in the enforcement of the law as part of the effort to secure
old Motor Vehicle Act in 2019. The road traffic.
fine for violating the rules has been NUMBER OF ROAD ACCIDENTS REDUCED 54 TIMES
increased up to 10 times. To protect
the passengers in vehicular collision, 1970 814
steps have been taken. In 2017 for 1980 339
drivers and in 2021 for co-drivers Number of road
by issuing a notification in January 1990 148 accidents per
2022 making it mandatory for 2000 80 10 thousand
vehicles to have two side airbags and
two carton airbags on each vehicle 2010 39 vehicles
manufactured after October 2022. 2020 15
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