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Indian Railways now organised into
sixteen zones covering whole country,
They all coordinated and managed
the Railway Board,
The Railway Board also known as the
Ministry of Railways.
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Covid challenge to NRP: Railways says 2020 was a 'year of grit and victories'
Photo: PTI25 min read . 26 Dec 2020Staff Writer
As the year 2020 comes to an end, Indian Railways on Saturday came up with an account of how the year panned out for the national transporter.
Indian Railways has used the Coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity for future development and to provide a better travel experience for passengers, the Ministry of Railways said in a press release.
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In line with what the prime minister says, “Reform, Perform & Transform", and his advice that “It is better to set a stiff target and seek to achieve it rather than drifting forward without aim", Ministry of Railways has worked towards ushering in transformational changes across in all the area of its operations and management, the press release read.
Major reforms were carried out during the period are described below.
National Rail Plan: To cater to the traffic requirements upto 2050 :laying the foundation for future
A National Rail Plan (NRP) 2030 has been developed with a view to develop infrastructure by 2030 to cater to the traffic requirements upto 2050. Based on the NRP, a Vision 2024 document has been prepared to develop infrastructure by 2024 to enhance modal share of Railways in freight transportation to more than 40% and to cater to the traffic requirements upto 2030. Vision 2024 document lists all priority projects with target dates of completion and allocation of resources. Multi tracking of 14,000 Km route, approximately ₹2.5 Lakh Cr.
Running of SHRAMIK Special: Trains of Hope in Adversity
The COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdown had put both their lives and livelihoods of millions of migrants on hold. A great many number of them urgently wanted to get back to their homes and villages
Taking notice of this need, the Ministry of Home Affairs ordered the Ministry of Railways to arrange an emergency unique train service in coordination with individual state governments. The first Shramik Special train was flagged off on 1 May 2020.
With maximum trains to Uttar Pradesh (1,726) and Bihar (1,627), Shramik Express carried 63.15 lac passengers to 23 states through 4621 trips between 1 May and 31 August 2020, in response to the state governments' requests.
The Railways faced several challenges during the Shramik Special operation. Still, the biggest challenge was ensuring that 63.15 lac passengers traveling through some of the country's hottest regions during peak summer months had adequate food and water. For example, Danapur Railway Station provided a total of 22.79 lakh food packets, and 28.75 lakh water bottles were provided to people traveling on 1773 trains. Similarly, Western Railways distributed about 1.2 crore meals and 1.5 crore water bottles with IRCTC's assistance.
Covid challenge as an opportunity to complete critical infrastructural and maintenance projects
During the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown period, Indian Railway men rose to the challenge and once again demonstrated that they can perform under adverse and crisis situations. Indian Railway took advantage of the opportunity of availability of traffic blocks due to reduced train operations during lockdown period and completed over 350 critical and long pending major bridge & track works. These works had a significant bearing on safety and operational efficiency. Some of these works were pending for several years as sufficient traffic blocks could not be made available under normal working conditions due to high density of traffic.
Progress of National Connectivity:
-Jammu & Kashmir:
- Udhampur- Srinagar- Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project by December 2022
-Length: 272 Km; Commissioned - 161 Km, (Katra Banihal Section left)
1) North East India:
-All north-eastern State capitals (except Shillong) by March 2023
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