Ministry of Railways on Saturday announced that it was delegating powers to the Zonal Railways to introduce discounted fare scheme in trains with AC chair cars.
Yashpal Singh Tomar, on Tuesday, assumed the charge as new Director (Network Planning and Marketing-NPM) of RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL), a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Railways.
The NHRC has issued notices to the Chairman, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi, and the Commissioner of Police, Delhi calling for a detailed report within 4 weeks.
The order stated, "Ministry of Railways have with the approval of the President decided that Shri K R Chaudhary, NF-HAG/ ISRE, presently working as Chairman/RRB/Ajmer, should be transferred to South Eastern Railway and posted as DRM/Kharagpur."
"He will also visit the Balasore District Hospital and will meet with the officials of the Hospital and District administration. Apart from this, Vaishnaw will inspect and review the development of Balasore Railway Station," according to the Ministry of Railways.
According to the official sources of Ministry of Railways, these trains will operate on routes including Goa-Mumbai, Patna-Ranchi, Bhopal-Indore, Bhopal-Jabalpur, and Bangalore-Hubli-Dharwad.
New Delhi [India], June 15: Kevadia Railway Station, known popularly as the railway station for the Statue of Unity gets thousands of tourists every month. The Ministry of Railways, Government of India, keeping that in mind, decided to increase and better the surveillance & security syst
"Freight revenue of Rs. 14641.83 crores have been achieved in May 2023 against Rs 14083.86 crore freight earnings in May 2022, thereby an improvement of about 4 per cent over last year," stated the Ministry of Railways.
Within hours of the accident union, Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw was on the ground. While he traversed through the accident site, understanding the technicalities of the accident, and of course monitoring the rescue and relief operations, it was not without a plan.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case on request of Ministry of Railways, consent of Odisha Government and further orders from DoPT(Government of India) relating to train accident involving Coromandel Express, Yashwantpur-Howrah Express and a Goods train at Bahanaga
The help desk has been set up at BMC-ICOMC tower, Satya Nagar Bhubaneswar to facilitate family, friends, and relatives of deceased people and people stranded in the tragic train accident.