Leaders from Congress, DMK, Aam Aadmi Party, CPI(M), BRS and YSR Congress are some of the opposition parties who have written to Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw about their demand.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday lauded Uttar Pradesh's Global Investors Summit and said that it is being discussed worldwide while also adding that the double-engine government is taking the state forward at the speed of a bullet train.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said that a target has been set to lay new railway tracks for a distance of 7,000 kilometres in the financial year 2023-24.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually flagged off the latest Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad with Visakhapatnam. This is the eighth such train to be launched by the Indian Railways.
Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha said that about 80 per cent of reserved tickets are booked online.
"Family of each deceased will get Rs 5 lakhs, those who sustained grievous injuries will get Rs 1 lakh, and those with nonserious injuries will get Rs 25,000," said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Odisha Commerce and Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu on Sunday wrote to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw requesting him to sanction a new railway line between Bargarh and Nuapada, via Padampur.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday reviewed nine new railway line projects which have been taken up on 50:50 ratios with the Government of India.
Speaking to ANI at Varanasi on Saturday, the railway minister said, "A lot needs to be learnt upon initiating a new project with new technology. Everyone is absorbing the system and learning from it."
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 22 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said railway projects worth over Rs 57,000 crore have been sanctioned for Rajasthan.