In a recent incident, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) staff at Bhayandar prevented a tragedy as they halted a man from being run over by a local train after he leaped from a foot over bridge directly onto the railway track.
Protesting farmers from Rajpura in Punjab's Patiala are sitting on rail tracks and blocking trains at Rajpura Railway Station as the farmer's protest enters its third day on Thursday, which has escalated into a full-blown crisis ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
To increase the existing line capacity, smoothen train operations, reduce congestion and facilitate ease of travelling and transportation, the doubling of Railway tracks in important sections is taken into consideration by the Ministry of Railways.
As Tamil Nadu grapples with the aftermath of the cyclone and flooding, the railway track in Alwarthirunagari has been damaged due to heavy rainfall in the Thoothukudi district. Repair work is underway.
To ensure cleanliness around the railway tracks, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is conducting a special cleanliness drive in collaboration with the Northern Railway.
Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said that there has been 40,000 km of electrification that took place in railways in 9.5 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra since he came into power in 2014.
"Due to critical conditions, 9 passengers were referred to Jaipur. 4 passengers died, two women and two men were among the dead. The bodies of the deceased are kept in the mortuary of Dosa District Hospital." added the police.
On the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for nationwide participation in a cleanliness drive on October 1, BSF troops (Seema Praharis), led by Nitin Agrawal, IPS, DG BSF, came together with civilians to clean up railway tracks, bus stands, tourist locations, market places, road sides, un
The Farmers Association under the leadership of Ayyakannu had earlier also on September 25 staged a half-naked protest in Trichy by holding parts of the human skeleton and demanding the sharing of Cauvery water to save the standing 'kuruvai' crop cultivation in Tamil Nadu.