The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a new railway line project between Indore and Mumbai.
A railway track near Intakanne raily station Kesamudram and Intakanne was washed away on Sunday due to heavy rains in the region. The restoration work for the track are ongoing and will be completed by tomorrow evening, according to officials.
Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer Satish Kumar took over as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, on Sunday.
Amid the heavy rainfall in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the train services have been disrupted due to water logging over the tracks at several locations.
The domestic air passenger traffic in India experienced a 7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in July 2024, reaching 1.30 crore passengers, according to the data by Director General of Civil Aviation.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw laid the foundation stone of a new hangar for standard and broad gauge rolling stock, manufacturing BEML Bengaluru on Sunday.
The Prime Minister also highlighted that so far more than three crore people have travelled by these trains and these numbers are proof of the success of Vande Bharat Trains.