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Over 18,000 km railway line electrified in last six years: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): As much as 18,065 kms of the railway line was electrified under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi between 2014 and 2020 making a "quantum jump" of 371 per cent in its growth pace as compared to the six years before, Railways Minister Piyush
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Railways Minister writes to Punjab CM to ensure complete resumption of rai
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to ensure the complete resumption of railway services in the state.
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Amarinder seeks Piyush Goyal's intervention for restoration of freight mov
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 26 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has sought personal intervention of Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal for the immediate restoration of freight movement, which remains suspended in the state even after the farmers' decision to p
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Piyush Goyal calls upon American businesses to look at India as their next
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): The Union Commerce and Industry and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has invited American businesses to be a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision, and look at India as their next investment destination.
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Piyush Goyal urges industry leaders to collaborate with Railways in reduci
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said there has been a transformation of railways and that the COVID-19 phase has been utilised to remove bottlenecks making policing changes and improving infrastructure.
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Railways Minister Piyush Goyal reviews progress of DFCCIL
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Union Minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Tuesday reviewed the progress of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL) and discussed measures for its smooth functioning.
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Indian Railways to become 'Atma Nirbhar', set to meet all energy needs and
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Indian Railways would meet its energy consumption needs of more than 33 billion units by 2030, said Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal during a meeting with key stakeholders on Thursday, adding that solar plants of 20 GW capacity would be installed by the s
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Opening up entire services won't do any good, may add some trains on route
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The government is not aiming to resume passenger train services at full capacity keeping the low occupancy due to COVID-19 in mind, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday, adding that he may add some more trains on routes which are running full.
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PM Modi's idea to convert railway coaches into isolation wards, says Piyus
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the "innovative idea" days before the lockdown to convert railway coaches into isolation wards for supplementing efforts to tackle COVID-19, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.
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Test run for battery-operated dual-mode shunting locomotive successful: Pi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that test runs for the battery-operated dual-mode shunting locomotive at the Jabalpur division were successful.
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Piyush Goyal urges seriously ill, pregnant women and those above 65-years
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged people suffering from serious ailments, pregnant women, children and those above 65 years to travel in Shramik trains "only when necessary".
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Notifying only 41 Shramik trains for Maharashtra despite being prepared to
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Railways Minister Piyush Goyal stated that the Indian Railways will notify as 41 Shramik special trains for Maharashtra despite being prepared to run 125 trains.
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