New Railway Minister takes initiatives to get railway safety back on track
Following 3 train derailments, in a single day, Railway Minister chaired a meeting on safety in train operations with Railway Board officials.
Following 3 train derailments, in a single day, Railway Minister chaired a meeting on safety in train operations with Railway Board officials.
Seven coaches of the Shaktipunj Express derailed near Obara Railway Station in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, at 6 am on Thursday.
Piyush Goyal has been promoted to a cabinet rank after the latest cabinet reshuffle. Replacing Suresh Prabhu, Goyal will now handle railway ministry.
Just a day ahead of Modi's cabinet reshuffle, many parties expressed their distress on not getting any formal information of the changes.
Developments for the rumoured cabinet reshuffling started with at least 5 central ministers resigning on Thursday evening.
Congress accused railways minister Suresh Prabhu of having utterly failed in his job and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack him.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu along with Chairman AK Mittal resign taking the full responsibility on him for the recent rail accidents.
By NITI Aayog's funding of ₹18,163 crore, train speed will soon increase to 160-200 km/hr on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors.
According to Union Minister, Suresh Prabhu, railways should diversify its freight business over a period of time.
Redevelopment of railways stations in 6 cities of India which includes about 10 stations of these cities under PPP Model.