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| Synergetic efforts to ensure coal availability: Coal India Limited & Railways jointly succeed in loading an all-time high of 250 coal rakes in a day for November |
| After achieving an all time high of loading 250 coal rakes in a day in November this year, CIL and Railways are now jointly working on a strategy to enhance loading target to 266 coal rakes per-day which will further help both power and non-power sector in meeting their demands for coal. The growth in coal despatch to power sector in August, September and October of the current Fiscal has been 20%, 21% and 18% respectively as compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year. |
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| Monitoring Rail Safety through Satellites: Indian Railways makes use of ISRO's satellite-based system to ensure safety and track train movements |
| Working on a pilot project with ISRO, the railways has installed space agency-developed Integrated Circuit (IC) chips on some train engines to avert accidents at unmanned railway crossings and track train movements on a real-time basis. The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (NaVIC) will be used to warn road users of approaching trains through hooters installed at unmanned road crossings. |
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| Project Saksham for Rail Employees: Govt. to prepare a comprehensive training programme for all Railway employees to boost productivity & efficiency |
| A comprehensive plan for imparting training to all employees of Indian Railways is being prepared with a view to upgrade skill & knowledge, in which all employees in each zone will be put through a week’s training relevant to their work area over next one year. |
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| Electrification of Tracks: Railways to give tenders as large as 1,500 Km To bring down costs |
| Shifting from earlier patterns, the Indian Railways plans to tender out large sections as high as 1,500 km under the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model for electrification of railway lines. The move is set to reduce costs for the railways which currently shells out around Rs 1-2 crore per km to electrify tracks. |
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