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| Enhancing track safety through technology: Railways to introduce wearable GPS devices for track maintainers to get real-time inputs related to safety |
| Railways has come up with a wearable GPS device, resembling a fitness band, for track maintainers or gangmen. The move is also aimed at preventing seniors from asking track staff to do odd jobs. The track maintainers have to keep the device on during duty hours and their movement can be traced through a mobile application IR-PMS (Indian Railway Patrolling Monitoring System). |
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Improving passenger amenities:
With revamped toilets, upgraded waiting rooms and new colour scheme, Railways to upgrade New Delhi station by the end of June
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With revamped toilets, upgraded waiting rooms and a new colour scheme, the New Delhi railway station is going to don a new look by the end of June. The waiting rooms and toilets have also added with more seating options. The interiors have been painted by various artists, depicting the traditions and heritage of the country. |
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| Hon’ble PM’s inauguration of a railway line & passenger train service in Chhattisgarh will bring a new dawn of all-round growth & development to the State |
| Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a railway line and passenger train service in insurgency-infested Kanker district in North Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The much awaited Railway line, which connects Dallhirajhara in Balod district to Bhanupratapur in North Bastar was flagged off by the Prime Minister via video-conferencing. |
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| No coal shortage during monsoon; Ensuring adequate coal supply to power plants |
| Ruling out any possibility of dry coal shortage in the upcoming monsoon season, the Coal Ministry has said that it has sufficient stocks to meet the demand of power plants. The Ministry, however, stressed that it expects power plants to lift their requirement in time to avoid any shortage which was witnessed last year after the rainy season. |
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