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Indian Railways on Wednesday provided a big update on the ongoing Kanpur Central Railway Station Redevelopment project. Indian Railways released aerial pictures of the under-construction site on X. The authorities said the work for the electric substation city side and guard-drivers lobby has been completed.

Updates on redevelopment of Kanpur Central Railway Station:

Physical Progress: 20 per cent

Work Completed:
Electric Substation City side
Guard & Drivers Lobby
Work-in-Progress:
Station building work Podium plaza work

 

Railway fares in India far less than neighbouring countries: Vaishnaw

In another development, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said the railway fares in India have remained constant since 2020 and are far less than the neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Railway accidents have come down by 90 per cent: Vaishnaw

He also asserted that railway accidents have come down by 90 per cent from the time when RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav was at the ministry's helm.

Vaishnaw made the remarks in the Lok Sabha while replying to a debate on the Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Railways for 2025-26. The Lok Sabha later passed the Demands for Grants.
In his reply, Vaishnaw said the national transporter has emerged from difficulties of the Covid pandemic to meet its own expenses.

Amid noisy protests by the opposition over not being allowed to speak on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on the Maha Kumbh, the minister said the railways has taken numerous steps for crowd control at stations and is running several special trains during festival seasons.
He asserted that with Prime Minister Modi's focus on safety, accidents have come down by 90 per cent from the time when Lalu Prasad was at the ministry's helm.

"During Lalu Prasad's time, in a year about 234 accidents and 464 derailments took place, about 700 in a year. During Mamata Banerjee's period, 165 accidents and 230 derailments took the accident tally to 395 in a year and during Mallikarjun Kharge's time, 118 accidents and 263 derailments happened, taking the total number of accidents to 381," he said.

Prime Minister Modi focused on safety and brought in new technology and investment, and now it has come down to 30 accidents and 43 derailments, which is 90 per cent less from the earlier period and 80 per cent less than what it was in 2014-15, Vaishnaw said.
(With agency inputs)

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