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Ministry of Railways organizes a one day workshop ‘Mission Raftar’ aimed
at raising the average speed of freight trains and coaching trains
Ministry of Railways conducted a one day workshop “Mission
Raftaar” aimed at raising the average speed of freight trains and
coaching trains in New Delhi. The workshop was inaugurated
by Shri Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Railways & Shri
Ashwani Lohani, Chairman,Railway Board. All the members of
Railway Board along with General Managers of Zonal Railways
& Senior Railway officers were present on the occasion.
On this occasion, Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways
& Coal said, “This workshop is an exercise with the top
management of Indian Railways to brainstorm about the
increase in speed of freight and passenger trains. Also, host
of issues ranging from punctuality, rolling stock, removing
bottlenecks in terms of traffic, elimination of Unmanned Level
crossings were discussed. Indian Railways is enthusiastically
taking up all the issues with the determination to find the
solution in a time bound manner.” He also stated that coal
loading was highest i.e. 555 MT in 2017-18. In last three
months, 18.7% increase is witnessed in coal loading. Ministry
of Railways & Coal is coordinating well so as to ensure there is
no shortage of coal in power plants. He added that demand for
coal has also witnessed an increase due to less imports.
He complimented Coal India Limited for increasing supply
of coal in last three months.
Earlier in the day, in the inaugural remarks, Shri Rajen
Gohain, Minister of State for Railways said, “Indian
Railways has been emphasizing on capacity building
and lot of work has been done, now the time has come
to address the bottlenecks so the speeds of trains can
be increased. Railway officials have the best expertise to
come up with solutions to implement Mission Raftar.”
Cabinet Apprised of MoU Between India & France on Technical
Cooperation in The Field of Railways
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
was apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between the Indian Railways (IR) and SNCF Mobilites (a
company owned by France) on technical cooperation in the
field of railways. The MoU was signed on March 10 during
French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India.
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It provide a platform for the Indian Railways to interact and
share the latest developments & knowledge in the railway
sector.
The MoU facilitates the exchange of technical experts,
reports & technical documents, training & seminars and
workshops focusing on specific technology areas and
other interactions for knowledge sharing.
It will also provide a framework of cooperation for a
focused approach in following key area-
1. High speed & semi-high speed rail
2. Station renovation and operations
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3. Modernisation of current operations &
infrastructure
4. Suburban trains
The Ministry of Railways has signed MoUs for technical
cooperation in the railway sector with various foreign
governments & national railways corporations.
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