Indian Railways increases focus on passenger safety with 54% more investment

Prioritising the safety of train passengers, the Indian Railway has made approximately 54 percent more fund utilisation in the last five months compared to last year's corresponding period.

Besides safety, it has also made considerable fund utilisation in various infrastructure projects, such as new lines, doubling, gauge conversion, and enhancing passenger amenities, between April 1 and August 31, the railway ministry said on Saturday.

During this period, the national transporter has earned a revenue of Rs 1 lakh crore, including revenue from the freight segment, passenger segment, and other sundry revenue.

According to a broad break-up of freight loading, the loading of iron ore in the period was 70.84 MT  15.56 percent more than the 61.3 MT achieved in the corresponding period of last year. 

Similarly, pig iron and finished steel loading was 28.42 MT compared to the 26.16 MT achieved in the corresponding period of last year, recording a growth of 8.63 percent.

According to the ministry, the loading of container services in the same period was 34.31 MT compared to the 32.6 MT achieved in the corresponding period of last year, registering a growth of 5.22 percent.

So far as petroleum, oil, and lubricant (POL) are concerned, the loading was 20.59 MT compared to the 19.91 MT achieved in the corresponding period of last year, recording a growth of 3.41 percent.