Indian Railway Budget 2012
On his Speech Travedi Said
- Emphasis will be on better Railway infrastructure.
- Railway Security is our prime concern
- Gross budgetary support of over Rs 7.35 lakh crore for Railways
- Rs.5.60 lakh crore required for modernization
- Railways to grow at 10% annually
- Annual Plan for Railway for 2012-13 is at highest ever Rs 60,100 crore
- Propose Rail Regulator to enhance Security
- Anil Kakodkar to head new railway safety authority
- Urgent need to connect to northeast and J&K
- Target should be zero death
- Aim to upgrade 19,000 km of tracks in five years
- Pending Projects is 487 lack of funding
- 85 new line projects to be introduced
- Electrifications of 6500 kms
- 1000 new Railway Stations
- Collective responsibility of Indian Parliament to make the Railways to be the best in the world
- upgrading technology to increase speed of trains
- Train will run @ 160km/hr
