Goa is well connected to Kerala thanks to the Konkan Railway, which traverses along the Western Indian coastline. Three coronavirus cases have surfaced in Kerala until now.
The Railways has provided free WiFi at 5,500 stations across the country, the national transporter's digital arm RailTel said on Friday. Jharkhand's Mahuamilan station, which comes under the East Central Railway zone, has become the 5,500th station to get the facility, it said.
Passengers at 25 more railway stations such as Ajmer, Jaipur and Jodhpur would be served tea and other food items in environment friendly materials like Kulhad as the North-Western Railway has directed zonal officers to take steps for ensuring the use of green catering products at these places.
The Railways is already using pottery products at Varanasi and Rae Bareilly railway stations in Uttar Pradesh.
Soon, your favourite cup of tea may be served in eco-friendly 'kulhads' across all major railway stations, stalls at bus depots, airports and malls across the country, with Union Transport and MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari writing to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in this regard.
The railways' free Wi-Fi facility at stations began from Mumbai Central in January 2016 and within 16 months it was live at 1,600 stations across India. Railway's telecommunications arm RailTel began the process with a vision to turn stations into a platform for digital inclusion.
In what comes as a development for the Indian Railways, all trains will soon be equipped with GPS trackers. According to the sources with the railways, the system would help avoid any delays with the train timings as real-time position and speed of the trains would be tracked. Position and speed of the train will be relayed through ISRO satellites to the Control Office Application (COA) system.
The construction of the pathways at railway stations is among a slew of initiatives planned by the railways to not only ease passenger traffic at stations, but also to enhance the social security for this unorganised sector.
A senior CR officer said they have received the communication and places to install the flags were being identified.
Safety and passenger amenities are likely to get top billing in the rail budget -- merged with the general budget since the last fiscal.
In an eco-friendly measure to cut power consumption, the Indian Railways on Tuesday said it planned to make all stations cent per cent LED lit by March 31, 2018.
In a move that will help mothers who are travelling, railways today launched a facility to provide baby food at stations.
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