| Rail operations safety, high-speed train in parliamentary panel agenda | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Oct 10: The parliamentary panel on the railways has selected "ensuring safety in Indian Rail operations", expansion of its network in the North East and UTs, and high-speed train network as among the subjects the panel will take up in its tenure. The 31-member committee headed by BJP MP C M Ramesh will also examine a number of other issues, including improvement of public facilities at the railway stations, increasing freight-related earnings and the development of dedicated freight corridors, passenger reservation system and the promotion of railway-based tourism, an official bulletin said.
Safety in the running of trains has always been a sensitive issue and the opposition parties have cited some recent accidents to accuse the government of compromising on this crucial aspect.
High-speed or bullet trains is an ambitious agenda of the government, which has been working on its operationalisation between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, a project which has faced some problems, mostly related to land acquisition.
Optimum utilisation of the railway land, human resource management, upgradation of tracks and signaling sub-urban train services, energy efficiency evaluation of onboard services, review of rail infrastructure and projects in coastal regions, performance of production units and railway workshops and making the railways self-reliant through innovation and promotion of indigenous sources are among the other subjects the panel will examine. |
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