Unions Protest As Railways Mulls Opening Its Stadiums For Commercial use Unions Protest As Railways Mulls Opening Its Stadiums For Commercial use The Railways largest workers union has said the stadiums are not surplus and unusable railway land which can be handed over to anybody else.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in March that 3 stadiums have been identified for asset monetisation.
New Delhi:
The Indian Railways largest workers union has hit out at the Railway Board over its decision to hand over 15 of its stadiums to the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) to conduct techno-economic studies for commercial development .
In a reply to a query in Parliament in March this year, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had said that the national transporter has identified 87 land parcels, 84 railway colonies, four hill railways and three stadiums for asset monetisation so far.
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Railways handle 114 mt of freight, a record in May
June 02, 2021
In the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year, 226 tonnes of freight were loaded, 53 per cent higher on a y-o-y basis and 10 per cent higher compared to the corresponding period of 2019-20
In the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year, 226 tonnes of freight were loaded, 53 per cent higher on a y-o-y basis and 10 per cent higher compared to the corresponding period of 2019-20×
Despite the pandemic, Indian Railways has sustained nine consecutive months of highest levels of goods loading
Indian Railways loaded 114 million tonnes of freight in May, the highest ever handled for this month and 2 per cent more than in April when it loaded 111.53 mt.