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A point, missed by most, is the antiquated and dilapidated infrastructure of the railways. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on 13 December 2019, the Railway Minister informed that there were 38,850 railway bridges, which were more than 100 years old. Much of the railway track is more than fifty years old, with more than 100 per cent utilisation on trunk routes. Train bogies of even prestigious trains, like Rajdhani, are more than twenty years old ....
THE Railways has received the highest-ever budgetary allocation of Rs 2.4 lakh crore for 2023-24. The outlay is Rs 1 lakh crore more than the allocation in 2022-23. Will such a huge investment lead to an increase in the market share of Indian Railways’ (IR) freight movement? The National Logis ....