Train Delays Will Mean No Promotion For Railway Officers; India’s 2nd Bullet Train Planned!
Indian Railways is on a backfoot as 2018 has been declared as the worst year for train’s punctuality: In 2018, more than 30% of the trains were delayed.
Right now, Indian Railways is on a backfoot as 2018 has been declared as the worst year for train’s punctuality: In 2018, more than 30% of the trains were delayed.
Railway Minister Piyush Goel has now devised a unique strategy to counter rail delays, which directly affects Railway officers.
Will it work?
Meanwhile, Indian Railways has announced India’s 2nd bullet train, which will run between Mumbai and Nagpur very soon.
A unique partnership has been announced for this initiative. Keep reading to find out!
Train Delays = No Promotions!
During a recent internal meeting, Railways Minister Piyush Goel lashed out at the officials for rising train delays.
He has issued a stern warning against all Railway officials, and has said that train delays will mean that the officers won’t be getting their promotions.
This is for the first time that any Railway Minister has linked train delays and punctuality of trains with promotions of senior officials.
The Minister said that the officers can no longer use maintenance work as an excuse for train delays.
One of the sources said,
“While the minister has taken a lot of flak for the delays, he knew it was a price he had to pay for the large-scale renewal of tracks. However, the punctuality figures are way worse than what we had expected. Clearly, the zones are using maintenance work as an excuse to hide their inefficiency,”
More than 30% of the trains in 2018 ran late, and among all the zones, Northern Railway fared worst as almost 50% of all trains were late.
India’s 2nd Bullet Train?
Meanwhile, Indian Railways has decided to join forces with Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to launch one of its kind project in India: Bullet train and Expressway at the same time!
Between Mumbai and Nagpur, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has already started work on developing an expressway, which will reduce the travel time between these two important cities.
Now, Indian Railways has proposed developing bullet train track either on the expressway, on adjacent to it.
This would be first such coordinated move by Railways and Road Transport dept.
An official said,
“It’s a new way of executing the project faster, as the combined efforts to acquire land will ease a major burden for both ministries and pave the way for speedy execution,
Another report says that Spanish consultant Ineco have already been consulted, and the reports are positive.
After Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor, this shall be 2nd bullet train route in India.
We will keep you updated.
