Asia’s second-largest rail transporter, the Indian Railway has taken another major step to ease the procurement system in its network.

As part of its effort to supplement the healthcare efforts by state governments, Asia’s second-largest rail transporter will be providing 5,231 COVID Care Coaches to states.

It is often said that the ride for developers of infrastructure projects in India is often bumpy. Even if they are able to cut through the bureaucratic red tape, they have to contend with issues emanating from the right of way .

Asia’s second-largest rail transporter, Indian Railways created a new world record by commissioning the first high rise overhead equipment (OHE) with a contact wire height of 7.57 m and successfully operated a double stack container train in the electrified territory on the Western Railway.

As the country lifts the nationwide lockdown towards the containment of COVID-19 pandemic, the freight carried by Asia’s second-largest rail transporter has also witnessed an upsurge.

The Ministry of Coal has issued the methodology for rationalising coal linkages from coal companies to reduce the distance in the transportation of the commodity from the mines to consumers.

Asia’s second-largest rail transporter, the Indian Railways has informed state governments that it shall continue to provide Shramik Special services within 24 hours after receiving the demand from them.

The disruption caused by the nationwide lockdown for the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent workers’ exodus from cities back to their homes will result in technology playing an even bigger role in the execution of the metro rail projects, experts have said.

The Shramik Special trains operationalised by the Indian Railways have carried over 4 million passengers, including migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places due to the nationwide lockdown since commencing services at the beginning of May.