A new report from The Infravision Foundation calls for the accelerated development of High-Speed Rail (HSR) to address India’s growing transport challenges. With every kilometre of High-Speed Rail (HSR) providing about five times the capacity of conventional rail, developing HSR on the Golden Quadrilateral and its diagonals—about 10,000 km—is expected to significantly boost rail capacity...
Tag: Mission Raftaar
Post
Post
Minister of Railways unveils ‘Mission 41k’
Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu unveiled ‘Mission 41k’ during a roundtable discussion with external stakeholders on energy initiatives taken up by the Indian Railways. Prabhu said that the Ministry of Railways had come up with Mission 41k to save Rs 41,000 crore in the next decade in Railways’ energy costs.