The Ministry of Railways had invited 12 requests for qualifications (RFQs) for private participation in the operation of passenger train services to over 109 origin-destination route pairs through the introduction of 151 modern trains or rakes, which shall be in addition to the existing trains operated on the network.

These trains are going to run on the routes where there the demand for train services are higher than the existing capacity. The driver and guard of the trains will railway officials. The safety clearance of trains will be done by Railways only.

In a significant move, the Ministry of Railways has invited request for qualification (RFQ) for private participation for operation of passenger train services on 109 origin-destination (OD) pairs of routes through introduction of 151 modern trains or rakes.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved far-reaching reforms in the space sector aimed at boosting private sector participation in the entire range of space activities.

If not for COVID-19, the country’s top-seven cities were to see the delivery of nearly 466,000 units by 2020-end. Launched after 2013, many of the projects were in the final leg of completion.

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 .

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.

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Further extension of the nationwide lockdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi till May 3 is going to weigh on the economy.