NATIONAL
RAIL VIKAS YOJNA
The National Rail
Vikas Yojana (NRVY) includes four areas – strengthening of Golden
Quadrilateral, strengthening of Rail connectivity to Ports, construction
of four Mega Bridges and accelerated completion of Last Mile and
other important projects. Certain projects, covered under strengthening
of Golden Quadrilateral and construction of Mega Bridges, are
already sanctioned. The outlay for these sanctioned works for
the year 2002-03 is Rs.387.05 crores. The projects for strengthening
of port connectivity are under finalization. The additional Rs.763
crores during 2002-03, indicated in the NRVY for Accelerated Completion
of Last Mile and other projects is presently under discussion
with the Ministry of Finance.
Modernization of
existing infrastructure is a continuous process on Indian Railways.
Modernisation covers electric and diesel locomotives, coaches,
wagons, track as well as signaling and telecommunication installations.
It includes induction of high powered diesel/electric locomotives,
high axle load wagons, modernization of track as well as of track
maintenance, track circuiting, provision of Route Relay Interlocking/Solid
State Interlocking, Auxiliary Warning System, Walkie-talkie communication
between guard and driver, provision of optic fibre based communication
systems, interlocking and telephone at level crossings.
This information
was given by Shri Bandaru Dattatraya, Minister of State for Railways
in a written reply to a question by Shri Rumandla Ramachandraiah
in the Rajya Sabha today.
