22nd August, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


USE OF SATELLITE PHONES BY PASSENGERS


RAJYA SABHA

Satellite telephones are being provided with Zonal and Divisional Railway Headquarters exclusively for establishing communication from any accident/disaster site, for use of Railway administration as well as stranded passengers.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question from Shri Yadlapati Venkat Rao in the Rajya Sabha today.