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12 Feb

Railway Ministry to undertake survey, prepare DPRs for High-Speed Rail corridors

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Indian Railways has decided to undertake a survey and prepare a detailed project report on the construction of a new bullet train corridor between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Howrah in West Bengal. The Varanasi-Howrah bullet train corridor will be besides six other newly identified corridors for which the Railways Ministry will undertake survey and prepare the DPRs or detailed project reports, according to Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The six other bullet train corridors are: Delhi-Varanasi, Mumbai-Nagpur, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Mumbai-Hyderabad, Chennai – Bengaluru – Mysore and Delhi-Amritsar corridors, the Minister informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply on Friday.

After outrage from seers, Indian Railways withdraws Ramayan Express’ staff dress code

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The railways changed the uniforms of its serving staff on the Ramayan Express on Monday after Ujjain seers objected to the waiters’ saffron attire. The seers had called it an insult to Hinduism and threatened to halt the train in Delhi on December 12 if the dress code was not removed. “It is to inform that the dress of service staff is completely changed in the look of professional attire of service staff. Inconvenience caused is regretted," the Indian Railways said in a statement. The uniforms have been changed to normal shirts and trousers and traditional headgear. The waiters will,…

N F Railway to actively support implementation of “Fit India Freedom Run” Being held from 15th August to 2nd October 2020

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Indian Railways has decided to fully support the new initiative “Fit India Freedom Run" introduced by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. This event which started on 15th August will continue till 2nd October 2020. The initiative is being taken up under the aegis of the Fit Indian Movement. NFR is also fully participating in the nationwide initiative. "Fit India Run" has been conceived keeping in view the indispensable need to keep ourselves fit while maintaining social distancing. In this run one can run/walk along a route of his/her choice, at a time that suits him/her.…