Friday 1 August 2014

Railways will Run Six More Trains Connecting Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra


Indian Railways will run six more trains connecting Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to various destinations in the near future. These trains are:-

· Kalka-Katra Express (bi-weekly) via Morinda
· Bandra (T)-Katra Premium Express
· Howrah-Katra Premium Express
· Yesvantpur-Katra Premium Express
· Ahmedabad-Katra Express (weekly)
· Kamakhya-Katra Express (weekly)

At present, the following trains are running upto Katra :-

· 22461/22462 New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express.
· 74909/74910 Pathankot-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra DMU.
· 74905/4906 Jammu Tawi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra DMU
· 74907/74908 Jammu Tawi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra DMU

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

PPP Projects under Railways Running on Profit
Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects operating under Indian Railways are: (i) Surendranagar-Pipavav Gauge Conversion Project, (ii) Hassan-Mangalore Gauge Conversion Project, (iii) Gandhidham-Palanpur Gauge Conversion Project, (iv) Bharuch-Dahej Gauge Conversion Project, (v) Obulavaripalle-Krishnapatnam New Line phase-I.

As per balance sheet of the companies who have implemented the projects, the following projects have shown profit for the year 2012-13:
• Surendranagar-Pipavav Gauge conversion Project implemented by Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd. (PRCL) has generated a profit of Rs. 46.41 crores.
• Hassan-Mangalore Gauge Conversion Project implemented by Hassan-Mangalore Rail Development Company Ltd. (HMRDC) has generated a profit of Rs. 8.28 crores.
• Gandhidham-Palanpur Gauge conversion Project implemented by Kutch Railway Company Ltd. (KRC) has generated a profit of Rs. 175.9 crores.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Courtesy : pib.nic.in

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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