The Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee has spelt out the
following measures to be taken to usher in latest technology in the Railways. Presenting
the Rail Budget in Parliament today, the Minister said these measures will benefit
the customers.
- Based on the success of the pilot
project of SIMRAN, jointly developed by IIT, Kanpur and RDSO, a Real Time Train
Information System (RTIS) will provide reliable information on train
running.
- Collaboration with Bengal
Engineering and Science
University, Shibpur for using jute geo-textiles in embankment
design.
- A project with IIT, Chennai on
prototype manufacture of ultrasonic systems.
- Partnership with Jadavpur University for development of new
designs for rail steel bridges.
- A collaborative study with IIT,
Mumbai on the problem of corrosion of rails.
- The Centre for Railway Research
(CRR), collaboration between IIT, Kharagpur and
RDSO, has been sanctioned and is under implementation.
- Centres of Excellence for development and prototyping various types of
Mechatronics Systems at RCF/Kapurthala
and DMW/Patiala.
- E-procurement and e-auction to
ensure transparency and economy.
- Development of a comprehensive
web-based data bank for land and asset management data base for optimum
utilization of resources.
- Issuing paperless railway receipts.
- Extend web based system of
allotment of iron ore rakes to coal traffic.
- Run double-stack container trains
from Gujarat ports to the major ICD at Gurgaon.
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