Indian Railways: Festivals like Diwali-Chhath are coming. Every year there is bumper crowd in trains on such occasions. Passengers yearn for each and every seat. Now, just before the festive season, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has announced such good news, which has left lakhs of passengers in shock. In fact, the Railway Minister on Friday announced to run additional coaches and special trains across the country to ease the travel of passengers on the occasion of Chhath Puja and Diwali. Vaishnav said, “General coaches have been increased in 108 trains this festive season. 12,500 coaches have been sanctioned for Chhath Puja and Diwali special trains. A total of 5,975 trains have been notified till date in 2024-25.”
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav further said that this will facilitate more than one crore passengers to go home during the puja rush. A total of 4,429 special trains were run during the festival season in 2023-24. Earlier on September 24, Ashwini Vaishnav had inspected Kavach 4.0 in Rajasthan and said that Kavach 4.0 has been started for the first time in India from Sawai Madhopur. He said that in the coming years, 10 thousand engines will be covered with armor.
Vaishnav told reporters, “Kavach 4.0 has been started for the first time in India from Sawai Madhopur… Armoring work has been completed in this area, this is just the beginning, 10 thousand engines will be armored in the coming years.” “And 9 thousand kilometers of additional armor work will be done.” Let us tell you that Kavach is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system. This avoids collision of two trains on the same track.
Kavach technology assists the loco pilot in running the trains within a speed limit by applying brakes automatically in case the loco pilot fails to apply the brakes and it also helps in running the train safely during inclement weather. . Earlier on September 20, Railway Minister Vaishnav had inaugurated the Bharat Gaurav train for India-Nepal journey at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi and said that tourists will be able to experience the shared rich cultural heritage of India and Nepal.
