New Delhi: Following are the other highlights from the 2011 Railway Budget:
· More than two hundred new routes and a train named Vivekananda Express to be introduced.
· Two double-decker trains a/c trains between Mumabai and Ahemedabad.
· Combines strong economic focus along with inclusion.
· Developed business-oriented policies to aid industry.
· Happy to announce through 85 PPP proposals received; set up single-window system to take these forward.
· Decide to set-up rail-based industries.
· First coach from Rai Bareli factory in next three months.
· Work on wagon factory in Orissa to begin after land is acquired.
· Railways to set up factory in Jammu and Kashmir.
· To set up Metro coach factory at Singur in West Bengal.
· Manipur to be soon connected to railway network.
· Centre for excellence in software to be set up at Darjeeling.
· Combines strong economic focus along with inclusion.
· Develop business-oriented policies to aid industry.
· Safety is first priority; accident rate has come down.
· Decision to start pilot projects to give shelter to homeless people.
· Outlay of 57,630 crore for 2011-12, the highest investment in one year.
· Rs.10,000 crore to be raised through railway bonds.
· Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojna to be launched.
· Industrial park to be set up in Nandigram, West Bengal.
· Fund to be created for socially desirable projects.
· Upgraded class of air-conditioned travel to be introduced shortly.
· Anti-collision device, successful in North West Frontier Railway, to be extended to three more zonal railways.
· Railways always been a soft target but law and order a state subject. If railways are blocked in one region, this has a snowballing effect in other parts of the country.
· Will add 180 km of rail lines in 2011-12.
· All-India security help line set up.
· To adopt modern technology through centres of academic excellence.
· Work started on two dedicated freight corridors.
· Work on upgrading 442 stations to be completed by March 31.
· Working expenditure during 2011-12 estimated at Rs.87,000 crore.
· Passing through a difficult phase; 97 percent increase in expenditure due to implementation of Sixth Pay Commission report.
· Airport-like trolleys to be provided at more stations.
· E-tickets to be cheaper.
· Railways to set up a sports cadre.
· Train to run to Bangladesh to showcase Indian culture.
· Upgraded class of air-conditioned travel to be introduced shortly.