Berth of a nation
Berth of a nation
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee unveiled the Railway Budget today in Parliament. The speech unveiled several measures to benefit low-income travellers, railways employees and included sops for home state West Bengal.
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Banerjee has also indicated measures to upgrade trains and stations and augment rail revenue through alternate uses of rail land and station real estate. She has also announced a plan to revive commercialisation of the railways’ nationwide fiber optic network.
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Also in the plans were several measures to help young passengers. Madrassa students will also now get student concessions and a new train called Yuva Rath will allow youth to travel cheaply.
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