Railways

Major changes planned in Indian railways: Gowda

MANGALORE

Railway Minister DV Sadananda Gowda today said he intended to bring major changes in the railway sector and he would focus on the ‘four S’- safety, service, security and speed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already proposed bringing in speed trains and bullet trains, he said.

Gowda said his predecessor Mallikarjuna Khargee had put a burden on him by announcing an increase of 10 per cent hike in railway tariff and 5 per cent hike on freight and not implementing them. He said the responsibility vested on him was huge. The railway sector has 13.2 lakh employees and he needed at least a month to study the sector.

Read more at Economic Times

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