Railways to spend Rs 10,000 crore for track renewal

The Railways will spend about Rs 10,000 crore for renewal of tracks and adopt latest technology to detect rail fracture to reduce the accident rate to zero level, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said today. He also said that the Railways will install train protection warning system and eliminate all



unmanned level crossings across the country by using Rs 1 lakh crore 'Railways Suraksha Kosh'. Replying to a debate on Appropriation (Railways) Bill in the Rajya Sabha which was approved later, Prabhu claimed that the rate of train accidents in India has come down, as per the "global index".