Samastipur, Oct 19: Railway Minister Nitish Kumar today said his ministry has initiated special measures to minimise railway accidents. Addressing a public meeting while renaming Pusa Road railway station here as Khudiram Bose railway station, Kumar said the railways has taken a number of measures for the welfare of the commuters and for minimising accidents.


Kumar said over 600 trains were introduced on different routes across the country in the past three years. The work on doubling of railway tracks between Karpoorigram and Shiho railway station on Samastipur-Muzaffarpur section of East Central Railway would be completed by march 2004, he said.

Bureau Report