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Monday, 4 February 2019

07:41

Project Utkridht: Indian Railways Launched to Upgrade the trains with in this Financial Year

Project Utkridht: Indian Railways Launched to Upgrade the trains with in this Financial Year

UPGRADATION OF HOWRAH-YESVANTPUR DURONTO EXPRESS UNDER PROJECT “UTKRISHT”
Kolkata, 2nd February, 2019
In order to improve the condition of coaches running in Mail/ Express trains, Indian Railways launched “Project Utkrisht” in April, 2018 to upgrade 66 pairs of trains comprising of 140 rakes.
The first Upgraded rake of 12245/12246 Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express under “Project Utkrisht” left Howrah for Yesvantpur yesterday (01-02-2019) morning. The upgradation work of remaining two rakes of Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express will also be completed within this financial year. The estimated cost of upgradation of each rake is Rs.60 lakh.
This is the second train which is upgraded as “Utkrisht” in South Eastern Railway. Earlier, in the month of December, 2018, the upgradation work of o­ne rake of 22213/22214 Shalimar-Patna Duronto Express was completed and put into service o­n 24-12-2018. Two rakes of 22891/22892 Howrah-Ranchi Intercity Express will also be upgraded under the “Project Utkrisht” very soon.
MAJOR FEATURES OF UPGRADATION
·Interior and exterior vinyl wrapping
·Epoxy flooring in lavatory
·LED based night light-cum-berth indication light
·Renovated Pantry Car
·Unified passenger information sticker for complaint/fire safety/assistance from o­n board staff
·High quality sanitary fittings
·Bacteria free liquid soap dispenser and toilet paper dispenser in all AC coaches
·Inside coach indication board
·Retro reflective outside destination board
·Foldable stainless steel snack table in first AC coaches
·Holding brackets for mobile phone charging
·Printed fire resistance curtains in AC Coaches
·Modified design of upper berth climbing ladder in First AC Coach etc.

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Thursday, 15 October 2015

06:45

Railway to provide Dustbins in all 60000 Coaches soon: Prabhu

Railway to provide Dustbins in all 60000 Coaches soon: Prabhu

New Delhi: All the 60,000 coaches in Indian Railways will soon be provided with user-friendly dustbins, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday said. Barring air-condition (AC) and a few non-AC sleeper coaches, majority of coaches currently don’t have dustbins resulting in problems in disposing garbage by the passengers in moving trains.

“All the 60,000 coaches will be provided with dustbins and the target will be reached as soon as possible,” Prabhu said, reminding about the promise made in the Railway Budget this year, while addressing a conference on ‘rail coach interior’ here. Currently, both AC and non-AC LHB coaches are being provided with two dustbins at both ends of the bogie.

All conventional AC coaches manufactured at Integrated Coach Factory at Chennai are also equipped with dustbins. Stating that a lot of progress has been made in making passenger coaches more user-friendly, he laid emphasis on clean toilets, linen, curtains and making the seat, the ladders to climb the berths more user-friendly. Prabhu also suggested developing a model for revenue generation tapping the opportunities that a contemporary looking coach can generate.

Indian Railways carry over 2.5 crore passenger every day where travelling hour for a passenger in sleeper class coach is about 16 hours. Keeping this facts in mind, he said, the emphasis should be on “designing the entire architecture of services catering to all including the poor”. He said the National Institute of Fashion Technology and National Institute of Design are also making progress in design of the coach interiors.
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