Indian Railways had earlier introduced latest state-of-the-art integrated track maintenance technology by way of inducting thirteen 09-3X Dynamic Tamping Express machines. This evening five new machines have been inducted which includes three highly efficient Dynamic Track Temping Machines, one Ballast Cleaning Machine and one Points and Crossings Tamping Machine. These are besides the existing fleet of 883 Track Maintenance Machines over IR already deployed on heavy density routes. Also Coaches have been refurbished indigenously at a cost of Rs. 18 lakh per coach for taking care of the accommodation needs of the staff of the track machines, providing them a comfortable home away from home.
These machines were inaugurated and flagged off by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Coal, in the presence of Sh. M.K. Gupta, Member Engineering Railway Board, Vishwesh Chaube, General Manager, Northern Railway, A.K. Khandelwal, Executive Director Track Machines, Railway Board, R.N. Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Delhi Division and other senior officers of the Railway Board and Northern Railway, Today i.e. 26.07.2018 at Safdarjung Railway Station, New Delhi. Piyush Goyal also released Booklets in English, Hindi & Punjabi for the Achievements and Initiatives undertaken in the past four years by the Ministry of Railways for the State of Delhi NCR.
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