Katra-Srinagar travel time cut to around three hours; railway connectivity expected to support tourism, local products, hospitality and SME growth across J&K New Delhi, August

54 Show-Cause Notices Issued Over Food Safety and Hygiene Lapses; Railways Expands CCTV, FSSAI Compliance, QR-Enabled Meal Tracking and Multi-Level Inspections New Delhi, August 7,

Freight loading rises from 1,098 MT in 2014-15 to 1,670 MT in 2025-26 as Railways expands terminals, private wagon investment and first- and last-mile

New ₹25 crore uniform registration fee and removal of extension fees aim to simplify freight operations, reduce logistics costs and strengthen rail-based supply chains Key

Each Rail Neer plant has a capacity of 1 lakh bottles a day as IRCTC expands packaged drinking water availability across key railway stations

Kavach 4.0 commissioned across 2,633 route km; ₹3,875 crore spent on railway safety works while 514 infrastructure projects worth ₹8.31 lakh crore are underway Key

Minimum two fire extinguishers in every coach, emergency communication systems, trained first responders and 177 Accident Relief Trains form part of the railway safety

Iron ore loading jumps 22.2%, while fertiliser, food grain and coal movement also grow; passenger traffic reaches 63.35 crore Key Highlights Indian Railways loaded 141.3 million