(a) whether the Railways propose to prepare any top priority action plan for modernisation, development and infrastructural expansion of Railways network;
(b) If so, the details thereof; and
(c) The present status of the said action plan?
(a) whether the Railways propose to prepare any top priority action plan for modernisation, development and infrastructural expansion of Railways network;
(b) If so, the details thereof; and
(c) The present status of the said action plan?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R.VELU)
(a)to (c) There is no proposal at present to prepare a top
priority action plan for modernization, development and
infrastructural expansion of Railways network. However,
Modernization, development and expansion of the Railway
network is an on-going process on Indian Railways. In
November 2004, an Integrated Railway Modernisation Plan for
the period 2005-2010 was prepared and is currently under
implementation. Network expansion is planned annually in the
short-term, and as a part of Five Year Plan in the long-
term.