(a) the current status of the implementation of Satellite
Imaging for Rail Navigation(SIMRAN) in the Indian Railways; and
(b) the estimated expenditure incurred in this project and the steps
being taken to introduce this facility across all the trains?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) A pilot project for Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation (SIMRAN)
project has been successfully completed in coordination with Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.
(b) ` 3.5 crore was the expenditure incurred on this pilot project.
Railways have sanctioned a work namely Realtime Train Information
System (RTIS) at an estimated cost of ` 110 crores in 2011-12 to
provide further proliferation.