The Railway Ministry has tied up with the construction industry and associated PSUs to ensure the expeditious implementation of its ambitious plans for setting up a world class rail infrastructure.
To deliberate upon the subject, the Ministry is organising a Mega Conclave on Wednesday with all the stakeholders, including leaders of the construction industry. The conclave will not only see Railway Board Members and senior zonal Railway officials interacting with construction industry captains but will also see Railway Minister Piyush Goyal having a mutual dialogue and personal interaction with the participants.
Taking up of Hill Rail Projects, including Rishikesh-Karanprayag, Char Dham, Bhanupalli-Bilaspur and leh will also be discussed with the industry leaders besides the ambitious Mumbai- Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor and other projects on Diamond Quadrilateral to link the major Metropolitan cities.
“It has been experienced that there are constraints of capacity from the side of both executing agencies as well as from railways to meet the demand. The Conclave will address all these issues and workout solutions with a view to ensure fast track implementation of all railway projects,” said Anil Kumar Saxena, Director General, Information, Ministry of Railways.
The Conclave named as “Nirman - Samvaad” is hosted by Railways PSU Rail Vikas Nigam ltd. (RVNl) which is a dedicated arm of Railway Ministry for fast-track implementation of railway projects. The Conclave will provide an opportunity to discuss the impediments/constraints faced in implementation of the projects and to seek suggestions to remove bottlenecks and bring about efficiencies in project execution on Railways.
Top executives of about 400 construction companies and consultancy companies will be participating to deliberate upon the issues/impediments being faced by the industry and arriving at possible remedies thereof on Wednesday during a conclave organised by the railway ministry on the subject.
“The pace of augmentation of railway network needs a quantum jump. The speed of execution of doubling/tripling and quadrupling which is about 800 km per annum for the last 5 years, needs to be accelerated 2 to 3 times to meet the increasing demand,” Saxena said.