500 railway stations to be made disabled-friendly

February 01, 2017 11:57

Allocation for railways in 2017-18: is Rs 131000 cr wherein Rs 55k cr is provided by the government, says Jaitley. 500 stations will be made differently-abled friendly.

A rail safety fund with corpus of Rs 100,000 crore will be created over a period of 5 years, and steps will be taken to launch dedicated trains for pilgrimage and tourism.

Four priorities for railways are: 1. Passenger safety 2. Development work 3. Cleanliness 4. Reform in Accounts.

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