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00:00That was a design which was a flat strip kind of design.
00:05That design can basically cause problems because it can hurt somebody.
00:10So now that design is being changed and the rope design that we saw.
00:16Chain design.
00:17Chain design.
00:18And please go and see in this train, there is a very nice safety feature which is a good
00:24innovation in the locking the chain that has been made.
00:29So please go and see, small feature but very important feature.
00:33So those changes are being made in the Mandya station.
00:40All sorted out.
00:41Those were, the major issue was whether it should be RDSO standard and I explained there
00:47is no standard design for a bridge like this.
00:50This is, those were already there.
00:52Those were already there.
00:53Sir, budget allocation for last year around 6000 crore allocated and next year, we need
00:58a long term plan.
01:00I must say that we need the support of the state government in land acquisition as, please
01:06see the parliament reply, parliament questions replies.
01:10We really need the support and we must make sure that people's facilities are above politics
01:17and we must look at the welfare of people first rather than we should look at making
01:24sure that the government of India, whatever thrust is there for development of railways
01:28in Tamil Nadu, the same support should come from the state government and land allocation
01:34is a major issue and I have requested Honorable Chief Minister Tamil Nadu to please support
01:39us because the people of Tamil Nadu want better facilities and the government of India, Prime
01:45Minister Narendra Modi ji is committed to provide those facilities and if we work in
01:52tandem, then we can provide better facilities to the people.
01:55Sir, Madurai 220 new line project was dropped, Tamil Nadu government has closed the land
02:00acquisition of this Madurai 220 new line, they are unsupportive.
02:03Because the state government gave it in writing that they don't want this project.
02:07Sir, one thing, sir, one thing, both the Madurai 220, they don't want.
02:12Basically government said that they don't want.
02:14So, that's why.
02:15The big dream of the country was to connect Jammu and Srinagar with the new railway line
02:21which has a very complex city of 111 km, there is a section in the middle which has 97 km
02:27tunnels and about 6 km bridges.
02:29So, this is a very complex project.
02:31The dream has been fulfilled, the work has been completed, the CRS inspection has been
02:38completed, a trial has been done on the bridges at 110 km and now the report should come,
02:44immediately after that work will start on it.
02:47For that, a new Vande Bharat has been designed because the construction of the new Vande Bharat
02:52has been completed.
02:53The construction of the new Vande Bharat has been completed.
02:56The construction of the new Vande Bharat has been completed.
03:26Sir, what can we expect in the budget for the railways?
03:39Let the budget come.
03:41Let the budget come.
03:43I also want to share that the progress of CAPEX on railways is very good.
03:49By the end of December and the first week of January, already 76% of the CAPEX has been
03:55utilized and this was a record CAPEX which has never happened in the history and I thank
04:02Honorable Prime Minister and Honorable Finance Minister for this kind of support to Indian
04:06railways because railways is the lifeline of our nation and by supporting the railways,
04:12the support is basically for the common citizens, for the middle class families.
04:17Middle class families are the ones who use the railways most.
04:21So, this support which Honorable Prime Minister and Honorable Finance Minister has given for
04:26railways, that is basically the support for poor families and for middle income families.
04:32Sir, 76% of the CAPEX has been utilized in the last 9 months.
04:37Will the budget be saved or will the government have to take a toll?
04:41It is a good thing to use the budget.
04:44Please understand the point properly.
04:47The total allocation of the year has been utilized 76% in the last 9 months.