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Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday introduced 'The Indian Railways Construction Manual, 2023,' marking a significant step towards streamlining construction activities within the railway sector.
On this occasion, addressing a gathering of Railway officials across India, Minister Vaishnaw emphasized the manual's pivotal role in diverse construction-related endeavours.
"The construction manual will help in many activities, including land acquisition, forest clearance, bridge design, contract management, tunnel construction, and road flyover/ underbridges. This manual would help us to achieve and become the world's fastest-growing rail network," he said.
Expressing enthusiasm, the Minister stated that it is a real pleasure that the construction manual is now in a new form and in tune with our time.
"Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken charge, railways have been its focus, including the construction of new tracks and stations and in this mission, this manual will play a key role as the previous version of the manual was old (around 1960) and now new reforms have been incorporated, including EPC contracts, bridge construction, execution of signalling, electrical and non-interlocking works etc. which have now been standardized through the new manual," he added.
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