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Government is contemplating to develop a State-of-the Art communication system in the railways. Works for provision of Mobile Train Radio Communication (MTRC) system have been approved on 2415 Route Kilometres on selected routes of Northern, Eastern, East Central, North Central & Northeast Frontier Railways covering States of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir and Assam, at an estimated cost of Rs. 194.63 crore. Stating this in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of State for Railways Shri R. Velu informed the House that this system would prove to be an useful telecommunication and safety aid between various operational and maintenance staff which will help in reducing accidents.
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