Ashwini Vaishnaw

“gets more than 15 crore tourists and pilgrims every year.”

“Highlighting the Railways' progress over the past 12 years, the minister said nearly 37,000 km of new railway tracks had been laid and 99.6 per cent of the network had been electrified.”

“Vaishnaw also announced that the Railways would operate 100 special trains during the Onam festival in Kerala”

“and more than 300 special trains for devotees travelling to Puri for the Rath Yatra.”

“He added that railway infrastructure in Odisha is set for a major expansion, with projects worth more than Rs 90,000 crore currently under implementation.”

“Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha that 7,971 stone-pelting incidents were recorded nationwide between 2023 and February 2025, leading to 4,549 arrests.”

“From 2019 to 2023, Vande Bharat trains alone have suffered Rs 55.60 lakh in damage from stone-pelting, with 151 people arrested in connection with these cases, Vaishnaw told Parliament in an earlier …”