Konkan Rly. to take up survey for Raxaul-Kathmandu new line

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) attached to Konkan Railway Corporation has rescued 16 runaway children during the first four months of this year in its network.

A press release here said that RPF has been repeatedly rescuing children found lost/abandoned and from trafficking from railway premises and on trains. The RPF has laid special emphasis on the rescue of runaway children adopting the standard operating procedure issued by the Ministry of Railways in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child Development and National Commission on Protection of Child Rights for the better care and protection of the child in contact with the Railways.

The children rescued had either absconded or had gone missing and found at various railway stations and trains on Konkan Railway network. They were handed over to the Childline and parents concerned after due verification, the release said.

KRCL urged passengers to inform it on toll-free number 182 or 1098, if they find a child in need of care and protection in railway stations or on trains for necessary assistance.

Foreign work

Konkan Railway Corporation, which has a history of executing the most challenging railway construction in the Konkan region of the Western Ghats and other areas, is now entrusted with the task of conducting engineering survey for a proposed railway line between Raxaul in Bihar and Kathmandu, the capital of neighbouring Nepal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had, during his Nepal visit, announced that India would conduct a feasibility study for the Raxaul-Kathmandu Railway link (200 km), the release noted.

Besides constructing the Konkan Railway line, KRCL has executed road tunnels on the first expressway in the country between Pune and Mumbai and tunnels and bridges for the USBRL project in Jammu and Kashmir. Considering all these, the corporation has been given the Nepal project.