Ques: Which Railway Zone Becomes the First Zone on Indian Railways to Eliminate all Unmanned Level Crossings from its System?
a. North Central Railway
b. Central Railway
c. West Central Railway
d. South Central Railway
Ans: c
Related facts:
- The West-Central Railway (Headquarter: Jabalpur) Zone has become the first Railway Zone on Indian Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossings from its system by 31st August, 2015.
- Out of total 118 unmanned level crossings falling on West-Central Railways as on 1st April, 2014, 80 were eliminated in the financial year 2014-15.
- The target of 66 and the remaining 38 has been achieved in current financial year by 31st August, 2015.
- This could only be achieved by constructing 33 Limited Height Sub Ways (LHs) and manning of 30 level crossings.
- It can be termed as a great success for West-Central Railway.
- West-Central Railway has been taking all possible initiatives to improve its working by adopting all available modern technologies and has started special drive to improve its performance at all fronts including safety, cleanliness, punctuality etc.
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