{"id":6410,"date":"2026-03-02T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/?p=6410"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:59:07","slug":"union-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-directs-officials-to-overhaul-track-maintenance-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/?p=6410","title":{"rendered":"Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Directs Officials to Overhaul Track Maintenance Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AI-Based Monitoring, Indigenous Fasteners, Supplier Diversification and Extended Maintenance Blocks to Drive Track Safety in Indian RailwaysIndian Railways is revamping track maintenance with modern technology and standardised components. In a high-level meeting chaired by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Rail Bhawan today, key reform decisions were directed to overhaul current methods of track laying, assembly, and health monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following reform measures were directed by the Union Minister:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AI-based Track Monitoring: A smartphone-enabled, AI-based application is being developed for turnout readings and real-time track health monitoring.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safety Prioritised: Timetables must not be compressed to gain operational speed at the cost of safety; track safety and maintenance remain the highest priority<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sufficient Maintenance Blocks: Sufficient blocks to ensure better maintenance of assets and improve operational performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bharat Fasteners: Use of indigenous fasteners to boost track performance and promote self-reliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Union Minister impressed upon the Railway Board and senior officials that maintenance must receive the time and attention it deserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous reforms have included Reforms for Better On-Board Services, expansion of Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals with better facilities to meet freight targets, the RailTech Policy and Portal, and digitisation of the Railway Claims Tribunal (e-RCT) for faster, paperless claims disposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-Based Monitoring, Indigenous Fasteners, Supplier Diversification and Extended Maintenance Blocks to Drive Track Safety in Indian RailwaysIndian Railways<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-24-at-21.05.57.jpeg",1160,423,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-24-at-21.05.57-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-24-at-21.05.57-300x109.jpeg",300,109,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-24-at-21.05.57-768x280.jpeg",640,233,true],"large":["https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-24-at-21.05.57-1024x373.jpeg",640,233,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-24-at-21.05.57.jpeg",1160,423,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-24-at-21.05.57.jpeg",1160,423,false],"reviewnews-large":["https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-24-at-21.05.57-825x423.jpeg",825,423,true],"reviewnews-medium":["https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-24-at-21.05.57-590x410.jpeg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Pramad News Papaer"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/pramad.in\/?cat=5\" rel=\"category\">\u0b30\u0b3e\u0b1c\u0b4d\u0b5f<\/a>","tag_info":"\u0b30\u0b3e\u0b1c\u0b4d\u0b5f","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6411,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410\/revisions\/6411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}