Railways achieves 31% of targeted capex in five months despite Covid-19

During the time of lockdown, the Railways increased the pace of infrastructure works, completing almost 200 projects that needed a traffic blockade

Braving the odds of lockdown and Covid-19, the Indian Railways has achieved around 31 per cent of its planned capital expenditure during the first five months of the financial year, from April to August. 

The national transporter has achieved about Rs 50,000 crore of its planned capex of Rs 1.61 trillion for 2020-21 in the first five months, despite the covid situation, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said addressing a CII summit on Tuesday. During the time of lockdown, the Railways increased the pace of infrastructure works and also completed almost 200 infrastructure projects that needed a traffic blockade. Out of