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In another major relief, passengers will now be able to upgrade their travel class up to 30 minutes before the train departs.

The Ministry of Railways has announced an experimental "Round Trip Package for Festival Rush" scheme aimed at easing passenger congestion and ensuring smoother travel during the upcoming festive season.

Explaining the reason behind the reduced train accidents, Vaishnaw said that the Indian Railways adopted a number of measures to ensure the security of passengers.

Lauding the punctuality of the divisions in Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “I would like to inform you with great pleasure that out of our 68 divisions, there are 49 divisions whose punctuality is more than 80%. What is even more proud is that there are 12 divisions where punctuality has reached 95%.”

I am used to it, used to the overcrowded trains, the struggle, the dysfunction and the chaos. Because this is what the system has taught me. I wasn't taught 'civic sense' by the system. The system taught me to live with the chaos, to struggle to carry myself, my family and our luggage through the crowd, to suffer the overcrowded train inside the so-called 'reserved' coaches too, because that is what the system allows, enables.

The Railway Ministry has clarified that there is no plan to offer free train services for the upcoming Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj

This is perhaps the first proposal for the Cabinet that has used 'Bharat' in place of India in every aspect whether the logistics cost, modal share of cargo and country's economy.