{"id":358624,"date":"2023-09-27T14:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T09:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=358624"},"modified":"2023-09-27T14:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T09:35:41","slug":"railways-to-procure-230-passenger-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/railways-to-procure-230-passenger-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Railways to procure 230 passenger coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Railways is set to procure 230 passenger coaches and 820 Capacity Wagons under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) aiming help to improve the speed of the trains and ensure adherence to fixed timings.<br \/>\n\u201cOut of the total, around 46 Completely-Built-Up (CBU) passenger coaches have been procured up till now while the remaining 184 would be manufactured in the country and the couches would be able to travel at the speed of 160km\/h,\u201d said an official in the Ministry of 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incentives provided through policy for disabled employees\u2019 families, monthly grants to widows scale-wise, the establishment of primary and high schools, industrial schools to teach handicrafts, sports activities, pick and drop facility for schools\/offices, installation of water filters plants, a special provision of five medical seats in Riphah Islamic Universities with the reduction of 50 percent in admission and tuition fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Railways is set to procure 230 passenger coaches and 820 Capacity Wagons under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) aiming help to improve the speed of the trains and ensure adherence to fixed timings. \u201cOut of the total, around 46 Completely-Built-Up (CBU) passenger coaches have been procured up till now while the remaining 184 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