Railways failed to improve mobility outcomes, mismatch in figures: CAG
The Indian Railways, despite having spent over Rs 2.5 trillion on track infrastructure from 2008-19, failed to improve its mobility outcomes with negligible improvements in Express trains and a decrease in speed of freight trains, a report by the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India said.
The report was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday.
“Audit found no perceptible improvement in mobility outcome indicators despite significant investments of ₹ 2.5 lakh crore for infrastructure during the last decade (2008-19). Audit found 0.18 per cent improvement in punctuality performance of Express trains, 0.61 per cent improvement in the average speed of Express trains and decrease of 9.72 per cent in the average speed of Goods trains.
