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Press Trust of India
Last Updated : Feb 21 2013 | 9:00 AM IST
On Board House Keeping Scheme (OBHS) to keep toilets and coaches clean and hygienic.
Railways have also proposed to set up about 10 mechanised laundries to improve supply of clean and quality linens on trains.
New measures for fire suppression system in AC coaches and pantry cars, which are more fire prone, are likely to be announced in the Railway Budget.
Cash-strapped railways, which has sought Rs 38,000 crore as general budgetary support (GBS) from the Finance Ministry, is likely to get about Rs 28,000 crore for the next fiscal.
Last year, it had got Rs 24,000 crore as GBS.

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First Published: Feb 21 2013 | 9:00 AM IST

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