Sadananda Gowda presents Railway budget

Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda arrives at the Parliament for the presentation of BJP-led NDA government's maiden railway budget on Tuesday (July 8) in New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Soon after his arrival, Gowda tweeted, “Going to present my maiden budget as a @RailMinIndia minister today. Hope we are able to meet public expectations.” (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Sadananda Gowda with MoS Manoj Sinha at the Parliament. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Gowda proposed battery operated cars for differently-abled at all major stations in the budget. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

The Railway minister also suggested prebooked ready to eat meals of top brands. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Passengers look at the camera as they await a train at a railway station in Jammu. (Source: AP)
“CCTVs to be used at stations for monitoring cleanliness at railway stations; third party inspections to be introduced,” said Gowda.

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Passengers walk at a platform at the Secunderabad railway station in Hyderabad. (Source: AP)
He added, “Foot overbridges, escalators and lifts at major railway stations through PPP.”

A woman looks out through the window of a train as it leaves a railway station in Jammu. (Source: AP)
The Railway Minister said that 4,000 women constables will be inducted to enhance onboard safety.

A snacks vendor crosses railway tracks with his bicycle even as a train approaches, behind, in Hyderabad. (Source: AP)
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor at Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Cabinet Minister Piyush Goyal with Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda at Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi at Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)

Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda along with his wife Datty Sadananda at their residence in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)