Indian Railways Ties up with ISRO for Route Surveys

i. The Indian Railway Ministry has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). 

ii. The agreement will leverage the space technology for providing the passenger information in all trains. 

iii. With the help of this tie up Railways will assets and help the new route alignments.

iv. The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed on Thursday with the objective of developing applications in the field of remote sensing and graphic information system to provide information such as train stoppages, real-time train tracking, survey of new rail route alignments in hilly and difficult terrain.

v. At present during disaster, Indian Railways uses space technology to provide connectivity to passenger reservation counters, unreserved ticketing system in remote areas, and emergency communication using satellite phones.