Railwhispers

A major controversy involving allegations of high-level lobbying, illicit financial collections, and manipulation of public procurement policy has surfaced at the apex level of the Railway Board. According to whistleblower … Read More

11 km Bypass Line to Strengthen Freight Movement and Ease Congestion Delhi (PIB): Indian Railways has approved the construction of a 11 km bypass line between Adra end and Joychandipahar … Read More

Part-I (30 August 2026, “Crisis Looms Over Railway Electrification: Two-Supplier Dominance in OHE Insulators, Soaring Prices, and Stalled Projects”) asked for technology neutral procurement of overhead equipment insulators. The ask … Read More

Institutionalising Backdoor Rehabilitation: How Railway Board’s “Peer Review” Policy Risks Legalising Favouritism, Conflict of Interest, and Cost Inflation NEW DELHI: A controversial policy introduced by the Railway Board to curb … Read More

Indian Railways is aggressively pursuing mission-mode electrification across the nation. The backbone of this ambitious expansion is the Overhead Electrification (#OHE) system, where the insulator serves as an indispensable electrical … Read More

Hon’ble Prime Minister Modi ji, On 25 August you chaired the 53rd meeting of #PRAGATI at Seva Teerth. You reviewed six projects, in railways, roads and power, across nine states, … Read More

The operating department taught the Indian Railways how to direct everybody and answer to nobody. The housekeeping directorate has been a quick student. This part reads across to “The Tyranny … Read More

The block that is never given, and the machine that would log it. Seven parts of this series asked who holds the power. This one asks what would take it … Read More

MUMBAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation’s Anti-Corruption Branch (CBI-ACB), Mumbai, has registered a regular corruption case against Western Railway’s Senior Section Engineer (Works), Ashish Yadav, for allegedly extorting bribes from … Read More