Economic growth drives Indian Railways spending
With India's economy growing at more than 8% per year, demand for both freight and passenger transport is rising rapidly. Outgoing IR Chairman J P Batra tells Chris Jackson that the biggest challenge is to absorb growth on the existing network and add capacity as quickly as possible
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