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Option 3 : VK Tripathi
The correct answer is VK Tripathi.
- The Indian Railways has appointed VK Tripathi as chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board on 1 Jan 2022.
- Tripathi’s appointment has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) and he is currently working as the general manager of North-Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur.
- He will replace Suneet Sharmaa,1982 batch IRSME officer.
- The Indian Railways is constructing the tallest pier railway bridge in the world in Manipur.
- The ambitious project of the Railways in Manipur is part of the Jiribam-Imphal railway line.
- The bridge is being built at a height of 141 metres.
- The total length of the Manipur bridge will be 703 metres.
- Once completed, the project will enable passengers to cover 111 km of distance in 2-2.5 hrs.
- Indian Railways has launched an integrated one-stop solution “Rail Madad” in which the national transporter has merged a number of existing helplines that were used for various purposes into one.
- The government of UP has renamed the Jhansi Railway Station, in Jhansi, UP as “Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station” after Rani Laxmibai.
- Government of India and the Germany Development Bank- KfW (Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau) signed a 26 million euros loan for a 40.35 km Surat Metro Rail project in Gujarat.
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