<P> According to the Report of High Level Safety Review Committee of 2012, from 2007--08 to October 2011 casualties in train accidents accounted for 1,019 deaths and 2,118 injuries . In the same period 1,600 railway staff were killed and 8,700 injured . The committee estimated that almost 15,000 persons get killed each year by what is called unlawful trespassing . A Daily Telegraph article stated that Indian Railway officials believe that a large proportion of bodies found dead on railways died elsewhere and were put on the railway in dishonest attempts to get compensation from the railway authorities and companies . </P> <P> IR announced that by 2022 all trains would be electric to reduce their carbon footprint . </P> <P> IR's Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) undertakes research, design and standardisation . The railway has undertaken several initiatives to upgrade its ageing infrastructure and improve its quality of service . The Indian government plans to invest ₹ 9.05 trillion (US $130 billion) to upgrade IR by 2020 . </P> <P> Infrastructure modernisation projects include high - speed rail, with the first Ahmdabad - Mumbai train in operation in 2025; redevelopment of 400 stations by monetizing 2,700 acres (1,100 ha) of spare railway land under a ₹ 1,070,000 crore (US $149 billion) plan; doubling tracks to reduce congestion and delays while improving safety (15,000 km of double track existed in 2016, and funding for 12,500 km more was approved that year); the refurbishing of 12 - to 15 - year - old coaches at the Carriage Rehabilitation Workshop in Bhopal to enhance passenger amenities and fire safety; Global Positioning System (GPS) - enabled tracking of trains to improve safety and service; Digital India - driven ₹ 3,500,000 million (US $49 billion) digitalisation of the railway to improve efficiency and reduce cost; rainwater harvesting, with 1885 systems installed by December 2016, and reforestation of railway land and along the tracks . </P>

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