Elimination of unmanned level crossings in Indian Railways

Minister of State of Railways Shri Rajen Gohain has informed that The unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) are targeted for elimination by March 2020. However efforts are being made to eliminate all UMLCs on BG even earlier also. It is the endeavor of Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossings in a phased manner by either of the following :-

Closure – Closing unmanned level crossings having NIL/ negligible Train Vehicle Unit (TVU).
Merger – Merger of unmanned level crossing gate to nearby manned/unmanned level crossing or subway/Road Under Bridge (RUB)/Road Over Bridge (ROB) by construction of diversion road.
Provision of Subways/RUBs.
Manning- Manning of unmanned level crossings which cannot be eliminated by above means.

Four Zonal Railways i.e. Central Railway, Eastern Railway, South East Central Railway and West Central Railway have fully eliminated UMLCs on BG. Zone-wise elimination of UMLCs on BG is as follows:

SN	Zonal Railway	UMLCs on BG as on 01.04.2018	Progress 2018-19 (April to Jun’ 18)	UMLCs on BG as on 01.07.2018
1	Central Railway	0	0	0
2	Eastern Railway	0	0	0
3	East Central Railway	448	10	438
4	East Coast Railway	117	19	98
5	Northern Railway	606	58	548
6	North Central Railway	83	19	64
7	North Eastern Railway	453	22	431
8	Northeast Frontier Railway	151	54	97
9	North Western Railway	311	57	254
10	Southern Railway	185	52	133
11	South Central Railway	151	79	72
12	South Eastern Railway	149	73	76
13	South East Central Railway	0	0	0
14	South Western Railway	187	52	135
15	Western Railway	638	115	523
16	West Central Railway	0	0	0
	Total	3479	610	2869