PIB News Update: Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal has informed that As on 01.04.2019, there are 1,50,746 Railway Bridges on Indian Railways’ network. There is a well-established system of inspection of railway bridges in Indian Railways. All the bridges are inspected twice a year, one before the onset of monsoon and one detailed inspection after the monsoon by the designated officials. Repair / strengthening / rehabilitation / rebuilding of railway bridges is a continuous process and is undertaken whenever so warranted by their physical condition as ascertained during these inspections. As on 01.04.2019, a total of 4168 Bridges are sanctioned for repair / strengthening / rehabilitation / rebuilding. The data are maintained Zonal Railway wise and not area-wise. The Zone-wise, including tribal area, total ₹ 809.05 crore are allocated as under:
| Zonal Railways | Central | Eastern | East Central | East Coast | Northern | North Central | North Eastern | Northeast Frontier |
| Fund allocated (Rs. in crore) | 83.50 | 70.70 | 71.06 | 40.22 | 67.51 | 31.55 | 24.67 | 69.04 |
| Zonal Railways | North Western | Southern | South Central | South Eastern | South East Central | South Western | Western | West Central | Total |
| Fund allocated (Rs. in crore) | 26.64 | 48.39 | 49.25 | 46.66 | 14.28 | 23.64 | 78.31 | 56.61 | 809.05 |
