A sum of Rs 809 crore will be spent on repair and rehabilitation of bridges on the Indian Railway (IR) network.
According to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, a total of 4168 bridges on IR were sanctioned for repair/rehabilitation/strengthening during the fiscal FY20.
Responding to a Parliament question, Goyal stated that all the bridges were inspected twice a year, one before the onset of monsoon and once after the monsoon.
As on April 1, 2019, there were 1,50,746 bridges on IR, he added.
The details of funds allocated by IR, zone-wise including tribal area is as follows:
| Zonal Railway | Funds allocated in Rs crore |
| Central | 83.50 |
| Eastern | 70.70 |
| East Central | 71.06 |
| East Coast | 40.22 |
| North Central | 31.55 |
| North Eastern | 24.67 |
| Northeast Frontier | 69.04 |
| North Western | 26.64 |
| Northern | 67.51 |
| South Central | 49.25 |
| South Eastern | 46.66 |
| South East Central | 14.28 |
| South Western | 23.64 |
| Southern | 48.39 |
| West Central | 56.61 |
| Western | 78.31 |
| TOTAL | 809.05 |
