Senior BJP leader Ram Naik while speaking in Mumbai on Thursday, said that the Union Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda has assured him that the demand for increasing the insurance cover to victims of train accidents would be positively considered. Naik said he and Mumbai North MP Gopal Shetty met the Railway Minister Gowda in Delhi on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum on demands and suggestions regarding Railways.Naik said that presently, Rs four lakh is given as insurance to the family of the railway victim upon death. Other victims get insurance cover in proportion to their injuries. These amounts were decided way back in 1997 and no revision has been made in it since. Looking at the hiked cost of living we urged upon the Railway Minister to increase these insurance amounts appropriately. He agreed to consider.Naik and Shetty also submitted the memorandum on behalf of Railway Claims Tribunal Bar Association Mumbai.