<span style="color: #222222;">The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till noon after about half an hour of the proceedings of the Question Hour. As the House met this morning for the third day today, the TRS members rushed into the well of the House seeking a uniform food grains procurement policy and legislation on MSP. Amid the din, Speaker Om Birla took up the Question Hour.<br />''<br />''Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishnav told the House during the Question Hour, 46776 route kilometers of the broadguage rail lines out of the total of 64,689 route kilometers have been electrified as on 1st November this year. He said it amounts to 72 percent of the network, adding, works are in full steam to electrify the whole length of the network. He said last year alone, 6000 route kilometers have been taken up for electrification.<br />''<br />''To another question, he said the Railway Ministry is procuring containers from Indian companies alone. He said there is no proposal to establish any container manufacturing facility by the Railways as of now.<br />''<br />''As the sloganeering by the TRS members continued, Speaker Om Birla asked them to respect the dignity of the House. He asked the members to help maintain decorum in the August House, saying the pains and agonies of the people must be raised in the House in a proper manner to elicit the reply from the ministers. As the din continued, he adjourned the House till noon.<br />''<br />''Earlier, the Congress and the DMK members staged a walk out from the House for a very brief while in support of the demand to revoke the suspension of the 12 Opposition Rajya Sabha members. However, they returned to the House after a while and participated in the discussions.</span><br />
News On AIR | December 1, 2021 12:55 PM
Lok Sabha adjourned till noon after about half an hour of proceedings of Question Hour