<span style="color: #222222;">Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav has assured the people of the country that Railways will keep on introducing more and more festival trains so that the each passenger can get confirmed ticket.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Addressing media in New Delhi, Mr Yadav said, Railways does not want to run unreserved trains in view of the COVID situation and only reserved trains are being operated.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He requested the people of the country to come to the Railway Station with confirmed tickets only for safe journey.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, Railways is monitoring the waiting list situation on a daily basis and it is introducing more and more trains as and when required.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Yadav said, currently 436 festival special trains are being operated from 20th of October to 30th of this month.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Yadav also spoke about the Dabhoi-Chandod-Kevadiya Railway Project which will connect the Statue of Sardar Vallabh Patel in Gujarat.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He informed that the project will be commissioned by December this year.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail, the Railway Board Chairman said that the contract for design and construction of 237 kilometres between Vapi and Vadodara has been awarded which is 47 per cent of the total 508 kilometres.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, the contract has been awarded at a cost of Rs. 24,985 crore.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In reply to a question on Non-Technical Popular Categories Examination to be organized by Railways from 15th of December, Mr Yadav said, Railways is fully prepared to hold this examination from 15th of next month.</span><br />''