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India says railway computers working smoothly

NEW DELHI: India's state-run railway network has started the new year on a normal note, with no problems reported due to the millennium rollover, a Railway Board official said on Saturday.

"Railway computers have smoothly rolled over to March 1, the date for which booking can be done tomorrow," V.Kumaran, head of the Railways' Y2K Cell, told a video conference with journalists soon after midnight.

He said other related units such as power systems were also functioning normally.-Reuters