Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Ram Naik today said that Union Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda has assured him that the demand for increasing insurance cover to victims of train accidents would be positively considered.

Naik said he and Mumbai North MP Gopal Shetty met Gowda in Delhi yesterday and submitted a memorandum on demands and suggestions regarding Railways. "The minister said the demand for increasing insurance cover for victims of railway accidents would be considered," Naik stated.