puneetmafia | UNESCO to fund restoration of toy train in Darjeeling on : August 26, 2013 - 05:56:56 AM |
Kolkata: The 132-year-old Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), which has been running a shortened service since 2010 due to landslides and earthquakes that has uprooted its tracks at various places, is now being restored by UNESCO.The 88-kilometre railway system, commonly known as the “Toy Train”, is on the brink of getting an “endangered” status and even being de-listed from the list of World Heritage Sites. The UN body is appalled that three years have passed and till now neither the Indian Railways, nor West Bengal government has taken up the job of repairing first mountain railway in India and only the second in the world to have received the heritage status.In a letter to Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar this week, Shigeru Aoyagi, Director and UNESCO representative for India, Maldives and Sri Lanka, said that the railways needed to do much more than what it has done to protect the heritage site. “In view of the serious concerns raised by the international community regarding the condition of the DHR, it is important that your ministry demonstrate its active commitment to the protection of DHR so as to maintain its status within the World Heritage List,” the letter said. |
nikhilndls | 15 youths held for indecent comments on train on : August 26, 2013 - 05:57:02 AM |
NAGPUR: Taking swift action after complaints of harassment by women passengers on a train, Itwari railway police nabbed a group of 15 youths from Shivnath Express as soon as it reached Itwari Railway station early on Thursday morning.The group of youths hailing from Bilaspur and Raipur were employees of a private company and were coming to Nagpur to attend an official meeting.Police have booked the youths on a complaint lodged by Khaperkheda resident Aarti Trivedi, 48, and Narendra Agrawal from Korba.Trivedi was travelling with her two young daughters and Agrawal was with his wife. They claimed that during the journey, the youths first sang indecent songs and passed abusive comments towards Trivedi's daughters and Agrawal's wife.The duo informed the TTE and even alerted railway police control room. The youths were produced in the court on Thursday afternoon and released on bail with Rs 500 fine each. |
Mafia | 36.40 घंटे में भागलपुर से जम्मू का सफर | PrabhatKhabar.com : Hindi News Portal to Eastern India on : August 26, 2013 - 05:57:09 AM |
भागलपुर: अब भागलपुर से जम्मू तक का सफर 36.40 घंटे में पूरा हो जायेगा. गुरुवार को भागलपुर-जम्मूतवी अमरनाथ एक्सप्रेस को हरी झंडी दिखाकर रवाना किये जाते ही शहर का रेल संपर्क सीधे जम्मू से जुड़ गया. रात 8.30 बजे सांसद शाहनवाज हुसैन ने दुल्हन की तरह सजी रेलगाड़ी को हरी झंडी दिखायी. अगले सप्ताह से यह ट्रेन सप्ताह में एक दिन यानी गुरुवार रात 11.50 बजे भागलपुर जंक्शन से खुलेगी और शनिवार दिन के 12.30 बजे जम्मू पहुंचेगी. इस मौके पर सांसद ने कहा कि अब शहरवासियों के लिए माता वैष्णौ देवी का दर्शन करना आसान हो जायेगा. इस ट्रेन से लखनऊ,गोरखपुर व छपरा जाने वालों यात्रियों को भी सहूलियत होगी. उन्होंने कहा कि इस ट्रेन का परिचालन शुरू करवाने के लिए वे काफी दिनों से प्रयासरत थे. आज उनका सपना पूरा हो गया. |
railgenie | Kozhikode students throng Science Express on : August 26, 2013 - 05:57:14 AM |
It seems the children of Kozhikode were eagerly waiting for the Science Express this time too. Thousands of students visited the biodiversity special Science Express at the Platform II of Kozhikode Railway station on its first day of visit.The Science Express, that began its journey in 2007 has been to Kozhikode five times in the previous years and has covered 92,000 kms so far. It has earned its name as the longest exhibition in the country as well as for the maximum number of exhibitions.The Biodiversity special Science Express has 16 air-conditioned coaches with information regarding the 10 biodiversity zones in the country.It aims to create awareness regarding the need to protect the b0iodiversity of the country, to maintain the ecological balance and the danger in climate change.There is also a children’s zone aimed at developing scientific temperament among children.There are working and still models describing the climatic changes, energy conservation, waste management, water conservation, mathematics and so on and descriptions on various aspects of the biodiversity zones like the Gangetic plain, North East India, Coastal area, Desert, Western Ghats, Himalayas, Deccan Peninsula and Islands. Information on various herbal medicines, mammals, national parks, vegetables and fruits has been provided at different parts of the train. |
riteshexpert | 36.40 घंटे में भागलपुर से जम्मू का सफर | PrabhatKhabar.com : Hindi News Portal to Eastern India on : August 26, 2013 - 05:57:18 AM |
भागलपुर: अब भागलपुर से जम्मू तक का सफर 36.40 घंटे में पूरा हो जायेगा. गुरुवार को भागलपुर-जम्मूतवी अमरनाथ एक्सप्रेस को हरी झंडी दिखाकर रवाना किये जाते ही शहर का रेल संपर्क सीधे जम्मू से जुड़ गया. रात 8.30 बजे सांसद शाहनवाज हुसैन ने दुल्हन की तरह सजी रेलगाड़ी को हरी झंडी दिखायी. अगले सप्ताह से यह ट्रेन सप्ताह में एक दिन यानी गुरुवार रात 11.50 बजे भागलपुर जंक्शन से खुलेगी और शनिवार दिन के 12.30 बजे जम्मू पहुंचेगी. इस मौके पर सांसद ने कहा कि अब शहरवासियों के लिए माता वैष्णौ देवी का दर्शन करना आसान हो जायेगा. इस ट्रेन से लखनऊ,गोरखपुर व छपरा जाने वालों यात्रियों को भी सहूलियत होगी. उन्होंने कहा कि इस ट्रेन का परिचालन शुरू करवाने के लिए वे काफी दिनों से प्रयासरत थे. आज उनका सपना पूरा हो गया. |
irmafia | छोटे स्टेशनों पर ऊंचे होंगे प्लेटफार्म on : August 26, 2013 - 05:57:24 AM |
मीरजापुर : जिले में बढ़ती रेल दुर्घटनाओं को रोकने के लिए रेलवे प्रशासन जल्द ही नई कवायद शुरू करने जा रहा है। इसके तहत इलाहाबाद-मुगलसराय व चुनार-चोपनरेल प्रखंड पर पड़ने वाले प्लेटफार्म विहीन उन स्टेशन पर दुर्घटना रोकने को ऊंचे प्लेटफार्म का निर्माण कराया जाएगा। इसके लिए रेलवे अभियंताओं को प्रस्ताव बनाकर भेजने का निर्देश दिया गया है। सर्किल स्तर पर कवायद भी शुरू हो गई है। |
puneetmafia | ABSU withdraws hunger strike on : August 26, 2013 - 05:57:31 AM |
ABSU withdraws hunger strike |
messanger | Army recruitment drive turns riotous on : August 26, 2013 - 06:00:02 AM |
LUCKNOW: The army recruitment drive in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, turned riotous on Saturday when thousands of unsuccessful applicants went on a rampage during an army recruitment campaign. Pelting stones at buses and stopping trains on the last day of the 'Sena Bharti Mela' at the RPSF camp, several aspirants from Mau district were put through selection test but failed to make the cut. While a totalof 362 were selected, nearly 5000, local police said, were found ineligible. A few of these 5,000 failed candidates created a ruckus at the railway platforms, bus stations and streets of the city, on their way home, reports said.Things turned ugly after the aspirants insisted on travelling in local transport-- auto-rickshaws and buses -- but failed to pay the requisite fare. When asked to pay up, some resorted to pelting stones at roadways buses, the police said. Local police also said they looted railway vendors and stopped several trains passing through Gorakhpur, including the Durg Express, Bagh Express and Varanasi-Gorakhpur Intercity trains on Cantt Railway station, even trying to board them. |
eabhi200k | 15 youths held for indecent comments on train on : August 26, 2013 - 06:00:24 AM |
NAGPUR: Taking swift action after complaints of harassment by women passengers on a train, Itwari railway police nabbed a group of 15 youths from Shivnath Express as soon as it reached Itwari Railway station early on Thursday morning.The group of youths hailing from Bilaspur and Raipur were employees of a private company and were coming to Nagpur to attend an official meeting.Police have booked the youths on a complaint lodged by Khaperkheda resident Aarti Trivedi, 48, and Narendra Agrawal from Korba.Trivedi was travelling with her two young daughters and Agrawal was with his wife. They claimed that during the journey, the youths first sang indecent songs and passed abusive comments towards Trivedi's daughters and Agrawal's wife.The duo informed the TTE and even alerted railway police control room. The youths were produced in the court on Thursday afternoon and released on bail with Rs 500 fine each. |
nikhilndls | ओवरब्रिज के डिजाइन को लेकर रेलवे से हरी झंडी का इंतजार on : August 26, 2013 - 06:00:37 AM |
सोनीपत : शहर के रोहतक रोड रेलवे ओवरब्रिज के दोहरीकरण का मामला अब रेलवे के पाले में है। लोक निर्माण विभाग की ओर से दिल्ली रेल मंडल के बरोदा हाउस में ओवरब्रिज के डिजाइन को संस्तुति के लिए भेजा जा चुका है। लेकिन रेलवे की हरी झंडी मिलने में हो रही देरी की वजह से ओवरब्रिज के दोहरीकरण का कार्य शुरू नहीं हो पाया है। |
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