RailEnquiry

East Coast Railway Shramik Congress Divisional Coordinator V.J. Ajay Kumar submitted a memorandum to the Minister of State for Railways Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy seeking provision of alternative jobs to 115 licensed porters working in Waltair Division, who were found medically unfit for the post of ‘Gangmen’.He noted that of the 430 licensed porters working in the Division, 315 were declared medically fit and were absorbed as gangmen while the rest were declared ‘unfit’ and couldn’t be absorbed and were leading miserable lives with their families. He appealed to the Minister to provide them alternative jobs such as Safaiwalas, care takers and store khalasis.

CWA plea:The Civic Welfare Association, GVMC, Zone-1, Madhurawada, appealed to Mr. Suryaprakash Reddy to sanction a Railway Reservation Centre at Madhurawada, which has a population of 2.5 lakhs and is about 15 km away from the Railway Station, for the convenience of residents.Association honorary president Pothina Sambasiva Rao and others noted that the GVMC had agreed to provide accommodation, if the Railways sanction the reservation centre.Zonal Railway Users Committee Member D. Varada Reddy sought improvements at Visakhapatnam Railway Station like provision of two escalators and three lifts for the benefit of senior citizens, adding six more platforms with four of them serving as terminal platforms, conversion into a ‘World Class’ station as announced in the Railway Budget 2010 and development of Duvvada, Simhachalam, Pendurthy, Kothavalasa, Borra Guhalu and Araku Stations.

Telugu Desam Party

TDP city secretary Sanapala Panduranga Rao demanded a separate zone with headquarters in Visakhapatnam. He also sought introduction of new trains, increasing the quota of berths and adding of coaches to various trains.

Y. Raman, Director of the CIA centre, submitted a memorandum to Mr. Suryaprakash Reddy to honour Ramsudhakar, Branch Manager of United India Insurance Co, Vizag, who had saved more than 20 passengers in the fire accident on the Tamil Nadu Express at Nellore on July 30, this year.

His bravery was reported in the newspapers and TV channels and was also acknowledged by the Nellore Railway Police but no action was taken by the Railways to consider him for a bravery award.

He sought the Minister’s intervention in this regard.