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  Indian Railways News  / From today, Pushpa Gujral Science City to get new attraction of rail gallery

Kapurthala : Adding another feather to its cap, Pushpa Gujral Science City (PGSC) will get a new attraction in the shape of a railway gallery on Friday. The gallery will be opened to the public at a simple function by PGSC director-general (DG) Dr RS Khandpur.The much-awaited gallery on the Railways depicts an interesting combination of information on the Railways coupled with dioramas on some of the world-renowned railway lines.Talking to The Tribune, Khandpur said, "The Gallery has been set up with the financial and technical assistance of the Railway Board. The Railway Board has spent Rs 90 lakh for setting up this gallery."The Indian Railways is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km rail tracks and 7,000 stations. It runs 14,000 trains, carries 1.4 crore passengers and 16 lakh tonnes of goods every day.Accordingly, the rail system is quite complicated involving management of movement of trains, signalling and communication system and railway crossings spread throughout the length and breadth of the country. All these functions require highly trained and motivated staff for operations and maintenance of this gigantic task. The Rail Gallery shows the functions of some of the key operational personnel of the railway system, which will provide valuable information to the visitors to PGSC especially the enthusiastic children, he added.Dioramas have been set up on those rail lines which are technologically challenging and visually inspiring. These include Kalka-Shimla railway track, Jammu-Srinagar railway link, the Bullet Train of Japan, Delhi Metro and the principle of levitation used in high-speed trains.Khandpur further stated that the Jammu-Srinagar rail link was a dynamic model which showcases the Udampur-Baramulla 390-km railway project. It covers a 11-km-long tunnel and the highest bridge over the river Chenab. The route covers major earthquake zones, and is subjected to extreme temperatures and inhospitable terrain, making it an extremely challenging engineering project."On the other hand, the Kalka-Shimla railway line, which recently completed a centenary of its operations, is proud of its heritage status. The narrow gauge rail line passes through 103 tunnels during its journey from Kalka to Shimla. The journey on this track by rail motor or toy train provides an unforgettable experience."The model of the Delhi Metro, which is fast becoming life line of Delhi residents, has offered the much-needed relief to the commuters. The Delhi Metro project is the first railway project in the world to be certified for carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by the United Nations,"he added.Khandpur further stated, "A model of magnetic levitation train has also been set up. This is a wheel-less train that only requires a magnetic rail track on the ground. This technique is increasingly being used in high-speed trains."The famous Bullet Train of Japan, with the operating speed of 320 km per hour, is shown with an interesting landscape in the background, he said, adding that there were separate dioramas showing the functioning of the station master, the guard, the ticket collector, and the pointsman.The most interesting part of the railway gallery is the Diesel Engine Simulator. This type of simulator is used to train engine drivers. Sitting on the driver's seat in the simulator, the visitor can feel and enjoy the movement of the train on the tack.Outside the driver's cabin, there is a duplicate control kiosk on which you can learn the operations of various controls of the engine.It displays various rules and choices to the visitors and gives information on incentives and penalties of the scoring system to assess your performance, he added.Khandpur said the Rail Gallery would be very useful, informative and entertaining in addition to the Science City.

  Indian Railways News  / NEW RAILWAY HOSPITAL AT PERAMBUR; TEMPORARY STOPPAGE FOR EXPRESS TRAINS AT MELNARIYAPPANUR

A new Railway Hospital is being constructed at Perambur in Chennai.  The hospital is coming up in a campus measuring a little over 14 acres.

          The new Railway Hospital will have a separate OPD block and 6 IP blocks.These will be constructed in phases.Upon completion, the hospital will have 45 consulting rooms, 600 beds and 14 operation theatres.         

          Today, the ground floor of the OPD block was inaugurated by Smt. Vijaya Kanth, Financial Commissioner, Railways in the presence of Dr. P.S. Prasad, Director General, Railway Health Services, and Shri. Rakesh Misra, General Manager, Southern Railway.

            Dr. G. Narayanan,Additional GeneralManager, Southern Railway, Shri. S. Vijayakumaran, Chief Administrative Officer, Construction, Southern Railway and Dr. S. Ram Prakash, Chief Medical Director, Southern Railway and other higher railway officials graced the occasion by their presence.

          The hospital, complete in all aspects, is expected to be ready by March, 2016.

TEMPORARY STOPPAGE FOR EXPRESS TRAINS

AT MELNARIYAPPANUR


            In view of the feast at St. Antony’s Church, temporary stoppage of 2 minutes duration has been provided for express trains at Melnariyappanur, between Chinnasalem and Attur in Vriddhachalam – Salem section, as follows.                                                                                                         

          1) Train No.11063 / 11064 Chennai Egmore – Salem – Chennai Egmore express      trains will stop at Melnariyappanur from 11.06.2013 to 14.06.2013.

          2) Train No.16855 Puducherry – Mangalore weekly express will stop at      Melnariyappanur o­n 13.06.2013.



Caption for Photograph :  Smt. Vijaya Kanth, Financial Commissioner, Railways seen inaugurating the ground floor of the OPD Block.  Also seen are Shri Rakesh Misra, General Manager, Southern Railway and Dr. P.S. Prasad, Director General, Railway Health Services.

  Indian Railways News  / Rail work halted

Imphal: As a result of ATSUM's agitation code named ROTO, railway construction work between Jiribam and Tupul has been halted.ATSUM earlier wrote to the Deputy Chief Engineer, NF Railway Chief Engineer, NF Railway to direct all private companies working under it to suspend all railway construction works with effect from June 7 midnight.A team of ATSUM functionaries and media persons today visited work sites where the private companies were supposed to be working on the railway project.No activity was seen at the work sites.ATSUM launched a sustained agitation of 38 days starting from last midnight in pursuit of a charter of demands after they have staged a 38-hours intense agitation from June 3 .

  Indian Railways News  / Parsvnath Announces Real Estate Development Agreement With Rail Land

Parsvnath Group, India's leading real estate and infrastructure developer with a diversified portfolio, announced the execution of a Development Agreement with Rail Land Development Authority, Ministry of Railways, on 31st May, 2013 for the development of 15.27 hectares (38 acres) of railway land area situated at Sarai Rohilla - Kishanganj, Delhi.Pursuant to the selection of Parsvnath Developers Limited ("PDL") as "Selected Bidder" by Rail Land Development Authority ("RLDA") in a tendering process for development of 38 acres of railway land area situated at Sarai Rohilla - Kishanganj ("Project") vide Letter of Acceptance dated November 26, 2010, the Company has, after meeting the conditions precedent and completing various formalities, executed, as Selected Bidder, a Development Agreement amongst the Company, RLDA and Parsvnath Rail Land Project Private Limited, a special purpose company incorporated for implementing this project.

This project will be developed over anarea of about 38 acres, comprising of Luxury Air-conditioned Residential Apartments, Commercial/ Shopping areas, Railway Housing, Railway Service Building& Common facilities, Hospital/School and other amenities, State of the Art Club with Gymnasium and sports facilities, etc.

Commenting on the aforesaid development, Mr. Pradeep Jain, Chairman, Parsvnath Group, said:
Consequent upon securing the bid for development of 38 acres of railway land area situated at Sarai Rohilla - Kishanganj, Delhi from RLDA in November, 2010 for an aggregate value of  1651 Crores, the Company has so far made payments of two installments aggregating to  660.60 Crores and has completed requisite formalities pursuant to which the Company has executed the aforesaid Development Agreement with RLDA for development of the project. The project involves development of Luxury Air-conditioned Residential Apartments, Commercial/ Shopping areas, Railway Housing, Railway Service Building& Common facilities, Hospital/School and other amenities, State of the Art Club with Gymnasium and sports facilities, etc. The project site is located in the centre of Delhi and is at a distance of 10 minutes drive from Connaught Place, which is the Central Business District of New Delhi.

Mr. Jain further added that this project will be a masterpiece of architecture which will offer a spectacular ambience that will resonate with resounding avenues of luxury air-conditioned Residential Apartments and commercial spaces with other infrastructural facilities and amenities and M/s. Callison LLC of USA has been appointed as Architect for the project in co-ordination with Architect Sikha & Associates.

Commenting on the aforesaid development, Mr. Subhash Bedi, Managing Director, Red Fort Capital, said:
Red Fort is proud to be a partner in this landmark project which will change the skyline of Central Delhi.

Overview of Parsvnath Developers Limited:-
Parsvnath Group with more than 29 years of experience in real estate industry is present in all verticals and has completed 47 projects. PDL is currently working on 50 projects with a total area of 76.3 mnsq ft. The company's business portfolio includes Residential, Commercial (office and Retail), DMRC Projects, Hotels, SEZs, IT Parks. More information about the company is available on www.parsvnath.com

Overview of Red Fort Capital:-
Red Fort Capital is a leading private equity firm with more than USD 1 Billion of Assets Under Management in India through multiple investment vehicles. The Fund has an established development track record exceeding 300 million square feet of real estate and infrastructure projects. Red Fort Capital's leadership team has experience with firms such as L&T, DLF, General Electric, JP Morgan, Punj Lloyd, Ernst & Young among others which positions the fund as an enviable leader in the industry. Currently, Red Fort Capital has a portfolio of more than 20 projects in India with 60 million square feet under development, including Delhi One (in partnership with Four Seasons), Red Fort Capital Parsvnath Towers (Delhi), Exora Business Park (Bangalore) and Ansal Esencia among others.

  Indian Railways News  / More CCTVs stations in Salem Railway Division

ERODE, JUNE 9:   The Railway Protection Force will install more Close Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) in all the 113 Railway stations in Salem Railway Division, officials said on Sunday.

The Division, comprises Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Coimbatore and four more revenue districts. Only ten such CCTVs are at the Coimbatore Railway Station and it would be increased to 70 shortly.

In Erode Railway station too, the number of CCTVs would be increased. Officials said Erode Railway station would have a luggage scanner soon.