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  Indian Railways News  / 75-YEAR-OLD FALLS FROM TRAIN, DIES

A septuagenarian was killed when he fell down from a train in the Tanakpur area of Champawat district. It is learnt that 75-year-old Kripa Shankar, a native of Pakritola in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh, was going to Purnagiri along with his family when the incident took place. Shankar fell from the train while trying to alight from the train and died. The body was handed over to the aggrieved family after a post-mortem.

  Indian Railways News  / EQ facility at Ernakulam restored

KOCHI: The facility to avail the railway emergency quota (EQ) from Ernakulam which was transferred to the divisional headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram last week was restored on Sunday. The decision was announced when the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) and railway board engineer (Electrical, Signalling and Telecom) Khul Bhooshan visited the Ernakulam station to study the possibilities of improving freight traffic, cost cutting measures and safety issues. The EQ facility was shifted on April 5 as the Ernakulam area manager, who is responsible for issuing the EQ tickets, went on a sick leave. But following the protests by railway unions, an assistant commercial manager has now been deployed on temporary basis to deal with the EQ applications. Meanwhile, the DRM rubbished the allegations that the Ernakulam area manager’s post was eliminated and said that unwanted rumours were being spread by the railway staff who had their own agenda. “There have never been plans to eliminate the post. We understand the importance of such a post in Ernakulam. It was only a temporary move,” the DRM said. When asked about the move to withdraw the staff in area manager’s office and his car, the DRM said it was not necessary for the area manager to have a car.

  Indian Railways News  / Waltair division of East Coast Rly crosses 50-mt mark in goods traffic

VISAKHAPATNAM :  The Waltair division of the East Coast Railway has crossed the 50-million tonne mark in cargo-handling for the first time during 2011-12 financial year, according to Mr N. Kashinath, Divisional Railway Manager.Reviewing the performance here on Monday, he said the division had handled goods traffic of 50.80 million tonnes earning Rs 4,054 crore during 2011-12 against 48.27 mt and Rs 3,837.20 crore respectively during the previous financial year (2010-11). He said Waltair division was one of the six divisions in the country which had crossed the 50-million tonne mark.However, he said, in spite of the impressive performance the target of 52 million tonnes in goods traffic could not be achieved by the division due mainly to two main reasons. “The Maoists are active in parts of Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh and they are disrupting the iron ore traffic originating at Bailadilla mines and reaching Visakhapatnam. We have lost at least a million tonnes during the year due to the factor. An additional problem during the year was the 10-day-long rail roko at Jagadalpur, which resulted in the loss of at least a million tonnes more. Otherwise, we could have comfortably reached, and even crossed, the 52-million-tonne mark,” he said.

SURPASSING TARGET
He said the East Coast Railway as a whole — comprising Waltair, Khurda Road, and Sambalpur divisions — had handled 120.5 million tonnes of goods traffic, surpassing the target of 120 million tonnes. All other railway zones in the country had fallen short. Referring to passenger traffic, Mr Kashinath said the division had carried 31.72 million passengers earning Rs 281.18 crore during the year as against 29.33 million and Rs 264.96 crore respectively during the previous year. The total earnings of the division including sundry earnings during the year amounted to Rs 4,383.84 crore as against Rs 4,147.17 crore during the previous year.

ESCALATORS
He said two escalators would be installed at the Visakhapatnam railway station in a few months' time — one at platform No. one and the other at platform No. eight. The orders had been placed for the escalators. He said the number of platforms - eight - was sufficient at the station and more would be built in future depending on the need.He said 78 special trains had been run during the year. The loading through Gangavaram port had shown an increase of 27.26 per cent during the year. After the completion of the expansion project of Visakhapatnam steel plant, there would be substantial jump in the goods traffic of the division, he added.

  Indian Railways News  / Two killed, five injured as train hits truck, jeep in MP

Harda (MP), Apr 10 (PTI) In a freak accident, two persons were killed and five others injured when the Kurla-Varanasi Kamayani Express hit a jeep and a dumper truck at a railway crossing between Bhirangi and Harda railway stations in Madhya Pradesh, authorities said today. The incident occurred last night when the crossing was closed and a jeep was waiting to cross the railway track, Harda railway station manager, MP Parashar told reporters. However, a speeding dumper truck rammed into the stationary jeep from behind following which it broke past the level gate and landed on the track along with the truck. At that time Kamayani Express was passing-by and it first hit the jeep and later the truck following which its driver Subhash Ustad and cleaner Santosh were killed on the spot. Due to impact of the collision, the jeep fell off the track while the dumper got entangled into the engine and was dragged almost 50-60 meters before coming to a halt, he said. Both the vehicles got badly mangled into the incident while the train engine also suffered damage. Train driver Rajendra Kumar, two train passengers, jeep driver Kishore Chandure and a woman were injured in the mishap, Parashar said, adding they were admitted in the Harda district hospital from where two of them were discharged after first-aid. The accident affected the rail traffic for nearly three hours on both Up and Down lines and the train resumed its onward journey only after the engine was replaced with another engine requisitioned from Itarsi, the station manager added.

  Indian Railways News  / No consent hampers raid at railway station

LUDHIANA: A team of sales tax department conducted a raid at the city railway station on Tuesday. The main purpose of the raid was to seize unbooked luggage without bills, but lack of support from the railway officers hampered their activities. The team is still waiting for permission of railway authorities so that they could seize the luggage from the station.According to sales tax officers they had received information that unbooked luggage had reached city station.Additional excise tax commissioner Tejvir Sidhu said, ''There are several kind of goods including hosiery, electronics and among others, but we are still to open the parcels because we are not getting the support from railway officials. The parcels are around 400 in number and its value is yet to be explored.''