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Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager Piyush Agarwal on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the death of a passenger at the Shoranur railway station on Friday, allegedly without getting emergency medical help from the nearby Shoranur Railway Hospital.He directed the Chief Medical Superintendent of the Palakkad Railway Division to conduct an inquiry into the incident and submit the report.The passenger, Ashokan (70) of Ayiloor, near Nemmara here, was coming from Kozhikode to Palakkad by the Calicut-Coimbatore passenger train at 7.45 a.m. on Friday, when he developed chest pain. His co-passengers brought him to the platform and informed the railway police who rushed to the railway hospital to bring a doctor. But none of the two doctors on duty there turned up to examine the passenger who struggled for 45 minutes before his death.A constable on duty at the station said the police went to the railway hospital three times and requested the doctors to accompany them as the passenger was in a critical condition. But both the doctors refused to turn up and the patient died on the platform.The railway hospital authorities also did not provide an ambulance to move the body to the mortuary, it was alleged.

KOLKATA: The Rajdhani and Duronto Expresses originating from Howrah and Sealdah stations will soon have fire alarm systems in all coaches.Gradually, all trains will have this facility in the air-conditioned coaches, which will ensure more safety for passengers, said Railway Board officials.In July, 2012, over 30 passengers were killed after a coach of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu caught fire near Nellore.The officials, however, said that for the time being, only air-conditioned coaches would have the fire alarms. The system has already been tested on the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express and a rake of the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani has been equipped with it."We expect that the Howrah and Sealdah Rajdhanis and the Durontos and Shatabdis will soon be equipped with this system," said a railway official in Kolkata. "This will prevent any accident caused by fire on the trains. The coaches are being fitted with this system at the Rail Coach Factory and sent to various railways."The system has been developed to check and sound an alarm to passengers during train journey. The alarm gives sufficient time to passengers to shift to a safe place, said officials. "The automatic fire and smoke detection system is based on 'Very Early Warning Smoke Detection System (VEWSD)' strategy to detect smoke/fire at the incipient stage of smoke or fire through continuous multipoint sampling and analysis of the coach environment. The system is suitable for controlled environment for AC coaches," the official added.

There are 4 alarm levels called Alert, Action, Fire-1 and Fire-2. Based on trials on the Bhubaneswar Rajdhani, the Research Design & Standards Organisation (RDSO) has improved on the specification and made provision of interfacing the system with the air brake system of the coaches so that in the event of Fire-2 alarm, the train stops automatically before the hooter is sounded. This will ensure passenger evacuation without panic, officials believe.

However, officials will have to ensure the availability of adequate fire extinguishers and supporting staff to contain the initial three stages before considering a Fire-2 situation. During the trial period, two actual fire incidences were detected by the system in two coaches of Bhubaneswar Rajdhani and timely warning saved loss of property and life.

"We hope that more air-conditioned coaches from Sealdah and Howrah get fitted with this system. We are keener on the Howrah Rajdhani Express which is the first Rajdhani that ran in the country. Other trains like the Durontos, the Shatabdis and the Howrah-Dhanbad double-decker Express," the official added.

Delhi Metro has introduced two additional trains on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur route from today.With this, the total number of trains on this line has increased to 22."The move is aimed at better passenger handling, especially at the interchange station of Central Secretariat," a DMRC spokesperson said.Till now, only one platform was being used for boarding and deboarding at Central Secretariat station of Line-6.However, with the introduction of these two additional trains, passengers can now avail the trains from both the platforms alternately for going towards Badarpur."This move has also ensured the increase in frequency of trains on this line from 3 minutes 44 seconds to 3 minutes 25 seconds and trains will also run 13 extra trips making it a total of 401 trips," the spokesperson said.

The average ridership on this route is 1.60 lakh.

KOLKATA: The Rajdhani and Duronto Expresses originating from Howrah and Sealdah stations will soon have fire alarm systems in all coaches.Gradually, all trains will have this facility in the air-conditioned coaches, which will ensure more safety for passengers, said Railway Board officials.In July, 2012, over 30 passengers were killed after a coach of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu caught fire near Nellore.The officials, however, said that for the time being, only air-conditioned coaches would have the fire alarms. The system has already been tested on the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express and a rake of the Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani has been equipped with it."We expect that the Howrah and Sealdah Rajdhanis and the Durontos and Shatabdis will soon be equipped with this system," said a railway official in Kolkata. "This will prevent any accident caused by fire on the trains. The coaches are being fitted with this system at the Rail Coach Factory and sent to various railways."The system has been developed to check and sound an alarm to passengers during train journey. The alarm gives sufficient time to passengers to shift to a safe place, said officials. "The automatic fire and smoke detection system is based on 'Very Early Warning Smoke Detection System (VEWSD)' strategy to detect smoke/fire at the incipient stage of smoke or fire through continuous multipoint sampling and analysis of the coach environment. The system is suitable for controlled environment for AC coaches," the official added.

There are 4 alarm levels called Alert, Action, Fire-1 and Fire-2. Based on trials on the Bhubaneswar Rajdhani, the Research Design & Standards Organisation (RDSO) has improved on the specification and made provision of interfacing the system with the air brake system of the coaches so that in the event of Fire-2 alarm, the train stops automatically before the hooter is sounded. This will ensure passenger evacuation without panic, officials believe.

However, officials will have to ensure the availability of adequate fire extinguishers and supporting staff to contain the initial three stages before considering a Fire-2 situation. During the trial period, two actual fire incidences were detected by the system in two coaches of Bhubaneswar Rajdhani and timely warning saved loss of property and life.

"We hope that more air-conditioned coaches from Sealdah and Howrah get fitted with this system. We are keener on the Howrah Rajdhani Express which is the first Rajdhani that ran in the country. Other trains like the Durontos, the Shatabdis and the Howrah-Dhanbad double-decker Express," the official added.

Delhi Metro has introduced two additional trains on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur route from today.With this, the total number of trains on this line has increased to 22."The move is aimed at better passenger handling, especially at the interchange station of Central Secretariat," a DMRC spokesperson said.Till now, only one platform was being used for boarding and deboarding at Central Secretariat station of Line-6.However, with the introduction of these two additional trains, passengers can now avail the trains from both the platforms alternately for going towards Badarpur."This move has also ensured the increase in frequency of trains on this line from 3 minutes 44 seconds to 3 minutes 25 seconds and trains will also run 13 extra trips making it a total of 401 trips," the spokesperson said.

The average ridership on this route is 1.60 lakh.

South Eastern Railway(SER) has advisedtemporary augmentation ofTrain Nos.12245/12246 HOWRAH-YESVANTPUR-HOWRAH DURONTO EXPRESS which have been extended to the dates mentioned against each,for clearance of extra rush.The details are as follows :--

Train No. 12245 HOWRAH-YESVANTPUR DURONTO EXPRESS runs with o­ne additionalAC 3-tier Coach o­n 03rd, 04th, 07th, 08th 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 20th, 21st,24th, 25th, 28th&29th September, 2013.One additional Second Class Sleeper coach is also attached to the same Train o­n 01st, 06th, 10th, 14th, 18th, 22nd &27th September, 2013.

In the return direction, Train No.12246 YESVANTPUR-HOWRAH DURONTO EXPRESS runs with o­ne additional AC 3-tier coachon 05th, 06th, 09th, 10th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th , 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 30th Sept. 2013 & 01stOctober, 2013.One additional Second Class sleeper coach is also attached to the same Train o­n 03rd, 08th, 12th, 16th, 20th,24th & 29th September, 2013.

पश्चिम मेदिनीपुर जिलांतर्गत खड़गपुर रेलवे स्टेशन परिसर में स्थित चार स्टॉल्स को रेलवे प्रशासन द्वारा किराया बकाया रहने के आरोप में सील कर दिए जाने को ले बुधवार को दिन भर नाटकीय घटनाक्रम चलता रहा। विभिन्न यूनियनों के बैनर तले वेंडर और केटरिंग हेल्पर हड़ताल पर रहे। इसकी वजह से यात्रियों को काफी परेशानियों का सामना करना पड़ा।
बताते चलें कि किराया बकाया रहने के आरोप में रेलवे प्रशासन ने मंगलवार को खड़गपुर रेलवे स्टेशन परिसर में स्थित चार स्टॉल्स को सील करने की कोशिश की थी। हालांकि एक को सील करने के बाद ही यूनियनों के कड़े विरोध के चलते अभियान दल को बैरंग वापस लौट जाना पड़ा। अलबत्ता बुधवार की सुबह प्रशासन ने शेष तीन स्टॉल्स को भी सील कर दिया। इससे स्टेशन पर कार्यरत करीब तीन सौ वेंडर और केटरिंग हेल्परों ने बुधवार को दुकानें नहीं खोली, वहीं इंटक, इंटटक और एटक के बैनर तले विरोध-प्रदर्शन किया। उनका आरोप था कि रेलवे को अग्रिम किराये का भुगतान किए जाने के बावजूद अन्यायपूर्ण तरीके से प्रशासन ने स्टॉल्स को सील किया है। इधर स्टॉल्स नहीं खुलने से रेल यात्रियों को खान-पान की चीजों के लिए भारी परेशानी झेलनी पड़ी। हालांकि रेलवे और आइआरसीटीसी की कैंटीनें खुली रही, लेकिन यात्रियों की संख्या के मद्देनजर यह अपर्याप्त साबित हुई। बुधवार को अपराह्न यूनियनों की ओर से एक प्रतिनिधि मंडल ने खड़गपुर के डीआरएम गौतम बनर्जी से मुलाकात भी की। हालांकि किसी निष्कर्ष पर नहीं पहुंचा जा सका। इस संबंध में खड़गपुर रेल मंडल के वरिष्ठ वाणिज्यिक प्रबंधक विवेक कुमार ने कहा कि मामले में रियायत की कोई गुंजाइश नहीं थी, इसीलिए यह कार्रवाई करनी पड़ी। उन्होंने उन्होंने कहा कि यात्रियों को हो रही परेशानियों को देखते हुए वैकल्पिक व्यवस्था पर विचार किया जा रहा है।

Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager Piyush Agarwal on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the death of a passenger at the Shoranur railway station on Friday, allegedly without getting emergency medical help from the nearby Shoranur Railway Hospital.He directed the Chief Medical Superintendent of the Palakkad Railway Division to conduct an inquiry into the incident and submit the report.The passenger, Ashokan (70) of Ayiloor, near Nemmara here, was coming from Kozhikode to Palakkad by the Calicut-Coimbatore passenger train at 7.45 a.m. on Friday, when he developed chest pain. His co-passengers brought him to the platform and informed the railway police who rushed to the railway hospital to bring a doctor. But none of the two doctors on duty there turned up to examine the passenger who struggled for 45 minutes before his death.A constable on duty at the station said the police went to the railway hospital three times and requested the doctors to accompany them as the passenger was in a critical condition. But both the doctors refused to turn up and the patient died on the platform.The railway hospital authorities also did not provide an ambulance to move the body to the mortuary, it was alleged.

Southern Railway has announced cancellation of the following passenger trains due to operational reasons. The Thanjavur – Kumbakonam passenger (56040) leaving Thanjavur at 6.05 p.m. will not run on Wednesdays up to September 18. Kumbakonam – Thanjavur passenger (56039) leaving Kumbakonam at 8.05 a.m. will not run on Thursdays up to September 18, a Southern Railway press release here said.

Jammu : Three supporters of self-styled godman and rape accused Asaram were detained by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) after they disrupted rail traffic near Balol Nallah on Jammu-Pathankote railway route here this morning.Sources said around 100 supporters and followers of the accused, including women, had blocked the railway track at Balol Nallah in Bari Brahmana.They also raised slogans against the Congress-led UPA government for allegedly framing the accused godman Asaram under a conspiracy.The protestors carried placards and had a minor scuffle with the police when the latter tried to stop them from moving on the railway track.“They assembled near Balol Nallah at 7.45 am and had a minor scuffle with the police after they were stopped. The rail traffic remained disrupted for half-an-hour. The trains affected due to the disruption were Ahmedabad Express from Jammu and Jammu-bound Sealdah Express,” a police officer said.The official also claimed that some supporters and followers, who had boarded the Ahmedabad Express from Jammu, also joined the protestors raising anti-government slogans.After a brief disruption where two trains were delayed, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) swung into action and dispersed the protestors.Meanwhile, many Asaram's supporters continued their hunger strike at Bhagwati Nagar ashram here.They accused the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of implicating the “spiritual guru” in "false case" under a "well-planned conspiracy". They demanded the "spiritual guru" should be immediately released.Sources said that hundreds of supporters and followers of Asaram had already left for Jodhpur to hold protest against the government.