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PUNE: The many safety warnings notwithstanding, people continue to cross railway tracks. As many as 3,159 cases of trespassing on tacks have been registered in Pune division in the last seven months, and 300 lives lost so far this year. The most recent death was incidentally that of a railway official, deputy station superintendent Ramkesh Meena, who was run over by a passenger train while crossing the track at Dehu Road station on Sunday afternoon.Railway officials attribute illegal track crossing as one of the leading causes of these deaths. They said about 451 cases of illegal track crossing have been registered each month this year, most of which were booked at major stations, including Pune, Shivajinagar, Chinchwad, Pimpri and Hadapsar.

Last year, the railway administration had recorded 3,671 cases of illegal crossing of tracks in the first seven months. Though the numbers have reduced to some extent, officials here said that many people still choose to take short cuts instead of using foot over bridges (FOBs).The administration said trespassing incidents are high at all stations between Pune and Lonavla, the busiest section in the division. All stations on this stretch have FOBs, but commuters avoid using them. At some places, unidentified persons have even breached walls in order to cross the tracks.

"The administration collected a fine of Rs 4.05 lakh in the cases booked so far this year. About 35 offenders who failed to pay the fine were sent to jail. A person can be fined Rs 1,000 and imprisoned for a maximum period of six months if they are caught crossing tracks illegally. People should use FOBs or manned crossing-gates to avoid accidents on tracks," a railway official said.

The division has identified some 'vulnerable' spots on the Pune-Lonavla, Pune-Daund and Kolhapur sections. Engine drivers have been instructed to honk at these spots and display boards have been put up at sensitive points, telling people to refrain from trespassing.

The division has also initiated steps to phase out unmanned level crossings. Five gates have been closed so far this year and all level crossing gates along the Pune-Lonavla and Pune-Daund routes are manned.

However, railway authorities said that people put their lives at risk at level crossings even when gates are closed for a train to pass.

Bureaucrat-turned-entrepreneur Sanjay Gupta, who resigned recently as Executive Chairman of the Rs 22,000-crore Metro-link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA), to return to his own businesses, is floating a private equity fund to initially raise Rs 250-300 crore from India and abroad to fund his enterprises as well as those of others.Gupta, who last week said he was following in N. R. Narayana Murthy's footsteps while returning to his businesses, told Business Line here that in his fresh endeavour to raise a PE fund, he is following the example of the Tatas to fund his own companies, besides those of others.He has already approached the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in this regard and hopes to obtain its regulatory approvals in the next couple of months for operationalising the fund.His PE fund, called Let India Fly for Ever, or LIFE, will focus on the media, hospitality, healthcare and lifestyle businesses. This is being done with a vision to accelerate the growth of upcoming SMEs and profit-focused start-ups from different industry sectors.The first scheme to be launched under this PE fund is titled ‘India Aspiration Scheme’ which will focus on SMEs and industries with a turnover between Rs 20 crore to Rs 200 crore. The LIFE fund falls under Category II–AIS SEBI regulations.In view of entrepreneurs facing challenges in finding growth capital, LIFE will infuse capital in select enterprises to overcome bottlenecks and accelerate the country’s growth, Gupta said.

Apart from infusing financial support to the SMEs, LIFE fund will also provide business intelligence and a support network pertaining to a range of businesses depending upon their need and situation.

An IAS officer of the 1985 batch of the Gujarat cadre, Gupta had resigned after Narendra Modi became the Chief Minister in October 2001. The former bureaucrat, known for his networking expertise and turning around the GSPC Group, joined the Adani Group as an Advisor and later became an entrepreneur. He had joined MEGA, the special purpose vehicle for the Metro project, in April 2011. “Following its financial closure achieved last week, anybody can now implement the project,” he added.

Before stepping down as Metro chief on health grounds and to focus on his string of businesses, Gupta said a consortium of 10 public banks headed by Punjab National Bank (PNB) had sanctioned a debt of Rs 4,700 crore, of which Rs 3,100 crore has been allocated for Phase-IA, that would be implemented by August 2017.

Gupta is the promoter of business conglomerate Neesa Group with interests in a 1,200-room hotel chain, infrastructure, food and agritech, real estate, construction, IT and media business.

03-09-2013
DIVERSION OF DIBRUGARH TOWN- NEW DELHI RAJDHANI TRAINS DUE TO ‘RAIL & ROAD BLOCKADE’ BETWEEN PATHSALA- SARUPETA STATIONS OVER NORTH FRONTIER RAILWAY ON 03.09.2013
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Due to ‘Rail & Road Blockade’ by ‘Non Bodo Suraksha Manch’ & ‘Jana Goshthiya Suraksha Samity’ at Level Crossing No.- SK-33 between Pathsala- Sarupeta stations over North Frontier Railway for 8 hours from 06.00 a.m. o­n 03.09.2013, the 12435 & 12423 Dibrugarh Town- New Delhi Rajdhani Express trains scheduled to leave Dibrugarh Town o­n 02.09.2013, have been diverted to run via Guwahati- Kamakhya- Changsari- Rangiya- New Bongaigaon o­n 03.09.2013.

03-09-2013
DIVERSION OF DIBRUGARH TOWN- NEW DELHI RAJDHANI TRAINS DUE TO ‘RAIL & ROAD BLOCKADE’ BETWEEN PATHSALA- SARUPETA STATIONS OVER NORTH FRONTIER RAILWAY ON 03.09.2013
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Due to ‘Rail & Road Blockade’ by ‘Non Bodo Suraksha Manch’ & ‘Jana Goshthiya Suraksha Samity’ at Level Crossing No.- SK-33 between Pathsala- Sarupeta stations over North Frontier Railway for 8 hours from 06.00 a.m. o­n 03.09.2013, the 12435 & 12423 Dibrugarh Town- New Delhi Rajdhani Express trains scheduled to leave Dibrugarh Town o­n 02.09.2013, have been diverted to run via Guwahati- Kamakhya- Changsari- Rangiya- New Bongaigaon o­n 03.09.2013.

KATHMANDU : The government has planned to start work on the track bed of the East West Electrical Railway after the festive season ends in November. On Monday, it invited tenders for the construction of the track bed on a 5-km stretch of the Simara-Bardibas section of the proposed railway . The track bed is the foundation on which the railway track will be laid.The Department of Railways said that it would select three contractors within the next two months to construct the track bed in three packages. As per the plan, the contractors will have to start work immediately after the festivals based on the detailed project report (DPR) readied by South Korean consultants.The DPR of the 108-km Simara-Bardibas section of the East-West Railway was completed last year. “Construction of the track bed will cost Rs 500 million,” said Rajeshwor Man Singh, superintendent engineer of the department.The scope of the tender issued for the track bed includes construction of cross drainage structures, animal crossings, underpasses, embankments, earthen drains and bio-engineering works. However, even though the tender notice has been published, the exact locations where the track bed will be constructed have not been finalised yet.

Department officials said that preparations for issuing a notice for land acquisition and compensation distribution were at the final stages. As per Singh, work will start from the Simara end of the route. The ambitious railway project will connect Kakkarbhitta in the east with Gaddachauki in the west passing through various business hubs in the Tarai.

According to the department, the Simara-Bardibas section is considered to be one of the most suitable sections for developing a railway network as the Indian government is supporting Nepal to extend the Janakpur-Jayanagar railway up to Bardibas using broad gauge track. The DPR conducted by the Korean firms had concluded that the construction of the Simara-Bardibas section (including Simara-Birgunj link of 36 km) will cost around Rs 100 billion, depending on the facilities, safety measures, quality and level of service to be incorporated.The DPR has shown that the government will need Rs 4.26 billion for land acquisition and resettlement for the Simara-Bardibas section. The government has aimed to start the construction of the railway this year as mentioned in the budget announcement for the current fiscal year.

Rs 1.4 billion has been allocated for railway works in the current fiscal year which will be used for the construction of the 5-km-long track bed and the DPR of the Butwal-Gaddachauki section, among other tasks. Of the total Rs 1.07 billion, Rs 905.9 million was spent in the last fiscal year on distributing land compensation and conducting the DPR, according to the department.

Eastern Railway posted a 12 per cent growth in passenger earnings to nearly Rs 636 crore between April and July this year, as against a little more than Rs 567 crore during the year-ago period.

According to a release, ER’s miscellaneous earnings (particularly penalties collected from passengers) were nearly 7 per cent higher at Rs 14.33 crore during the period.

जयपुर के लिए चलेगी स्पेशल ट्रेन

KANPUR कानपुर। रेल प्रशासन ने यजयपुर से लखनऊ के बीच वाया कन्नौज, फर्रुखाबाद रूट से 8 सितंबर से 9 अक्तूबर तक एक महीने के लिए स्पेशल ट्रेन चलाने का फैसला किया है।
एनसीआर के पीआरओ अमित मालवीय ने बताया कि 09707 अप स्पेशल ट्रेन जयपुर से मंगलवार, शुक्रवार और रविवार को रात 9:45 बजे चलकर कानपुर सेंट्रल पर दूसरे दिन सुबह 8:55 बजे आकर लखनऊ 10:20 बजे पहुंचाएगी। 09708 डाउन लखनऊ से बुधवार, शनिवार और सोमवार को दोपहर 12:25 कानपुर सेंट्रल पर दोपहर 14:05 बजे पहुंचकर दो मिनट बाद जयपुर को चल देगी। ट्रेन अनवरगंज, कन्नौज, फर्रुखाबाद, हाथरस सिटी, मथुरा कैंट, जंक्शन, अछनेरा, भरतपुर, बांदीकुईं, गांधीनगर रुकते हुए रात पौने दो बजे जयपुर पहुंचेगी।

Rail Officers surrounded at Mandhana

Bureaucrat-turned-entrepreneur Sanjay Gupta, who resigned recently as Executive Chairman of the Rs 22,000-crore Metro-link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA), to return to his own businesses, is floating a private equity fund to initially raise Rs 250-300 crore from India and abroad to fund his enterprises as well as those of others.Gupta, who last week said he was following in N. R. Narayana Murthy's footsteps while returning to his businesses, told Business Line here that in his fresh endeavour to raise a PE fund, he is following the example of the Tatas to fund his own companies, besides those of others.He has already approached the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in this regard and hopes to obtain its regulatory approvals in the next couple of months for operationalising the fund.His PE fund, called Let India Fly for Ever, or LIFE, will focus on the media, hospitality, healthcare and lifestyle businesses. This is being done with a vision to accelerate the growth of upcoming SMEs and profit-focused start-ups from different industry sectors.The first scheme to be launched under this PE fund is titled ‘India Aspiration Scheme’ which will focus on SMEs and industries with a turnover between Rs 20 crore to Rs 200 crore. The LIFE fund falls under Category II–AIS SEBI regulations.In view of entrepreneurs facing challenges in finding growth capital, LIFE will infuse capital in select enterprises to overcome bottlenecks and accelerate the country’s growth, Gupta said.

Apart from infusing financial support to the SMEs, LIFE fund will also provide business intelligence and a support network pertaining to a range of businesses depending upon their need and situation.

An IAS officer of the 1985 batch of the Gujarat cadre, Gupta had resigned after Narendra Modi became the Chief Minister in October 2001. The former bureaucrat, known for his networking expertise and turning around the GSPC Group, joined the Adani Group as an Advisor and later became an entrepreneur. He had joined MEGA, the special purpose vehicle for the Metro project, in April 2011. “Following its financial closure achieved last week, anybody can now implement the project,” he added.

Before stepping down as Metro chief on health grounds and to focus on his string of businesses, Gupta said a consortium of 10 public banks headed by Punjab National Bank (PNB) had sanctioned a debt of Rs 4,700 crore, of which Rs 3,100 crore has been allocated for Phase-IA, that would be implemented by August 2017.

Gupta is the promoter of business conglomerate Neesa Group with interests in a 1,200-room hotel chain, infrastructure, food and agritech, real estate, construction, IT and media business.

महाराजा अग्रसेन वेलफेयर ट्रस्ट, पंचकूला ने उसके द्वारा उठाई गई ज्यादातर मागों पर सरकार द्वारा जल्द ही कार्य शुरू कराने के आश्वासन पर सांसद पवन कुमार बंसल का धन्यवाद किया और उन्हे एक 'धन्यवाद पत्र' देने का निर्णय लिया है।
महाराजा अग्रसेन वेलफेयर ट्रस्ट द्वारा आयोजित बैठक में प्रेस सचिव तरसेम गर्ग ने बताया कि अनेक मागों से संबंधित ज्ञापन प्रधान बाल कृष्ण बंसल की अध्यक्षता में तत्कालीन रेल मंत्री पवन कुमार बंसल को लिखा गया था, जिस संबंधी रेलवे विभाग ने 9 अगस्त, 2013 को ट्रस्ट को पत्र लिखकर अवगत कराया कि आपकी ज्यादातर मांगें जल्द ही पूरी कर दी जाएंगी। इसमें पहली माँग अंबाला-दप्पर के बीच डबल रेलवे लाइन, जो दिसंबर 2013 तक पूरी कर दी जाएगी, चंडीगढ़ रेलवे स्टेशन का नवीनीकरण और चौड़ीकरण किया जा रहा है। इसके अलावा ट्रस्ट ने पंचकूला की ओर से डबल रोड को बनवाना और प्लेटफॉर्म को ब्यूटीफाई करने के बारे में लिखा था, जिसका जवाब अभी बाकी है। गर्ग ने बताया कि ट्रस्ट लोगों की सुविधाओं के लिए हर वक्त तत्पर रहता है और आगे भी इसी तरह संबंधित विभागों को लिखता रहेगा। उन्होंने बताया कि ट्रस्ट द्वारा उठाई गई अधिकतर मागों को मान लिए जाने के कारण ट्रस्ट के सदस्यों ने एमपी, चंडीगढ़ पवन कुमार बंसल का धन्यवाद किया। बैठक में निर्णय लिया गया कि ट्रस्ट सांसद पवन कुमार बंसल के निवास पर पहुच उन्हे एक धन्यवाद पत्र भी देगा। इस समय महासचिव जगमोहन गर्ग, सगान जिंदल, रामविलास अग्रवाल, मुकेश गर्ग, योगराज बंसल, अशोक जिंदल, सोमनाथ दीवान, ओमप्रकाश गर्ग, नरेश अग्रवाल भी मौजूद थे।