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PUNE: Passenger movement on platform number one of the Pune railway station was disrupted for some time on Tuesday afternoon, when a portion of the false ceiling became dislodged around 4.30 pm and was left dangling.

Railway officials later removed the dangling portion. No casualty or damage was reported.

Officials said the portion of the aluminium ceiling came unstuck near a book stall on the platform and was dangling about one to two feet below its original position. It had to be removed as there was not enough support to reattach it.

An official said the portion was dislodged as the rods that attached it to the roof had been stolen. The administration will now ask the government railway police (GRP) and railway protection force (RPF) to increase vigil at the station to avoid such incidents, he said.

Both agencies will also be asked to restrict entry of people creating nuisance at the station premises. The official added that the engineering department would check if the remaining ceiling needed to be removed.

Harsha Shah of the Railway Pravasi Group said, "Such incidents of thefts have been reported on the station premises. The administration needs to restrict illegal activities at the station and initiate regular drives on all platforms." Shah said the security at platform number one should be increased as most trains operate from this platform.

Ludhiana : The chairman of Yatri Sewa Samiti, which looks after the services being provided to the railway passengers, inspected the city railway station today. The chairman, Jagdish Chander, inspected various areas on the railway station premises and took notes of problems being faced by visitors and passengers at the railway station.While addressing a long-pending demand of city residents, Jagdish Chander said the Lakkar Bridge will be completed by the end of this year. The project has been hanging fire for several years, inconveniencing the residents.Although the station authorities had cleaned the station, Chander was not satisfied by the basic infrastructure. He instructed the railway station staff to keep the station more neat and clean.The chairman said the ongoing construction of foot bridge will be completed by March 31. He said the railway hospital will also be upgraded."The grant for installing escalators on the railway platforms has been released. We have sent the design to Railway Board. When they pass the design, the work will start,” said Jagdish Chander.A delegation of industrialists and Congress leaders also met the Chairman to discuss various problems.The delegation demanded the opening of a ticket reservation centre on the Civil Lines side, and a new Shatabdi from Ludhiana.

Raigarh (RIG), Bilaspur(BSP), Raipur(R),DURG,Gondia (G) and Itwari(ITR) Passenger Reservation System will now be working up to 22.00Hrs Instead of 20.00Hrs.

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No.239/2013-14 28-08-2013
Secunderabad
SCR to Run 8 Special Trains between Aurangabad-Tirupati

In order to clear extra rush of passengers, South Central Railway will run 8 Special Trains between Aurangabad-Tirupati as per the following schedule:-

Train No. 07405 Aurangabad-Tirupati Special Train will depart Aurangabad at 18 40 hrs o­n 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th September, 2013 (Fridays) and arrive Tirupati at  19 00 hrs o­n the next day.

In the return direction, Train No.07406 Tirupati-Aurangabad Special train will depart Tirupati at 21 15 hrs o­n 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th Septemeber, 2013 (Saturdays) and arrive Aurangabad at 20 30 hrs o­n the next day.

Enroute, these special trains will stop at Jalna, Parbhani, Purna, Nanded, Mudhked, Basar, Nizambad, Kamareddi, Secunderabad, Kazipet, Warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada, Tenali, Chirala, o­ngole, Nellore, Gudur, Venkatagiri, Srikalahasti and Renigunta Stations in both directions.  These trains will consist of 15 Coaches viz., o­ne AC Three Tier, six Sleeper Class, six General Second Class and two Luggage Cum Brake Van Coaches.

Visakhapatnam: A Zonal Electrical Training Institute of East Coast Railway for imparting various training courses to the loco running staff and loco maintenance staff was inaugurated by Divisional Railway Manager Anil Kumar at Marripalem here on Tuesday.

Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (Op.) of Waltair Division M.S.Sansanwal and other Branch Officers and staff were present. The foundation stone for the training institute was laid by then Railway Board Chairman K.C. Jena on October, 31, 2008. The Railway Board had sanctioned the training institute at an estimated cost of Rs.4.35 crore.

The training institute offers induction courses for newly recruited Assistant Loco Pilots from RRBs, newly promoted Loco Inspectors, refresher courses for Loco Pilots, EMU Pilots, Promotional Courses to the LP (Shunter), LP(Goods), LP(Passenger) and Conversion Courses to Diesel ALP/LP to Electrical ALP/LP. It also imparts initial courses, refresher course and promotional courses to maintenance supervisors and technicians. The training institute started imparting initial course of ALP training to first batch of 43 Assistant Loco Pilots recruited through Railway Recruitment Board on August 20. The training institutehas 64 bedded hostel accommodation with recreation facilities like meditation/yoga room, play ground, spacious class rooms, hi-tech computer lab, library facility, seminar hall and trouble shooting Electric Locomotive Simulator for imparting the trouble shooting training to the running staff.

Mumbai: Reliance Infrastructure said on Tuesday it planned to commission the Mumbai Metro rail project this year.

“We are geared up to bring it in this year and waiting for requisite approvals,” said Lalit Jalan, chief executive, at the 84th annual general meeting.

The company’s chairman, Anil Ambani, said the firm is contemplating expansion of the metro line even before starting operations. “It can accommodate 700,000 passengers a day. We plan to bring it up to one million passengers a day,” he said.

Ambani also tried to allay shareholders’ fears on the Delhi Airport Express project, from which the company recently exited, citing faults in the civil structure constructed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. “We are confident of recovering all our investment in the project,” he added. Ambani said the company charted a five-year growth path from being a Mumbai power distribution company to a being a full-fledged infrastructure company. “All our projects will be revenue-operational within the financial year,” he said.

It includes road projects, metro project and transmission lines. The company also plans to bring its first cement plant to operation at Maihar in Madhya Pradesh. The plant has annual capacity of five million tonnes and will use the fly ash from Reliance Power’s Sasan plant.

The company plans to increase cement-producing capacity to 20 million tonnes in five years. Reliance Power, which also held its annual general meeting on Tuesday, said it planned to double its generating capacity yet again. “Reliance Power’s operating capacity doubled from 1,200 megawatts (Mw) to 2,545 Mw. We expect to again double operating capacity to over 5,000 Mw within the next 12 months,” said J P Chalasani, Chief Executive.

To save tourists from being fleeced by taxi owners, the Himachal Pradesh Transport Corporation (HRTC) is launching a new scheme wherein anybody can travel the whole day in government buses on the purchase of a Rs 20 ticket.
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The Railways are currently running 1400 coaches with 3800 bio-toilets in various trains as part of its efforts to provide hygienic environment to passengers.   An official press release said that, in the first four months of the current financial year, upto July, the Railways had fitted more bio-toilets in coaches than the number covered in the previous three years.   It said that 2285 bio-toilets were fitted between April and July in this financial year as compared to 1337 bio-toilets fitted in 2012-13, 169 in 2011-12 and 57 in 2010-11.   The first train, Gwalior-Varanasi Bundelkhand Express, fitted with bio-toilets is running since January 2011.    After receiving encouraging feedback from the users and railway maintenance staff, the pace of fitment of these bio-toilets in passenger coaches has been ramped up.

Mumbai: Reliance Infrastructure said on Tuesday it planned to commission the Mumbai Metro rail project this year.

“We are geared up to bring it in this year and waiting for requisite approvals,” said Lalit Jalan, chief executive, at the 84th annual general meeting.

The company’s chairman, Anil Ambani, said the firm is contemplating expansion of the metro line even before starting operations. “It can accommodate 700,000 passengers a day. We plan to bring it up to one million passengers a day,” he said.

Ambani also tried to allay shareholders’ fears on the Delhi Airport Express project, from which the company recently exited, citing faults in the civil structure constructed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. “We are confident of recovering all our investment in the project,” he added. Ambani said the company charted a five-year growth path from being a Mumbai power distribution company to a being a full-fledged infrastructure company. “All our projects will be revenue-operational within the financial year,” he said.

It includes road projects, metro project and transmission lines. The company also plans to bring its first cement plant to operation at Maihar in Madhya Pradesh. The plant has annual capacity of five million tonnes and will use the fly ash from Reliance Power’s Sasan plant.

The company plans to increase cement-producing capacity to 20 million tonnes in five years. Reliance Power, which also held its annual general meeting on Tuesday, said it planned to double its generating capacity yet again. “Reliance Power’s operating capacity doubled from 1,200 megawatts (Mw) to 2,545 Mw. We expect to again double operating capacity to over 5,000 Mw within the next 12 months,” said J P Chalasani, Chief Executive.