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JAMMU, Aug 26: Chamber of  Commerce and Industry Jammu has stressed that  double-lanning work of  Railway track between  Jallandhar and  Jammu be expedited.
During interactive meeting with the Railway authorities headed by Chairman Passenger Services Committee, Railway Board,  Jagdish Chander , P K Patnayak and Uppan Kumar Members of the Board, N C Goel, DRM Northern Railways Firozepur, Upjeet Singh-DCM and DTM, R N Meena here today, the president of the CCI Jammu Y V Sharma projected several burning issues related to the Railway services in the region. He strongly pointed out that the double lanning work  on the track was going on snails pace and it should be expedited and both the tracks be made operational at the earliest. Moreover, electrification of the track between Jammu and Jallandhar section be completed on war-footing.
The CCI members further requested that  there should be second entrance to the Railway Station Jammu for properly managing the rush of passengers and it should be approachable from eastern, as well as the western side of the station for the benefit of the commuters. They pointed out that in view of  the visit of  lakhs of pilgrims, Jammu Station was declared to be the Model Railway Station but nothing has been done so far in this direction.
They said tickets are not available to the passengers and  Railway computers always show no vacancy and at least two new Shatabdi trains  ( morning and evening) from Jammu to Delhi, two more trains on Mumbai route and one each for Ahmedabad and Jaipur  may be sanctioned. They also demanded direct train between Jammu and  Bangalore    and Jammu to Chandigarh and back. The CCI members stressed for another foot / over bridge from Jammu plate form No. 3 to the circulation area. They suggested that like airport, trolley system should be introduced at Jammu Railway Station. Various other problems related to additional facilities and cleanliness were taken up by the CCI team.
Mr Goel assured that one more platform is being constructed at Jammu  and two sets of escalators are going to be installed soon. He also assured that all the pending issues would be resolved. Sham Langar vice president and Arun Gupta, secretary general also spoke on the occasion. Anil Gupta (jvp), Deepak Aggarwal (secy) and B B Gupta ( treasurer) were also present.

27-08-2013
SWR

22-08-2013

SWR TO RUN EXPRESS SPECIALS BETWEEN VASCO-DA-GAMA—VELANKANNI-VASCO-DA-GAMA (Tr. NOs. 07315/07316) FOR 02 TRIPS IN EACH DIRECTION IN VIEW OF VELANKANNI FESTIVAL
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For the convenience of Pilgrims attending VELANKANNI FESTIVAL, South Western Railway has decided to run Express Specials between VASCO-DA-GAMA—VELANKANNI--VASCO-DA-GAMA (Tr. Nos.07315/07316) for 02 Services in each direction, as per the following details :--
Accordingly, Train No.07315 VASCO-DA-GAMA—VELANKANNI EXPRESS EXPRESS will depart from VASCO-DA-GAMA station at 14-00 hrs.on 28th August, 2013 & 01stSept. 2013 and arrive at VELANKANNI station at 19-15 hrs.,the next day. (Total : 02 Specials o­nly).
En route, the Express Special will arrive/depart Madgaon at 15-00/15-02 hrs;HUBLI Jn. at 19-40/19-50 hrs;Tumkur at 03-20/03-25 hrs.;YESVANTPUR at 05-10/05-25 hrs.and depart at Jolarpettai “A” Cabinat 08-45 hrs.
In the return direction, Train No.07316 VELANKANNI-VASCO-DA-GAMA EXPRESS SPECIAL will depart from VELANKANNI station at 23-45 hrs., on 29th August, 2013 & 02ndSept. 2013 and arrive at VASCO-DA-GAMA station at 05-30 hrs., the next day. (Total : 02 Specials o­nly).
Enroute, the Express Special will depart at Jolarpettai “A” Cabin at 08-25 hrs; arrive/depart at YESVANTPUR Jn. at 13-00/13-25 hrs; Tumkur at 14-40/15-10 hrs; HUBLI Jn. at 22-20/22-40 hrs; and arrive/depart at Madgaon at 04-58/05-00 hrs.
The Express Special will have total 17 coaches, comprising ofOneAC 3-tier coach, Six Second Class Sleeper coaches, Eight General Second Class coaches &Two Second Class luggage-cum-brake vans.

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दिल्‍ली मेट्रो ने राष्‍ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र, दिल्‍ली के कई गावों को जोड़ने में मदद की है। दिल्‍ली मेट्रो का मुख्‍य उद्देश्‍य ज्‍यादा भीड़-भाड़ वाले इलाकों को आपस में जोड़ना है। हालांकि इस प्रक्रिया में निम्‍नलिखित कई गांवों को भी जोड़ा गया है:

1) दिल्‍ली मेट्रो की येलो लाइन (जहांगीर पुरी से हुडा सिटी सेंटर लाइन) छत्‍तरपुर, घिटोरनी, सुल्‍तानपुर और अर्जन गढ़ से ग़ुज़रती है तथा उसके आस-पास के गांवों के निवासियों को भी सेवा प्रदान करती है।

2) ब्‍लू लाइन (द्वारका से नोएडा लाइन) जनकपुरी और द्वारका के बीच अनेक गांवों को सेवा प्रदान करती है।

3) ग्रीन लाइन (कीर्ति नगर/इंद्रलोक-मुंडका लाइन) नांगलोइ, मुडका जैसे इलाकों से गुज़रती है जो कि मुख्‍य रूप से गांव हैं।

4) वायलट लाइन (केंद्रीय सचिवालय-बदरपुर लाइन) तुगलकाबाद, बदरपुर आदि के आस-पास के गावों के निवासियों को भी सेवा प्रदान करती है।

दिल्‍ली मेट्रो के चरण 3 में भी कई गांवों को जोड़ा जा रहा है।

Railway freight tariff will go up from October 1 due to the increase in fuel cost but passenger fares will remain untouched, according to Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

However, he did not quantify the percentage of hike in freight tariff saying it was a budget proposal to review the fuel adjustment component (FAC) after six months.

“Tariff has already been increased. As per the proposal of the budget, it will be hiked again in October,” said Mr. Chowdhury on the sidelines of a conference here.

Railways had earlier hiked the freight rate by 5.7 per cent in April 1 while linking the fuel adjustment component (FAC) with goods tariff. FAC is linked with fuel and energy prices and calculated accordingly.

Asked whether passenger fares will also be considered for further hike, Mr. Chowdhury replied in the negative. “No it will be freight only,” he said.

“The FAC is proposed in the budget. It is a budget proposal that tariff will be examined taking the fuel cost in mind after every six months,” Minister said.

However, he said, “It will be in a dynamic way. If the global oil price will decrease then freight tariff will also decrease,” and added “the rupee value...current scenario is volatile. It is a concern for all of us.”

Railways is in the process of setting up Rail Tariff Authority (RTA) for which it got cabinet approval this month.

Once the RTA is constituted, it will suggest the level of tariff for both the freight and passenger fares from time to time taking into account the input cost and volatile market conditions.

While delivering his address at the conference on “Modernisation of Indian Railways — Challenges and opportunities,” Mr. Chowdhury said India should emulate China’s progress in the field and batted for “friendship” between the two countries.

“It is my wish to travel from Delhi to Beijing in a train because China is our neighbouring country.

“When we are talking of a barrier-free world, let us dream first. All problems will be solved if friendship between elephant and dragon is established,” he said.

Southern Railway again announced Onam Special Trains 2013 from Ernakulam, Chennai Central, Tirunelveli via Kottayam, ........

New Delhi: After repeated demands, Metro is now on track to reach the rural packets of Delhi. The extension lines of the Delhi Metro’s upcoming Phase III corridor will touch Najafgarh in Outer Delhi and Shiv Vihar in East Delhi.

“Once the Metro’s Phase III corridors were approved, there were demands from various quarters that Metro should make its way to the other rural pockets of Delhi, which still largely lack a proper transport channel. So a need was felt to extend the Phase III corridor,” said a DMRC source.

The 5.5 km elevated extension line from Dwarka to Najafgarh will have four stations – Dwarka, Najafgarh Depot, Municipal Corporation and Najafgarh. The line will provide easy access to those residing in areas of Outer Delhi such as Najafgarh, Mitraon, Jharoda Kalan, Kair, Dichaon Kalan, Dindarpur Extn, Baba Haridas Nagar, Chhawla, Roshanpura, Shyam Vihar, Dharmpura, Sai Baba Enclave, Nangli Sakravati, Arjun Park, Roshan Garden, Shiva Enclave, Todarmal Colony, Prem Nagar, among others.

To cater to this densely populated area, many experts had asked for a separate corridor, instead of extending the Phase III corridor from Dwarka. The proposed alignment takes off on the left hand side of Dwarka station. “A decision was taken to make the corridor an inter-change from Dwarka, just like Yamuna Bank. But the line from Dwarka to Najafgarh will be a separate line. Passengers will have to change trains in Dwarka,” said the official.

The DMRC spokesperson said the alignment crosses the Najafgarh drain and joins Shivaji Road. “The alignment follows the central verge of the Shivaji Road up to the T -junction near Municipal Corporation. Two stations are proposed on Shivaji Road – Najafgarh Depot station and Municipal Corporation station. It will end at the Najafgarh station on Nangloi Road.”

The Najafgarh-Dwarka line is expected to be completed by 2015 and the is estimated to cost Rs.1070 Crore.

The Metro line to Shiv Vihar is an extension of the Mukundpur-Gokulpuri line. Two stations — Johari Enclave and Shiv Vihar will be added on this route. The 2.7-km elevated line is the shortest corridor approved in the Phase III extension.

Officials said the line covers an area of 1.4 km in Uttar Pradesh. “Though the extension was primarily meant for connecting the interiors of East Delhi, it will also extend to a small area in UP. Hence, an approval was also sought from that state. This led to a delay in framing the exact route,” said the DMRC official.

Precious human resource from Rural packets of the country is the most sufferer.  Loss of Lives remains high in Rural India

New Delhi:  Following the mishap at the Dhamara Ghat station in Bihar’s Khagaria district earlier this month, in which 28 pilgrims were mowed down by the Patna-bound ‘Rajya Rani’ Express, the attention has now shifted yet again to the appalling lack of rail safety measures.

According to the Railways’ data, as many as 39 people are killed every day while crossing the tracks. And in the January 2009-June 2012 period,  a total of 50,298 lives were lost in this manner, which works out to around 14,370 deaths per year.  Just as shocking as the number of lives thus lost is the public sector giant’s nomenclature for crossing the tracks, which are termed ‘trespassing’.

The Rail Ministry data revealed that  14,376 people were killed in 2009; 12,894 in 2010; 14,611 in 2011 and 8,412 until June 2012. And the maximum number of deaths due to ‘tresspassing’ took place near the  level crossings. There are 31,254 such crossings across the country, out of which only 12,582 are manned.

At the current pace it may take another 5-10 years before all the unmanned level crossings can be converted into manned ones.

Among the states, Maharashtra has recorded the maximum number of deaths (1356) due to trespassing followed by West Bengal(1049) in 2012. In Tamil Nadu and UP, the casualty figures due to trespassing were 996 and 819 respectively in 2012. The number of deaths in Bihar during this period was 228.

The unusually high number of ‘tresspassing’ deaths showed that the railway tracks continued to remain unsafe for the public. In the absence of footbridges or proper management by the rail authorities, the people are often forced to cross the tracks. Last year, several youngsters lost their lives here as they crossed the tracks with their earphones plugged in. Since they could not hear the noise of the approaching train, they were run over.

Compared to the other countries, the fatality figures are unusually high in India.  The number of deaths on railway tracks has been on the lower side in the developed countries, with just 852 and 750 such deaths reported for the whole of Europe in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

दिल्‍ली मेट्रो ने राष्‍ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र, दिल्‍ली के कई गावों को जोड़ने में मदद की है। दिल्‍ली मेट्रो का मुख्‍य उद्देश्‍य ज्‍यादा भीड़-भाड़ वाले इलाकों को आपस में जोड़ना है। हालांकि इस प्रक्रिया में निम्‍नलिखित कई गांवों को भी जोड़ा गया है:

1) दिल्‍ली मेट्रो की येलो लाइन (जहांगीर पुरी से हुडा सिटी सेंटर लाइन) छत्‍तरपुर, घिटोरनी, सुल्‍तानपुर और अर्जन गढ़ से ग़ुज़रती है तथा उसके आस-पास के गांवों के निवासियों को भी सेवा प्रदान करती है।

2) ब्‍लू लाइन (द्वारका से नोएडा लाइन) जनकपुरी और द्वारका के बीच अनेक गांवों को सेवा प्रदान करती है।

3) ग्रीन लाइन (कीर्ति नगर/इंद्रलोक-मुंडका लाइन) नांगलोइ, मुडका जैसे इलाकों से गुज़रती है जो कि मुख्‍य रूप से गांव हैं।

4) वायलट लाइन (केंद्रीय सचिवालय-बदरपुर लाइन) तुगलकाबाद, बदरपुर आदि के आस-पास के गावों के निवासियों को भी सेवा प्रदान करती है।

दिल्‍ली मेट्रो के चरण 3 में भी कई गांवों को जोड़ा जा रहा है।

Railway freight tariff will go up from October 1 due to the increase in fuel cost but passenger fares will remain untouched, according to Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

However, he did not quantify the percentage of hike in freight tariff saying it was a budget proposal to review the fuel adjustment component (FAC) after six months.

“Tariff has already been increased. As per the proposal of the budget, it will be hiked again in October,” said Mr. Chowdhury on the sidelines of a conference here.

Railways had earlier hiked the freight rate by 5.7 per cent in April 1 while linking the fuel adjustment component (FAC) with goods tariff. FAC is linked with fuel and energy prices and calculated accordingly.

Asked whether passenger fares will also be considered for further hike, Mr. Chowdhury replied in the negative. “No it will be freight only,” he said.

“The FAC is proposed in the budget. It is a budget proposal that tariff will be examined taking the fuel cost in mind after every six months,” Minister said.

However, he said, “It will be in a dynamic way. If the global oil price will decrease then freight tariff will also decrease,” and added “the rupee value...current scenario is volatile. It is a concern for all of us.”

Railways is in the process of setting up Rail Tariff Authority (RTA) for which it got cabinet approval this month.

Once the RTA is constituted, it will suggest the level of tariff for both the freight and passenger fares from time to time taking into account the input cost and volatile market conditions.

While delivering his address at the conference on “Modernisation of Indian Railways — Challenges and opportunities,” Mr. Chowdhury said India should emulate China’s progress in the field and batted for “friendship” between the two countries.

“It is my wish to travel from Delhi to Beijing in a train because China is our neighbouring country.

“When we are talking of a barrier-free world, let us dream first. All problems will be solved if friendship between elephant and dragon is established,” he said.

जन्माष्टमी पर पूर्वोत्तर रेलवे का इज्जतनगर मंडल कासगंज-मथुरा के बीच एक जोड़ी विशेष ट्रेन का संचालन 27 से 29 अगस्त तक करेगा। यह विशेष सवारी गाड़ी 05313 कासगंज जंक्शन से रात दस बजे रवाना होगी, जो महरा रात 10:17 बजे, रतिका नगला 10:57 बजे, हाथरस 11:09 बजे, हाथरस सिटी 11:23 बजे, सोनई 11:53 बजे, मथुरा छावनी रात 12:26 बजे और मथुरा जंक्शन रात 12:45 बजे पहुंचेगी। वापसी में यह ट्रेन-05314 मथुरा जंक्शन से अपराह्न 1:55 बजे रवाना होकर मुरसान 2:40 बजे, हाथरस सिटी 2:55 बजे, अगसौली 3:42 बजे और मरहरा से दोपहर 3:51 बजे छूटकर कासगंज जंक्शन शाम 4:10 बजे पहुंचेगी। गाड़ी का संचालन मथुरा जंक्शन से 28 से 30 अगस्त तक किया जाएगा।