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The Southern Railway (SR) has planned to set up medical centres at five railway stations in Madurai Railway Division to provide first aid to passengers.The centres will come up at Madurai, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar, Thoothukudi and Tenkasi railway stations, according to Chief Medical Director (SR) S.Ram Prakash.After inaugurating the new outpatients block of the Railway Hospital here on Monday, he said the railway would provide the required space at the railway stations free of cost to private hospitals.The respective hospital had to depute a medical officer and two paramedical staff to attend the passengers requiring medical care round the clock. “The hospitals will not charge the passengers for the services,” Mr.Prakash noted.

The hospitals would have to park an ambulance on the railway premises to rush the passengers to the hospital of their choice if they needed further medical care. Such medical centres had been opened at Chennai Central railway station and Salem railway station, he pointed out. The Chief Medical Director said the new outpatient block had been planned on an outlay of Rs.2.5 crore. While the ground floor of the building was ready, work was yet to be completed on the first floor. The new outpatient block would take the crowd off the main building of the hospital.

On the proposal of the Indian Railway to establish a medical college on the Perambur Railway Hospital premises, he said the issue was still at the consultation stage.

Divisional Railway Manager A.K.Rastogi, Additional DRM V.Ajith Kumar, Railway Hospital Chief Medical Superintendent G.Sahoo were also present on the occasion.

MUMBAI: A week after American national Michelle Marks was assaulted and robbed on a Western Railway local, the GRP arrested a drug addict, Rajkumar Tiwari (31), in the case. Tiwari was picked up from CST on Sunday during a massive combing operation involving over 1,000 GRP personnel. He told cops that he wanted money to buy his sister a gift for Raksha Bandhan.A female drug peddler, Behru, was also detained. She had bought the iPhone from Tiwari which he stole from Marks, but the phone is yet to be retrieved. Tiwari was booked on five previous occasions for thefts on the Railways. As he was a habitual offender, the CST GRP had twice externed him from the city.On August 18, Tiwari visited a dargah and then went to Marine Lines station. He boarded the first-class ladies compartment of a running local on spotting Marks alone. His intention was to steal but when Marks resisted, he assaulted her. "Tiwari bought a blade for Re 1 and hid it in his fingernail. He later led our officers to the shop from where he bought it," said DCP Bansidhar Shirsat.

After attacking Marks, Tiwari jumped off the local at Charni Road but had a bad fall. He hurt his head, right elbow and waist, so he got himself treated at a private clinic. The same day, he went to Behru, who regularly sold him drugs. Both Behru and Tiwari live on P D'Mello Road. Behru paid him Rs 300 for the iPhone and offered to pay the rest in drugs. Next day, Tiwari bought clothes for Rs 100 from Chor Bazaar and changed in a public lavatory. By then, cops were already looking for him.

"We conducted a week-long drive between Churchgate-Mumbai Central on WR and CST-Thane on CR. Over 150 drug addicts were picked up and questioned," said ACP Pradeep Bijwe, adding, "The drive will not halt after Tiwari's arrest and will go on for a month."

Based on a description provided by Marks, the GRP prepared a sketch of the accused. Two distinctive features helped police narrow down their search-Tiwari's light-coloured eyes and an old wound on his nose. However, Marks is yet to formally identify Tiwari. She communicated to the cops that she will take at least another two weeks to recover.

A railway court on Monday remanded Tiwari to police custody till August 30. Incidentally, Tiwari told police that he couldn't collect enough money to return to his hometown in time for Rakhi.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress may be intent on changing most of the state's red into green but one of Mamata's own "green contribution" to the Indian Railways, rolled out during her stint as the Union Railway Minister, is all set to be junked.Faced with a deluge of maintenance-related complaints, the Ministry of Railways is "actively considering" a change in the colour scheme of its point-to-point, non-stop Duronto trains, launched by Mamata in September 2009. In fact, at the time of the first Duronto's launch, it was adequately hinted (though never officially admitted) that the primarily green-coloured look of the train, interspersed with a dash of red, blue and yellow, was a design borrowed from one of Mamata's own paintings.However, with so many colours in the design, Railways realised quite early that it would have been impossible to bring out the desired colour-scheme on these coaches via the painting method. They were left with no option but to go in for the self-adhesive vinyl-wrapping of the Duronto coaches. At first, the vinyl-wraps appeared to be less cumbersome to handle but three-and-a-half years down the line, most of the zonal railways that own and maintain Duronto coaches are a harried lot.At a recent conference of the Chief Mechanical Engineers (CME) of all the zonal railways held at Rail Bhavan, the matter was raised with a demand to review the colour scheme."Railways complained that in Duronto trains vinyl wraps are very difficult to maintain. Railways may approach Railway Board in consultation with the General Managers for review of colour scheme and painting procedure," reads the minutes of the CME conference (copy with The Indian Express) where the matter was flagged."Many zonal railways have complained that the vinyl-wrapping comes off during the washing or maintenance work of the coaches. Once a portion of the vinyl-wrap peels off, it leaves ugly looking patches on coaches. On coaches that have a conventional colour scheme, it is possible to touch-up an area from where the paint comes off. But in case of Durontos, touching up is not just possible owing to their multi-colour design," a senior ministry official from the Mechanical Engineering Directorate said."Several zonal railways have tried to rope in expert hands to do patchwork on Duronto coaches from which the vinyl-wraps had come off. However, not many people are available for this kind of a job and even if they manage to do some patchwork, the end-result has often turned out to be an eyesore," the official added.Senior Rail Bhavan officials said that changing the colour scheme seems to be the only possible remedy and was being deliberated at the top level. Many zonal railways, it is learnt, have communicated to the Railway Ministry that the vinyl-wrapping was not just costing them 10-20 per cent more than painting them but was also not proving to be long-lasting.Presently, Durontos run on 62 routes across the country at frequencies ranging from once a week to five times a week.

Eight days after an American woman was allegedly attacked and robbed inside a moving suburban train, the Railway Police on Monday claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of a drug addict from Masjid Bunder in south Mumbai.“Rajkumar Tiwari (31) was picked up outside the Masjid Bunder station on Sunday on suspicion during a combing operation. Upon interrogation, he confessed to the crime, following which he was placed under arrest on Sunday night,” said Government Railway Police Deputy Commissioner of Police B. Shirsath.Tiwari was produced before a court, which remanded him in police custody till August 30, the officer said, adding that the victim’s mobile phone was yet to be recovered.He had slashed the neck and cheek of U.S. national Michelle Marks after she refused to part with her iPhone while travelling in the first class ladies’ compartment of a Borivali-bound local train around 5 p.m. on August 18.The accused jumped out of the train as it slowed down at Charni Road. According to the police, Marks was alone in the compartment as it was a Sunday.

Marks, who resides at Goregaon, works with an NGO and has been in Mumbai for the past one year . She had gone to Colaba for a prayer meet on the day of the attack.

Tiwari claimed that he had handed over the iPhone to his drug supplier, a woman, in exchange for Rs.300, the police said adding, “We have also detained the woman he was talking about and are verifying facts.” — PTI

MUMBAI: A week after American national Michelle Marks was assaulted and robbed on a Western Railway local, the GRP arrested a drug addict, Rajkumar Tiwari (31), in the case. Tiwari was picked up from CST on Sunday during a massive combing operation involving over 1,000 GRP personnel. He told cops that he wanted money to buy his sister a gift for Raksha Bandhan.A female drug peddler, Behru, was also detained. She had bought the iPhone from Tiwari which he stole from Marks, but the phone is yet to be retrieved. Tiwari was booked on five previous occasions for thefts on the Railways. As he was a habitual offender, the CST GRP had twice externed him from the city.On August 18, Tiwari visited a dargah and then went to Marine Lines station. He boarded the first-class ladies compartment of a running local on spotting Marks alone. His intention was to steal but when Marks resisted, he assaulted her. "Tiwari bought a blade for Re 1 and hid it in his fingernail. He later led our officers to the shop from where he bought it," said DCP Bansidhar Shirsat.

After attacking Marks, Tiwari jumped off the local at Charni Road but had a bad fall. He hurt his head, right elbow and waist, so he got himself treated at a private clinic. The same day, he went to Behru, who regularly sold him drugs. Both Behru and Tiwari live on P D'Mello Road. Behru paid him Rs 300 for the iPhone and offered to pay the rest in drugs. Next day, Tiwari bought clothes for Rs 100 from Chor Bazaar and changed in a public lavatory. By then, cops were already looking for him.

"We conducted a week-long drive between Churchgate-Mumbai Central on WR and CST-Thane on CR. Over 150 drug addicts were picked up and questioned," said ACP Pradeep Bijwe, adding, "The drive will not halt after Tiwari's arrest and will go on for a month."

Based on a description provided by Marks, the GRP prepared a sketch of the accused. Two distinctive features helped police narrow down their search-Tiwari's light-coloured eyes and an old wound on his nose. However, Marks is yet to formally identify Tiwari. She communicated to the cops that she will take at least another two weeks to recover.

A railway court on Monday remanded Tiwari to police custody till August 30. Incidentally, Tiwari told police that he couldn't collect enough money to return to his hometown in time for Rakhi.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress may be intent on changing most of the state's red into green but one of Mamata's own "green contribution" to the Indian Railways, rolled out during her stint as the Union Railway Minister, is all set to be junked.Faced with a deluge of maintenance-related complaints, the Ministry of Railways is "actively considering" a change in the colour scheme of its point-to-point, non-stop Duronto trains, launched by Mamata in September 2009. In fact, at the time of the first Duronto's launch, it was adequately hinted (though never officially admitted) that the primarily green-coloured look of the train, interspersed with a dash of red, blue and yellow, was a design borrowed from one of Mamata's own paintings.However, with so many colours in the design, Railways realised quite early that it would have been impossible to bring out the desired colour-scheme on these coaches via the painting method. They were left with no option but to go in for the self-adhesive vinyl-wrapping of the Duronto coaches. At first, the vinyl-wraps appeared to be less cumbersome to handle but three-and-a-half years down the line, most of the zonal railways that own and maintain Duronto coaches are a harried lot.At a recent conference of the Chief Mechanical Engineers (CME) of all the zonal railways held at Rail Bhavan, the matter was raised with a demand to review the colour scheme."Railways complained that in Duronto trains vinyl wraps are very difficult to maintain. Railways may approach Railway Board in consultation with the General Managers for review of colour scheme and painting procedure," reads the minutes of the CME conference (copy with The Indian Express) where the matter was flagged."Many zonal railways have complained that the vinyl-wrapping comes off during the washing or maintenance work of the coaches. Once a portion of the vinyl-wrap peels off, it leaves ugly looking patches on coaches. On coaches that have a conventional colour scheme, it is possible to touch-up an area from where the paint comes off. But in case of Durontos, touching up is not just possible owing to their multi-colour design," a senior ministry official from the Mechanical Engineering Directorate said."Several zonal railways have tried to rope in expert hands to do patchwork on Duronto coaches from which the vinyl-wraps had come off. However, not many people are available for this kind of a job and even if they manage to do some patchwork, the end-result has often turned out to be an eyesore," the official added.Senior Rail Bhavan officials said that changing the colour scheme seems to be the only possible remedy and was being deliberated at the top level. Many zonal railways, it is learnt, have communicated to the Railway Ministry that the vinyl-wrapping was not just costing them 10-20 per cent more than painting them but was also not proving to be long-lasting.Presently, Durontos run on 62 routes across the country at frequencies ranging from once a week to five times a week.

Eight days after an American woman was allegedly attacked and robbed inside a moving suburban train, the Railway Police on Monday claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of a drug addict from Masjid Bunder in south Mumbai.“Rajkumar Tiwari (31) was picked up outside the Masjid Bunder station on Sunday on suspicion during a combing operation. Upon interrogation, he confessed to the crime, following which he was placed under arrest on Sunday night,” said Government Railway Police Deputy Commissioner of Police B. Shirsath.Tiwari was produced before a court, which remanded him in police custody till August 30, the officer said, adding that the victim’s mobile phone was yet to be recovered.He had slashed the neck and cheek of U.S. national Michelle Marks after she refused to part with her iPhone while travelling in the first class ladies’ compartment of a Borivali-bound local train around 5 p.m. on August 18.The accused jumped out of the train as it slowed down at Charni Road. According to the police, Marks was alone in the compartment as it was a Sunday.

Marks, who resides at Goregaon, works with an NGO and has been in Mumbai for the past one year . She had gone to Colaba for a prayer meet on the day of the attack.

Tiwari claimed that he had handed over the iPhone to his drug supplier, a woman, in exchange for Rs.300, the police said adding, “We have also detained the woman he was talking about and are verifying facts.” — PTI

Bellampalli area of Singareni Collieries Ltd, (SCCL), which produces around six million tonnes of Coal per annum, does not have convenient rail dispatch siding at nearby railway stations. Hence, the coal produced at Bellampalli area is being transported to the Railway sidings at Ramakrishnapur and Sreerampur, which are 54 and 74 Kms away from the Coal fields respectively.
Transport of Coal from collieries to Ramakrishnapur and Sreerampur by road is causing pollution and involving with frequent accidents. Moreover, lack of convenient railway dispatch point is  also affecting the incremental production of  Collieries in Bellampalli region.
Hence, Singareni Collieries  Company Limited has taken the initiative to construct a rail dispathch point at Asifabad Road Railway Station, situated between Bellampalli and Sirpur Kagaz Nagar Railway Stations, with the help of South Central Railway.  Secunderabad Division of SCR will develop the rail dispach point at a cost of Rs. 28 Cr. As a part  payment, Shri B. Nagya, Executive Director (Coal Movement), SCCL,  has handed over a cheque for Rs. 13.60 Cr. today (26th Aug.2013) to Shri S.K. Agarwal, Chief Operations Manager, SCR. Shri Nagya requested Shri S.K. Agarwal to take up and complete the work by the end of this financial year to enable SCCL  to commence the Coal dispatch from Asifabad Railway Station.
Once, a full-fledged railway siding is developed at Asifabad Road Rdailway Station, it will help boost the  production and transportation and of  Coal from coal mines situated in Bellampalli area.

Bellampalli area of Singareni Collieries Ltd, (SCCL), which produces around six million tonnes of Coal per annum, does not have convenient rail dispatch siding at nearby railway stations. Hence, the coal produced at Bellampalli area is being transported to the Railway sidings at Ramakrishnapur and Sreerampur, which are 54 and 74 Kms away from the Coal fields respectively.
Transport of Coal from collieries to Ramakrishnapur and Sreerampur by road is causing pollution and involving with frequent accidents. Moreover, lack of convenient railway dispatch point is  also affecting the incremental production of  Collieries in Bellampalli region.
Hence, Singareni Collieries  Company Limited has taken the initiative to construct a rail dispathch point at Asifabad Road Railway Station, situated between Bellampalli and Sirpur Kagaz Nagar Railway Stations, with the help of South Central Railway.  Secunderabad Division of SCR will develop the rail dispach point at a cost of Rs. 28 Cr. As a part  payment, Shri B. Nagya, Executive Director (Coal Movement), SCCL,  has handed over a cheque for Rs. 13.60 Cr. today (26th Aug.2013) to Shri S.K. Agarwal, Chief Operations Manager, SCR. Shri Nagya requested Shri S.K. Agarwal to take up and complete the work by the end of this financial year to enable SCCL  to commence the Coal dispatch from Asifabad Railway Station.
Once, a full-fledged railway siding is developed at Asifabad Road Rdailway Station, it will help boost the  production and transportation and of  Coal from coal mines situated in Bellampalli area.

Special ticket checking at Kanakpura Station.