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CHENNAI: Southern Railway on Thursday opened a round-the clock free medical centre at the Egmore railway station in association with SRM Institute of Medical Sciences. There will be three doctors and three nurses to attend the patients at the medical centre. It will have a stock of all essential and emergency medicines, and an ambulance service will also be available. It will serve as an information centre disseminating information on all the hospitals in the city to patients who arrive in the city for medical treatment. The centre will educate the public on seasonal ailments and epidemics. Frequent medical camps will be organised to provide the public with tips and guidelines to lead a healthy life. The medical centre was inaugurated by Dr Vadivel Mugunuthan, chairman of St John Ambulance, Tamil Nadu. Dr Alex Kuruvilla, CEO of SRM Institute of Medical Sciences, said the medical centre at Chennai Central had treated 1300 patients since April 2013. As many as 56 patients were critical and moved to hospitals after administering first aid to them, he added.

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Four passenger lifts and pre-paid taxis and auto-rickshaws are coming up at Madurai railway junction for the benefit of passengers.

After hoisting the national flag on the occasion of the 67{+t}{+h}Independence Day, Divisional Railway Manager Ajai Kant Rastogi said while Madurai railway junction would get four passenger lifts, Tirunelveli and Dindigul railway stations would get three each. The carrying capacity of each of the lift would be 20 persons, he added.

The railway administration recently commissioned six escalators at the Madurai railway junction.

The DRM also promised the passengers pre-paid taxis and autorickshaws at the junction soon.

On rail safety, the DRM said the division had planned to man 20 unmanned level-crossings, convert 30 level-crossings into limited use subways, introduce 30 diversions and 20 outright closures this financial year.

The electrified Dindigul-Madurai-Virudhunagar section would be opened for traffic after clearance from the Commissioner of Railway Safety who was scheduled to inspect the section on August 21, he noted.

Earlier, Mr.Rastogi inspected the guard of honour presented by the Railway Protection Force, Scouts and Guides and students of Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School and Southern Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation Matriculation School. The students presented a colourful cultural programme.

Additional Divisional Railway Manager V.Ajith Kumar and other officials were present.

“Gauge conversion in two Pollachi sections by this fiscal”
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Southern Railway is on course to complete the gauge conversion of the Pollachi – Palakkad and Pollachi – Podanur sections in the current financial year, Rakesh Misra, Southern Railway General Manager said on Thursday.

The railway electrification of Villupuram – Vellore section, Dindigul – Virudhunagar - Tirunelveli section, Vanchimaniyachi – Tuticorin section and Shoranur – Kozhikode sections are expected to be completed this fiscal, Mr. Misra said in his Independence Day address after unfurling the national flag and inspecting a guard of honour by the Railway Protection Force.

The zonal railway has already commissioned the Salem – Karur new line and completed gauge conversion in the Manamadurai – Virudhunagar section. According to Mr. Misra, the state-of-the-art Integrated Security Systems (ISS), currently in place at 10 major railway stations, would be installed in four more stations during the current financial year, he said. The OP unit at the new railway hospital in Perambur was also on track for commissioning the fiscal. According to Mr. Misra, the overall earnings of Southern Railway have grown from Rs. 2,065 crores to Rs. 2,272 crores. During the first quarter of the current year, Southern Railway carried 274 million originating passengers, yielding an originating passenger earnings of Rs. 1,150 crores . Southern Railway also introduced 15 pairs of new trains, extended seven pairs of trains and raised the frequency of two trains. During the first three months of this year, Southern Railway has operated 1,040 more mail/express trains compared to last year.

The general manager announced a cash award of Rs. 5,000 each to G.Yuvaraj, Inspector, RPF, Chennai Egmore, A. Sridhar, Inspector, RPF Training Centre, Tiruchi and B. Karthikeyan, Head Constable, Crime Intelligence Branch, Chennai. V.K. Dhaka, IG-cum-Chief Security Commissioner, led railwaymen in paying respects to the martyrs of the freedom struggle at the Southern Railway headquarters.

In a separate function at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Mr. Misra, who is also holding charge as general manager, accepted the Guard of Honour by the RPF contingents.

At Ezhilagam on the Marina which houses various offices of the State government, Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Revenue Administration, T.S. Sridhar, unfurled the flag in the presence of other senior officials.

Hoisting the national flag at the function organised by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), G.Karuppuswamy, Basin Manager Krishna Godavari-Pranhita Godavari said one well has been planned for shale gas exploration during 2014-15 in KG onland. At Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, managing director A.S.Basu unfurled the tricolour at the Manali refinery.

In Indian Oil Corporation, Executive Director (Regional Services) K.R.Suresh Kumar and ED (Tamil Nadu and Puducherry) V.K.Jaychandran participated in the function.

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The track doubling work in the Kallakudi Palanganatham–Ariyalur section is in the final stage of completion and will be commissioned soon, said Manjula Rangarajan, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), here on Thursday. The second line in the Valadi–Kallakkudi Palanganatham section has been commissioned, the DRM said in her address at the Independence Day celebrations organised by Tiruchi Railway Division at the Kallukuzhi maidan.

Listing the achievements of the division last year, Ms. Rangarajan said the total earnings of the division was Rs. 733.10 crore — passenger earnings Rs. 233.15 crore and freight earnings Rs. 449.92 crore.

The earning through publicity sector grew by 15 per cent over the previous year to Rs. 3.18 crore, and in the catering sector, it was 35 per cent more at Rs. 1.74 crore.

The division carried 4.25 crore passengers which exceeded the target by 8 per cent. The division achieved a freight target of 9 million tonnes and a higher target of 10.6 million tonnes was set for this financial year.

During the festival season, 176 special trains were operated by the division and additional passenger amenities were provided for the benefit of pilgrims and passengers.

Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters were opened in post offices at Villianur, Tiruvettipuram, Peravurani, Muthupet, Srirangam, and Ponmalai as part of the 1,000 PRS scheme.

Plasma screen electronic display boards and electronic train arrival or departure boards were some of the innovative steps initiated by the division to improve passenger amenities. A renovated linen room was opened at Tiruchi junction. A surgical ward with a capacity of 100 beds was opened at Railway Hospital, Ponmalai.

To enhance security at Tiruchi junction, an Integrated Security System was opened.

Tiruchi Division won the overall efficiency medical shield, cleanliness shield and electrical conservation shield for 2012-13 at the zonal level. The division won the overall safety shield at the Annual Safety Week Celebrations held at Zonal Railway Training Institute.

S.A. Abdul Rahman, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, and A. Kalaiarasan, Assistant Security Commissioner, were present.

VARANASI: IG, zone, GL Meena has been awarded the President's Police Medal for distinguished service. He would receive the medal on the Independence Day on Thursday. Meena is among seven police officers of the state who have been given this medal. Meena, started his carrier as a sociology lecturer. He was selected in Indian Police Services in 1987. Before being posted as IG of Varanasi Zone, he served as SP/SSP of different districts, including Varanasi.Apart from him the former SP, city, Vijay Bhushan, who is presently posted in the human rights cells of state police at Lucknow, has also been selected for President's medal for gallantry. He had received President's medal in 2008 and 2010 too.

Meanwhile, the Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will also be hoisting the national flag on the occasion. Flag hoisting at BHU will be done at divisional office, North Eastern Railways (NER). Mahila Kalyan Sangathan of NER will distribute fruits and other edibles to patients at Divisional Railway Hospital on Thursday.Vishal Bharat Sansthan and Muslim Mahila Foundation will also celebrate Independence Day.

Residents, who alight at Beach railway station and cross the tracks instead of using the foot overbridge, may now have to pay the penalty.A total of 16 cameras were installed at the station at a cost of Rs. 45.57 lakh on Tuesday as part of the Integrated Security System (ISS) in Southern Railway.This is the seventh and last station in Chennai that is being covered under the ISS. The facility was inaugurated earlier this year in stations such as Chennai Central, Egmore, Tambaram, Mambalam, Tiruvallur amd Basin Bridge.“There is heavy passenger traffic in this station and such an enhanced security system is very essential,” said a senior railway official.The cameras will be monitored in a control room on the first floor above the Railway Protection Force (RPF) inspector’s office in the station. “From the control room we can monitor the entire station and tracks as the cameras will rotate. We can also zoom till the end of the station and get good visuals,” said an RPF officer in the control room.The data can be stored for 30 days. Most of the cameras will be able to pan, tilt and zoom. “Now data from the under-vehicle scanning system, baggage x-ray and other scanning systems will be directed to the control room. This will ensure better surveillance,” said the officer.Senior police officers said they had been able to crack many cases using the advanced CCTV cameras installed as part of the ISS. “In June this year we were able to nab a person who stole the suitcase of a motorman in Tambaram station. This month, we nabbed a chain-snatching offender in the central suburban station,” said the officer.

The facility was inaugurated at Beach railway station by S. Manohar, chief signal and telecommunication engineer, Southern Railway.

The CCTV facility has been introduced at the station at a cost of Rs. 45.57 lakh

भागलपुर : रांची से भागलपुर पहुंचने वाली वनांचल एक्सप्रेस के एसी-3 बोगी में शनिवार को बारिश का पानी टपकने से यात्रियों को काफी परेशानियों का सामना करना पड़ा. हालांकि यह पहली बार नहीं, इससे पहले भी कई बार रेलवे को शिकायत मिली है कि एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों की बोगियों में बरसाती पानी टपकता है. इसके बाद भी रेलवे की ओर से किसी प्रकार की कोई पहल नहीं होती है.

In view of Independence Day on August 15, the Sunday pattern of EMU services will be operated, instead of week day services, in Chennai Beach – Tambaram – Chengalpattu and Chennai Beach – Velacherry sections.The ladies special EMU running between Chennai Beach – Arakkonam – Chennai Beach will not run on August 15.

भागलपुर : रांची से भागलपुर पहुंचने वाली वनांचल एक्सप्रेस के एसी-3 बोगी में शनिवार को बारिश का पानी टपकने से यात्रियों को काफी परेशानियों का सामना करना पड़ा. हालांकि यह पहली बार नहीं, इससे पहले भी कई बार रेलवे को शिकायत मिली है कि एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों की बोगियों में बरसाती पानी टपकता है. इसके बाद भी रेलवे की ओर से किसी प्रकार की कोई पहल नहीं होती है.

MANGALORE: The gross earnings of Salem Division up to July 2013 is Rs 173 crore which is 13% more than what was earned during the same period last year, said SujathaJayaraj, divisional railway manager, Salem division.She was speaking during the 67th Independence Day celebrations at Salem. Sujatha said despite being the youngest Division of Southern Railway, Salem Division, has grown exponentially since its inception in the year 2007 and has bagged the runner up shield for overall efficiency shiled among the Divisions of Southern Railway.Recalling the historic opening of Salem-Karur newly laid BG line thrown open to passenger traffic since May 25 this year, she listed out a few developments that are taking place, such as nearing completion of new subway in Coimbatore Railway Junction, new Foot Over Bridge and Passenger Lifts in Salem Junction, extension of Salem Station Building and improvement of Circulating area therein, provision of airconditioned waiting room in Salem Junction, etc.

She also said that extension of subway in Salem Junction has been approved and the front elevation of Tirupur junction is nearing completion. Improvement of Parking area, frontage of the station building and concourse area of Erode Junction are also being undertaken and a model information counter has been instituted at Karur Junction.

She further observed that Peelamedu station has been declared as an Adarsh station and all efforts are being taken to make the Nilgiri Mountain Railways' journey safe and enjoyable. On the safety front, Sujatha pointed out that the Safety records of Salem Division continues to be excellent with no accident involving coaching or goods services.