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Nawanshahr:
Punjab Governor Shiv Raj Patil has invited a delegation of the NGO, "Jago Nawanshahr, Jago Society", to apprise him of their demand of extending rail services and has
also taken up the issue with the Union Minister of Railways.The NGO has launched a signature campaign for mobilising the public, panchayats, social and political leaders for raising the demand of starting direct rail services from Nawanshahr to Amritsar, restarting rail services from Nawanshahr to Jalandhar, which were suspended during the time of militancy.It is also seeking extension of Garhshanker-Anandpur Sahib-Ropar-Chandigarh rail link for the convenience of the public and also for the industrial growth of the area besides extending the link between Rahon to Ludhiana.The Society has got signatures of more than 10,000 people. It has also submitted memorandums to Members of Parliament, MLAs, Railway Minister and the Chief Northern Divisional Manager, Ferozepur.

A delegation of the NGO, including Nirmal Singh Rehal, Jaswant Singh Bhatti, Gurvinder Singh, Vasdev Pardesi, Vivek Kumra, Balraj Singh, had recently submitted a memorandum to Punjab Governor Shiv Raj Patil at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh.

भागलपुर : भागलपुर रेलवे स्टेशन से खुलने वाली एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों में यात्रियों की बढ़ती संख्या को देखते हुए मालदा डिवीजन के डीआरएम रवींद्र गुप्ता ने स्लीपर बोगी बढ़ाने को लेकर रेल मंत्रालय को पत्र लिखा था, जिसे मंत्रालय ने हरी झंडी दे दी है. इस महीने भागलपुर को 10 स्लीपर बोगी मिल जायेगी. बोगी के आने से यहां से खुलने वाली एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों में यात्री की संख्या के अनुसार बोगी लगायी जायेगी.

यह बोगी स्थायी रूप से विभिन्न एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों में लगेगी. नयी बोगी के आने से यात्रियों की परेशानी कम होगी. नयी बोगी जिसएक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों में लगेगी उसी के अनुसार आरक्षित सीटों की संख्या बढ़ेगी. इस महीने से एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों में बोगी लगनी शुरू हो जायेगी. पहली बार मंत्रालय से एक साथ इतनी बोगी की स्वीकृति मिली है. सूरत, बेंगलुरु सहित अन्य राज्यों की यात्र करने वाले को अभी तक आरक्षित टिकट मिलने में काफी परेशानी होती थी.

* विभिन्न ट्रेनों में आठ बोगी सामान्य श्रेणी के लगेंगे

श्रवणी मेले में भागलपुर आने वाली विभिन्न एक्सप्रेस व लोकल ट्रेनों में कांवरियों की संख्या को देखते हुए इस महीने से ही आठ बोगी भागलपुर से खुलने वाली सामान्य श्रेणी के ट्रेनों में लगेगी.

JAMMU : A team of health wing under the supervision of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) Health Officer Dr Vinod Sharma seized a big consignment of banned item Gutka from the Railway Station. Dr Sharma, while addressing the reporters, informed that the consignment was packed in 12 cartons, which cost around Rs 4 lakhs.Earlier, the team also seized 12 kg polythene and fined defaulters Rs 7000 in the area Panama Chowk and Bahu Plaza. The Health Officer further warned the defaulters to desist from using the banned items.

JAMMU : A team of health wing under the supervision of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) Health Officer Dr Vinod Sharma seized a big consignment of banned item Gutka from the Railway Station. Dr Sharma, while addressing the reporters, informed that the consignment was packed in 12 cartons, which cost around Rs 4 lakhs.Earlier, the team also seized 12 kg polythene and fined defaulters Rs 7000 in the area Panama Chowk and Bahu Plaza. The Health Officer further warned the defaulters to desist from using the banned items.

ISAKHAPATNAM: Officials of the Waltair division of East Coast Railways (ECoR) conducted a massive surprise check at Vizianagaram railway station to catch ticketless passengers on Monday.This follows a report highlighting the absence of such drives due to staff crunch in the division, in TOI a week ago. During the nine-hour check, the officials found that many school and college students were travelling without proper tickets, including time-barred season tickets. "Keeping in view their future, we counselled them on the spot on the consequences of violating rules," a senior railway officer said.

About 12,000 tickets were sold at the general booking counter at the station on Monday, earning the Railways revenue of Rs 2.3 lakh, an increase of 179% over the previous day and 325% over the same day of last year, said M Yelvender Yadav, senior divisional commercial manager.

The sale of monthly season tickets (MST) also rose steeply, with 177 MSTs being issued against 13 MSTs on the same day last year - and an increase of 1,262%. The increase over the previous day was 205%, he said.

Defaulters and unauthorised persons on the railway station premises and trains would be penalized under sections 137,138 and 139 of the Railways Act 1989 and they would face imprisonment for as much as six months or fines as high as Rs 1,000 or both, Yadav said.

LUCKNOW: Even as housing officials are busy chalking out plans to run metro in the city, the builders have started gathering information about prominent stations and locations on metro route through Right to Information Act.Reportedly, more than 80 applications have arrived at information office till date inquiring about metro details. People are interested to know that if the proposed station is going to be set up in Hazratganj, then where would it actually be located. Similarly, people have shown interest for locations like Hussainganj, Alambagh, Munshipulia etc. Around a dozen queries have come for Amausi airport station which is primarily a commercial area.It has been found that most of the RTIs are being filed by builders who want to purchase lands near metro route, eyeing the prospective escalation of land value after the metro is built. After obtaining information, they plan to buy these lands immediately. They have started frequenting officials who are looking after the metro project to get the information.

The North-South Corridor would run on 22.878 kms with 3 underground and 19 elevated stations while the East-West Corridor will cover 11.098 kms with 7 underground and 5 elevated stations. Even though the areas where metro stations would come up have been disclosed by metro cell, they have not exactly specified where their locations would be. This information is very crucial for builders to start planning their investments in Lucknow.

However, LDA and metro cell are keeping mum on this information on strict instructions from the government. With no other option, builders are taking the help of RTI tool which has baffled the officials on whether to provide the information or not. LDA has received more than 80 applications so far. Most people have mistakenly send application to the Lucknow Development Authority for gathering the relevant information but the information lies with a special metro cell constituted by the government to monitor the metro project.

ISAKHAPATNAM: Officials of the Waltair division of East Coast Railways (ECoR) conducted a massive surprise check at Vizianagaram railway station to catch ticketless passengers on Monday.This follows a report highlighting the absence of such drives due to staff crunch in the division, in TOI a week ago. During the nine-hour check, the officials found that many school and college students were travelling without proper tickets, including time-barred season tickets. "Keeping in view their future, we counselled them on the spot on the consequences of violating rules," a senior railway officer said.

About 12,000 tickets were sold at the general booking counter at the station on Monday, earning the Railways revenue of Rs 2.3 lakh, an increase of 179% over the previous day and 325% over the same day of last year, said M Yelvender Yadav, senior divisional commercial manager.

The sale of monthly season tickets (MST) also rose steeply, with 177 MSTs being issued against 13 MSTs on the same day last year - and an increase of 1,262%. The increase over the previous day was 205%, he said.

Defaulters and unauthorised persons on the railway station premises and trains would be penalized under sections 137,138 and 139 of the Railways Act 1989 and they would face imprisonment for as much as six months or fines as high as Rs 1,000 or both, Yadav said.

KANYAKUMARI: Rail users in the district have urged the railway authorities to operate daily trains from Kanyakumari to Hyderabad through Tirunelveli and Madurai, which, according to them would benefit nearly 15 districts in the state. They further said that the operation of such train would help a large number of people employed in Hyderabad and also increase the inflow of tourists.The Kanyakumari District Railway Users' Association (KKDRUA) has proposed the extension of 12603/12604 Chennai - Hyderabad - Chennai Express to Kanyakumari which will meet their demand.According to S R Sriram, president of the association, Kanyakumari district is provided with connectivity to all major cities like Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore through daily train services and destinations like New Delhi, Howrah, Jammu Tawi through weekly train services. However, the important connectivity to Hyderabad is lacking for the region though thousands of people from the region are employed in various fields especially in the IT sector. "We urge the railways to extend the Chennai - Hyderabad -Chennai Express daily to Kanyakumari so that it will serve large number of people. It should be noted that the trains originating from Chennai towards Hyderabad hardly travel 70 km in the state and if extended, it will serve people of 15 districts of the state," he said.

P Edward Jeni, secretary of the association pointed out that there are many tourist attractions for those travelling from Andhra Pradesh especially the temples in Trichy, Madurai and Kanyakumari. "Even the government of Andhra Pradesh has approached the railways to operate trains to Kanyakumari for the benefit of its people travelling to Kanyakumari," he mentioned.

S Ravi, a consultant of Intellectual Property Rights in Hyderabad and hailing from the region also seconds the opinion. "There is a craze among the people here about travelling to Kanyakumari and visiting many temples. Besides, the sizeable workforce in IT services in Hyderabad is from Kanyakumari district with educational background. A train service to Kanyakumari from Hyderabad will receive abundant patronage," he stated.

At present, people who travel to Hyderabad from Kanyakumari district had to go to Chennai through night trains and spend the day in Chennai before boarding the evening trains to Hyderabad. "The direct train will be of great help for thousands of our people from the district who travel to Hyderabad this way," Jeni said. Recently, the railways started operating a weekly train from Madurai to Kacheguda which has enabled Deccan connectivity for the first time. "In addition to the daily train to Hyderabad, it can also be one more additional train to reach Chennai from the southern districts," a rail user from Madurai added.

Two computerised passenger reservation system (PRS) counters – one at Ponmalai post office and the other at Srirangam Ranga Nagar post office - were commissioned on Monday. Both counters have been set up under the Member of Parliament’s 1,000 PRS scheme.The PRS counter at Ponmalai post office set up under the MP’s 1,000 PRS Scheme of N. Balaganga was inaugurated by P. Kumar, Member of Parliament, Tiruchi.

This is the 29th PRS centre of Tiruchi division and the fifth such counter opened at post offices.

The PRS counter at Ranga Nagar post office in Srirangam established under the MP’s 1,000 PRS Scheme of A. Elavarasan was inaugurated by Manjula Rangarajan, Divisional Railway Manager, Tiruchi.

This is the 30th PRS centre of Tiruchi division and the sixth such counter opened at post office.

G. Natarajan, Director - Postal Services, Central Region, Tiruchi, K.V.S.V. Prasad, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager and senior officials of the Postal Department were present. The counters will function during the working hours of the Post Office.

Tatkal tickets can also be booked through these counters, a Southern Railway press release here said.

KANYAKUMARI: Rail users in the district have urged the railway authorities to operate daily trains from Kanyakumari to Hyderabad through Tirunelveli and Madurai, which, according to them would benefit nearly 15 districts in the state. They further said that the operation of such train would help a large number of people employed in Hyderabad and also increase the inflow of tourists.The Kanyakumari District Railway Users' Association (KKDRUA) has proposed the extension of 12603/12604 Chennai - Hyderabad - Chennai Express to Kanyakumari which will meet their demand.According to S R Sriram, president of the association, Kanyakumari district is provided with connectivity to all major cities like Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore through daily train services and destinations like New Delhi, Howrah, Jammu Tawi through weekly train services. However, the important connectivity to Hyderabad is lacking for the region though thousands of people from the region are employed in various fields especially in the IT sector. "We urge the railways to extend the Chennai - Hyderabad -Chennai Express daily to Kanyakumari so that it will serve large number of people. It should be noted that the trains originating from Chennai towards Hyderabad hardly travel 70 km in the state and if extended, it will serve people of 15 districts of the state," he said.

P Edward Jeni, secretary of the association pointed out that there are many tourist attractions for those travelling from Andhra Pradesh especially the temples in Trichy, Madurai and Kanyakumari. "Even the government of Andhra Pradesh has approached the railways to operate trains to Kanyakumari for the benefit of its people travelling to Kanyakumari," he mentioned.

S Ravi, a consultant of Intellectual Property Rights in Hyderabad and hailing from the region also seconds the opinion. "There is a craze among the people here about travelling to Kanyakumari and visiting many temples. Besides, the sizeable workforce in IT services in Hyderabad is from Kanyakumari district with educational background. A train service to Kanyakumari from Hyderabad will receive abundant patronage," he stated.

At present, people who travel to Hyderabad from Kanyakumari district had to go to Chennai through night trains and spend the day in Chennai before boarding the evening trains to Hyderabad. "The direct train will be of great help for thousands of our people from the district who travel to Hyderabad this way," Jeni said. Recently, the railways started operating a weekly train from Madurai to Kacheguda which has enabled Deccan connectivity for the first time. "In addition to the daily train to Hyderabad, it can also be one more additional train to reach Chennai from the southern districts," a rail user from Madurai added.