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NEW DELHI: Waiting for a train to arrive will no longer be boring as railways is equipping India's busiest station with free Wi-Fi connectivity, a first in the country, to ensure value-added amenity for passengers.New Delhi railway station, which handles about 300 trains and five lakh passengers a day, will be the first Wi-Fi enabled station in the country to have such a modern facility like major international airports."A Mumbai-based company has been given the job to make the New Delhi station a Wi-Fi enabled station," a senior railway ministry official said, adding "the company was selected through tender."Wi-Fi is a popular networking technology which uses radio waves to provide wireless high-speed internet and network connections.Once operational, passengers on all 16 platforms of the station will be able to access Wi-Fi from their laptops of mobile phones, the official said.The New Delhi station was chosen on a pilot basis to introduce the facility at an estimated cost of Rs 80 lakh. "The system is expected to be operational in 3/4 months," the official said.The company will install towers at strategic locations to provide the facility, which will be extended to other stations in due course, he said.Railways has already made Howrah Rajdhani trains Wi-Fi enabled.There are also plans to replace information kiosks with tablet computers at New Delhi station.

"We are exploring to mount tablets on walls at certain places in the station for the benefit of passengers. The tablets will be equipped to disseminate information about the train position, expected arrival time and other relevant data required by the passenger," the official said.

The Chennai Corporation council has approved reconstruction of Royapuram Bridge (no. 4) by the Railways to facilitate the restoration of Royapuram terminus.

The reconstructed bridge will help accommodate a third and fourth rail line on the stretch. Higher and wider, it will also help ease traffic congestion in the area. The existing bridge is 10.85 metre wide with a 0.5-metre-wide footpath on one side and a 1.15-metre-wide one on the other. However, as the approach road to Old Washermenpet is 15 metres wide, the Corporation has suggested a 15-metre-wide carriageway on the bridge to facilitate free flow of traffic.

The new bridge will have a total width of 20 metres, with 1.5-metre-wide footpaths on either side, one-metre-wide railings and a one-metre-wide median.

The council also asked the Railways to reconstruct under the supervision of Corporation engineers to ensure better planning for traffic infrastructure.

SIRSA: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced that the state government would give 50% of Rs 2,515 crore for implementation of three railway line projects of Delhi-Sohna-Nuh-Ferozpur Jhirka-Alwar, Hisar-Agroha-Fatehabad-Sirsa and Yamunanagar-Sadhora-Naraingarh-Chandigarh thus paving the way for their early construction. The length of these rail lines would be 104km, 93km and 91km respectively. CM Hooda who addressing a massive rail-road rally at Hansi, was responding to the suggestion made by Union railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge, at the same venue that railway ministry would take up the three important rail lines on priority basis provided the state government bear half of the expenditure. The rally was organized to mark the occasion of foundation stone laying ceremony of Hansi-Meham-Rohtak rail line and four lanning of Hisar-Hansi-Meham-Rohtak section of National Highway No-10. The Union railway minister appreciated the state government's initiative of contributing 50 per cent share in the railway projects of the state. He said that he would personally take up the three new projects with the Planning Department and fully support the early completion of these rail projects for the districts of Yamunanagar, Mewat and Fatehabad. He also announced that Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi would run on all seven days of the week and would also halt at Jind. This demand was raised by Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda and Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar. Earlier, this train used to run four days in a week. On the request of Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar, Union surface transport minister Oscar Fernandes announced to sanction Railway over Bridge (ROB) at Dabwali which would cost more than Rs 37 crore. CM Hooda has also announced to give Rs 10 crore each to all seven assembly segments of district Hisar for development works. These segments are Hisar, Hansi, Narnaund, Barwala, Uklana, Adampur and Nalwa.

MADURAI: The shortage of station masters has forced the Madurai railway division to withdraw those on platform duties, greatly irking the other members. However, railway officials said that it was a temporary arrangement till the new set of recruited staff arrive at the division and the old status will be restored.The railway junctions are provided with three station masters in general wherein two of them will be in the cabin handling the panel and block, while the third will handle the platform. Recently, the platform station master at Rameswaram was withdrawn but was reinstated due to technical difficulties. But the platform station master at Virudhunagar was withdrawn lately and the yard station masters at Milavittan and Tirunelveli were asked to handle the platform affairs as additional duty.According to the All India Station Masters Association (AISMA), the role of a platform station master is crucial in busy junctions because they handle the public and have to cater to any emergency on the platform. The station masters at the cabin could not be disturbed since they carry out the train operations; hence, an additional station master on platform is very crucial for smooth operations."Platform station masters endorse the bulk booking reservations, handle emergencies both on platforms as well as in train operations. For instance, the medical emergencies of passengers in stations have to be attended by the station master," S Kalayanaraman, divisional president of the association pointed out. "In any run over cases, the entire burden of handling the dead body and the legalities fall upon the platform station master and handing over platform affairs to cabin station masters will be very tedious and put train operations at stake," he mentioned.Of the total strength of 542 station masters in the division, there are nearly 160 vacancies and the existing staff, are working under enormous pressure. Recently, the unions staged demonstration in this regard.V Ramkumar, working committee member of Southern Railway Mazdoor Union said there is a 25% shortage in the station master category. "Platform station masters play the role of public interaction and handling emergencies and the division should fill the vacancies at the earliest," he said.When contacted, additional divisional railway manager, V Ajithkumar said that they have to resort to this arrangement due to shortage in the division. "This is only a temporary arrangement till the new set of assistant station masters, who have been recruited reach the division after five to six months and the old system will be reverted by then," he said.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced that the State Government would share 50 per cent of the Rs. 2515 crore required for the implementation of three railway line projects announced in the last Railways budget.

According to an official release here, Mr. Hooda made the announcement while addressing a rally at Hansi where he responded to a suggestion made by Union Railways Minister Mallikarjun Kharge at the same venue that the three important projects to construct rail lines would be taken up on a priority basis provided the State Government agreed to bear half the cost.

The rally was organised to mark the foundation stone laying ceremony of Hansi-Meham-Rohtak rail line and four-laning of Hisar-Hansi-Meham-Rohtak section of National Highway No. 10. Mr Hooda's announcement cleared the early beginning of Delhi-Sohna-Nuh-Ferozpur Jhirka-Alwar, Hisar-Agroha-Fatehabad-Sirsa and Yamunanagar-Sadhora-Naraingarh-Chandigarh rail lines that would run 104 km, 93 km and 91 km respectively.

While Mr. Kharge appreciated the State Government’s initiative of contributing 50 per cent share, he assured personal intervention for expeditious planning and implementation of these rail projects. Responding to a demand by MP, Deepender Singh Hooda, the minister also announced that Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi would run on all seven days of the week and would also halt at Jind.

Heeding to another request by the MP from Sirsa, Ashok Tanwar, the Union Surface Transport minister, Oscar Fernandes announced to sanction a railway over-bridge at Dabwali that would cost 37 crore.

The Chief Minister in his address said that the three rail line projects were long pending demands of the State. He even recalled raising the issue in Parliament in 1991, when he was an MP from the State. He said that the projects would not only reduce the travel time to and from Delhi, they would usher in a new era of development in the concerned districts.

Mr. Hooda said that during the last eight years when he was at the helm, the State government had constructed 32 RoBs, while work on another 37 was in progress. He recalled that only 16 RoBs were constructed in Haryana during the previous 40 years, while not a single inch of rail line was laid during the INLD-BJP regimes.

SIRSA: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced that the state government would give 50% of Rs 2,515 crore for implementation of three railway line projects of Delhi-Sohna-Nuh-Ferozpur Jhirka-Alwar, Hisar-Agroha-Fatehabad-Sirsa and Yamunanagar-Sadhora-Naraingarh-Chandigarh thus paving the way for their early construction. The length of these rail lines would be 104km, 93km and 91km respectively. CM Hooda who addressing a massive rail-road rally at Hansi, was responding to the suggestion made by Union railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge, at the same venue that railway ministry would take up the three important rail lines on priority basis provided the state government bear half of the expenditure. The rally was organized to mark the occasion of foundation stone laying ceremony of Hansi-Meham-Rohtak rail line and four lanning of Hisar-Hansi-Meham-Rohtak section of National Highway No-10. The Union railway minister appreciated the state government's initiative of contributing 50 per cent share in the railway projects of the state. He said that he would personally take up the three new projects with the Planning Department and fully support the early completion of these rail projects for the districts of Yamunanagar, Mewat and Fatehabad. He also announced that Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi would run on all seven days of the week and would also halt at Jind. This demand was raised by Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda and Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar. Earlier, this train used to run four days in a week. On the request of Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar, Union surface transport minister Oscar Fernandes announced to sanction Railway over Bridge (ROB) at Dabwali which would cost more than Rs 37 crore. CM Hooda has also announced to give Rs 10 crore each to all seven assembly segments of district Hisar for development works. These segments are Hisar, Hansi, Narnaund, Barwala, Uklana, Adampur and Nalwa.

SIRSA: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced that the state government would give 50% of Rs 2,515 crore for implementation of three railway line projects of Delhi-Sohna-Nuh-Ferozpur Jhirka-Alwar, Hisar-Agroha-Fatehabad-Sirsa and Yamunanagar-Sadhora-Naraingarh-Chandigarh thus paving the way for their early construction. The length of these rail lines would be 104km, 93km and 91km respectively. CM Hooda who addressing a massive rail-road rally at Hansi, was responding to the suggestion made by Union railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge, at the same venue that railway ministry would take up the three important rail lines on priority basis provided the state government bear half of the expenditure. The rally was organized to mark the occasion of foundation stone laying ceremony of Hansi-Meham-Rohtak rail line and four lanning of Hisar-Hansi-Meham-Rohtak section of National Highway No-10. The Union railway minister appreciated the state government's initiative of contributing 50 per cent share in the railway projects of the state. He said that he would personally take up the three new projects with the Planning Department and fully support the early completion of these rail projects for the districts of Yamunanagar, Mewat and Fatehabad. He also announced that Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi would run on all seven days of the week and would also halt at Jind. This demand was raised by Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda and Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar. Earlier, this train used to run four days in a week. On the request of Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar, Union surface transport minister Oscar Fernandes announced to sanction Railway over Bridge (ROB) at Dabwali which would cost more than Rs 37 crore. CM Hooda has also announced to give Rs 10 crore each to all seven assembly segments of district Hisar for development works. These segments are Hisar, Hansi, Narnaund, Barwala, Uklana, Adampur and Nalwa.

SIRSA: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced that the state government would give 50% of Rs 2,515 crore for implementation of three railway line projects of Delhi-Sohna-Nuh-Ferozpur Jhirka-Alwar, Hisar-Agroha-Fatehabad-Sirsa and Yamunanagar-Sadhora-Naraingarh-Chandigarh thus paving the way for their early construction. The length of these rail lines would be 104km, 93km and 91km respectively. CM Hooda who addressing a massive rail-road rally at Hansi, was responding to the suggestion made by Union railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge, at the same venue that railway ministry would take up the three important rail lines on priority basis provided the state government bear half of the expenditure. The rally was organized to mark the occasion of foundation stone laying ceremony of Hansi-Meham-Rohtak rail line and four lanning of Hisar-Hansi-Meham-Rohtak section of National Highway No-10. The Union railway minister appreciated the state government's initiative of contributing 50 per cent share in the railway projects of the state. He said that he would personally take up the three new projects with the Planning Department and fully support the early completion of these rail projects for the districts of Yamunanagar, Mewat and Fatehabad. He also announced that Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi would run on all seven days of the week and would also halt at Jind. This demand was raised by Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda and Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar. Earlier, this train used to run four days in a week. On the request of Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar, Union surface transport minister Oscar Fernandes announced to sanction Railway over Bridge (ROB) at Dabwali which would cost more than Rs 37 crore. CM Hooda has also announced to give Rs 10 crore each to all seven assembly segments of district Hisar for development works. These segments are Hisar, Hansi, Narnaund, Barwala, Uklana, Adampur and Nalwa.

Lucknow: In a bid to ensure the safety of the railway passengers, the Uttar Pradesh Police is gearing up to install CCTV cameras in few special trains passing through Uttar Pradesh. The effort is initiated to lower down the criminal offense which occurs inside the trains.

“There is a proposal to install CCTV cameras in AC as well as general coaches of special trains for video recording,” says by the Director General of Police (DG) Railway Rizwan Ahmad.

We are also planning to install CCTV cameras at all important and over-crowded railway stations and all the SP’s of the Government Railway Police have been directed to take the assistance of authorities.

Under the ‘Vision Scheme’, CCTV cameras have been installed in Lucknow and Moradabad considering them as important and crowded stations and will be monitored by the section headquarters.

In his directives, he said that all the CCTV cameras installed must work properly.

The DG said they are also planning to paste stickers of phone numbers of GRP railway stations on the route in all coaches of trains passing through UP. So the persons in need can get help by calling the police. Similarly, railway control room numbers are also planned to be pasted.

Rizwan Ahmad has given instructions to the GRP that all the attendants and vendors verification must be checked and efficient action must be taken against the one found with unauthorized papers.

When the platforms are crowded and the incoming trains are halted at outer signals during dark, the possibility of crime increases and hence high-mast lights should be installed and more GRP personnel should be deployed.

गोंडा। बिना लाइन क्लियर हुए सिग्नल की अनदेखी कर चालक ने मालगाड़ी को आगे बढ़ा दिया और गोंडा कचहरी रेलवे स्टेशन पर खड़ा कर दिया। इसी के ठीक पीछे उसी ट्रैक पर आम्रपाली एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन भी आ रही थी। इसकी जानकारी मिलते ही अफसरों ने आम्रपाली एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन को मैजापुर रेलवे स्टेशन पर खड़ा करा दिया। इससे एक बड़ा हादसा टल गया। उधर, डीआरएम ने मालगाड़ी के चालक को तत्काल प्रभाव से निलंबित कर दिया है। साथ ही मामले की जांच के लिए मंडलीय रेल अधिकारियों की तीन सदस्यीय कमेटी गठित की है।
सीतापुर से गोरखपुर जा रही होजरी मालगाड़ी (संख्या 14936) शनिवार सुबह 3.45 बजे गोंडा कचहरी रेलवे स्टेशन के पास पहुंची। चालक ने लाइन क्लियर न होने के बावजूद सिग्नल की अनदेखी कर मालगाड़ी आगे बढ़ा दी और गोंडा कचहरी रेलवे स्टेशन पर लाकर खड़ी कर दी। मालगाड़ी के पीछे उसी ट्रैक पर आम्रपाली एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन भी आ रही थी। इसकी जानकारी रेल अधिकारियों को हुई तो उन्होंने आनन-फानन में ट्रेन को मैजापुर रेलवे स्टेशन पर खड़ा करा दिया। ट्रेन को आधे घंटे बाद दूसरे ट्रैक से गोंडा के लिए रवाना किया गया। उधर, मालगाड़ी के चालक व गार्ड के खून की जांच की गई और तत्काल मामले से उच्चाधिकारियों को अवगत कराया गया। सुबह सात बजे मालगाड़ी को आगे के लिए रवाना किया गया। डीआरएम विनोद कुमार यादव ने बताया कि मालगाड़ी के चालक हरिओम वर्मा को तत्काल प्रभाव से निलंबित कर दिया गया है। जांच के लिए मंडलीय रेल अधिकारियों की तीन सदस्यीय कमेटी गठित की गई है।