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South Central Railway will divert Train No. 16351/16352 CST Mumbai-Nagercoil-CST Mumbai Balaji Express to run via Renigunta without touching Tirupati  with effect from the dates mentioned below:-

1)  Train No. 16351 CST Mumbai-Nagercoil Balaji Express will run via Renigunta without touching Tirupati with effect from 03rd September, 2013.

2) Train No. 16352 Nagercoil-CST Mumbai Balaji Express will run via Renigunta without touching Tirupati with effect from 05th September, 2013.

Sonepat: A gang of thieves stole a high-tension wire of around 400 m over the Ambala-Delhi railway track between Gannaur and the Rajlu Garhi railway station in the wee hours today.The wire was reportedly stolen around 3am, leading to disruption in train traffic for around six hours. Several trains, including six passenger trains, were delayed causing great inconvenience to daily commuters to Delhi. A team of railway engineers from Ambala reached the spot and started the restoration work. The rail traffic was back on the track by around 8am.A case against unidentified persons was registered at the Gannaur Railway police post.

Chandigarh: Railway passengers had to face a lot of inconvenience today as all trains plying between New Delhi and Chandigarh were delayed by an hour due to a disruption between Ganaur and Sandankalana stations. Sources in the Railway Department said an overhead electrical wire between the Panipat and Sonipat stations was found missing this morning due to which the trains were diverted on a single track. Due to this reason a majority of the trains from New Delhi got late.

The Shatabdi from New Delhi to Chandigarh reached an hour late at the railway station. The arrival time of train number 12005 at the city railway station is 11:05 am, but due to the technical fault it reached at around 12:15 pm. Even the evening Shatabdi from New Delhi to Chandigarh left the Delhi railway station 45 minutes late. The departure time the train from Delhi station is 5:15 pm .

There was a heavy rush of passengers at the enquiry counter of the Chandigarh railway station to get the status of the Shatabdi this morning. The worst affected were those who came to pick and drop their near and dear ones in the morning. A majority of the people had a harrowing time as they did not get any space to park their vehicles.

BSNL All-India general secretary RP Sahu, who was travelling in the morning Shatabdi from New Delhi to Chandigarh to hold a rally of employees, got late by an hour due to the delay in the arrival of the train.The organisers of the association, who went to receive him at the railway station, faced trouble as hundreds of workers were waiting since morning for the rally.

Railway officials said during the inspection of this track in the morning, they found that an overhead wire was missing after which it was decided to use a single track for running the trains till the repair of the track.

Sonepat: A gang of thieves stole a high-tension wire of around 400 m over the Ambala-Delhi railway track between Gannaur and the Rajlu Garhi railway station in the wee hours today.The wire was reportedly stolen around 3am, leading to disruption in train traffic for around six hours. Several trains, including six passenger trains, were delayed causing great inconvenience to daily commuters to Delhi. A team of railway engineers from Ambala reached the spot and started the restoration work. The rail traffic was back on the track by around 8am.A case against unidentified persons was registered at the Gannaur Railway police post.

दोन पॅसेंजर रद्द, अनेक गाड्यांना उशीर
म. टा. विशेष प्रतिनिधी, नागपूर
सिंदी (रेल्वे) आणि तुळजापूर या स्थानकांदरम्यान रुळाखालील पूल वाहून गेल्याच्या घटनेला पाच दिवस झाले तरी नागपूर-वर्धा हा 'अप' मार्ग अजूनही रखडलेलाच आहे. त्यामुळे दोन्ही बाजूंची वाहतूक वर्धा-नागपूर या 'डाउन' मार्गाने सुरू आहे. एकाच मार्गाने दोन्ही बाजूंची वाहतूक होत असल्याने अनेक गाड्या उशिराने धावत आहेत, तर अनेक गाड्यांचे मार्ग बदलण्यात आले आहेत.
१९ जुलै रोजी झालेल्या जोरदार पावसामुळे वर्ध्याजवळ सिंदी आणि तुळजापूर स्थानकांदरम्यान रुळाखाली असलेल्या एका नाल्यावरील पूल वाहून गेला होता. गस्तीवर असलेल्या रेल्वे कर्मचाऱ्याच्या लक्षात हा प्रकार येताच त्याने कंट्रोल रूमला माहिती देऊन दोन्ही बाजूंची वाहतूक थांबवली. घटना घडताच मध्य रेल्वेचे वरिष्ठ अधिकारी तंत्रज्ञांसह घटनास्थळी रवाना झाले आणि युद्धस्तरावर या मार्गाच्या दुरुस्तीचे काम हाती घेण्यात आले. दोन दिवसात 'डाउन' मार्ग सुरू झाला, पण 'अप' मार्गाच्या दुरुस्तीचे काम अजूनही झाले नाही. त्यामुळे आज सलग पाचव्या दिवशीही रेल्वे वाहतूक विस्कळीत झाली होती. 'डाउन' मार्गाने वाहतूक होत असली तरी तेथे गाड्यांच्या वेगावर मर्यादा घालण्यात आली आहे. इटारसीकडून बुधवारी येणाऱ्या सर्व गाड्या इटारसी, खंडवा-भुसावळ-बडनेरा-वर्धा- भल्लारशा मार्गाने चालविण्याचा निर्णय घेण्यात आला.
मार्ग पुन्हा क्षतिग्रस्त?
वर्धा-नागपूर या दुरुस्त झालेल्या अप मार्गावरील माती वाहून गेल्याने तो पुन्हा क्षतिग्रस्त झाल्याची चर्चा बुधवारी दिवसभर होती. मध्य रेल्वेच्या अधिकाऱ्यांनी मात्र याचा स्पष्ट इन्कार केला. दुरुस्त झालेल्या मार्गावरून वाहतूक सुरळीत सुरू आहे. डाउन मार्गाच्या दुरुस्तीसाठी ९०० कामगार झटत आहेत. लवकरात लवकर हा मार्गही सुरू होईल, असे त्यांनी सांगितले.

Katra : Locals from Katra, Agar, Reasi, Bakal, Gran Morh and Mari staged a protest at the Konkan Railway office Reasi. The protesters were demanding clearance of their liabilities pending with Apex Encon Projects Pvt Ltd (AEPPL). Apex Encon Projects Pvt Ltd is an Andhra-based company engaged for construction of tunnels on the Katra-Dharam railway section, which has abandoned the project without clearing liabilities of over Rs 2.60 crore of local labourers, contractors and suppliers.Official sources said as per one list available with the district administration Reasi, the liability of Apex Encon is to the tune of Rs 2.60 crore. However, there may be many other such cases as all the aggrieved persons may not have been able to reach the administration.Apex Encon, which has moved out of the project without making payments to different stakeholders, misled the workers, labourers, contractors and suppliers by sending a letter dated July 14, 2013 to Deputy Chief Engineer (Tunnels) KRCL Reasi mentioning that the payments as per the list will have to be made by KRCL. However, the KRCL informed the District Development Commissioner that neither funds or security nor the bills and claims of Apex Encon were available with KRCL, sources said.Raj Kumar, sarpanch of Gran Morh, who was among the protesters, said, "We were happy with the start of rail project in our area. Many of us have taken loan from different financial institutions to get employed, but as Apex has left the project without clearing liabilities of local labourers, contractors and suppliers, this is a big blow to the local enterprises and people working with the company. We demand immediate clearance of our liabilities pending with Apex Encon Projects Pvt Ltd."

Silchar, July 25:The cost of 201km gauge conversion project between Lumding junction in Nagaon district and Silchar has now ballooned to a whopping Rs 4,255 crore from an estimated Rs 648 crore when this vital infrastructure project got off to a start in 1996. Further delay in its completion is not ruled out.
Quoting from what he claimed to be official documents prepared between September 2010 and July 2013, spokesman for the Assam unit of the BJP Rajdeep Roytoday told reporters here that this cost and time overrun were by no means “unpardonable”.
He attributed the delay in execution of the project, which was earlier slated for completion by 2006, to technical glitches, steep gradient in the hill sections of the track through Dima Hasao district and insurgency there between 2006 and 2009.
Roy wondered as to why such problems were not properly addressed in the past when more such challenging tasks like laying broad gauge track between Udhampur and Baramulla in Kashmir could be carried out smoothly.
He said though the deadline for completion of the project has now been re-fixed for February 2015, possible lack of funds for its implementation could be an impediment.
The BJP leader said though Rs 127crore has been allotted in the current fiscal, only Rs 7 crore could be sanctioned till now indicating a possible funds crunch.
Roy also expressed doubts whether release of the special allocation of Rs 200 crore as assured by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on July 18 could be realised.
Roy made it clear that the new deadline could be difficult to meet considering the fact that since 1996 only 57 per cent of the target could be completed till last month.
He said the slow progress in building tunnels 7 and 10 near Jatinga and Mahur stations in Dima Hasao district by two construction majors was the main reason for the delay. Tunnel number 10 is 3,235 metres long and 1,540 metres have been constructed till June.
This was revealed in an affidavit submitted to the division bench of Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice A.K. Goel and Justice A.K. Goswami in May by deputy chief engineer (construction) of NFR, Raj Kumar Das.
The project envisages construction of 20 tunnels on this railway line, but most difficult of these tunnels are numbers 7, 10, 11 and 10(a).
Leak of methane gas while digging now appears to be a stumbling block in wrapping up construction on these lines within the timeframe.

1. Train No.12433 Chennai Central – Nizamuddin (New Delhi) Rajdhani Express scheduled to leave Chennai Central at 06.10 hrs. on 26.07.2013 is rescheduled to leave Chennai Central at 08.10 hrs. on 26.07.2013 due to late running of pairing train.

2. Train No.12269 Chennai Central – Nizamuddin (New Delhi) ‘Duronto’ Express scheduled to leave Chennai Central at 06.40 hrs. on 26.07.2013 is rescheduled to leave Chennai Central at 16.00 hrs. on 26.07.2013 due to late running of pairing train.

Silchar, July 25:The cost of 201km gauge conversion project between Lumding junction in Nagaon district and Silchar has now ballooned to a whopping Rs 4,255 crore from an estimated Rs 648 crore when this vital infrastructure project got off to a start in 1996. Further delay in its completion is not ruled out.
Quoting from what he claimed to be official documents prepared between September 2010 and July 2013, spokesman for the Assam unit of the BJP Rajdeep Roytoday told reporters here that this cost and time overrun were by no means “unpardonable”.
He attributed the delay in execution of the project, which was earlier slated for completion by 2006, to technical glitches, steep gradient in the hill sections of the track through Dima Hasao district and insurgency there between 2006 and 2009.
Roy wondered as to why such problems were not properly addressed in the past when more such challenging tasks like laying broad gauge track between Udhampur and Baramulla in Kashmir could be carried out smoothly.
He said though the deadline for completion of the project has now been re-fixed for February 2015, possible lack of funds for its implementation could be an impediment.
The BJP leader said though Rs 127crore has been allotted in the current fiscal, only Rs 7 crore could be sanctioned till now indicating a possible funds crunch.
Roy also expressed doubts whether release of the special allocation of Rs 200 crore as assured by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on July 18 could be realised.
Roy made it clear that the new deadline could be difficult to meet considering the fact that since 1996 only 57 per cent of the target could be completed till last month.
He said the slow progress in building tunnels 7 and 10 near Jatinga and Mahur stations in Dima Hasao district by two construction majors was the main reason for the delay. Tunnel number 10 is 3,235 metres long and 1,540 metres have been constructed till June.
This was revealed in an affidavit submitted to the division bench of Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice A.K. Goel and Justice A.K. Goswami in May by deputy chief engineer (construction) of NFR, Raj Kumar Das.
The project envisages construction of 20 tunnels on this railway line, but most difficult of these tunnels are numbers 7, 10, 11 and 10(a).
Leak of methane gas while digging now appears to be a stumbling block in wrapping up construction on these lines within the timeframe.

INDORE: After months of delay, survey work for metro rail service in Indore is all set to take off.

A team of representatives from joint venture firm comprising German firm LRTC (GmbH) and Mumbai-based Rohit Associates Architects & Engineers Pvt Ltd, which has got contract for preparing detailed project report (DPR) for Indore and Bhopal metro, will be in Indore on Thursday to initiative survey works.

Urban administration and development department of Madhya Pradesh government had signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the JV firm on May 5 for preparation of DPR.

Representatives of the company will interact with the officials of IMC and district administration following the survey.

Initially, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation was supposed to prepare DPR for metro but it did not work out and the state had decided to issue global tender for DPR. The state government will be paying around Rs 10.50 lakh per kilometre for preparation of DPR. The firm will carry out techno-commercial and economic viability survey of metro, mono and light rail models. They will do the feasibility study for all three modes and analyze before preparation of DPR.