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राजस्थान में चुनावी फिजा के बीच रेल मंत्री सीपी जोशी ने प्रदेश के लिए कई उपहारों की घोषणा एक साथ की है। इसमें तीर्थनगरी नाथद्वारा को जोड़ने वाली बड़ी लाइन परियोजना व जयपुर और उदयपुर के बीच शताब्दी जैसी गाड़ी चलाने का फैसला शामिल है।


नाथद्वारा में एक आधुनिक सुविधाओं से युक्त स्टेशन भी बनाया जाएगा। राजस्थान के अन्य क्षेत्रों मंे रेल सुविधाओं के विस्तार के लिए जोशी जल्द ही प्रदेश के जनप्रतिनिधियों से बात करेंगे। जोशी ने भास्कर से बातचीत में कहा कि नाथद्वारा राजस्थान का प्रमुख तीर्थस्थल है। यहां गुजरात व राजस्थान सहित देश के कोने-कोने से बड़ी संख्या मंे तीर्थयात्री आते हैं। यहां से नजदीकी स्टेशन मंडियाना नाथद्वारा से 11 किलोमीटर दूर है। इसलिए इस तीर्थस्थल को बड़ी लाइन बिछाकर सीधे रेल नेटवर्क से जोड़ने का फैसला किया गया है।

नाथद्वारा भगवान श्रीकृष्ण के मंदिर के लिए प्रसिद्ध है। यहां श्रीकृष्ण अवतार से जुड़ी श्रीनाथ जी की मूर्ति स्थापित है। सीपी जोशी ने कहा कि लंबे समय से नाथद्वारा में रेल सुविधाओं व स्टेशन की मांग हो रही थी। अब इसके प्राथमिक सर्वेक्षण को मंजूरी दी गई है।

लेकसिटी से सबसे फास्ट पहली ट्रेन होगी
छह घंटे में जयपुर
यह ट्रेन अधिकतम छह घंटे में जयपुर पहुंचेगी। एक दिन में जयपुर जाकर लौटा जा सकेगा। यह ट्रेन उदयपुर से जयपुर के बीच सिर्फ भीलवाड़ा व अजमेर स्टेशनों पर ही ठहरेगी। 
ट्रेन में लंच, डिनर
ब्रेकफास्ट ट्रेन में यात्री टिकट के साथ लंच, डिनर या ब्रेकफास्ट का ऑर्डर बुक करा सकेंगे।

बढ़ेगी सुविधाएं
इस ट्रेन में सफर करने वाले यात्रियों की सुविधा के लिए वातानुकूलित वेटिंग रूम का निर्माण कराया जाएगा।
रिजर्वेशन का अलग काउंटर
इस ट्रेन में रिजर्वेशन के लिए अलग काउंटर लगाया जाएगा। वर्तमान में रिजर्वेशन के लिए काउंटरों पर भीड़ होने से लोगों को परेशानी होती है।

नाथद्वारा तक ऐसे जाएगी ट्रेन

मावली से मंडियाना तक बिछाए गए 16 किमी लंबे बड़ी लाइन के ट्रैक का विस्तार किया जाएगा। प्लान के तहत मंडियाना स्टेशन से 11 किमी लंबी नई रेल लाइन नाथद्वारा तक बिछाई जाएगी। नाथुवास में नाथद्वारा का रेलवे स्टेशन बनाया जाएगा। नाथद्वारा तक रेल लाइन पहुंचने के बाद सूरत, मुंबई, राजकोट के लिए ट्रेनें चल सकेंगी।


अब भीलवाड़ा में कोच कारखाने पर फोकस

रेल बजट में भीलवाड़ा में 800 करोड़ रुपए की लागत से रेल कोच फैक्टरी स्थापित करने की घोषणा को भी जोशी जल्द पूरा करना चाहते हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि राजस्थान सरकार जैसे ही जमीन मुहैया कराएगी यहां काम शुरू कर दिया जाएगा। रेल डिब्बे बनाने वाली कंपनी भेल के साथ समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किए गए हैं।

इसके अलावा धौलपुर और सरमथुरा के बीच 62 किमी की छोटी लाइन के बड़ी लाइन में परिवर्तित करने को भी कहा गया है। इस योजना से करौल भी जुड़ जाएगा। इसके लिए 212.23 करोड़ रुपए मंजूर किए गए हैं। बड़ी लाइन का गंगानगर सिटी तक विस्तार होगा।


राजनीतिक मायने

रेल मंत्री डॉ. सी. पी. जोशी नाथद्वारा से चार बार विधायक चुने गए हैं। पिछली बार वे एक वोट से हार गए थे। वर्तमान में वे भीलवाड़ा से सांसद हैं। राज्य में रेलों के विकास का आने वाले विधानसभा चुनावों में कांग्रेस को फायदा मिलेगा। मेवाड़ के नेता होने के कारण भीलवाड़ा सहित इस क्षेत्र की 35 विधानसभा क्षेत्रों में उनका प्रभाव है। क्षेत्र के लोग अब उनकी पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री मोहनलाल सुखाड़िया से भी तुलना करने लगे हैं।



बांद्रा तक 7 दिन फुल ट्रेन

रेलवे के अजमेर मंडल प्रबंधक मनोज सेठ ने कहा कि उदयपुर सिटी से बांद्रा तक चलने वाली सुपरफास्ट सप्ताह के सातों दिन फुल ट्रेन चलेगी। वर्तमान में बांद्रा के लिए सप्ताह में छह दिन ट्रेन चलती है, जिसमें से तीन दिन हाफ (चित्तौड़ में अजमेर से आने वाली ट्रेन के साथ जुड़ती है) ट्रेन चलाई जाती है।

सेठ ने शनिवार को उदयपुर क्षेत्र के मासिक निरीक्षण के दौरान स्टेशन पर पत्रकारों को बताया कि यह ट्रेन रोजाना तब चल पाएगी जब उदयपुर-खजुराहो के बीच चलने वाली ट्रेन के रैक का रखरखाव तथा डिब्बों की सर्विसिंग खजुराहो में शुरू कर दी जाएगी। खजुराहो में रखरखाव की व्यवस्था की जा रही है।

स्टेशन पर बढ़ेंगी ये सुविधाएं
सिटी स्टेशन पर वेटिंग रूम, रिटायरिंग रूम, करंट बुकिंग व रिजर्वेशन ऑफिस एयर कूलिंग सिस्टम से जोड़े जाएंगे।

सिटी स्टेशन पर एसकेलेटर (स्वचालित सीढ़ियां) लगाने के लिए स्ट्रक्चर बनाने का काम दस माह में पूरा किया जाएगा।

उदयपुर, अजमेर तथा आबू रोड स्टेशनों के लगेज एवं पार्सल कार्यालयों को ऑनलाइन कम्प्यूटर सिस्टम से जोड़ा जाएगा।

MUMBAI: Harbour Line services between CST and Andheri will be suspended from 10.50am to 4pm on Sunday due to a mega block. Moreover, there will not be any services between Kurla and CST from 10.50am to 3.15pm. On the main line of Central Railway, CST-bound fast services will be diverted to the slow track between Kalyan and Thane from 10.30am to 3.30pm.On Western Railway, a five-hour block will be conducted on the fifth line between Borivli and Goregaon from 10.35am, which may lead to cancellations of some services. Harbour passengers will be allowed to avail of CR and WR services during the block.CR will suspend Harbour Line services between CST and Andheri due to mega block from 10.50 am to 4 pm on Sunday. Harbour line passengers for Bandra/ Andheri have been permitted to travel via Main line and Western Railway (WR) from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.Moreover, CR will not run harbour line services between Kurla and CST from 10.50 am to 3.15 pm due to mega block. During this period, CR will divert Harbour line services diverted on main line between CST and Kurla. These trains will not halt at Chinchpokli and Currey Road stations.On main line, CST bound fast service will be diverted on slow track between Kalyan and Thane from 10.30 am to 3.30 pmOn WR, a block will be taken on 5th line between Borivali and Goregaon from 10.35 am to 3.35 pm. During the block period, all Up and Down Mail/Express trains will run on fast lines between Borivali and Andheri stations. Due to this, some Up and Down local trains will remain cancelled.

Gurgaon: Chaos reigned Gurgaon bus stand today as almost the entire fleet of Delhi-bound buses and those meant to pass through it did not ply.Reacting to the call of their state union, the bus drivers refused to enter Delhi. Thousands of commuters were in for a shock when they reached the bus stand only to find that the buses had been cancelled. The worst-affected were those intending to travel to Chandigarh and cities of Uttar Pradesh.Daily commuters to Delhi made a beeline for Metro stations which were overcrowded. The Metro traffic trebled and local auto drivers made a quick buck as they doubled the fare for travel to Metro stations.

DMRC managing director Mangu Singh on Friday issued guidelines on evacuation of passengers from trains during emergency situations after the committee appointed to look into the reasons for the June 11 incident submitted its preliminary inquiry report.
The guideline include ensuring a secondary power backup system, lighting and ventilation inside trains and tunnels during emergencies and evacuation of passengers if the problem cannot be resolved within 10 minutes.On June 11, an eight-coach train on Yellow Line had got stuck in the tunnel trapping around 1,791 passengers.The DMRC had appointed a three-member internal inquiry committee, comprising executive director (rolling stock), executive director (safety) and general manager (operations).“Such a failure has happened for the first time and the same is being investigated by a team of engineers from DMRC and the manufacturer to avoid recurrence of such incident,” said executive director, corporate communications, Anuj Dayal.As per the report, the emergency brakes of train were applied following a problem in the software of the communication system.The DMRC chief has said that arrangements for proper lighting and ventilation inside the coaches must be ensured within 10 minutes in case of similar incidents in future.He has also instructed DMRC operational managers to start evacuation of passengers if the problem is not resolved within 10 minutes.The DMRC will spread awareness about the procedures to be adopted during such emergency situations.

LUCKNOW: Director General of Police (Railways) Rizwan Ahmed suspended Banda Government Railway Police (GRP) station in charge and two constables for watering down a case of attempt to murder into that of a simple accident after the inquiry into the matter found the three policemen prima-facie guilty.The action was taken following an inquiry by circle officer GRP Jhansi SS Tevatiya.On June 11, Omprakash, a resident of Banda was travelling in the general compartment of Mahkaushal Expresss from New Delhi to Jabalpur. The Banda GRP got information that Omprakash had been injured after he fell from the train. But, allegations were made that Omprakash was pushed out of the moving train by fellow passengers.Banda GRP went with the information that Omprakash fell from the moving train as the compartment was crowded. But, during the inquiry, it was found that Omprakash was travelling with his nephew Jitendra in general compartment on June 11. At around 5 in the morning, about 4 km before Antara, Omprakash was using the wash basin when he dropped water on some of the passengers standing near the wash basin. Irked by this, three to four youths manhandled Omprakash. They threatened and abused him and pushed him out of the moving train. A case was registered at Banda GRP on June 14.DGP (Railways), finding Banda GRP station in charge, Prem Prakash Singh, and two GRP escorts travelling in the train prima facie guilty, ordered their suspension.

ALLAHABAD: In view of the heavy rush of passengers in the present summer season, railway administration has decided to extend the plying of New Delhi-Patna AC special train. The train will depart from New Delhi at 2:35 pm will arrive in Allahabad at 10:20 pm, and will terminate in Patna at 5:00 am. During the return journey, the train will depart from Patna at about 12:15 pm , each Allahabad at 6:15 pm, and will terminate in New Delhi at 4:00 am. The train's last departure from New Delhi is on June 30 whereas from Patna it will depart on July 1.

The Lucknow Metro rail moved ahead with the state government on Friday deciding to adopt the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's financial model to fund the project. Under this model, the Centre and the state government will share the cost in the ratio of 50:50. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 14,000 crore.The model had been proposed by the DMRC and suggested by the Union Ministry of Urban Development.The project had got struck in the previous Mayawati regime because the funding model could not be finalised then.In a meeting with a high-level committee formed to execute the metro rail project, Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani constituted a sub-committee to identify alternate sources to fund the project. The committee, formed under housing secretary Rajiv Aggarwal, will submit its report within a month.Usmani directed the officials to adopt The Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978, as amended in 2009, and The Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002 for execution of the project and send a proposal to the Centre in this regard immediately.The government also decided to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) — Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) — to execute the project. While principal secretaries of various departments like Housing, Urban Development, PWD, etc would be members in the SPV, the body would be headed by an official of the Central government and an UP government official would be managing director.Usmani asked the officials to first start work on the route of the north-south corridor that would connect Amausi airport to Munshipulia via Hussainganj, Hazratganj, Lucknow University, IT Crossing, Nishatganj, Polytechnic crossing. The corridor will cover 27 km.The length of the underground part of corridor, from Charbagh to the Hazratganj crossing, has been reduced to 3 km. Earlier, the DMRC had proposed a 7 km underground stretch, from Mavaiyya to Lucknow University. Officials said reduction in the underground portion will cut the project cost by Rs 1,000 crore.Making a change in the alignment of corridor, the government has decided to develop the metro depot on the land where the 32nd battalion of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) is stationed on the Kanpur Road. "An alternative piece of land would be given to PAC to relocate its office," said an official. The depot was earlier proposed near Amausi airport.

The Chief Secretary directed to re-examine the Gomti Nagar link that was proposed to connect Hazaratganj with Patrakarpuram crossing. "Re-examination is required as there is dense residential areas on both sides of the road," an official said.

The development of 13-km long east-west corridor connecting Charbagh with Hardoi road (13 km) will start later.

Following the ongoing development on the city's outskirts, Usmani also directed the officials to get a techno-feasibility study conducted for development of a ring metro line around the city. The ring metro line would be 42 km long and cover Shaheed Path, Faizabad Road, Ring Road, Sitapur road — all national highways.

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan is set to get various rail projects, including a broad gauge line connecting holy city Nathdwara and a Shatabdi-like train between Jaipur and Udaipur. "Nathdwara city is a holy place where lakhs of pilgrims visit every year. Since the nearest station Mandiana is 11 km away from the city, we have decided to connect the holy city with the construction of a broad gauge line," Railway Minister C P Joshi told PTI. Nathdwara is famous for its 17th century Lord Krishna temple which houses the idol of Shrinathji -- the seven-year-old incarnation of Krishna. Currently, pilgrims travel to the temple by road from Mandiana station which is 11 km away from the town. "A primary alignment has been identified to connect the temple town and a detailed survey will be undertaken soon to lay the broad gauge line. There will be a modern station at Nathdwara town," he said. In order to facilitate faster mode of transport between Udaipur and Jaipur, Joshi said there will be a Shatabdi-like train for the two tourist destinations. "A decision has been taken to run Shatabdi-like train between Udaipur and Jaipur shortly." Joshi has also sanctioned Rs 212.23 crore for conversion of 62 km-long narrow gauge line to broad gauge between Dholpur and Sarmathura. "The broad gauge line will be extended upto Gangapur city," he said. The Rail Budget had announced for setting up a Rs 800 crore coach factory in Bhilwara, the Lok Sabha constituency of Joshi. Railways have signed an agreement with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd for setting up the coach factory and the state is providing land for it, Joshi said.

जमुई में धनबाद इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस पर दो दिन हुए नक्सली हमले के बाद रेल प्रशासन हर स्टेशनों की तरह अंडाल रेलवे स्टेशन पर सुरक्षा व्यवस्था कड़ी कर दी गई। अंडाल स्टेशन पर जीआरपी के जवानों को शनिवार को भी मुस्तैद देखा गया। स्टेशन पर यात्रियों के सामानों की जांच की गयी। वहीं संदेह होने पर यात्रियों से पूछताछ भी की गयी। वहीं स्टेशन के हर इलाके में जीआरपी जवान गश्ती भी लगाते रहे। जीआरपी अधिकारियों ने बताया कि जमुई में हुए नक्सली हमले के बाद हर स्टेशन एवं ट्रेनों की सुरक्षा बढ़ा दी गई है। ताकि फिर कोई अप्रिय घटना न हो। इस कारण स्टेशनों पर विशेष ध्यान दिया जा रहा है।

NEW DELHI: The much-awaited railway section linking Kashmir valley with rest of the country will be launched on June 25 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi jointly flag off the first train.The 18-km-long section between Banihal in Jammu and Qazigund in Kashmir will provide an all-weather surface link to the valley which often gets snapped due to snowfall during winters.The section, which includes an 11-km-long tunnel, will reduce the distance from 35 km to 18 kms. It has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1,691 crore.Train service is already operational within Kashmir valley between Qazigund and Baramulla in north Kashmir.“The mandatory inspection of the track by Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) is slated on June 18 and after that the line is expected to open on June 25,” Northern Railway General Manager V K Gupta said here today.Trial run on this section was successfully done on December 28 last year and since then trains carrying stones are running on regular basis.This section will have two main railway stations – Banihal in Jammu division and Qazigund in Kashmir division.In addition to these stations, a halt station is also being provided at Hillar village in Anantnag district for the convenience of local public.“It was a challenging task. Besides the difficult terrain, land was acquired for the Kashmir rail link project in adverse law and order situation in the state,” GM said.At present, passengers traveling between Banihal and Qazigund face problem during the winter months when the Jawahar Tunnel remains closed due to heavy rainfall.“All these problems will be reduced to a large extent by running of train services between Banihal-Qazigund, the GM said, adding that “it will be a cheaper, faster and dependable mode of transport for the people.”Known as ‘Pir Panjal’ tunnel, it is the longest transportation tunnel in India and third longest in Asia. The tunnel has been constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 1,300 crore and took almost seven years to complete.The tunnel has been constructed using New Austrian Tunneling Method, which was for the first time used on such large-scale in India.It has been equipped with the state-of-the-art air quality monitoring system, ventilation system, communication system, fire fighting system and emergency rescue system in case of emergency.-PTI