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17-06-2013
Mumbai
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WR ATTACHES EXTRA COACH IN BANDRA (T)- AJMER EXPRESS
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Western Railway has augmented o­ne AC 3-Tier coach in Train No 22995/96 Bandra (T) - Ajmer Express o­n temporary basis with immediate effect upto 14thJuly, 2013 ex BDTS, for the convenience of the passenger.

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पश्चिम रेलवे द्वारा बांद्रा टर्मिनस-अजमेर एक्सप्रेस
ट्रेन में अतिरिक्त कोच


पश्चिम रेलवे द्वारा यात्रियों की सुविधा  केलिए ट्रेन सं. 22995/96 बांद्रा टर्मिनस- अजमेर एक्सप्रेस में 14 जुलाई, 2013 तक बांद्रा टर्मिनस से एक 3 एसी कोच अस्थायी रूप से जोड़ा गया है।

17-06-2013
Secunderabad
Special Drive Against Ticketless Travel

Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway conducted a Special Drive today i.e., (17th June, 2013) under the direct supervision of Shri A Bharat Bhushan, Chief Commercial Manager, South Central Railway involving 85 Ticket Checking Staff, 12 RPF Personnel & Officers from Commercial Branch.

Many Express and Passenger trains were stopped at Cherlapalli Station especially for the special checkduring the drive.


A total of 566 persons were apprehended out of which 413 persons were found travelling without ticket and 46 persons were found travelling irregularly and 107 cases of un-booked luggage. A total amount of Rs. 1, 89,000/- was realized towards penalty from these ticketless / irregular travelers.

train rescheduled 
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Train number 12134  Mangalore Junction-CST Mumbai express scheduled to leave Mangalore Junction at 4.45pm on June 17 is rescheduled to leave  at 7pm due to late running of the pairing train.

मुंबई. मौसम विभाग ने मुंबई में अगले 24 घंटे भारी बरसात होने की चेतावनी दी है. बीएमसी ने लोगों को मोबाइल से मैसेज भेजकर घर बाहर न निकलने की सलाह दी है. एसएमएस में लिखा है कि मौसम विभाग के अनुसार अगले 24 घंटों में भारी से भारी बारिश की चेतावनी है. इसलिए लोगों से अपील है कि जरूरत हो तभी घर से बाहर निकलें. दो दिनों से रुक-रुक कर तेज बारिश हो रही है, जिसके चलते निचले इलाकों में पानी भर गया है.

मुंबई के हिंदमाता इलाके में लगातार आफत बन कर बरसी बारिश के चलते बाढ़ जैसे मंजर नजर आते हैं. पिछले दो दिनों से रुक-रुक कर हो रही बारिश रविवार सुबह से ही तेज बरसने लगी. इसके अलावा दूसरे निचले इलाके मलाड, अंधेरी, वर्सोवा, दादर, कुर्ला, बायखला, परेल, चेंबूर, पूर्वी उपनगर के प्रमुख एलबीएस मार्ग के कई हिस्से और मरोल-साकीनाका इलाके में बाढ़ जैसे हालात पैदा हो गए. कुर्ला में लगातार बारिश से घरों और दुकानों में बारिश का पानी भर गया. रेस्टोरेंट में पानी घुस गया है जिससे लोगों को काफी दिक्कतों का सामना करना पड़ा.

मुंबई की लाइफ लाइन मानी जाने वाली लोकल ट्रेन की सेवा भी प्रभावित हुई.पटरी पानी में डूब गईं जिसकी वजह से वेस्टर्न लाइन पर ट्रेनें 30 मिनट देरी से चली.वहीं सेंट्रल लाइन पर सीएसटी और दादर के बीच और हार्बर लाइन पर सीएसटी और कुर्ला के बीच लोकल सेवा सुबह 10.30 के बाद बंद कर दी गई. यह दिन के दो बजे के बाद ही बहाल हो पाई.

रविवार होने की वजह से लोगों ने घरों में रहना बेहतर समझा लेकिन जिन्हें काम से या छुट्टी मनाने बाहर जाना था उन्हें परेशानियों का सामना करना पड़ा.चेंबुर में हुई भारी बरसात के बाद एक बार फिर बीएमसी के इंतजाम नाकाफी दिखे.

मुंबई के लावा महाराष्ट्र के ठाणे, सतारा, पुणे में भारी बारिश हो रही है.रत्नागिरी के खेड में आफत की बारिश ने भारी तबाही मचाई है. पिंपड़ी-चिचवाड़ रेलवे स्टेशन पर पेड़ गिरने की वजह से बत्ती गुल हो गई है. बुलढ़ाना जिले में एक आदमी की डूबने से मौत हो गई है.

जबलपुर. पल पल संवाददाता. मुख्य रेलवे स्टेशन सहित बाहर परिसर की सफाई व्यवस्था कभी भी बंद हो सकती है. इसकी वजह यह सामने आ रही है कि वर्तमान में संविदा कर्मी के रूप में स्वास्थ्य निरीक्षक के रूप में पदस्थ निरीक्षक की मनमानी से सफाई ठेकेदार का पूरा सफाई अमला परेशान है. इस सम्बन्ध में मिली जानकारी के मुताबिक़ मुख्य रेलवे स्टेशन के एक से लेकर चार नंबर प्लेटफार्म सहित बाहर परिसर की साफ-सफाई का जिम्मा प्राइवेट ठेकेदार के पास है. ठेकेदार द्वारा जहाँ स्टेशन की स्वच्छता पर विशेष ध्यान दिया जाता है तो दूसरी ओर स्टेशन पर कोई यात्री की मौत हो जाए तो उसे प्राईवेट सफाई ठेकेदार के सफाई कर्मी ही ट्रेन से उतार मेडीकल चिकित्सालय पोस्टमार्टम के लिए ले जाते है जबकि इन सब कार्यों का किसी प्रकार से रेलवे से अनुबंध नहीं है. मानवता के नाते ठेकेदार द्वारा इसमें सहयोग दिया जाता है जबकि यह कार्य रेल प्रशासन के कर्मचारियों का है. इसी का फायदा उठा संविदा स्वास्थ निरीक्षक जहां सफाई ठेकेदार पर भारी भरकम जुर्माना लगा देता है वहीं सफाई कर्मियों को बेवजह परेशान करने के चलते ठेकेदार ने सफाई कार्य ठप्प करने का निर्णय ले लिया है. अधिकारियों से चर्चा के बाद सफाई व्यवस्था बंद हो सकती है. यदि एक भी घंटे के लिए रेलवे की सफाई व्यवस्था ठप्प हो जाती है तो रेलवे स्टेशन पर यात्रियों का खड़ा होना दूभर हो जाएगा.

Kochi: The move by the Thiruvananthapuram division authorities to cancel about 40 posts of station masters may have stirred a hornet’s nest. But it is yet to implement a 2002 railway board order to post additional station masters to relive ‘stress.

The railway board order to all divisions to recruit additional station masters was taken after conducting a study which found ‘increasing stress’ due to work burden. The Southern railways was allotted 308 posts but not a single additional station master has been appointed in the Thiruvanantapuram division so far.

“When for years they failed to appoint personnel we resorted to protest and finally the order to appoint 55 ASMs was released in 2010. But the appointments were never made,” All-India Station Masters’ Association divisional secretary Udayaprasad said.

As a result the 371 station masters under the division are being denied leave even for urgent matters and many of them have to work for up to 16 hours at a stretch, going against the crux of the earlier study.

When contacted, a senior railway official said, there are not enough vacancies in the division. “There is not enough work to appoint 55 personnel; at the most 10 to 12 additional personnel are needed,” he said.

PURULIA : To avoid any repetition of Jamui incident in which Maoists attacked Dhanbad-Patna Intercity Express, the Railway ministry has reportedly decided to tighten security even in the trains running through Junglemahal area during the day, besides intensifying security arrangements during night.  Sources said that the numbers of security forces have been increased in the trains under Adra division of South-Eastern Rail. The Divisional Railway Manager (Adra division) ~ Mr Arvind Kumar Mittal told The Statesman: “Security arrangement is going to be intensified.”
A top official of SE Railway, preferring anonymity, said that according to intelligence sources, a few Maoists had headed towards borders of West Bengal-Jharkhand-Orissa after being by security forces after the Chhattisgarh massacre.The railway administration does not want to take any risk with passengers'  safety, specially after the Jnaneswari Express tragedy in 2010.
A high-level meeting took place a couple of days ago at the office of DRM (Adra Division) to discuss the present situation. In the meeting ~ Additional SP  (Saraikela-Kharsoa), DSP (Headquarter, Bokaro),SDPO (Raghunathpur), Senior Security Commissioner of RPF(Adra Division), IRP (Tatanagar) and police officers of Bankura and Purulia discussed passenger safety after the two recent Maoist attacks.
After the Jnaneswari  incident, many trains running through the Junglemahal area at night were cancelled for around two years due lack of security.
Though those trains are now functional,  the intelligence sources have reportedly alerted the railway administration to take necessary precautions when the panchyat elections are just round the corner.
Sources said that Maoists can choose to attack the trains in the Junglemahal area  during this period.
Besides, the huge area of Bokaro and Saraikela-Kharsoa belongs to the LWE region where trains had already been attacked several times.
Though a section of railway sources said that the ministry is thinking of cancelling the night trains, Mittal truled out any such possibility .
He said that the use of pilot engine is not under consideration at present though security would be alerted for the safety of railway tracks in the division.
The superintendent of police, C Sudhakar said that the district police would extend its assistance.
However, besides increasing security forces in the train an officer would be in the charge of the ‘escort team’.

KOCHI :
If all goes well, the work on the Piravom-Mulanthuruthy double line is expected to be completed this fiscal.Railway officials said that if no hindrances take place, the line can be expected to be commissioned by April next year. The work on this sector, which has been delayed for months, has picked up speed owing to administrative pressure. The officials with the construction department of the Railways said that they expect to complete the first phase of the project by December.  The first phase includes the completion of two railway lines from Piravom connecting  Mulanthuruthy. Also, the work on the Piravom station and the yard premises will be completed by December. In the second phase, the existing railway line will be raised by  six feet. “ A lot of technical procedures are involved in the lifting of the railway line. Also, it should be done in such a way that it does not affect the rail traffic. Once it is completed, we will focus on connecting the mid-section of the line between Piravom and Mulanthuruthy,” the official said. The `50- crore project covers 12-km stretch. Once the lines are ready, the signalling procedures will be carried out which may also take some time, officials added. Finding earth for the doubling process is also a problem, they said.

Currently, the work on the Piravom railway station platforms has begun.

Even as the work is progressing, passengers have raised concern that the Railways is creating a lot of hassles for the public owing to the work at Piravom railway station. They alleged that the trains in the section are getting delayed owing to the work.

PURULIA : To avoid any repetition of Jamui incident in which Maoists attacked Dhanbad-Patna Intercity Express, the Railway ministry has reportedly decided to tighten security even in the trains running through Junglemahal area during the day, besides intensifying security arrangements during night.  Sources said that the numbers of security forces have been increased in the trains under Adra division of South-Eastern Rail. The Divisional Railway Manager (Adra division) ~ Mr Arvind Kumar Mittal told The Statesman: “Security arrangement is going to be intensified.”
A top official of SE Railway, preferring anonymity, said that according to intelligence sources, a few Maoists had headed towards borders of West Bengal-Jharkhand-Orissa after being by security forces after the Chhattisgarh massacre.The railway administration does not want to take any risk with passengers'  safety, specially after the Jnaneswari Express tragedy in 2010.
A high-level meeting took place a couple of days ago at the office of DRM (Adra Division) to discuss the present situation. In the meeting ~ Additional SP  (Saraikela-Kharsoa), DSP (Headquarter, Bokaro),SDPO (Raghunathpur), Senior Security Commissioner of RPF(Adra Division), IRP (Tatanagar) and police officers of Bankura and Purulia discussed passenger safety after the two recent Maoist attacks.
After the Jnaneswari  incident, many trains running through the Junglemahal area at night were cancelled for around two years due lack of security.
Though those trains are now functional,  the intelligence sources have reportedly alerted the railway administration to take necessary precautions when the panchyat elections are just round the corner.
Sources said that Maoists can choose to attack the trains in the Junglemahal area  during this period.
Besides, the huge area of Bokaro and Saraikela-Kharsoa belongs to the LWE region where trains had already been attacked several times.
Though a section of railway sources said that the ministry is thinking of cancelling the night trains, Mittal truled out any such possibility .
He said that the use of pilot engine is not under consideration at present though security would be alerted for the safety of railway tracks in the division.
The superintendent of police, C Sudhakar said that the district police would extend its assistance.
However, besides increasing security forces in the train an officer would be in the charge of the ‘escort team’.

City received rains heavy enough to throw the road, rail and air traffic off gear on Sunday. Buses, trains, and flights were either delayed or diverted because of the showers

Flights diverted to Mumbai

The rains also managed to disrupt the air traffic though marginally. Air India’s flight number AI 521 from Chennai was delayed by 2 hours due to the rain as the visibility level was affected by 2,000 meters.An airport official said, “The visibility level on Sunday was 4,000 meters compared to 6,000 meters on normal days. However, the air traffic was smooth and the outgoing flights from Pune were able to take off without any difficulty.”However, an airport traffic control department official said that Indigo’s Chennai-Pune flight number 6E-311 was diverted to Mumbai. “The flight was scheduled to land in Pune at 1.05 pm, however, it was diverted to Mumbai due to heavy rain and poor visibility,” said the official.

E-way, highway witness landslides

The vehicles plying on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway moved at a much lower speed than usual, thanks to water logging and landslide due to the heavy showers.The traffic on old Pune-Mumbai Highway too was disrupted near Talegaon after an overhead wire fell down on the highway and a landslide was reported near the toll plaza. Besides, water logging was reported on Pune-Bangalore Highway, Nashik Highway, Pune-Mumbai old highway and some parts near Khandala on the Expressway.State highway police officer SP Dilip Bhujbal said, “The traffic movement in parts of the highway especially near the ghats was slow due to water logging. A landslide was witnessed near the Talegaon toll plaza on Pune-Mumbai old highway, however, it was cleared within an hour.”On Sunday afternoon, an auto carrier broke down at Vadgaon-Maval flyover National Highway 4 on Pune Mumbai old highway disrupting the traffic for more than an hour.

Around 188 MSRTC buses affected

As many as 188 buses run by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) buses were affected due to the rain. Besides, buses plying towards Pune were delayed by more than two hours.Buses faced difficulty in Sion were the roads were submerged in water. Senior depot manager of Shivajinagar ST depot Vilas Patil said, “Buses on Pune-Mumbai route ran late by two hours. Around 50 Shivneri buses and 18 semi-luxury buses were affected on Sunday.”Senior depot manager Swargate Vijay Divate said, “More than 120 state transport buses were delayed for than 3 hours as buses were stuck in traffic jams near Sion and Chembur.”

High tension wire collapse on rail track

Trains coming from Mumbai ran late by 6 hours while those going to Mumbai were delayed by two hours. Besides, the local train service was also disrupted after a Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) high-tension wire between Pimpri and Akurdi broke at 7 am on Sunday because of the heavy rains. Divisional railway manager of Pune division Vishal Agarwal said, “Six trains heading towards Mumbai were delayed by two hours after a 24 Kilo-Volt-Ampere (KVA) high-tension wire came down on the railway track. The MSEDCL officials were immediately informed and it was fixed. The trains on the route were resumed after 9am.” He added, “We have asked them to check all the wires in the route in order to avoid similar incidents.”