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AHMEDABAD: Western Railway with the help of Government Railway Police carried a drive against illegal ticket sellers at various railway stations under Ahmedabad division from 02 June to 15 June 2013.

Railway officials caught three people from New Bhuj, Sardargram and Chapi computerized reservation centres for selling illegal tickets. Railway recovered nine tickets from black marketers worth Rs 9,445. The railways in an effort to provide better service to passengers, Western Railway has come down heavily on the illegal travelers and touts. In a bid to stamp out ticketless travellers and touts, Western Railway conducted regular raids at Ahmedabad railway station and recovered more than Rs 7.5 crore.

Western Railway conducted regular checks in April and 1,78,235 cases of ticketless/irregular travel including unbooked luggage cases were detected. This resulted in a recovery of Rs 7.45 crore. Similarly, more than Rs 6 lakh was realized from 620 cases of illegal transfer of reserved tickets.

In recent times, Western Railway has got stricter in handling of touts and illegal travellers. More than 150 raids were carried out to nab touts running the illegal ticket syndicate. As many as 249 touts were detained and punished under the applicable sections of the Railway Act. The Railways ticketing system has always been rich grounds for touts to lure passengers.

Authorities have also deployed a 'Surakshini' squad at the station, to do away with beggars and unauthorized hawkers. In the last month, 1,023 beggars and illegal hawkers were apprehended. Of these, 654 were evicted, 354 were fined and 15 persons were sent to jail. Surakshini squads regularly remove beggars from the station.

Heavy rainfall in north India and Mumbai has taken a toll on punctuality of several long-distance passenger trains passing through Tatanagar.The New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Superfast Express, Tata-Amritsar Jallianwallah Bagh Express (dn), Howrah-Mumbai Geetanjali Express and Howrah-Ahmedabad Express (dn) ran up to six hours behind schedule on Tuesday.Railway officials at Tatanagar confirmed that the trains were delayed because of the downpour in north India and Mumbai over the past couple of days. “Trains from the north and west are running late owing to waterlogging on the tracks along several railway sections,” said an official at the enquiry kiosk.Howrah-bound Geetanjali reached Tatanagar some six hours late. The scheduled arrival of the train is 8.15am, but it chugged in at 2.30pm. Similarly, Purushottam Superfast Express and Jallianwallah Bagh Express were each late by two hours.The Howrah-Ahmedabad Express also arrived at Tatanagar an hour behind schedule on Tuesday. The train was supposed to arrive at 9.20am, but reached around 10.25am.

Trains from Bihar like the South Bihar Express and Tata-Chapra Express (dn) also ran an hour late.

But, railway sources said that they were arriving behind schedule for over a month now. Earlier, it was because of the summer rush and now it is because of monsoon.

Meanwhile, the Chakradharpur railway division has asked authorities at Tatanagar, Rourkela and Jharsuguda stations to remain alert and ensure that passengers were not inconvenienced in case of delays. Stations have been directed to ensure cleanliness of waiting rooms and dormitories and adequate supply of drinking water.

PANAJI: With an aim to facilitate easy travel, the Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation ( IRCTC), a public sector undertaking of the ministry of railways, will launch a pilot ticketing project through non-internet based mobile phones with effect from July 1.This will enable people using non-internet based mobile phones to access railway ticketing services via SMS/IVRS (interactive voice response system)/ USSD (unstructured supplementary service data). The scheme is user-friendly, secure and also eco-friendly, as no print out is required.The minister of railways announced this initiative when declaring the railway budget. The objective was to tap the potential of mobile phone market in India and thereby facilitate the common man, by providing an anywhere, anytime, hassle-free booking option.

Heavy rainfall in north India and Mumbai has taken a toll on punctuality of several long-distance passenger trains passing through Tatanagar.The New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Superfast Express, Tata-Amritsar Jallianwallah Bagh Express (dn), Howrah-Mumbai Geetanjali Express and Howrah-Ahmedabad Express (dn) ran up to six hours behind schedule on Tuesday.Railway officials at Tatanagar confirmed that the trains were delayed because of the downpour in north India and Mumbai over the past couple of days. “Trains from the north and west are running late owing to waterlogging on the tracks along several railway sections,” said an official at the enquiry kiosk.Howrah-bound Geetanjali reached Tatanagar some six hours late. The scheduled arrival of the train is 8.15am, but it chugged in at 2.30pm. Similarly, Purushottam Superfast Express and Jallianwallah Bagh Express were each late by two hours.The Howrah-Ahmedabad Express also arrived at Tatanagar an hour behind schedule on Tuesday. The train was supposed to arrive at 9.20am, but reached around 10.25am.

Trains from Bihar like the South Bihar Express and Tata-Chapra Express (dn) also ran an hour late.

But, railway sources said that they were arriving behind schedule for over a month now. Earlier, it was because of the summer rush and now it is because of monsoon.

Meanwhile, the Chakradharpur railway division has asked authorities at Tatanagar, Rourkela and Jharsuguda stations to remain alert and ensure that passengers were not inconvenienced in case of delays. Stations have been directed to ensure cleanliness of waiting rooms and dormitories and adequate supply of drinking water.

अगर आप रेलवे स्टेशन पर ट्रेन से संबंधित जानकारी लेने के लिए जा रहे हैं तो आपको निराश होकर लौटना पड़ेगा। क्योंकि स्टेशन पर काउंटर तो है, लेकिन बताने के लिए कर्मचारी नहीं है।
जनपद में हाथरस जंक्शन, हाथरस सिटी और हाथरस किला तीन रेलवे स्टेशन हैं। यात्रियों की सुविधाओं के लिए यहां पर पूछताछ काउंटर स्थित है। जानकारी देने के लिए माइक आदि सभी सुविधाएं मौजूद हैं, लेकिन इन काउंटरों से कर्मचारी नदारद रहते हैं। ऐसे में यात्रियों को भारी परेशानी हो रही है।
सबसे अधिक समस्या हाथरस जंक्शन पर है। यहां पर दो रुट हैं। एक अलीगढ़ दिल्ली जाने वाली आदि ट्रेनेँ नीचे से होकर जाती है, दूसरी कासगंज मथुरा आदि जाने वाली ट्रेनें ऊपर स्थित रेलवे स्टेशन से होकर जाती हैं। यात्री को ट्रेन की जानकारी नहीं होने पर इधर उधर भटकते रहते हैं। इन हालात में उनकी ट्रेन भी छूट जाती हैं।
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सिस्टम की सुनेँ :-
यात्रियों को जानकारी देने के लिए कर्मचारी नियुक्ति हैं। अगर इसमें लापरवाही बरती जा रही है तो उनके खिलाफ कार्यवाही की जायेगी।
- राजेन्द्र सिंह, पीआरओ, पूर्वोत्तर रेलवे।

इलाहाबाद : उत्तर भारत एवं उत्तराखंड में बारिश के कहर का असर ट्रेनों के परिचालन पर भी दिखाई पड़ने लगा है। लखनऊ-अंबाला रूट बाधित होने के कारण इधर से होकर गुजरने वाली ट्रेनों को दिल्ली होकर भेजा जा रहा है। इससे अंबाला-लखनऊ रूट ही नहीं दिल्ली-हावड़ा रूट की ट्रेनें भी कई-कई घंटे लेट हो गई हैं। इसके चलते इलाहाबाद में सैकड़ों लोगों ने अपने आरक्षित टिकटों को रद करा दिया।

उत्तराखंड समेत दिल्ली-हिमाचल में बारिश का असर ट्रेनों पर दिखाई पड़ने लगा है। उत्तराखंड में भारी बारिश के कारण लखनऊ-अंबाला रूट पर कई स्थानों पर ट्रैक में पानी भर गया है। इसके चलते इस रूट की ट्रेनों को दिल्ली को होकर लखनऊ भेजा जा रहा है। इस कारण पहले से व्यस्त दिल्ली-हावड़ा रूट पर ट्रेनों को भीड़ बढ़ गई। इससे इस रूट पर चलने वाले ट्रेनें भी पिटने लगी हैं। इनमें प्रमुख ट्रेनें भी शामिल हैं। अधिकतर ट्रेनें दो से छह घंटे विलंब से इलाहाबाद जंक्शन पर पहुंच रही हैं। ट्रेनों के विलंब से चलने के कारण सैकड़ों लोगों ने अपने आरक्षण रद कराए। बुधवार को ही इलाहाबाद जंक्शन समेत अन्य आरक्षण बुकिंग केंद्रों से 600 टिकट रद कराए गए। इनमें जंक्शन से 175, प्रयाग से 150, इलाहाबाद सिटी से 210 एवं इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय काउंटर से 80 टिकट शामिल हैं।

विलंबित ट्रेनों में मगध, गरीब रथ, स्वतंत्रता संग्राम सेनानी, पूर्वोत्तर संपर्क क्रांति, झारखंड एक्सप्रेस, तूफान, मुरी, कालका, नार्थ ईस्ट, सीमांचल आदि शामिल हैं। उधर चंडीगढ़ से इलाहाबाद आने वाली ऊंचाहार एक्सप्रेस 12 घंटे विलंब इस इलाहाबाद पहुंची तो संगम एक्सप्रेस भी चार घंटे देरी से आई। इसके कारण दोनों ट्रेनों को पुट बैक करना पड़ा है। संगम एक्सप्रेस तो सवा सात बजे रवाना हो गई जबकि ऊंचाहार एक्सप्रेस के रवाना होने के लिए रैक का इंतजार किया जा रहा है। वैसे अधिकारिक तौर पर उसे सुबह पौने पांच बजे रवाना किया जाएगा।

उत्तराखंड में आसमान से बारिश के रूप में आ रही तबाही की मार रेल यातायात पर दूसरे दिन भी पड़ी। जम्मू से ऋषिकेश (उत्तराखंड) के बीच चलने वाली हेमकुंड (एक्सप्रेस) (14610) मंगलवार को दूसरे दिन भी रद रही। अनुमान लगाया जा रहा है कि उक्त ट्रेन कुछ और दिनों तक रद रहेगी। अलबत्ता, जम्मू रेलवे प्रबंधन को दिल्ली स्थित रेलवे हेड-क्वार्टर से रोजाना आदेश जारी कर ट्रेन के चलने की स्थिति बताई जा रही है।
रेलवे स्टेशन के स्टेशन सुपरिंटेंडेंट अश्वनी कुमार ने बताया कि रेलवे हेड क्वार्टर से मिली सूचना के अनुसार उत्तराखंड में रेलवे संपर्क बुरी तरह से क्षतिग्रस्त हुए हैं। इस कारण से ट्रेन का वहां पहुंच पाना कठिन है। इसलिए ट्रेन को रद किया गया है। हेमकुंड एक्सप्रेस रोजाना 06:35 मिनट पर जम्मू से रवाना होकर सुबह आठ बजे ऋषिकेश (उत्तराखंड) पहुंची है। वहीं, उत्तर भारत के कई शहरों में जारी बारिश के चलते कई ट्रेनों घंटों देरी से पहुंची। देरी से पहुंचनेवाली ट्रेनों में उत्तर संपर्क क्रांति एक घंटा देरी से पहुंची जबकि दिल्ली सराय रोहिल्ला दो घंटे, पूजा एक्सप्रेस दो घंटे, कोलकत्ता चितपुर साढ़े चार घंटे, नई दिल्ली-ऊधमपुर विशेष ट्रेन दो घंटे, मालवा एक्सप्रेस दो घंटे देरी से पहुंची।

New Delhi: Several low-lying areas along the river Yamuna were on Wednesday flooded as the water level in the river was flowing two metres above the danger mark and inching towards touching the highest level of 207.49 metres. “The water level in the river rose to 207.12 metres which is 2.29 metres above the danger mark of 204.83 metres. The water level is likely to go up further,” a senior official of the flood control department said. The highest water level of 207.49 metres in Yamuna was recorded in 1978 when several areas in the city witnessed flash floods. The city government has asked the army to be on alert for helping the civil administration, if required. The river had crossed the danger level of 204.83 metres on Tuesday morning, prompting authorities to evacuate around 2,000 people from various low-lying areas in east Delhi like Usmanpur, Yamuna Bazar, Bhajanpura and Shastri Park and set up relief camps for their shelter. Officials said the water level is likely to go up further as Haryana released over 81,000 cusecs of water into Yamuna from the Hathnikund barrage on Wednesday. The neighbouring state had released eight lakh cusecs of water on Monday and 1.5 lakh cusecs on Tuesday. They said some low-lying areas near the river, including Garhi Mandu, Usmanpur Pusta and Jagatpur village were inundated by Yamuna waters. In the past 40 years, the city had witnessed floods in 1967, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1995 and 1998. The authorities have set up over 400 tents in four districts, including 240 in East, 100 in Southeast, 50 in Central and 30 in Northeast to accommodate the affected people. The 145-year-old Old Yamuna Bridge connecting east Delhi with the heart of the national capital, was shut for rail and road traffic on Tuesday after the water level in Yamuna rose dangerously. Services of over 50 trains were affected due to rising water level in the Yamuna, with Northern railway suspending train movement on the old bridge from Wednesday till further notice.

NEW DELHI: Services of over 50 trains were affected due to rising water level in the Yamuna, with Northern Railway suspending train movement on the old bridge from today.The movement of trains over the Yamuna bridge between Delhi and Shahadara has been suspended from 12 noon till further notice, a senior Northern Railway official said, adding that "however, EMU local trains are being allowed to run as per schedule."While Shamli passenger train and Saharanpur-Farukhnagar Express have been cancelled, services of 15 trains were short terminated due to the flood situation.Northern Railway has diverted about 38 trains, including Kalka Mail, Tata-Amritsar-Jammu Tawi Express and Haridwar- Ajmer Express, because of rising water level in the Yamuna.

The chief commissioner of railways safety (CCRS) after inspecting Qazigund-Banihal rail link tunnel on Tuesday conducted a trial run on Wednesday. The rail link is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on June 25. According to reports, to pave the way for

inauguration of the section by the Prime Minister and subsequent chugging of the trains, commissioner of railway safety (CRS) RK Kardam along with other railway team conducted statutory inspection of Banihal-Qazigund section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link on Tuesday. To inspect the track, the team boarded rail trolley at 2.30pm from Srinagar and reached Qazigund at 8pm. Reports from railway sources said: "The CCRS team after carrying inspection of the route on Tuesday conducted a trial run of eight-bogie train on the track on Wednesday from Banihal to Qaziqund at 2.30pm successfully. The railways public relations officer said they would submit the inspection report to high-ups in Delhi after which clearance will be given for chugging of train on the track.

The much-awaited railway section linking the Kashmir Valley with the rest of country will be thrown open 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 that often gets snapped due to snowfall during winters.

The section, which includes an 11-km-long tunnel, named T-80, the longest of its kind in South Asia, will reduce the distance from 35 km to 18 km. It has been constructed at a cost of Rs. 1,691 crore.

Sources said all the systems in the tunnel like CCTV cameras and emergency call system have been interconnected and there will be automatic operation of equipment (ventilation, lighting, public address system etc).

The control centre will ensure monitoring of equipment by tunnel operators round the clock, visualisation of equipment's status on screens, monitoring by CCTVs, automatic and manual handling of alarms (fire and SOS) and communication with rescue teams, maintenance staff and people in tunnel.

The trial run on this section was successfully done on December 28 last year and since then trains carrying stones are running on regular basis. At present, passengers travelling between Banihal and Qazigund face problem during the winter months when the Jawahar Tunnel remains closed due to heavy  snowfall. All these problems will be reduced to a large extent with the starting of train services between Banihal-Qazigund.