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Yamunanagar ; The continuous receding of flood waters from the district brought the much needed relief to the affected villages. The Yamuna river, which wrecked havoc in the district after bringing in more than 8 lakh cusecs of water from the hills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, was today carrying around 77,000 cusecs of water.The repair work undertaken by the railways on a war footing today brought the Ambala-Hardwar track back in operation at 3.30pm. Railway officials said the movement of trains on the track had been restored which had remained suspended since Sunday. The National Highway-73 was also opened for the traffic, but hardly any vehicle passed through it as the flood had completely washed away the road which was already in a bad shape even before the flood.Long queues of trucks and buses could be seem parked on the road as a few trucks overturned on the road due to deep ditches. The rainwater, which had accumulated in various lanes of Yamunanagar and Jagadhri towns, had also started receding. A number of mud houses in the affected villages were also washed away.Deputy Commissioner K M Pandurang said the administration would undertake a detailed survey to assess the losses suffered by residents so that they could be adequately compensated by the state government. He said district officials were still monitoring the weather in the upper reaches of the hills.The number of villages, which were cut off from the district after a bridge on the river at Burdiya village was washed away, still had no access to other parts of the district. The officials maintained that more than 150 villages had been directly or indirectly affected by these floods and efforts were afoot to restore normalcy in the flood-hit areas.

South Central Railway has temporarily augmented Train No. 12764/12763 Secunderabad - Tirupati - Secunderabad Padmavathi Express with o­ne additional AC III Tier coach from 20thto 25th June 2013 with a view to accommodate wait-listed passengers.
            The augmented additional coach had already been fed into the computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS), thereby resulting in ready availability of 64 additional berths.

The much-awaited railway section linking Kashmir valley with rest of the country will be launched on June 26 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will 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 cut off from the rest of the country due to snowfall during winters. Northern Railway is coordinating with the Jammu and Kashmir government to arrange bus service from Uddhampur to Banihal for passengers to avail train service for the Valley. "The bus service will be available from Udhampur to facilitate passengers availing train from Banihal next month," a senior Northern Railway official said. The Banihal-Qazigund section, which includes an 11-km-long tunnel, will reduce the distance from 35 km (by road) to 18 km. It has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1,691 crore.

"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," the official said.

Train service is already operational within Kashmir valley in the 118-km-long route between Qazigund and Baramulla in north Kashmir.

"The mandatory inspection of the track by Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) is being done and the clearance is awaited. The line is expected to open on June 26," the official said.

Trial run on this section was successfully done on December 28 last year and since then trains carrying stones are running on regular basis.

Work on this section was executed by IRCON, a PSU under railways. It 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.

IRCON Director (Works) Hitesh Khanna said commissioning of this section would help realise the dream of connecting Jammu region with Kashmir valley. He said it was Maharaja Pratap Singh who first explored the possibility of connecting Jammu to Kashmir Valley with a railway line way back in 1898.

Central Railway

Press Release

CLOSURE OF NERAL – MATHERAN DIRECT SERVICES

Central Railway has decided to close the Neral-Matheran Section for passenger traffic during monsoon season with immediate effect.  However, 14 daily shuttle services between Matheran and Aman Lodge will be run during the monsoon season, details of which  are as under:-

MATHERAN TO AMAN LODGE

Train No. Matheran Dep.  Aman Lodge Arr

2          09.00 hrs      09.15 hrs.

4          10.00 hrs      10.15 hrs

6          11.05 hrs      11.20 hrs

8          11.55 hrs      12.10 hrs

10        13.00 hrs      13.15 hrs

12        14.15 hrs      14.30 hrs

14        15.30 hrs      15.45 hrs

AMAN LODGE TO MATHERAN

Train No.  Aman Lodge Dep.  Matheran Arr

1          09.30 hrs        09.45 hrs

3          10.30 hrs        10.45 hrs

5          11.30 hrs        11.45 hrs

7          12.25 hrs        12.40 hrs

9          13.25 hrs        13.40 hrs

11        14.40 hrs        14.55 hrs

13        15.50 hrs        16.05 hrs

Passengers are requested to note the above.

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Date: 20th June 2013.

This news comes to you from the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai.

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Railways on Wednesday decided to press into service special trains to rescue people stranded due to the flash floods at Haridwar, Rishikesh and other areas.Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge has instructed the Railway Board to do whatever possible to rescue people from the flood affected areas, said a senior Railway Ministry official.Special trains will be pressed into service from stations like Dehradun, Rishikesh and Haridwar for stranded passengers. Moradabad division has been asked to arrange trains for the stranded passengers. Special counters will be opened at stations for these passengers, said the official.Passenger profile will be carried out to know their destination and accordingly train services will be launched, the official said.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Many track stretches under the jurisdiction of Thiruvananthapuram Division are not patrolled by trackmen for the last many days, following protests raised against the decision to deploy women for night patrolling.

When the rainy season began, the authorities had deployed 320 women for monsoon special track patrolling. They were supposed to work from 9pm to 4am and check whether the rains have damaged the tracks. However, the decision to deploy women on night duty along the deserted tracks received stiff protests from the workers' union. Now, none of the women go for the work. Meanwhile, men are taking up double and triple duty in many stretches, while remaining stretches are completely ignored.

"It is the duty of the track man/woman to check the tracks at night and inform whether there is any damage on track, owing to flood, tree fall, land slide, etc. Since the state receives maximum rains during this season, the chances of such incidents are high. However, it was not a wise decision from the part of administration to deploy women for the night duty," said a senior railway engineer.

When contacted, a senior administration officer said the decision to deploy women was unintentional. "In fact, it was girls - mostly graduate and post graduate - who cleared the tests held to various posts of the engineering department. Incidentally, it was not mentioned in the advertisement that the vacancy is for the post of track man/woman. Now, following protests from the unions we have decided not to send the women for night patrolling. The trackmen are now forced to take up double and triple duties," said the officer.

The division has 12 sections under it, starting from Nagercoil till Vallathole Nagar. At least 200 track men/track woman work under each section and check the tracks regularly. The workers' unions are now planning to start protest against the administration for the work allotment that has been in place for the last one year.

Thiruvananthapuram: If you are traveling by train under the jurisdiction of Thiruvananthapuram Division at night, spare a prayer before you board the train. For, many track stretches under the division is not patrolled by trackmen for the past many days.

The reason: The authorities deployed 320 women for the patrolling job at the beginning of the monsoon special track patrolling. They were supposed to work from 9 pm to 4 am walking along the track all the night alone and check whether the rains have damaged the tracks or not. The decision to deploy women on night duty along the deserted tracks received stiff protests from the workers' union. Now, none of the women go on night duty; men are taking up double and triple duty in many stretches, while remaining stretches are completely ignored.

"It is the duty of the track man/woman to check the tracks at night and inform whether there is any damage on track owing to flood, tree fall, land slide, etc. Since the State receives maximum rains during this season, the chances of such incidents are high. However, it was not a wise decision from the part of administration to deploy women for the night duty," said a senior railway engineer.

When contacted, a senior administration officer said the decision to deploy women was unintentional. "Actually, it was girls - mostly graduate and post graduate - who cleared the test held to various posts of engineering department. Incidentally it was not mentioned in the advertisement that the vacancy is in the post of track man/woman. Now, following protest from the unions we have decided not to send women on night patrolling duty. The trackmen are now forced to take up double and triple duty," said the officer.

The division has 12 sections under it starting from Nagercoil till Vallathole Nagar. At least 200 trackmen/track woman work under each section to take care of the tracks.

The workers' unions are now planning to start protest against the administration for brainless work allotment that has been in place for the past one year.

Temporary  augmentation in Double Decker with 01 Executive coach.

Railways on Wednesday decided to press into service special trains to rescue people stranded due to the flash floods at Haridwar, Rishikesh and other areas.Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge has instructed the Railway Board to do whatever possible to rescue people from the flood affected areas, said a senior Railway Ministry official.Special trains will be pressed into service from stations like Dehradun, Rishikesh and Haridwar for stranded passengers. Moradabad division has been asked to arrange trains for the stranded passengers. Special counters will be opened at stations for these passengers, said the official.Passenger profile will be carried out to know their destination and accordingly train services will be launched, the official said.

PUNE: The Pune Railway Division will start the construction work of setting up a new foot over bridge (FoB) at Pune railway station after the monsoon. The Pune Railway Divisional Manager (DRM), Vishal Agarwal, informed the members of the District Railway Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC) about the new project at a meeting on Tuesday. The Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Alok Badkul, and the additional DRM A B Medankar, were also present. This new FoB will come up on the Alankar cinema side of the station and shall connect platform 1 with 2 and 3. This FoB shall ease the pressure on the other foot over bridge used by commuters. According to Agarwal, the Pune division had earned Rs 774 crore during the last fiscal, including Rs 534.56 crore from sale of passenger tickets. During the last fiscal, the division had undertaken the expansion of platform number 6 at Pune station and constructed a foot over bridge at Chinchwad station. "We have also opened three new counters at the Pune railway station computerised reservation centre that will function even on Sundays till 10 pm,” Agarwal said. “During the summer, we plied 194 special trains to different destinations. We attached about 314 extra coaches to different trains originating from Pune," he added. EASE PRESSURE - This new FoB will come up on the Alankar cinema side of the station and shall connect platform 1 with 2 and 3. - This FoB shall ease the pressure on the other foot over bridge used by commuters at the Pune railway station

Yamunanagar ; The continuous receding of flood waters from the district brought the much needed relief to the affected villages. The Yamuna river, which wrecked havoc in the district after bringing in more than 8 lakh cusecs of water from the hills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, was today carrying around 77,000 cusecs of water.The repair work undertaken by the railways on a war footing today brought the Ambala-Hardwar track back in operation at 3.30pm. Railway officials said the movement of trains on the track had been restored which had remained suspended since Sunday. The National Highway-73 was also opened for the traffic, but hardly any vehicle passed through it as the flood had completely washed away the road which was already in a bad shape even before the flood.Long queues of trucks and buses could be seem parked on the road as a few trucks overturned on the road due to deep ditches. The rainwater, which had accumulated in various lanes of Yamunanagar and Jagadhri towns, had also started receding. A number of mud houses in the affected villages were also washed away.Deputy Commissioner K M Pandurang said the administration would undertake a detailed survey to assess the losses suffered by residents so that they could be adequately compensated by the state government. He said district officials were still monitoring the weather in the upper reaches of the hills.The number of villages, which were cut off from the district after a bridge on the river at Burdiya village was washed away, still had no access to other parts of the district. The officials maintained that more than 150 villages had been directly or indirectly affected by these floods and efforts were afoot to restore normalcy in the flood-hit areas.