ProUI

The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Saturday demanded that the Ministry of Railways take up construction of a new railway station near the KSRTC bus-stand in Hassan, considering the city’s growth.He spoke to journalists after interacting with Railway officers on the long-pending projects in Hassan district.“After a long time, we have a Railway Minister from Karnataka. I hope M. Mallikarjun Kharge will address issues pertaining to pending projects in Karnataka. I have appealed him to give due attention to projects related to Hassan,” he said.Mr. Gowda said land had been allotted to the Railways for the construction of the station. The work should start soon. “I am ready to talk to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on releasing the State government’s share of funds for the work. A flyover needs to be constructed to avoid regular traffic congestion at the level-crossing in the city,” he said.Mr. Gowda, along with Railway officers inspected the land notified for the railway station and the site of the proposed flyover. Senior officers of the Mysore Division of South Western Railway, MLAs H.D. Revanna and H.S. Prakash and MLC Patel Shivaram were also present.

Duronto Express from Chennai to Coimbatore (12243) on Saturday came to a halt at the Avarampalayam railway gate at 1.43 p.m. after the gatekeeper failed to close the gate.According to sources in the railways, the train crossed the Peelamedu railway gate at 1.42 p.m.When it neared the Avarampalayam railway gate, the locomotive pilot brought the train to a halt after he found the signal red. On seeing the train, the gatekeeper rushed to close the gate. After a two-minute delay, the train left the Avarampalayam railway gate at 1.45 p.m.The sources said that the Avarampalayam gate keeper did not get the information on the approaching train as the phone was faulty.

BATHINDA: A policeman died and another injured when their car collided with a train at an unmanned railway crossing near Jassi Bag Wali village in Bathinda district. Constable Surinderpal Singh was killed and assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Mukhtiar Singh was seriously injured as their Maruti Alto car rammed a goods train coming to Bathinda from Dabwali town in Haryana.Mukhtiar has been admitted to a hospital in Bathinda. The policemen were going to Baadi village in connection with some case when the accident took place. Eyewitnesses said the car got dragged for about 100 metres on the rail track after it hit the train.Surinderpal belonged Lahura village in Muktsar district. GRP incharge, Kuljit Singh, said railway police were looking into the incident.

MUMBAI: Indain Railway Catering and Tourism corporation (IRCTC) will set-up its biggest Railneer Plant in Ambernath near Mumbai. It will be able to produce around 2 lakh bottles of one litre capacity per day. Railneer is the brand name of the packaged drinking water (PDW) produced by IRCTC, the subsidiary of Indian Railways. Rail Neer is manufactured as per BIS standard IS: 14543. It is supplied in trains and at railway stations. Pradip Kundu, Joint General Manager, Public Relations, IRCTC said, "Presently there is no plant in Western India. Hence, Railneer is not available in the trains or at stations in this part of the country. To meet the demand of Railneer in western part of country the plant at Ambernath will play a big role." At present, IRCTC is able to generate 4.1 Lakhs bottles every day in its 3 plants in different parts of the country.The plant at Ambernath will be built at a cost of Rs 10 crore. The work on installation of machine will start in Oct 2013 and plant is expected to be commissioned by Jan 2014. Presently, Railneer is supplied to all Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto and important Mail/Express trains originating from Delhi, Kolkata, Patna, Chennai and Bangalore. It is also supplied to the stations in the above areas. A one litre bottle of Railneer is sold at Rs. 15 He further said, "At Ambernath the plant will come up 4000 Square meter built up area. Rainwater harvesting will also be done at the plant site to preserve the ground water level. Minimize extraction of water from ground will be ensured here by reducing water rejection. " The plant will be based on state-of-the art eight stage water purification technologies. It will have fully automatic bottle blowing, filling and packing line, where there is no human touch with the water or the bottle till the bottle is sealed. Kundu said, "The plant will meet the requirements of State Pollution Control Board norms.We will procure machines from reputed manufacturers like ION EXCHANGE for water purification and water treatment, SIDEL for bottle blowing, INGERSOLL RAND for compressor, HILDEN for filling and labeling."

Changes in timings of 108 trains and introduction of five express trains and three passenger trains are the highlights of the new time table of Southern Railway that will come into effect from Monday.Although the timings, stoppages, and composition of the express and passenger trains, running through the State, announced in the last railway budget have featured in the railway time table, the date of introduction of the trains has not been announced by the zonal railways.The express trains are the 22633/22634 Thiruvananthapuram - Hazrat Nizamuddin Super Fast expresses (weekly) via Mangalore Junction, Konkan Railway; 22114/22113 Kochuveli - Lokmanya Tilak Super Fast express (biweekly) via Konkan Railway, Mangalore Jn., Shoranur Jn. Ernakulam Town, Kottayam; 18567/18568 Visakhapatnam- Kollam expresses (weekly) via Vijayawada, Gudur, Renigunta, Arakkonam bypass, Jolarpettai, Coimbatore and Kottayam;17235/17236 Bangalore City - Nagercoil expresses (daily) via Hosur, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Madurai, Tirunelveli; and 16861/16862 Puducherry - Kanyakumari expresses (weekly) via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruchirappalli, Manamadurai, Virudunagar, Tirunelveli.  The fate of the newly announced passenger trains 56339/56340 Punalur-Kollam Passenger (daily), 56663/56664 Kozhikode- Thrissur Passenger (daily) and the 56367/56368 Guruvayur - Thrissur passenger (daily) is the same. The newly sanctioned 66307/66308 Ernakulam- Kollam passenger via Kottayam (six days a week).

The 66309/66310 Ernakulam- Kollam passenger via Alappuzha (six days a week) will not take off now.

The extension of the 12508/12507 Guwahati - Ernakulam expresses (weekly) to Thiruvananthapuram via Ernakulam Town, 12082/12081 Thiruvananthapuram- Kozhikode Jan Shatabdi expresses (five days) to Kannur.

56700/56701 Madurai- Kollam Passengers (daily) to Punalur, 6612/66611 Ernakulam -Thrissur MEMU (six days) to Palakkad, 66304 / 66305 Kollam - Nagercoil MEMU (six days) to Kanyakumari will be notified later, the pressnote informed.

The increase in frequency of the 12217/12218 Kochuveli - Chandigarh Kerala Sampark Kranti expresses from weekly to bi-weekly and that of the 56312 Tirunelveli- Nagercoil Passenger and the 56325/ 56312 Nagercoil- Kanyakumari passengers and the 56321 Kanyakumari – Tirunelveli passenger will be notified later.

The number of 16865/16866 Karaikkal- Ernakulam expresses 16187/16188 had been changed to 16187/16188 from September 1 and that of the 12997/12998 Tirunelveli- Happa expresses to 16187/16188 from November 1 this year.

From July 1, the frequency of the 16315/16316 Bangalore - Kochuveli express trains will be increased to six days a week.

With effect from September 4, the 16316 Kochuveli - Bangalore Express and with effect from September 5 the 16315 Bangalore- Kochuveli Express will run daily.

Consequently, 16322/16321 Thiruvananthapuram- Bangalore (weekly) expresses will be cancelled from September 4.

Introduction of five express trains and three passenger trains are the highlights of the new time table of Southern Railway.

Several changes have been made to train timings effevtive July 1.

The Palakkad Division of Southern Railway, in a relesase, said Train No. 16348 Mangalore Central-Thiruvananthapuram Express will depart at 2.20 p.m. instead of 2.25 p.m. while Train No. 16687 Mangalore Central-Jammu Tawi Navyug Express will depart at 4.50 p.m. insead of 5.10 p.m.

Following are the other changes in departure timings of trains from Mangalore Central (with old schedule in brackets): Train No. 16649 Mangalore Central-Nagarcoil Jn Parasuram Exp 4.50 a.m. (4.45 a.m.); Train No. 16856 Mangalore Central-Puducherry Exp 4.50 p.m. (5.05 p.m.); Train No. 16630 Mangalore Central-Thiruvananthapuram Malabar Exp 6.20 p.m. (6.25 p.m.); Train No. 16628 Mangalore Central-Chennai West Coast Exp 10 p.m. (9.55 p.m.); Train No. 56654 Mangalore Central-Kozhikode Passenger 5.20 a.m. (5.25 a.m.); Train No. 56324 Mangalore Central-Coimbatore Fast Passenger 8 a.m. (7.45 a.m.); Train No. 56645 Mangalore Central-Kabakaputhur Passenger 6.25 p.m. (6.20 p.m.).

Following are the changes in the arrival timings of trains: Train No. 16604 Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Central Maveli Exp 8 a.m. (8.15 a.m.); 16629 Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Central Malabar Exp 10.05 a.m. (10 a.m.); 22851 Santragachi-Mangalore Central Vivek Exp 9.50 a.m. (9 40 a.m.); 16347 Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Central Exp 10.55 a.m. (11.05 a.m.); 12601 Mas-Mangalore Central Mail 12.20 p.m. (12.25 p.m.); 16606 Nagarcoil Jn-Mangalore Central Ernad Exp 5.20 p.m. (5.35 p.m.); 16688 Jammu Tawi-Mangalore Central Navyug Exp 10.45 p.m. (6.10 p.m.); 16650 Nagarcoil Jn-Mangalore Central Punerasuram Exp 8.30 p.m. (8.20 p.m.); 56323 Coimbatore-Mangalore Central Fast  Passenger 7.50 p.m. (8 p.m.); 56655 Kannur-Mangalore Central Passenger 10.40 a.m. (10.45 a.m.); 56661 Chervattur-Mangalore Central Passenger 8.45 a.m. (9.05 a.m.); 56644 Kabakaputhur-Mangalore Central Passenger 9.25 p.m. (9.30 p.m.).

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has constituted an operations and maintenance team of 100 officials for taking over operations of the Airport Metro Express in the wake of a recent letter by concessionaire, Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL), communicating that it will not be able to run the services after business hours on June 30.DMRC Director (Works) Jitendra Tyagi, Director (Operations) Sharat Sharma, Director (Electrical) A.K. Gupta and General Manager (Operations) Vikas Kumar held a meeting with officials of the concessionaire on Saturday for the smooth transition of services. With the concessionaire having made its intentions to withdraw from the services clear, both the organisations have been working together to ensure continuation of the smooth functioning of the line.The DMRC said the operations and maintenance team has been created under DMRC Director (Operations) Sharat Sharma to handle operations on the 22.7-km-long line. DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh has also formed a core committee of seven senior DMRC officials to handle emergency situations.The Corporation said officials and staff will be deputed for all the strategic departments involved in the running of trains such as operations, traction, electrical and maintenance, civil, signalling and communications, security, rolling stock and finance.

These officials, who are trained to operate and maintain all kinds of metro systems, have already visited the Airport line and taken stock of the situation

An Operations Control Manager (OCM) will also be appointed with a dedicated team to take over control of the all important Operations Control Centre (OCC) of the line, located at Dwarka Sector 21, from where the Airport link operations are monitored.

The officials will be deputed as per a multi-layered structure where there will be separate teams involved in carrying out routine train operations and handling emergencies and exigencies.

However, the staff currently employed by the concessionaire in station management and train operations will continue to carry on with their responsibilities under the supervision of the DMRC team.

DAMEPL had communicated on June 27 that it will not be able to run the services after the business hours of June 30. DMRC Board of Directors had then met on Friday to discuss the issue and concluded that the notice was in violation of the concessionaire agreement and the ongoing arbitration proceedings. The Board had decided to reject the notice and called upon the concessionaire to continue operations of the line in terms of the agreement. It, however, added that if the concessionaire did do not do so, the DMRC would be prepared to step in and operate the line in the larger public interest.

इलाहाबाद। रेलवे छिवकी स्टेशन पर लगातार ट्रेनों की संख्या बढ़ा रहा है। अगले कुछ महीनों में छह नई ट्रेनें छिवकी स्टेशन पर रुकने लगेंगी। मुंबई, इंदौर, हावड़ा और ग्वालियर के लिए यात्रियों में लोकप्रिय इन ट्रेनों के कारण स्टेशन पर भीड़ भी बढ़ेगी लेकिन छिवकी स्टेशन पर एक भी ऐसी सुविधा नहीं है जो यात्रियों के काम आ सके। निर्धारित वक्त पर यात्री पहुंच गए और ट्रेन लेट हो गई तो बारिश या धूप से बचने तक की जगह रेलवे ने नहीं बनाई है। साफ पानी, टिकट की सुविधा, मार्ग प्रकाश, प्रतीक्षालय जैसी मूलभूत जरूरतों की बात करना ही बेमानी है। यहां चाय, बिस्किट और नमकीन मिलने की बात सोचना भी मना है। बंगलुरू, चेन्नई, गोवा और मुंबई समेत दक्षिण भारतीय शहरों के लिए जितनी ट्रेनें छिवकी स्टेशन से चल रही हैं, इलाहाबाद जंक्शन पर भी उतनी नहीं हैं। इनमें कई गाड़ियां ऐसी हैं जिन्हें पकड़ने के लिए शहरियों को छिवकी जाना पड़ता है। महानगरी एक्सप्रेस, क्षिप्रा एक्सप्रेस, चंबल एक्सप्रेस, पटना-मुंबई जनता एक्सप्रेस, छपरा-दुर्ग एक्सप्रेस और पाटलिपुत्र-यशवंतपुर एक्सप्रेस के साथ यह सूची और बढ़ने जा रही है। इसके बाद छिवकी स्टेशन पर यात्रियों की संख्या में और इजाफा होना तय है, लेकिन स्टेशन पर उपलब्ध सुविधाएं ऐसी हैं कि यात्री थोड़ा भी चूक गए तो दुर्घटना तय है। छिवकी स्टेशन पर जितनी ट्रेनों का ठहराव है, उतना प्रयाग और रामबाग समेत आसपास के किसी भी बी श्रेणी के स्टेशन पर नहीं है। रेलवे ने स्टेशन के लिए नया भवन, टिकट काउंटर, आरक्षण काउंटर, नया फुटओवर ब्रिज, एक और नया प्लेटफार्म, पुराने प्लेटफार्म की सतह में सुधार, यात्री शेड, सड़क, प्रकाश, वेंडिंग स्टॉल आदि की योजना बनाई है लेकिन इन पर अमल कब होगा, कोई नहीं जानता। जबकि, ट्रेनों के साथ यात्रियों की संख्या में लगातार इजाफा हो रहा है। हालत ऐसी है कि रात में स्टेशन पर रुकना या पहुंचना लगभग मुश्किल काम है। मंडल रेल प्रबंधक हरींद्र राव ने दो महीने पहले दावा किया था कि सड़क और मार्ग प्रकाश के कार्य जल्द होंगे लेकिन यह भी शुरू नहीं हुए हैं। यात्रियों की मांग है कि पहले यात्री सुविधाएं बढ़ाई जाएं, फिर ट्रेनों का डाइवर्जन छिवकी से किया जाए।

Four more trains will pass through the city soon and the frequency of three trains will be increased, railway officials said. The Lokmanya Tilak-Karaikal weekly express, CST-Solapur, Lokmanya Tilak-Kakinada and Lokmanya Tilak-Hubli Express will pass through the city, the operational dates for which will be announced soon.

The frequency of some of the important trains will be increased from July 1.

Pune-Indore Express, a tri-weekly will ply four times a week. Yashwantpur-Nizamuddin Express, a biweekly, will ply four times a week. Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya

RELATED

Rail Budget 2013 Live: Pawan Kumar Bansal speech highlights no passenger fare hike Rail Budget 2013 showers windfall, introduces 67 express trains, 26 passenger trains Rail Budget: 26 passenger, 67 express trains are new TOP STORIES

We will never know the exact number of dead: Uttarakhand CM Not-so-'aam aadmi' party: AAP list has crorepatis, others with political links Indian rupee may plunge to 61.50 against US dollar in three months: Credit Suisse Tilak bi-weekly will now be a daily service.

Routes of some trains, as announced in the railway budget will also be changed. CSTM-Latur-CSTM superfast will now go via Nanded. The train will have a new number: 11031 (UP) and 11032 (Down). Also, Yashwantpur-Ahmedabad weekly express has been extended to Badmer.

The train used to arrive at Pune Station at 7.20 am and depart at 7.40 am. Now, it will arrive at 1.25 am and depart at 2.15 am. From Pune, the Pune-Indore train will run on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. From Indore, the train will start on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The departure timing of the Pune-Ahmedabad Duronto Express has been advanced by 10 minutes. The train that used to depart from Pune station at 9.45 pm will now depart at 9.35 pm. Meanwhile, the Indian Railways have revised refund rates of cancellation tickets.

A flat rate would be deducted as minimum cancellation charge for unused reserved tickets presented for cancellation more than 48 hours after the scheduled departure instead of 24 hours.

The minimum flat rates for cancellation are: AC-I Rs 120, AC-II & Class-I: Rs 100, AC-III & AC chair car, Rs 90, SL Rs 60, Second class Rs 30.

Cancellation charges would be 25% of the fare if presented between 48 hours and up to six hours, instead of 24 hours and up to four hours before scheduled train's departure.

Cancellation fee would be 50% of the ticket fare if presented for cancellation within six hours instead of four hours before train departure and up to two hours irrespective of distance instead of the existing three, six and 12 hours for distance 200/200-250 and 500 km and above after actual train departure.

Four more trains will pass through the city soon and the frequency of three trains will be increased, railway officials said. The Lokmanya Tilak-Karaikal weekly express, CST-Solapur, Lokmanya Tilak-Kakinada and Lokmanya Tilak-Hubli Express will pass through the city, the operational dates for which will be announced soon.

The frequency of some of the important trains will be increased from July 1.

Pune-Indore Express, a tri-weekly will ply four times a week. Yashwantpur-Nizamuddin Express, a biweekly, will ply four times a week. Visakhapatnam-Lokmanya

RELATED

Rail Budget 2013 Live: Pawan Kumar Bansal speech highlights no passenger fare hike Rail Budget 2013 showers windfall, introduces 67 express trains, 26 passenger trains Rail Budget: 26 passenger, 67 express trains are new TOP STORIES

We will never know the exact number of dead: Uttarakhand CM Not-so-'aam aadmi' party: AAP list has crorepatis, others with political links Indian rupee may plunge to 61.50 against US dollar in three months: Credit Suisse Tilak bi-weekly will now be a daily service.

Routes of some trains, as announced in the railway budget will also be changed. CSTM-Latur-CSTM superfast will now go via Nanded. The train will have a new number: 11031 (UP) and 11032 (Down). Also, Yashwantpur-Ahmedabad weekly express has been extended to Badmer.

The train used to arrive at Pune Station at 7.20 am and depart at 7.40 am. Now, it will arrive at 1.25 am and depart at 2.15 am. From Pune, the Pune-Indore train will run on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. From Indore, the train will start on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The departure timing of the Pune-Ahmedabad Duronto Express has been advanced by 10 minutes. The train that used to depart from Pune station at 9.45 pm will now depart at 9.35 pm. Meanwhile, the Indian Railways have revised refund rates of cancellation tickets.

A flat rate would be deducted as minimum cancellation charge for unused reserved tickets presented for cancellation more than 48 hours after the scheduled departure instead of 24 hours.

The minimum flat rates for cancellation are: AC-I Rs 120, AC-II & Class-I: Rs 100, AC-III & AC chair car, Rs 90, SL Rs 60, Second class Rs 30.

Cancellation charges would be 25% of the fare if presented between 48 hours and up to six hours, instead of 24 hours and up to four hours before scheduled train's departure.

Cancellation fee would be 50% of the ticket fare if presented for cancellation within six hours instead of four hours before train departure and up to two hours irrespective of distance instead of the existing three, six and 12 hours for distance 200/200-250 and 500 km and above after actual train departure.