nikhilndls | SWR TO RUN EXPRESS SPECIALS BETWEEN VASCO-DA-GAMA—VELANKANNI-VASCO-DA-GAMA (Tr. NOs. 07315/07316) FO on : August 29, 2013 - 18:01:22 PM |
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railgenie | Sting operation: Railway police harassing, beating up passengers who refuse to give them money on : August 29, 2013 - 18:01:25 PM |
Gorakhpur: Do you know that poor people travelling in general coaches of Awadh Assam Express and Janseva Express have to shell out extra money even after buying the tickets for their journey? Travel in general coaches of the train and see how the GRP (Government Railway Police) personnel harass you if you don’t give money to them. Dainikibhaskar.com was informed about the incidents and the team decided to investigate the matter. One of our reporters boarded the train and stayed at the station to find out the scenario. It’s sad but true that poor people who are travelling in the general compartments of the train have to give money to the personnel who board the train at Gorakhpur. The uniform-clad personnel snatch the identity cards and tickets from people unless they give them money therefore people are forced to shell out that extra money to fill their pockets. It’s a real shame that the personnel who are deployed for safety of the people are looting them in the name of checking tickets. Any senior of official of the GRP or Railways are not ready to take any action against them. Our reporter who performed the sting operation also saw some of the GRP personnel beating up people when they denied them the money. Some of them were also forcibly made to deboard the train if they would give them money. It was also found that sometimes the GRP personnel used to forcibly take the identity cards and tickets from labourers who worked in small cities of Delhi and Haryana. One of the passengers Jamal spoke to Dainikbhaskar.com said that he was going to Saharsa from Delhi. AT Gorakhpur, GRP personnel asked for his identity card and then asked for money. Jamal denied giving money, saying that he has bought the ticket. The angry personnel damaged his ID by pouring a bottle of water on it. There were many passengers like Jamal and had complaint to police but they did not take any action. We bring you some shocking pictures which show the personnel torturing the passengers. |
puneetmafia | Role of ‘COFMOW’ in Indian Railways on : August 29, 2013 - 19:56:33 PM |
Central Organisation for Modernization of Workshop (COFMOW) headquartered in New Delhi is a centralized agency of the Indian Railways responsible for modernization of Railway Workshop/Production Units and for carrying out procurement of specialized machinery and plant and induction of Modern workshop technologies. The database already exists with COFMOW for M&P which is most regularly used by the Indian Railways. COFMOW is maintaining a detailed compendium containing updated technical specifications of all the Machinery and Plants being most regularly used in the various running Maintenance Sheds, Workshops, Production Units across the various Railways in India. COFMOW is also maintaining a vendor directory in which sources for machines regularly procured by COFMOW are included. COFMOW undertakes continuous updation of the data base by including sources based on the latest technologies available in the market. It also undertakes revision of the machine specifications to suit the specific requirements of Railways based on a continual interaction with manufactures and the Railway units. This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. |
RailXpert | Repair work on damaged churches has begun: CMRL on : August 29, 2013 - 19:56:39 PM |
Repair work on the two churches on Prakasam Salai in Broadway that developed cracks due to Metro Rail work has begun, and is progressing well.The 152-year-old CSI Tamil Wesley Church and the 121-year-old Arcot Lutheran Church — classified as Grade 2A heritage structures by the Justice E. Padmanabhan Committee Report —were damaged last month, when a tunnel boring machine (TBM) drilled underneath the churches as part of underground Metro Rail work from Mannady to Madras High Court.Restoration work was begun for the Arcot church last week and for the CSI Tamil Wesley church on Saturday. While the Arcot Lutheran Church had suffered only a few minor cracks, the CSI Tamil Wesley Church had a few cracks that were 10 mm wide and a few others that were about 2-3 mm wide.“We started repair work on the churches last week and plan to complete it soon. The work is being carried out as per suggestions given by experts from IIT-Madras who had inspected the churches,” said an official of Chennai Metro Rail Limited. |
greatindian | Railway employees decide to go on strike on : August 29, 2013 - 19:56:49 PM |
Upset over ‘mere assurances’ of the Railway Ministry in meeting their demands, the All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) has decided to go on indefinite strike and will decide the exact date and mode of agitation next month.Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, AIRF general secretary Shiva Gopal Mishra said even unanimous agreements reached between the employees’ federation and the Railway Ministry were not being implemented. He said some of their demands were rectifying the anomalies in the Sixth Pay Commission, proper cadre restructuring, scrapping of the National Pension Scheme and the constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission.Mr. Mishra said the Railway Minister and Railway board officials had not taken any concrete steps towards meeting their demands.zHe said while senior railway officials held discussions withAIRF representatives, they did not show seriousness in implementation. |
railgenie | Role of ‘COFMOW’ in Indian Railways on : August 29, 2013 - 20:00:04 PM |
Central Organisation for Modernization of Workshop (COFMOW) headquartered in New Delhi is a centralized agency of the Indian Railways responsible for modernization of Railway Workshop/Production Units and for carrying out procurement of specialized machinery and plant and induction of Modern workshop technologies. The database already exists with COFMOW for M&P which is most regularly used by the Indian Railways. COFMOW is maintaining a detailed compendium containing updated technical specifications of all the Machinery and Plants being most regularly used in the various running Maintenance Sheds, Workshops, Production Units across the various Railways in India. COFMOW is also maintaining a vendor directory in which sources for machines regularly procured by COFMOW are included. COFMOW undertakes continuous updation of the data base by including sources based on the latest technologies available in the market. It also undertakes revision of the machine specifications to suit the specific requirements of Railways based on a continual interaction with manufactures and the Railway units. This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. |
railenquiry | Repair work on damaged churches has begun: CMRL on : August 29, 2013 - 20:00:10 PM |
Repair work on the two churches on Prakasam Salai in Broadway that developed cracks due to Metro Rail work has begun, and is progressing well.The 152-year-old CSI Tamil Wesley Church and the 121-year-old Arcot Lutheran Church — classified as Grade 2A heritage structures by the Justice E. Padmanabhan Committee Report —were damaged last month, when a tunnel boring machine (TBM) drilled underneath the churches as part of underground Metro Rail work from Mannady to Madras High Court.Restoration work was begun for the Arcot church last week and for the CSI Tamil Wesley church on Saturday. While the Arcot Lutheran Church had suffered only a few minor cracks, the CSI Tamil Wesley Church had a few cracks that were 10 mm wide and a few others that were about 2-3 mm wide.“We started repair work on the churches last week and plan to complete it soon. The work is being carried out as per suggestions given by experts from IIT-Madras who had inspected the churches,” said an official of Chennai Metro Rail Limited. |
nikhilndls | Railway employees decide to go on strike on : August 29, 2013 - 20:00:17 PM |
Upset over ‘mere assurances’ of the Railway Ministry in meeting their demands, the All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) has decided to go on indefinite strike and will decide the exact date and mode of agitation next month.Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, AIRF general secretary Shiva Gopal Mishra said even unanimous agreements reached between the employees’ federation and the Railway Ministry were not being implemented. He said some of their demands were rectifying the anomalies in the Sixth Pay Commission, proper cadre restructuring, scrapping of the National Pension Scheme and the constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission.Mr. Mishra said the Railway Minister and Railway board officials had not taken any concrete steps towards meeting their demands.zHe said while senior railway officials held discussions withAIRF representatives, they did not show seriousness in implementation. |
railgenie | Byappanahalli to have SWR’s biggest station on : August 29, 2013 - 20:56:34 PM |
BANGALORE: South-Western Railways will be constructing a world class railway station that can handle around five lakh passengers every day at Byappanahalli, shortly.The Railway Board recently approved the plan for the proposed railway station which will be the biggest in the zone. This station will have the capacity to handle around 100 pairs of trains.At present, Bangalore city railway station is the biggest railway station in the city and it can handle around 1.5 lakh passengers every day.The railway station will be designed to become a nodal point as it can be easily connected to all the major railway routes in the region. The concerned railway authorities and other state government agencies are making plans to provide easy access to the other modes of transport like BMTC and Metro for the passengers from the railway station. Provisions would be made to connect both Yeshwantpur and Bangalore City railway stations from the new railway station.At present both Yeshwantpur and Bangalore City railway stations are handling more passenger traffic than their capacity and it is not possible to introduce new trains from these stations.On an average, seven to eight new trains are introduced to the city every year and the new railway station is expected to meet the needs of the city for another 15 years.South-Western Railways Chief Administrative Officer S Vijay Kumar said, "For the first time in the history of the Indian Railways, this railway station will be constructed on publicprivate partnership basis. According to our estimates it will cost Rs 400 crore for laying the tracks and other railway works in the station. It may cost much more to provide passenger amenities and services.’’ Indian Railways is planning to develop 16 such railway stations in different parts of the country. |
Mafia | Railway cops to soon run autorickshaw counter at Chennai Central station on : August 29, 2013 - 20:56:56 PM |
For passengers such as G. Kishore, who arrived at Chennai Central station last week and tried to book a prepaid autorickshaw to his uncle’s house in K.K. Nagar, the unavailability of the facility has caused great inconvenience.However, there might be hope ahead as the Government Railway Police (GRP) has indicated that it might operate the facility once tariffs for autorickshaws are fixed. The prepaid auto counter was closed nearly one-and-a-half months ago, owing to work on the Metro Rail project. |
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