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5800 People Penalised for Littering, Spitting etc., on Railway Premises During August, 2013


With a view toensure proper cleanliness in railway promises, South Central Railway vigorously implements the provisions of Indian Railways (Penalties for Activities Affecting Cleanliness at Railway Premises) Rules-2012.

DuringAugust, 2013, 5800 persons were detected / penalized for violating the provisions ofthis Rules by littering, spitting etc., o­n railway premises. This includes 865 persons in Secunderabad Division, 411 persons in Hyderabad Division, 2088 persons inVijayawada Division, 559 persons in Nanded Division and1130 persons in Guntakal Division and 743 persons in Guntur Division. An amount of Rs. 11.70 lakh/-was realized from these persons towards penalty.

During the first five months of thecurrent financial year, ie., April to August 2013, 32800 persons were detected for committing the offence of littering, spitting etc., o­n Railway premises and an amount of Rs. 66.00 lakh was realized from themtowards penalty.

The Indian Railways (Penalties for Activities Affecting Cleanliness at Railway Premises) Rules-2012 came into effect from November, 2012. The rules stipulate penalties up to Rs. 500/- o­nany person / passenger found either littering or spitting or urinating or defecating or pasting posters or dumping garbage o­n railway premises etc.

Kozhikode: The festive season and vacations bring with them a surge in air and rail passenger traffic, but the state has proved a complete failure in handling the rush of people.With  Onam falling on September 16, a Monday this year, train tickets from  cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai to major cities in Kerala have been sold out weeks ago.In the struggle to reach home, non-resident Keralites are being forced to depend on tatkal tickets as there is a nearly 3000 long waiting list on most of the daily trains to the Malabar, such as the Chennai- Mangalore superfast, and Yeshwanthpur- Kannur Express.But diminishing the hopes of passengers, only less than a  100 tatkal tickets are issued for a train on a given day and that too at a cost of Rs 1200 or more by some travel agencies in Bengaluru. Adding to passenger troubles, tickets of the Kerala bound Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses for the first three weeks of September were completely sold out by August last. Also, while bus fares from cities like Bengaluru to the state have risen sharply,  air fares between the Middle East and Kerala have risen by nearly 300 per cent. “There is usually a surge in inward bound travelling to Kerala during Onam, Christmas, Eid and the summer vacations coinciding with the closure of schools in March with a good many Malayalis settled in other  parts of the country and abroad heading back home.

Even if 10 per cent of the millions of Keralites working in cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and  other places in the country travel to Kerala during the Onam or Christmas season it works out to a huge number,” notes N. Subramanian, vice president (marketing and sales) of the Kozhikode- based Superstone Properties and a frequent traveller on the Kochi- Bengaluru and Kozhikode- Kochi sectors.

Vijayakumar, Kozhikode regional officer, National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC),  says the festive season usually sees a four to five per cent rise in passenger traffic.

And according to a pre- feasibility report of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd on the ‘Kerala high speed rail between Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam’, traffic in Kerala has been growing at a rate of 10 to 11 per cent every year, resulting in high traffic and pressure on the roads and increased travel time.

Although Kerala is well connected to its neighbouring states through inter-city and inter-state bus services run by the KSRTC and private operators, their capacity, constraints, and ultimately the riding quality and safety has made road travel the least preferred by the public. 

“The situation has resulted in a three-fold rise on train dependency,” says C.E. Chakkuni, general secretary of the Malabar Rail Users Association, and a member of the Calicut Airport Development Committee. 

“Prediction of the growth in the number of passengers is not such a herculean task today and so there is no justification for the delay in announcing special trains  during the festive seasons,” he maintains, blaming the lethargy of the governments in the state for the lack of planning.

Pointing out that around 9000 people depend on the Kannur- Yeshwanthpur Express every day, he wonders why the services of around a 1000 KSRTC buses were abruptly stopped from the Malabar. “Why isn’t the  government not showing any interest in restoring these services?” he asks.

The time has obviously come for travel demand forecasting, which is today an integral component of  modern transport planning. Like in any other field, travel demand forecasting can be divided into two components – long term and short term.

The first takes into account mainly demographic factors, economic and infrastructure growth in a particular region. And the second focuses  on  short term fluctuations, especially  seasonal variations and trends.

In fact, in countries like the US, the surge in air and road passenger traffic on the eve of Christmas and New Year Holiday season  frequently makes headlines. The surge or decline in holiday travel is also used as an important indicator of  economic health.

But despite a  large number of Keralities working abroad or outside the state often returning home for festivals or vacations, its transport department  has made no room for travel demand forecasting, which could make life much easier for most travelling to the state, deplore experts.

The CCTV cameras have been provided at platforms and surrounding areas and their footage is being made available in the main control room, which is manned by security personnel round the clock.       Surveillance cameras are being installed to help security personnel monitor the activities at railway stations. This helps providing security to passengers, said a senior Northern Railway official.       He said the recordings will be stored digitally for future analysis. CCTV surveillance system has been provided at 20 stations including 12 stations in Delhi area.       The coverage of CCTV surveillance system has now been extended to passenger reservation system (PRS) centers also in order to keep vigil on activities of unauthorized personnel in the ticketing areas.       Senior officers at Northern Railway headquarters can now monitor the activities at stations through the surveillance system. Northern Railway is also planning to provide CCTV surveillance system at other major stations in a phased manner.

VIRUDHUNAGAR: With the Madurai railway division extending Karaikudi-Manamadurai-Karaikudi passenger till Virudhunagar via Aruppukottai, the long-standing demand for rail connectivity in the section has finally been met. The extended passenger train was formally inaugurated at Virudhunagar junction on Saturday morning.Viruthunagar - Manamadurai section was closed for broad-gauge conversion work in 2008 and the people in the region were stressing for the speedy completion of the works as the work proceeded at snail pace.After five years, the section was ready for train operation and the section was inaugurated for train operation in the presence of Union minister of state for civil aviation K C Venugopal on July 14. The recently flagged off Puducherry - Kanyakumari Weekly Express was the sole train plying through this section. As the local people were demanding more train services, the division has now extended Karaikudi-Manamadurai DEMU passenger till Virudhunagar.The extended passenger service, train number 76837 Karaikkudi-Virudunagar passenger (except Saturdays) will leave Karaikkudi at 6.15pm and arrive Manamadurai at 7.35pm to leave Manamadurai at 7.45pm and will reach Virudunagar at 9.45pm. Meanwhile, train number 76838 Virudunagar-Karaikkudi passenger (except Sundays) will leave Virudunagar at 6am, arrive Manamadurai at 7.40am to leave Manamadurai at 7.50am and will reach Karaikkudi at 9.35am. The train will stop at Devakottai road, Kallal, Panangudi, Sivaganga, Melakonnakulam, Manamadurai, Narikkudi, Tiruchchuli and Aruppukkottai.

Virudhunagar MP, Manick Tagore flagged off the train in the presence of divisional railway manager, A K Rastogi and Additional DRM, V Ajithkumar and other railway officials. A Malairajan, a member of the Consumer Forum in Aruppukottai welcomed regular train service on the stretch after five years. "The train timings are very beneficial for the office-goers. We urge the railway authorities to extend this train up to Senkottai so that many more benefitted," he said.

इलाहाबाद। प्रतापगढ़ में चलने वाले सेना भर्ती मेला में युवाओं की भारी भीड़ जुटने की संभावना है। इसे देखते हुए रेलवे प्रशासन ने भी कमर कस ली है। युवाओं की भीड़ साधन न मिलने पर बवाल न काटे, इसके लिए उत्तर मध्य रेलवे प्रशासन सात और आठ सितंबर को इलाहाबाद जंक्शन से दो स्पेशल ट्रेनें चलाने जा रहा है। इसमें एक ट्रेन एक्सप्रेस और दूसरी फास्ट पैसेंजर के रूप में चलाई जाएगी। उधर, प्रयाग चलने वाली फैजाबाद की दोनों पैसेंजर और पीआरएल में भी दो-दो अतिरिक्त कोच जोड़े जाएंगे। रेलवे प्रशासन के मुताबिक भर्ती मेला में कौशाम्बी और इलाहाबाद के युवकों की भर्ती के दिन स्पेशल ट्रेनें चलाई जाएंगी, जिससे दोनों जिलों के युवक आसानी से प्रतापगढ़ पहुंच सकें और वापसी कर सकें। सात सितंबर को पहली ट्रेन इलाहाबाद जंक्शन से सुबह 10.50 बजे छूटेगी। यह गाड़ी प्रयाग स्टेशन पर रुकते हुए 12.30 बजे प्रतापगढ़, 13.40 बजे सुल्तानपुर और 15.25 बजे फैजाबाद पहुंचाएगी। उसी दिन फैजाबाद से शाम 4.30 बजे छूटेगी और 17.57 बजे सुल्तानपुर, 19.10 बजे प्रतापगढ़, 22.35 बजे प्रयाग और 22.50 बजे इलाहाबाद जंक्शन पहुंचाएगी। 14 कोचों की इस ट्रेन में छह स्लीपर, पांच जनरल, एक एसी (लॉक) और दो एसएलआर डिब्बे रहेंगे। आठ सितंबर को दूसरी स्पेशल ट्रेन भी इलाहाबाद जंक्शन से सुबह 10.50 बजे और वापसी में फैजाबाद से शाम 4.30 बजे छूटेगी। अन्य स्टेशनों पर भी ट्रेन के आने-जाने का समय निर्धारित किया गया है।

इलाहाबाद। प्रतापगढ़ में चलने वाले सेना भर्ती मेला में युवाओं की भारी भीड़ जुटने की संभावना है। इसे देखते हुए रेलवे प्रशासन ने भी कमर कस ली है। युवाओं की भीड़ साधन न मिलने पर बवाल न काटे, इसके लिए उत्तर मध्य रेलवे प्रशासन सात और आठ सितंबर को इलाहाबाद जंक्शन से दो स्पेशल ट्रेनें चलाने जा रहा है। इसमें एक ट्रेन एक्सप्रेस और दूसरी फास्ट पैसेंजर के रूप में चलाई जाएगी। उधर, प्रयाग चलने वाली फैजाबाद की दोनों पैसेंजर और पीआरएल में भी दो-दो अतिरिक्त कोच जोड़े जाएंगे। रेलवे प्रशासन के मुताबिक भर्ती मेला में कौशाम्बी और इलाहाबाद के युवकों की भर्ती के दिन स्पेशल ट्रेनें चलाई जाएंगी, जिससे दोनों जिलों के युवक आसानी से प्रतापगढ़ पहुंच सकें और वापसी कर सकें। सात सितंबर को पहली ट्रेन इलाहाबाद जंक्शन से सुबह 10.50 बजे छूटेगी। यह गाड़ी प्रयाग स्टेशन पर रुकते हुए 12.30 बजे प्रतापगढ़, 13.40 बजे सुल्तानपुर और 15.25 बजे फैजाबाद पहुंचाएगी। उसी दिन फैजाबाद से शाम 4.30 बजे छूटेगी और 17.57 बजे सुल्तानपुर, 19.10 बजे प्रतापगढ़, 22.35 बजे प्रयाग और 22.50 बजे इलाहाबाद जंक्शन पहुंचाएगी। 14 कोचों की इस ट्रेन में छह स्लीपर, पांच जनरल, एक एसी (लॉक) और दो एसएलआर डिब्बे रहेंगे। आठ सितंबर को दूसरी स्पेशल ट्रेन भी इलाहाबाद जंक्शन से सुबह 10.50 बजे और वापसी में फैजाबाद से शाम 4.30 बजे छूटेगी। अन्य स्टेशनों पर भी ट्रेन के आने-जाने का समय निर्धारित किया गया है।

New Delhi: Strengthening the security arrangement at rail premises, Northern Railway has provided CCTV surveillance system at important stations including New Delhi, Nizamuddin and Old Delhi in the capital.The CCTV cameras have been provided at platforms and circulating area and their footage is made available in the main control room which is manned by security personnel round the clock.Surveillance cameras are being installed to help security personnel monitor the activities at railway stations. This helps providing security to passengers, said a senior Northern Railway official.He said the recordings are stored digitally for future analysis.CCTV surveillance system has been provided at 20 stations including 12 stations in Delhi area.The coverage of CCTV surveillance system has now been extended to passenger reservation system (PRS) centers also to keep vigil on activities of unauthorised personnel in the ticketing areas.Senior officers at Northern Railway headquarters can now monitor the activities at stations through the surveillance system.Northern Railway is planning to provide CCTV surveillance system at other major stations in a phased manner.

New Delhi: Strengthening the security arrangement at rail premises, Northern Railway has provided CCTV surveillance system at important stations including New Delhi, Nizamuddin and Old Delhi in the capital.The CCTV cameras have been provided at platforms and circulating area and their footage is made available in the main control room which is manned by security personnel round the clock.Surveillance cameras are being installed to help security personnel monitor the activities at railway stations. This helps providing security to passengers, said a senior Northern Railway official.He said the recordings are stored digitally for future analysis.CCTV surveillance system has been provided at 20 stations including 12 stations in Delhi area.The coverage of CCTV surveillance system has now been extended to passenger reservation system (PRS) centers also to keep vigil on activities of unauthorised personnel in the ticketing areas.Senior officers at Northern Railway headquarters can now monitor the activities at stations through the surveillance system.Northern Railway is planning to provide CCTV surveillance system at other major stations in a phased manner.

In a big relief to bi-weekly Bilaspur-New Delhi Rajdhani passengers, berth quota from Nagpur has increased with immediate effect. Central Railway DRM Brijesh Dixit said quota for AC I is consistent at 4 while quota for AC II has gone up from 24 berths to 64 and AC III from 54 to 112. Train number 12441 leaves Nagpur at 8.45pm on every Monday and Thursday and reaches Delhi next day at 10.45 am.

VISAKHAPATNAM: Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has mooted a rail over bridge (ROB) connecting Railway New Colony and Gnanapuram in the city at a cost of Rs 30 crore to ease traffic problems in and around the city railway station.Explaining the project proposal to the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Waltair division of East Coast Railways, Anil Kumar, here on Saturday, the civic chief said they would also submit a detailed project report to the state government for approval of the ROB.The GVMC chief also appealed to the DRM to cooperate with GVMC in taking up the service road on the left side of the flyover towards Railway Station in front of the DRM office that is located between the Railway hospital and Officers' Guest House.The civic chief also assured the DRM that GVMC would soon release pending dues worth Rs 1.02 crore to the Indian Railways. He said GVMC had already allocated 25 acres at Mudasarlova as compensation for land that the corporation took for the flyover project from the railways. He informed the DRM that the flyover project would be inaugurated by chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.