riteshexpert | 5800 People Penalised for Littering, Spitting etc., on Railway Premises During August, 2013 on : September 09, 2013 - 09:00:40 AM |
5800 People Penalised for Littering, Spitting etc., on Railway Premises During August, 2013 |
RailXpert | After five years, regular train services back on Virudhunagar - Manamadurai section on : September 09, 2013 - 09:00:52 AM |
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. |
riteshexpert | Railways to offer sops to woo private investment on : September 09, 2013 - 11:56:09 AM |
NEW DELHI: With projects worth Rs 1.45 lakh crore pending, the cash-strapped railways plans to offer incentives, including tax holidays, to attract private players to invest in pending socially desirable and strategically located projects.A parliamentary panel was recently informed that the railways will approach the finance ministry after formulating the proposal.The move is an attempt to make investments in socially desirable but economically unviable projects attractive under public-private-partnership (PPP) mode by offering tax incentives and concessions after the lukewarm response of private players in the sector.The state-run transporter is considering incentives such as tax holidays under the I-T Act, exemptions from central excise and custom duty on purchase of capital goods, relief from sales tax and VAT and relief from payment of octroi and entry tax.Parliament's railway convention committee has asked the railways to seriously examine the prospect of PPP in socially desirable projects in backward areas in consultation with the finance ministry."Most of the socially desirable projects have low financial returns in the short run, but yield high socio-economic dividends. The government has to support such projects," a railway official said.Faced with funds crunch and a large number of pending projects, railways has given priority to those projects in which state governments are sharing costs. States such as Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra have come forward to share the cost with railways to complete socially desirable projects. |
riteshexpert | We’re committed to releasing funds for railway projects: Siddaramaiah on : September 09, 2013 - 11:56:30 AM |
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the government is prepared to release necessary funds for the early completion of railway projects in the State. The Union government will release 50 per cent of the funds for ongoing projects and the State government will release the balance amount.Speaking at a programme organised to the lay foundation stone for Hosadurga Road-Chikjajur Junction Railway Doubling Project here on Sunday, he said that the State government was committed to improving the railway infrastructure. As a first step, the State Cabinet has approved acquisition of 500 acres of land in Kolar for setting up a coach factory. The project is worth Rs. 1,400 crore and work will commence shortly.On the long-pending demand of the people of central Karnataka for a railway line between Davangere and Tumkur, he said that land acquisition was a major problem. The project requires 1,350 acres of land. “The State government will try to implement the project as early as possible,” he added. |
railgenie | Now New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi to halt at Jind on : September 09, 2013 - 11:56:36 AM |
The New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi Express will now halt at Jind Railway station. |
AllIsWell | 5800 People Penalised for Littering, Spitting etc., on Railway Premises During August, 2013 on : September 09, 2013 - 11:56:47 AM |
5800 People Penalised for Littering, Spitting etc., on Railway Premises During August, 2013 |
Mafia | Delhi Division of Northern Railway to run Special Train to Kochuveli on the eve of Onam on : September 09, 2013 - 11:56:59 AM |
In order to cater to the rush of passengers to South India during the Onam festival, Northern Railway has decided to run a Super Fast Express Special Train between New Delhi-Kochuveli and also for return journey. |
puneetmafia | Special: Onam rush, the same old story on : September 09, 2013 - 11:57:07 AM |
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. |
nikhilndls | - सेना भर्ती मेला में चलेंगी दो स्पेशल ट्रेनें - Amar Ujala on : September 09, 2013 - 11:57:13 AM |
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। |
railgenie | Maoists hinder bauxite supply to Hindalco unit on : September 09, 2013 - 12:00:03 PM |
RANCHI: Suspected Maoists have forcibly stopped the supply of bauxite from Red-hit Latehar district to Hindalco Industries' Renukut plant in Uttar Pradesh, considered one of the biggest aluminum factories in Asia. |
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