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In order to clear extra rush of  traveling passengers  during  ensuing  Pooja – Deepawali  & Chhat  Festival, Northern Railway has decided to augment the under-mentioned trains as per the following programme:-

1) Train No.12205/06 New Delhi-Dehradun A.C. Exp. AC III Tier- New Delhi
25/09/2013,20/11/2013
Dehradun
26/09/2013,21/11/2013

2)Train No.12231/32 Lucknow-Chandigarh Exp.AC III Tier-1,Sleeper Class-1
Lucknow
22/09/2013,20/11/2013
Chandigarh
25/09/2013,23/11/2013

3)Train No.14218/17 Chandigarh-Allahabad Unchahar Exp.AC III Tier-1, Sleeper Class-1
Chandigarh
23/09/2013,21/11/2013
Allahabad
24/09/2013,22/11/2013

4)Train No.12233/34 New Delhi-Lucknow A.C.Exp. AC II Tier -1,  AC III Tier-1
Lucknow
24/09/2013,19/11/2013
New Delhi
25/09/2013,20/11/2013

5)Train No.12237/38 Varanasi-Jammu Tawi Begumpura Exp. Sleeper Class -1
Varanasi
15/09/2013,20/11/2013
Jammu Tawi
16/09/2013,21/11/2013

6)Train No.12272/71 Lucknow-New Delhi Duronto Exp. AC III Tier -1
New Delhi
27/09/2013,19/11/2013
Lucknow
28/09/2013,21/11/2013

7)Train No.12425/26 New Delhi-Jammu Tawi Rajdhani Exp. AC III Tier -1
New Delhi
15/09/2013,20/11/2013
Jammu Tawi
16/09/2013,21/11/2013

8)Train No.12432/31 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Trivandurm Rajdhani Exp.AC II Tier -1, AC III Tier -1
Hazrat Nizamuddin
15/09/2013,20/11/2013
Trivandurm
17/09/2013,22/11/2013

9)Train No.12434/33Hazrat Nizamuddin-Chennai  Rajdhani Exp
AC II Tier-1, AC III Tier -1
Hazrat Nizamuddin
18/09/2013.15/11/2013
Chennai
20/09/2013,17/11/2013

10)Train No.14205/06 Delhi Jn.-Faizabad Exp. Sleeper Class -1
Faizabad
22/09/2013,20/11/2013
Delhi Jn.
25/09/2013,23/11/2013

11)Train No.14207/08 Delhi Jn.-Pratapgarh Padmawat Exp.
Sleeper Class -1
Pratapgarh
24/09/2013,22/11/2013
Delhi Jn.
23/09/2013,21/11/2013

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is looking to raise Rs 1000 crore through private placement of bonds.

"We are planning to tap financial institutions, but would not like to do it now as the interest rates are high," the corporation's new Managing Director Pradeep Singh Kharola said.

Kharola, a 1985-batch IAS officer, said they will wait for the interest rates to soften before initiating the fund raising exercise.

Expansion: The stretch of 10 km in the North-South corridor will be open by the end of November this year

The corporation, in which the governments of India and Karnataka hold equal partnership, has been implementing the metro project with the equity and debt raised from many financial institutions including the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

The 42.3 km phase I of the project comprising two corridors of 18.1 km East-West corridor and 24.2 km North-South corridor is estimated to cost about Rs 12,000 crore.

The corporation is awaiting clearance from the Government of India for taking up the project work under the 72 km phase II at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore.

The Phase II involves extension of the lines taken up under the Phase I, and two new routes, one of which will connect Bangalore's arterial areas with the Electronic City, the addressthat houses many well-known IT companies including Infosys Limited.

Users of Windows devices will now have “anytime, anywhere” access for booking e-tickets for rail journeys, with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd  (IRCTC) having launched a new application in collaboration with Microsoft Corporation.The additional e-ticketing channel will have all website services of the IRCTC portal, while offering a few exclusive services to app users such as visual maps of train routes. Other features will include Windows Phone live tiles (lighting up as train tickets) and access to saved traveler profiles from multiple devices.The application was launched at a function on Thursday by IRCTC managing director Rakesh Tandon and general manager of Microsoft Corporation (developer and platform evangelism) Joseph Landes.Windows Phone, Windows 8 desktop/tab users can download this application from the Windows Phone Store and Windows Store. The application is free of charge.Using this new app one can perform all the tasks already available on the IRCTC website. It will be available throughout the day except for 0800 — 1200 hours and 2330 — 0030 hours, as per the existing railway guidelines.

Construction work on the much awaited Dwarka – Najafgarh Metro corridor started today on the elevated section of the corridor between Dwarka and Najafgarh depot. On this occasion, a bhoomi pujan was done by DMRC.The Dwarka – Najafgarh section will be 4.4 kilometres long with three stations. The length of the elevated section will be 2.75 kilometres; the ramp towards the underground section will be 595 metres while the underground section will be 1.085 kilometres long.The three stations on the corridor will be – Dwarka (elevated), Najafgarh Depot (elevated) and Municipal Corporation (underground). There was a public demand to take the Metro towards the Dhansa bus stand in Najafgarh which would be possible only by making the last station of the corridor as underground.The construction of an elevated corridor would have resulted in the demolition of a lot of buildings. In order to meet the public demand and avoid such inconvenience to the people, the last part of the alignment is planned to be made as underground.The entire stretch will be on broad gauge and will be opened for commuter operations by December, 2016. In 2016, about 76,000 commuters are expected to travel by this corridor. By the year 2021-22, the ridership is expected to increase to over 1 lakh passengers everyday.

The tenders for the elevated section have been finalized and awarded to M/s ITD Cementation. The tenders for the remaining stretch of the corridor are also expected to be floated soon after getting the necessary clearances.

This corridor will provide easy access to the commuters residing in Najafgarh, Mitraon, Jharoda Kalan, Kair, Dichaon Kalan, Dindarpur Extn., Baba Haridas Nagar, Chhawla, Roshanpura, Shyam Vihar, Dharmpura, Sai Baba Enclave, Nangli Sakravati, Arjun Park, Roshan Garden, Shiva Enclave, Todarmal Colony, Prem Nagar, New Hira Park, Ajay Park, Nathu Ram Park, Gemini Park, Shiva Enclave, Raghubir Nagar etc.

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is looking to raise Rs 1000 crore through private placement of bonds.

"We are planning to tap financial institutions, but would not like to do it now as the interest rates are high," the corporation's new Managing Director Pradeep Singh Kharola said.

Kharola, a 1985-batch IAS officer, said they will wait for the interest rates to soften before initiating the fund raising exercise.

Expansion: The stretch of 10 km in the North-South corridor will be open by the end of November this year

The corporation, in which the governments of India and Karnataka hold equal partnership, has been implementing the metro project with the equity and debt raised from many financial institutions including the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

The 42.3 km phase I of the project comprising two corridors of 18.1 km East-West corridor and 24.2 km North-South corridor is estimated to cost about Rs 12,000 crore.

The corporation is awaiting clearance from the Government of India for taking up the project work under the 72 km phase II at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore.

The Phase II involves extension of the lines taken up under the Phase I, and two new routes, one of which will connect Bangalore's arterial areas with the Electronic City, the addressthat houses many well-known IT companies including Infosys Limited.

Construction work on the much awaited Dwarka – Najafgarh Metro corridor started today on the elevated section of the corridor between Dwarka and Najafgarh depot. On this occasion, a bhoomi pujan was done by DMRC.The Dwarka – Najafgarh section will be 4.4 kilometres long with three stations. The length of the elevated section will be 2.75 kilometres; the ramp towards the underground section will be 595 metres while the underground section will be 1.085 kilometres long.The three stations on the corridor will be – Dwarka (elevated), Najafgarh Depot (elevated) and Municipal Corporation (underground). There was a public demand to take the Metro towards the Dhansa bus stand in Najafgarh which would be possible only by making the last station of the corridor as underground.The construction of an elevated corridor would have resulted in the demolition of a lot of buildings. In order to meet the public demand and avoid such inconvenience to the people, the last part of the alignment is planned to be made as underground.The entire stretch will be on broad gauge and will be opened for commuter operations by December, 2016. In 2016, about 76,000 commuters are expected to travel by this corridor. By the year 2021-22, the ridership is expected to increase to over 1 lakh passengers everyday.

The tenders for the elevated section have been finalized and awarded to M/s ITD Cementation. The tenders for the remaining stretch of the corridor are also expected to be floated soon after getting the necessary clearances.

This corridor will provide easy access to the commuters residing in Najafgarh, Mitraon, Jharoda Kalan, Kair, Dichaon Kalan, Dindarpur Extn., Baba Haridas Nagar, Chhawla, Roshanpura, Shyam Vihar, Dharmpura, Sai Baba Enclave, Nangli Sakravati, Arjun Park, Roshan Garden, Shiva Enclave, Todarmal Colony, Prem Nagar, New Hira Park, Ajay Park, Nathu Ram Park, Gemini Park, Shiva Enclave, Raghubir Nagar etc.

LUDHIANA: With the festivals of Diwali and Chhath Puja less than two months away, there has been a heavy demand for railway tickets. Several city residents, who hail from UP, MP and Bihar, are finding it hard to get confirmed tickets for their journey back home. Dhananjay Kumar, an employee of an automobile parts factory who hails from Bihar: "I am planning to go home in October, to celebrate Diwali. I tried to book tickets for the same online, but found that the waiting list for 3-tier AC class is more than 50 for any train."

Many residents wishing to go to their home states are annoyed with the bookings on the IRCTC website. "The website crashes every now and then, and the number of tickets being booked at a time is very less. And even as a person manages to get to the website, the waiting list is too long. However, it is surprising that there is no waiting list for Diwali day," adds Anil Pandey, an employee of a garment factory who belongs to Lucknow, and who wishes to go home to celebrate Diwali and Chhath Puja with his parents there.

As the waiting list is growing by the day, residents are demanding that railways should start special trains around the festivals. Says Suresh Kumar of Indore, who works in a hosiery unit: "The rush during the festive season is not unexpected for the authorities. They should have taken advance measures to ensure that those wishing to travel home to celebrate festivals don"t face problems. Even now, they can start new trains for the festival season."

Meanwhile, railway authorities say that the rush for tickets around the festival season is always there. "Given the fact that the rush will be there during the coming festival season too, we are soon announcing the start of holiday special trains, and are also planning to attach more coaches in the existing trains," said NC Goyal, Divisional Railway Manager of Ferozepur division, who also looks after railway operations in the Ludhiana area.

Two Government Railway Police personnel posted at Mahim railway station foiled a burglary at an industrial gala located near the station early on Thursday. One of the robbers was nabbed.

The two constables, Sangram Mulamwar and Haribhau Runar, have been rewarded with Rs 5,000 in cash by the GRP commissioner for their alertness.

The incident took place around 4.30am when the while the GRP two constables were guarding a platform. "The two constables heard locals residents and shopowners raise an alarm outside the railway station and spotted a group of burglars fleeing with a gunny bag containing Rs 2.7 lakh and a gold coin," a senior police inspector said.

The GRP constables arrested oneconfronted one of the burglars, Rajesh Kadam, and recovered the loot. The other two accused are on the run. TNNThe loot was recovered from them , Rajesh Kadam. "Kadam was wielding a chopper and threatened to hurt them. One of the constables then flung a lathi, aimed at Kadam's leg, causing him to collapse. The gunny bag containing the loot was recovered from Kadam. He was later handed over to the Mahim police after the two constables requested for reinforcements from the GRP," Trivedi added.

The owner of the industrial gala, Ashok Jain, was informed about the burglary by the GRP.

Kadam's associate, Ajay, who is suspected to be the leader of the gang, is on the run. The police are now checking Kadam's previous criminal record. Both, Ajay and Kadam, are believed to be residents of Mahim slums.

गोरखपुर : पूर्वोत्तर रेलवे राजभाषा विभाग के तत्वावधान में 16 सितंबर से राजभाषा सप्ताह समारोह मनाया जाएगा। इस दौरान विभागों में हिंदी के प्रचार-प्रसार से संबंधित विभिन्न कार्यक्रम आयोजित किए जाएंगे।
मुख्य जनसंपर्क अधिकारी आलोक कुमार सिंह के अनुसार पहले दिन तीसरे पहर 3.30 बजे रेलवे अधिकारी क्लब में मुख्य राजभाषा अधिकारी एचके अग्रवाल महाप्रबंधक कृष्ण कुमार अटल के संदेश का लोकार्पण करेंगे। इस दौरान तुलसीदास पर साहित्यिक संगोष्ठी भी आयोजित की जाएगी। 17 को दोपहर 11:30 बजे से वाणिज्य विभाग के प्रगति कक्ष में कर्मचारियों के लिए तथा 18 को तीसरे पहर 3 बजे से अधिकारियों के लिए क्विज प्रतियोगिता आयोजित होगी। मुख्य वाणिज्य प्रबंधक (यात्री सेवा) राकेश त्रिपाठी की अध्यक्षता में दोपहर 11:30 बजे से लोकतंत्र और युवा विषय पर वाक प्रतियोगिता होगी। 19 को कार्मिक विभाग में तीसरे पहर 3:30 बजे से राजभाषा कार्यान्वयन समिति की बैठक होगी। 20 को सायं 6 बजे रेल अधिकारी क्लब में कवि सम्मेलन का आयोजन किया जाएगा।

Palakkad: Many trains plying towards the Malabar region will be cancelled following doubling of rail lines on the Shornur-Mangalore route. Passenger trains will not ply during doubling works while a few Express trains will be partially cancelled. This will come into force from September 25. The non-interlock works at the Shornur station, as part of doubling works, will be completed in about 22 days.During the days of work, some passenger trains would be allowed but railway is planning to allow only goods trains and avoid passenger trains. During those 21 days, the Ernad, Janashathabdi and Venad expresses will end service at Thrissur.Bilaspur, Korba, Ahalyanagar, Gorakpur, Bokaro, Sabari expresses will not touch Shoranur junction. Nilambur train will have only one service. A passenger train will ply from Coimbatore till Palakkad for the benefit of passengers from Tamil Nadu. The cancellation of services during pooja holidays and Bakrid would affect the common man. As there is hike in bus charges due to fuel price hike, majority depend on passenger trains for travel.

The doubling on Shornaur-Ernakulam route was completed way back in 1984 when the service began only after the Shoranur-Managlore route. To complete electrification till Mangalore, the first overbridge in Kozhikode railway station need to be abolished. Railway has been seeking an alternative suggestion .