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ALLAHABAD: In view of Durga Puja and Pitra Paksh, railway administration has decided to ply special trains. One air-conditioned Puja special will run between Bhubneshwar and New Delhi while the other Pitra Paksh special train will run between Jabalpur and Gaya.

Train number 02815/02816 will run between Bhubneshwar and New Delhi and will be fully air-conditioned train. This will be a weekly train and depart from Bhubneshwar at about 8:10 am and go through the route of Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore, Hijilli, Bankura, Adra, Gomoh, Gaya, Mughalsarai, Allahabad, Kanpur and finally terminate at New Delhi at 8.45 am. During the return journey, the train will leave New Delhi at 1:00 pm and will finally terminate at Bhubneshwar at 11:05 am next day.This train will have four AC-II tier and ten AC-III tier coaches and will depart from Bhubneshwar every Sunday from September 29 to November 24 and from New Delhi every Monday from September 30 to November 25.

Train number 1709/1710 will run between Jabalpur and Gaya during Pitra Paksha. This train will depart from Jabalpur at about 12:25 pm and go through the route of Katni, Maihar, Satna, Manikpur, Chheoki, Mughalsarai, Sasaram and finally terminate at Gaya at 2:00 am. During the return journey, the train will depart from Gaya at about 5:00 pm and terminate at Jabalpur at 5:30 am.

This train will depart from Jabalpur on September 30 and October 3 and from Gaya on October 1 and 4. This train will comprise of one AC-II tier, two AC-III tier, ten sleeper and four general class coaches.

MANGALORE: Konkan Railway will augment train no 12051/12052 Dadar - Madgaon 'Janshatabdi' Express (Daily) and trains 12432/12431 Nizamuddin - Trivandrum 'Rajdhani' Express (tri-weekly) on temporary basis with effect from September 13 to November 22 during Ganpati, Deepawali and Chhath Festival.

Apart from this, Konkan Railway has also decided to provide two minute halt to 12133/12134 Mumbai CST-Mangalore Express at Kundapur Station from September 25 to March 24, 2014 on experimental basis.Regarding the two-minute experimental halt at Kundapur, Vaishali Patange, chief public relations officer, Konkna Railway said: Train No 12133 will arrive at Kundapur Station at 12.50 am and depart at 12.52am during monsoon period - up to October 31. From November 1, train 12133 will arrive at Kundapur Station at 10.40am and depart at 10.42am.The Train no 12134 will arrive at Kundapur Station at 6.10pm and depart at 6.12pm during monsoon period and train no 12134 will arrive at Kundapur Station at 3.28pm and depart at 3.30pm. The experimental halt will be withdrawn if the traffic during the period does not justify the halt, she said.

4 UNRESERVED SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN GULBARGA AND HYDERABAD

Railways will run 4 unreserved special trains between Gulbarga and Hyderabad to clear the extra rush of passengers during 609th Urs-e-Shareef of Hazrath Khaja Banda Nawaz – 2013  The details are as under:

07178 Special will leave Hyderabad at 22.00 hrs o­n 21.9.2013 and will arrive Gulbarga at 04.15 hrs next day.

07177 Special will leave Gulbarga at 05.25 hrs o­n 22.9.2013 and will arrive Hyderabad at 11.30 hrs same day.

07180 Special will leave Hyderabad at 05.30 hrs o­n 25.9.2013 and will arrive Gulbarga at 11.20 hrs same day.

07179 Special will leave Gulbarga at 12.35 hrs o­n 25.9.2013 and will arrive Hyderabad at 18.35 hrs same day.

HALTS: These Specials will halt at Begumpet, Sanatnagar, Hafizpet, Lingampalli, Nagalapalli, Shankerpalli, Ravalapallikalan H, Gullaguda, Chitgidda, Viakarabad, Godamgura, Mailarum, Dharur, Rukmapur, Tandur, Mantatti, Nawandgi, Kurgunta, Seram, Malkhaid Road, Chittapur, Sulehalli, Wadi stations.

COMPOSITION: These specials will have 10 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s brake vans.

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Bhubaneswar: Central Team under the leadership of Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Anil Swarup has appreciated the positive approach and expeditious steps taken up by Government of Odisha in implementation of large projects in the infrastructure, coal, railway and power sectors.  Replying to queries of media after the meeting Swarup said that we have taken this review for facilitating and first tracking of the projects; and, I am happy that State Government machinery has exhibited proactive support in successful implementation of the projects. Presiding over the meeting held in Secretariat conference hall today, Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra said that because of this exercise there has been a lot of optimism all around. Last mile facilitation is done through this collaborative effort. Sri Mohapatra called upon all the departmental authorities and project implementing agencies to make use of this collaborative effort and remove all the small or big bottlenecks on the way of implementation of the projects. Special secretary, Project Monitoring Pradeep Kumar Jena outlined the main issues for discussion from Govt of Odisha side. In the first sessions the coal and Railway projects were reviewed. In the second session the projects relating to Power , National High Way and some Steel sectors were reviewed. Around 44 projects in these projects were reviewed in the meeting. The issues relating to forest clearances, taking possession over the land acquired, tree cutting DGPS survey , issue of FRA and PTG certificates, overlapping coal block areas, utilization of low grade ore by domestic industries, evacuation of surplus power generated within Odisha were discussed and sorted out in the meeting. Chief Secretary  Mohapatra emphasized on the need for six lining of Paradeep- Daitary NH. Sri Swarup advised implementing agencies toup-load their request, requirements and views in the website so that matters can be taken up with concerned Ministries for early solution. Chief Secretary has directed that DGPS survey should be expedited by the implementing agencies of the projects by engaging empanelled expert agencies of ORSAC. The agencies have been asked to send the DGPS survey report to ORASC for authentication. Mohapatra has also advised that the geo-referenced boundary pillars of DGPS should also be inserted in the mining map to avoid any possible overlapping in future. The Pr. Secretary Raj Kumar Sharma has been advised to issue clear cut guidelines in this direction within 7 days. Review revealed that the matters relating to forest and environmental clearances have been accomplished within time lines because of expedited steps and initiatives taken by Forest & Environment Department, Govt of Odisha. The Team commended the activities of the department. The large infrastructural and investment projects like Jharsuguda- Barpali –Sergada Railway line ,Kanika siding, Railway Line from Jharsuguda to Basundhara, Natraj under ground mine, Hinngula OCP, MJSJ coal , Gopalprasad, doubling of Haridaspur- Paradeep new railway line on SPV mode ,Talcher Bimilagarh new Railway line , Anugul-Sambalpur Toll Road Project , Cuttack-Anugul Toll Road Project, Birmitrapur Barkote High Way., Angul-Sukinda new railway line, MNH Shakti Talabira OCP, Kaniha OCP, Ananta Extn. OCP, Bharatpur OCP, Garjanbahal OCP, Orient under ground coal projects, Lajkura OCP, Samaleswari OCP, Belpahar OCP, Development of Rampia coal Block and Dip Side of Rampia, Aditya Aluminium Smelter of Hindalco Industries ltd., IOCL projects like Paradip–Haladia-Durgapur LPG Pipeline, POL Tap Off Point(Top)at Jatani , Paradip Refinery Abhayachandrapur, Paradip- Raipur-Ranchi pipeline, UCM Coal company Limited ,Chendipada Coal Mine Projects, Machhakata Coal Project, Jindal India Thermal Power, Lanco Babandh Power Ltd., GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited, VISA steel Ltd, Eassar Steel India Ltd, Monnet Ispat & energy Ltd. among other projects were reviewed and the issues relating them were sorted out. The Development Commissioner Sri Injeti Srinivas, Additional Chief Secretary Revenue & Disaster Management Taradatt, Pr Secretary Forest & Environment R.K.Sharma, Secretary Energy and I & PR Sri P.K.Jena, Secretary Steels & Mines Guddey Srinivas, CMD IDCO Sri Vishal Dev, MD OMC Sr Saswat Mishra, along with Secretaries and senior officers from different departments of Government of India and Govt of Odisha participated in discussions.

Divisional Railway User’s Consultative Committee Meeting Held in Secunderabad Division of SCR

155th Divisional Rail User’s Consultative Committee Meeting (DRUCC) of Secunderabad Division, South Central Railway was held o­n 20.09.2013 at Divisional Railway Manager’s Conference Hall, Sanchalan Bhavan, Secunderabad under the chairmanship of Shri Sushant Kumar Mishra, Divisional Railway Manager, Secunderabad. Shri S. Ramesh Babu, Secretary and Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Secunderabad Division was present. Out of 20 nominated members, 12 members attended the DRUCC Meeting.

In his welcome address, the Chairman highlighted the performance of the Division during first five months of the year 2013-14 (April to August) and improvements made in Passenger services like stoppage of trains, extension of trains at stations, introduction of new trains as announced in the Railway Budget, running of special trains, appointment of Jhansadharan Ticket Booking Service at stations, provision of Escalators at Secunderabad etc. He also elucidated the various important passenger amenity work completed and in progress at stations.

The members expressed their satisfaction and appreciation over the improvements made at stations, for introduction of additional trains, extension of trains, additional stoppages at stations, running of special trains etc.The members requested for introduction of new trains, change of timings of certain trains, provision of Automatic Ticket Vending Machines at certain non-suburban stations, stoppage for long distance trains at many other stations, improvement to cleanliness.The chairman assured the members that their suggestions/representations would be considered within the guidelines/norms in force and action would be taken accordingly.

Later, the Chairman felicitated Shri. Nagesh Mudiraj, for being elected to represent the Division in Zonal Railway Users consultative committee.

Tiruvananthapuram:  The proposal to entrust the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation with the preparation of the Detailed Project Report for setting up a suburban corridor and commencing suburban train services on Thiruvananthapuram-Chengannur-Harippad section will come up before the Cabinet on Friday.

A steering committee headed by the Chief Secretary with representatives from Railways and the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation will also be set up to oversee the ambitious project and take it forward, official sources said.

The State government has decided to take up the project mooted by Divisional Railway Manager Rajesh Agrawal for hassle-free travel of short-distance commuters.

The decisions comes in the wake of a meeting convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy with the Rakesh Misra, General Manager, Southern Railway, and Rakesh Saxena, Chairman and Managing Director, Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation, at the Secretariat here on Thursday.

It has also been decided to set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to implement the project that Railways want as a joint venture between the State and Railways.

The SPV will take care of the automatic signalling system, modernisation of the stations, purchase of the rolling stock, upgrade of the level-crossings, and foot and road overbridges.

The project is estimated to cost Rs.3,000 crore as per the current cost of Rs.20 crore for a km.

The State will also look into the possibility of getting a World Bank loan for the project. Mr. Chandy said the corporation had been asked to submit the report by December end.

Minister for Transport and Railways Aryadan Mohammed, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor; Chief Secretary E.K. Bharat Bhushan; Special Officer Biju Prabhakar; Mr. Agrawal; Chief Signal and Telecommunication Engineer S. Manohar; and Chief Safety Officer S. Anantha Raman attended.

A Central team led by Anil Swarup, Additional Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat, reviewed Central sector projects in the infrastructure, coal, railway, and power sectors here on Friday.

Issues relating to forest clearances, taking possession of the land acquired, tree cutting, overlapping coal block areas, utilisation of low grade ore by domestic industries, evacuation of surplus power generated within Odisha concerning a total of 44 projects were discussed.

Southern Railway will run special trains between Chennai and Nagercoil on Sundays from September 29 to November 10.The train (06310) Nagercoil – Chennai Central Special will leave Nagercoil at 5 p.m. and arrive at Chennai Central at 7.45 a.m. the next day. The train (06309) Chennai Central – Nagercoil Special will leave Chennai Central at 11.15 a.m. on Mondays from September 30 to November 11 and reach Nagercoil at 3.15 a.m. the next day.  The train (06308) Nagercoil – Kacheguda Special will leave Nagercoil at 8.10 a.m. on Tuesdays from October 1 to November 12 and reach Kacheguda at 1.55 p.m. the next day. The train (06307) Kacheguda – Nagercoil Special will leave Kacheguda at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays from October 2 to November 13 and arrive Nagercoil at 9.15 p.m. the next day. Advance reservation for the above trains will commence from Sunday. — Special Correspondent

ALLAHABAD: In view of Durga Puja and Pitra Paksh, railway administration has decided to ply special trains. One air-conditioned Puja special will run between Bhubneshwar and New Delhi while the other Pitra Paksh special train will run between Jabalpur and Gaya.

Train number 02815/02816 will run between Bhubneshwar and New Delhi and will be fully air-conditioned train. This will be a weekly train and depart from Bhubneshwar at about 8:10 am and go through the route of Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore, Hijilli, Bankura, Adra, Gomoh, Gaya, Mughalsarai, Allahabad, Kanpur and finally terminate at New Delhi at 8.45 am. During the return journey, the train will leave New Delhi at 1:00 pm and will finally terminate at Bhubneshwar at 11:05 am next day.This train will have four AC-II tier and ten AC-III tier coaches and will depart from Bhubneshwar every Sunday from September 29 to November 24 and from New Delhi every Monday from September 30 to November 25.

Train number 1709/1710 will run between Jabalpur and Gaya during Pitra Paksha. This train will depart from Jabalpur at about 12:25 pm and go through the route of Katni, Maihar, Satna, Manikpur, Chheoki, Mughalsarai, Sasaram and finally terminate at Gaya at 2:00 am. During the return journey, the train will depart from Gaya at about 5:00 pm and terminate at Jabalpur at 5:30 am.

This train will depart from Jabalpur on September 30 and October 3 and from Gaya on October 1 and 4. This train will comprise of one AC-II tier, two AC-III tier, ten sleeper and four general class coaches.

The Kerala Government has decided to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the proposed suburban rail service connecting Thiruvananthapuram with Chengannur and Harippad.   This was decided at a meeting of senior railway officials chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here yesterday, an official press release said.   The government plans to start the service close on the heels of the completion of the doubling of railway lines on these two routes, it said.   Mr Chandy said Kerala should also get the benefit of the Railways' Suburban Corridor project and adequate measures should be taken for the purpose.   The suburban rail service will be implemented jointly by the Centre and the State.    The SPV formed will undertake works pertaining to setting up of automatic signaling system and modernization of stations.    The project would incur an expenditure of Rs 3500 crores, which will be funded by the Word Bank. The per kilometer work rate has been estimated at an average of Rs 20 crores.   Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation would be asked to prepare the Detailed Project Report, which is expected by the end of December this year, the release added.   Briefing reporters after a meeting of the State Cabinet today, Mr Chandy said Rs 10.99 crore had been sanctioned for the Detailed Project Report.   He said a five-member Joint Steering Committee has been formed with Chief Secretary Bharat Bhushan as chairman and S Anantharaman, Chief Safety Officer, Southern Railway, Rajesh Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, Southern Railway and Ravi Agarwal, Executive Director, Planning at Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation as members. Mr Biju Prabhakaran will be nodal officer and convener of the committee.      Mr Chandy said the Kerala Government and the Central Government would have 50:50 stakes in the SPV.   As part of the project, an automatic signaling system will come into place and about 25 stations will undergo modernization. No land acquisition is involved.   As part of the operations, 10 MEMU trains, each having seven coaches, will be used.   In the suburban rail service, trains can approach and leave stations at 60 km/hr and thus save time on stoppage, he said.   The government has also suggested to the Southern Railway to commence high-speed train service in the Malabar region, where the doubling works of railway line would be over in a month’s time.