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There has been some temporary suspension in the movement of bi-weekly regular ‘Maitree’ Express train service between Kolkata (India) to Dhaka (Bangladesh) on account of Eid-Ul-Azha, This train normally runs from Kolkata on every Tuesday and Saturday while in the return direction it departs from Dhaka every Wednesday and Sunday.

On the request from Bangladesh Railway, the Indian Railways has decided to cancel the trip of ‘Maitree’ Express train on 15th October 2013 (Tuesday) from Kolkata and on 16th October 2013 (Wednesday) from Dhaka to avoid operational complications arising due to non running of trains in Bangladesh on Eid days. Normal services of the train will resume thereafter.

BHUBANESWAR: The ECoR on Tuesday collected about Rs 2 lakh fine from passengers travelling without ticket during a massive 36-hour ticket checking drive here at the Bhubaneswar railway station.As many as 600 without-ticket passengers were caught during the check. In the drive, about 67 railway staffers were involved, including commercial supervisors, chief ticket inspectors (CTI), train ticket examiners (TTE) form Khurda Road division. Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel helped them in the operation."We took the decision not only to check unauthorized entry of persons into the platform, but also to spread awareness among the passengers. Some people, who entered the platform without ticket were also fined," said an officer of ECoR. During the drive, passengers were asked to buy tickets from the counters. Daily commuters were also asked to obtain monthly tickets. While the railway station witnesses movement of about 55, 000 passengers everyday, about hundred trains arrive on and leave from the four platforms.

The railway administration has felicitated a farmer who averted a rail disaster and presented him with a cash award of Rs 2000.According to a railway press release, Gavini Ravindrababu, a farmer from Vejandla village, noticed a break on the railway track between Vejandla and Guntur stations on Tenali-Guntur section of Guntur Railway Division of South Central Railway, while going to his farm.Concerned over the safety of railway passengers, he trekked two kilometres to Vegendla railway station and informed the railway track defect to the station superintendent, who alerted the railway administration.The railway staff from Guntur rushed to the spot, rectified the defect and prevented a mishap.Appreciating the farmer's concern for their safety, passengers of Guntur Railway Division today felicitated the farmer and presented him with a cash award of Rs 2000, the release said.

AHMEDABAD: A team of Government Railway Police (GRP) will accompany a 16-year-old girl to a village in Jamnagar after the girl accused her father of repeatedly raping her. GRP officials recorded her statement on Saturday at women observation home in the city. The girl will be sent for medical examination after registration of FIR in Jamnagar district.On Friday, Samina (name changed), was found by railway police at Kalupur Railway Station and was handed over to Childline volunteers. Samina told the officials that she had fled from her residence in a village near Jamnagar after her father raped her. She had boarded Saurashtra Express and had reached Kalupur on Thursday. She alleged that her father, an auto driver, molested and raped her and when she told her mother about it, she asked her not to mention it to anyone and did not confront him as she had expected. It broke her heart and after saving some money, she started off for Malegaon in Maharashtra to take refuge with one of her close friends and relatives.Samina told Childline officials that when she sought help from one of the youths to get details of the train, he took her for tea and snacks. He then took her to an unidentified location where he raped her and then left her back to the station.P P Pirojiya, inspector of GRP Kalupur told TOI that they have recorded the statement of the girl and have contacted their counterparts in Jamnagar district police. "We are yet to ascertain the rape in the city as she has changed her statements a couple of times. But she repeatedly tells police about her father due to which she had to leave home. A team of police along with NGO representatives will visit her village soon and will question her relatives to ascertain the incident. If any person is found guilty, he or she will be booked for the crime," he said.

BHUBANESWAR: The East Coast Railways (ECoR) has sought private participation in a big way to improve its infrastructure. So far, it has come up with five projects in participatory models and mobilized Rs 1,200 crore from different industry players.

"Odisha has witnessed rapid industrialization in the last few years and the prospect of private participation in railway infrastructure development is huge. We are getting very good response from industries," said G D Brahma, chief operations manager, ECoR.

Brahma said the National Minerals Development Corporation (NMDC) has invested Rs 800 crore for laying an additional line between Kirandul and Jagadalpur in Chhattisgarh. It will connect its mines with its proposed steel plant and will also help in evacuating iron ore. NMDC will recover the invested money through freight rebate, he added.

In Odisha, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has invested Rs 200 crore for introducing auto-signaling at railway crossings between Paradip and Talcher. "It would facilitate transportation of more rakes by the MCL. As a result, the investor would be able to recover the money from increased freight and resultant profits," Brahma said. MCL has been transporting 23 to 24 rakes in a day, but after the introduction of auto-signaling system, the number will increase to 45 rakes a day. The MCL will recover its investment in six to seven months, he added.

Similarly, the Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGEN) has evinced interest in investing Rs 80 crore for auto-signaling from Talcher to Gundapalli to Vijaywada. Besides, infrastructure companies GMR and Lanco have made investment of Rs 20 crore to lay an additional line between Talcher to Meramandali.

In addition to this, the ECoR has also envisaged expanding railway lines between Talcher and Raj Athagarh from two lines to four lines through participatory approach. "Industrial development in Jharsuguda area offers huge prospects of private players in railway infrastructure development," Brahma said.

NEW DELHI: Railways have decided to launch a new air-conditioned train between Amritsar and Lalkuan in Uttarakhand.The new weekly Amritsar-Lalkuan AC Express train will be operational every Wednesday from October 2 in both the directions, said a senior Northern Railway official adding "there was a demand by the local people for the train and it was included in the budget proposal."The AC Express train shall depart from Amritsar at 5.55 AM every Wednesday and reach Lalkuan at 8.50 PM the same day. In the return direction, the train will leave Lalkuan every Wednesday at 11.15 PM to reach Amritsar at 2.45 PM the next day.Consisting of 13 AC III tier coaches and three AC Chair Car coaches, the Amritsar-Lalkuan-Amritsar train will stop at Beas, Jalandhar, Phagwara, Ludhiana, New Morinda, Sahibzada Ajitsingh Nagar, Chandigarh, Ambala Cantonment, Jagadhari, Saharanpur, Roorkee, Laksar, Najibabad, Moradabad and Kashipur stations enroute in both the directions.

ONE HELD FOR SELLING TRAIN E-TICKETS

A. Rajkumar of Palakkad who was arrested by the Railway Police Force for unauthorisedly selling e-ticket was remanded to judicial custody till October 5 by the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court at Ottapalam on Sunday. He was unauthorisedly selling railway e-tickets to mostly business travellers from his house. When he was arrested he had in his possession five e-tickets valued at Rs.3,267 for different trains and destinations in different names. Thirteen e-tickets with fake names and addresses valued at 16,562 was also seized from his office. As there is a ceiling of 10 e-tickets from an individual log-in ID per month by IRCTC, the accused had created 35 log-in IDs, the official.

GORAKHPUR: Due to re-modelling of the station yard of Gorakhpur Junction, several trains have been either cancelled, short-terminated or diverted from today, General Manager of North Eastern Railway, AK Atal said here.After re-modelling of the station yard, Gorakhpur will have the world's longest platform, Atal claimed.Till now Kharagpur was the longest platform with its length of 1,074 metres. Gorakhpur will be of 1,300 metres, Atal said adding, the signalling system of the station is being modernised leading to rescheduling of several trains till October 6.15105 and 15106 Chhapra-Gorakhpur Intercity, 15019 Gorakhpur-Nautanwa Intercity and 15020 Nautanwa-Gorakhpur Intercity will remain cancelled, a NER press release said.Apart from these, 55071, 55069, 55070, 55029 and 55072 passenger trains have been short-terminated, it said.Several long distance trains have been rescheduled to terminate or start from Lucknow, the release added.Atal said, the doubling of railway lines between Lucknow and Chhapra will be completed by March next year while an alternate rail route between Gorakhpur and Gonda will be available by year end after completion of gauge conversion between Barhni-Gonda and Gonda-Behraich.

There has been some temporary suspension in the movement of bi-weekly regular ‘Maitree’ Express train service between Kolkata (India) to Dhaka (Bangladesh) on account of Eid-Ul-Azha, This train normally runs from Kolkata on every Tuesday and Saturday while in the return direction it departs from Dhaka every Wednesday and Sunday.

On the request from Bangladesh Railway, the Indian Railways has decided to cancel the trip of ‘Maitree’ Express train on 15th October 2013 (Tuesday) from Kolkata and on 16th October 2013 (Wednesday) from Dhaka to avoid operational complications arising due to non running of trains in Bangladesh on Eid days. Normal services of the train will resume thereafter.

There has been some temporary suspension in the movement of bi-weekly regular ‘Maitree’ Express train service between Kolkata (India) to Dhaka (Bangladesh) on account of Eid-Ul-Azha, This train normally runs from Kolkata on every Tuesday and Saturday while in the return direction it departs from Dhaka every Wednesday and Sunday.

On the request from Bangladesh Railway, the Indian Railways has decided to cancel the trip of ‘Maitree’ Express train on 15th October 2013 (Tuesday) from Kolkata and on 16th October 2013 (Wednesday) from Dhaka to avoid operational complications arising due to non running of trains in Bangladesh on Eid days. Normal services of the train will resume thereafter.