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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.

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.

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.

More than 15,000 people were evacuated to safer places on Tuesday as heavy rain in south and central Gujarat caused water levels of rivers to rise, and disrupted rail and road traffic between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

Two persons, including a 45-year-old man who drowned in a river in Segva village, have died so far.Around 13,000 people from 21 villages of Bharuch district and Bharuch city around the Narmada river, were shifted to safer places after heavy rains lashed the entire district, authorities said.Bharuch District Collector Avantika Singh said the Narmada water level on the Golden Bridge had touched 33 ft., exceeding the danger level of 24 ft. In Vadodara, around 2,400 people from 16 villages have been shifted to safer places.

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.

RESCHEDULING/CANCELLATION ETC OF TRAINS DUE TO WATER LOGGING AND BREACHES IN BHARUCH-VADODARA SECTION
Due to water logging and breaches in Vadodara Division, the Rail traffic o­n Surat- Vadodara section has been affected and some trains have been delayed/diverted/cancelled. The details are as under (as at 18:00 hrs today)
Trains Cancelled o­n 25/09/2013 :

19143Bandra (T)-Ahmedabad Lokshakti Exp

19005Mumbai Central –Okha Saurashtra Exp

19707Mumbai-Central-Jaipur Aravali EXp

19113Bhilad-Vadodara Exp

19144Ahmedabad-Bandra (T) Lokshakti Exp

19110Ahmedabad-Valsad Gujarat Queen Exp

12930Dahod-Valsad Intercity Exp


Trains Cancelled o­n 26/09/2013 :

19023Mumbai Central-Firozpur Janta Exp

12929Valsad-Dahod Exp

19109Valsad-Ahmedabad Gujarat Queen Exp

19114Vadodara-Bhilad Express


Trains Rescheduled of 25/09/2013 :

19037 Bandra(T)-Gorakhpur Avadh Exp rescheduled at 5.00hrs o­n

26/09/2013

12907 Bandra(T)-H.Nizamuddin Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Exp

rescheduled to leave at 18.45 hrs o­n 25/09/2013

12927 Mumbai Central-Vadodara Exp rescheduled at 5.00 hrs o­n

26/09/2013


Trains Short Terminated o­n 25/09/2013 :

19215 Mumbai Central-Porbander Saurashtra Exp terminated at Surat

19011 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Gujarat Expterminated at Surat

19060 Jamnagar-Surat Intercity Exp terminated at Ahmedabad

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.

ईद-उल-जुहा के कारण कोलकाता (भारत) से ढाका (बंगलादेश) के बीच सप्‍ताह में दो बार चलने वाली मैत्री एक्‍सप्रेस ट्रेन में कुछ अस्‍थायी निलंबन हुए हैं। यह ट्रेन कोलकाता से हर मंगलवार और शनिवार को, जबकि ढाका से हर बुधवार और रविवार को चलती है। बंगलादेश रेलवे के आग्रह पर भारतीय रेलवे ने मैत्री एक्‍सप्रेस को 15 अक्‍टूबर, 2013 (मंगलवार) को कोलकाता से 16 अक्‍टूबर, 2013 (बुधवार) को ढाका से प्रचालन संबंधी जटिलताओं के कारण नहीं चलाने का निश्‍चय किया है, क्‍योंकि ईद के दिन बंगलादेश में रेलगाडि़यां नहीं चलती हैं। उसके बाद ट्रेन की सामान्‍य सेवा बहाल हो जाएगी।

CHENNAI: Victims of crime on trains will no longer have to wait till they reach their destination to file a police complaint. They can do it from the comfort of their seats.Under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Networking (CCTN) system, introduced by the Government Railway Police (GRP) across 30 railway police stations on an experimental basis, passengers can log on to on their laptops or smartphones and file complaints about a stolen piece of baggage or other offences. GRP personnel will be able to track down criminals and crack cases quickly as police stations have been linked by a digital network and crime records for 10 years digitized. The system allows superior officers to effectively monitor police stations each of which has been given 3-4 computers worth Rs 3 lakh.The new system was inaugurated at the GRP station at Chennai Central on Monday.

All FIRs and cases filed at railway police stations, to be stored in a data centre, can be retrieved by officers to track down history of cases and crimes committed by culprits. "We will be able to solve a case quickly because crime records dating to 10 years have been digitized and uploaded. This will also help us crack down on gangs operating in different states," said ADGP (Railways) R Sekar.

On many occasions, gangs have taken advantage of interstate jurisdictional barriers to evade arrest for very long because tracking cases across different states is time-consuming. Recently, the railway police nabbed three men who used to fly to the city from Delhi and rob train passengers on south-bound trains from Chennai. Tracking down such gangs will now be easier, said a police officer.

"Passengers' online complaints will be registered immediately," said GRP DSP V Ponramu.

Sekar said the "CCTN system will reduce the time required to collate information gathered by police in different police districts, forensic experts and others. It will reduce the number of manual records or registers maintained at police stations." Automation will eliminate duplication of records and inconsistent record keeping and police will be able to access crime and criminal records easily, he said.

GRP personnel will be able to track down criminals and crack cases quickly as police stations have been linked by a digital network and crime records for 10 years digitized.