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New Delhi: After estimating that more than 1,000 buses and 3,000 passenger vehicles will be expected for the BJP rally at Rohini tomorrow morning, the Delhi Traffic Police has advised people who wish to join the rally to use the Metros to avoid the congestion on the roads.The rally is being organised at the Japanese Park ground at 10 am. According to the police, a large gathering of people is expected from Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. "Those who wish to join the rally should avoid private vehicles and use the Delhi Metro till the Rithala Metro station, which is located near the venue," said Addl Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Anil Shukla.The DMRC has arranged services in anticipation that at least 50,000 people will use the Metro to reach the venue. "The frequency of the Metro arrival on Sundays will be reduced from five minutes to 3.3 minutes. The number of Metro trains running on Sundays has been doubled to 26 on the Red Line from Kashmiri Gate to Rithala. The DMRC has also facilitated feeder buses to ferry people to the venue from the Rohini West Metro station," said a BJP press release.The developments came after former Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta, who is the convenor of the rally, discussed the travel arrangements with DMRC MD Mangu Singh.

The congestion is expected on the route of the rally and in the outer district from 8 am onwards. These areas are from Mukarba Chowk to Peeragarhi Chowk on Outer Ring Road, from Wazirpur depot to Rithala Metro station and from Punjabi Bagh Chowk to Azadpur. To reduce traffic congestion, the goods vehicle will be diverted at Shahbad Dairy, Peera Garhi Chowk, Wazirpur Bus Depot and Mukarba Chowk.

"The public and motorists are advised to avoid the places in vicinity of Japanese Park, Dr. K.N. Katzu Marg and Outer Ring Road from the Peeragarhi flyover to the Mukarba flyover. No vehicle will be allowed to park on the arterial roads in and around the venue. A heavy penalty will be imposed on such vehicles," said Shukla.

कटनी। आप ट्रेन में यात्रा कर रहे हैं, और आपकी चप्पलें टूट गई हैं तो निराश होने की बात नहीं है। क्योंकि आपके लिए बेकार हो चुकी चप्पलें रेलवे के काम आ सकती हैं। बस आप इन्हें कटनी जंक्शन रेलवे स्टेशन तक पहुंचा दीजिए। आप आश्चर्य में पड़ गए ना, लेकिन यह बात सौ फीसदी सच है। कटनी जंक्शन से गुजरने वाली ट्रेनें जुगाड़ की पटरी पर दौड रही हैं। यहां पटरियों की चाबियों को कसने के लिए रेलवे प्रशासन द्वारा स्टेशन में पड़ी फटी पुरानी चप्पलों से काम चलाया जा रहा है। इससे ट्रेनों के गुजरते समय दुर्घटना की आशंका निरंतर बनी रहती है। कटनी जंक्शन की डाउन ट्रेक मैन लाइन की पटरी की चाबियां फटी चप्पलों को लगाकर कसी जा रही हैं। रेलवे के इस अनोखे जुगाड़ वाले कारनामे पर प्रतिदिन सैकड़ों यात्रियों की नजर पड़ती है, लेकिन आज तक जिम्मेदार अधिकारियों का ध्यान इस ओर नहीं गया। जबलपुर एंड से सतना एंड के बीच की पटरी में करीब एक दर्जन चाबियां ऎसी हैं जिन्हें लाइनर के बजाए चप्पलों के सहारे कसा गया है।

टै्रक से उतर सकती हैं गाडियां

जिन ट्रेनों का कटनी जंक्शन का स्टॉपेज नहीं है वे डाउन ट्रेक से सीधे आगे निकल जाती हैं। कटनी डाउन टै्रक से प्रतिदिन दर्जनों माल गाड़ी व सवारी गाडियां तेज रफ्तार से गुजरती हैं। ऎसे में यदि किसी दिन चप्पलों के टूटने पर चाबियां ढ़ीली पड़ जाएं तो पटरियां हिलने लगेंगी, इससे इंजन व डिब्बे पटरियों से उतर सकते हैं।

क्या है चाबी

रेल की पांतों को स्लीपरों से कसने के लिए उपयोग की जाने वाली लोहे की जलेबी नुमा रॉड होती है। जिसे पटरी के दोनों ओर लगाकर कसा जाता है। ताकि पटरियां निश्चित दूरी पर स्थिरता के साथ बनी रहें। पुरानी या घिस जाने के बाद चाबियों को स्थिर करने के लिए मैटल और फाइबर के लाइनर लगाए जाते हैं। जबकि कटनी के इंजीनियरिंग सेक्शन द्वारा लाइनर के जगह टूटी चप्पलों का उपयोग किया जा रहा है।

कटनी जंक्शन पर हजारों यात्रियों की जान से खिलवाड़ किया जा रहा है। यहां चाबियों को कसने के लिए पुरानी चप्पलों का इस्तेमाल किया जा रहा है, जो दुर्घटना का कारण बन सकता है।

इनका कहना है

पटरियों की देखरेख व मैंटेनेंस हमारे पास है। पुरानी चाबियों में लाइनर लगाए जाते हैं, ताकि वे एक मजबूती से अपनी जगह टिकी रहें। हां चप्पलें तो लगाई गई हैं, जो कि नियमानुसार ठीक नहीं है। चाबी का काम देखने वाला पूरे दिन दौड़ भाग करता रहता है, इसलिए शायद उसने चप्पलें लगाकर उन्हें कस दिया हो। -एके प्रसाद, खंड अभियंता, पीवे, रेलवे विभाग

-लाली कोष्टा

Radha Sreevaran and her husband had just stepped into the two-tier AC compartment on a train at the Bangalore City railway station last week when three men offered to help them with their luggage. Soon after, the couple realised that Mr. Sreevaran’s mobile phone was missing from his pocket.“It was just about five seconds after they left the compartment that we realised the phone was missing. The three men were wearing uniforms and looked like cleaners. The phone had been gifted to my husband exactly a month ago,” said Ms. Sreevaran, recounting the theft.The cleaners were later summoned by the ticket collector (TC) on the train and Ms. Sreevaran recognised two of them. She filed a complaint with the Bangarpet police, where the train stopped next, and the two men were detained by the police for questioning.The police are yet to ascertain whether the men were indeed involved in the theft.There have been several incidents like this at the City railway station, be it on trains or on the railway platforms. Passengers have complained of losing their luggage, laptops, wallets and briefcases.Some months ago, an NRI lodged a complaint with the railway police after losing his briefcase, containing foreign currencies among other valuables. He too fell prey to an attention diversion tactic. “A man drew my attention to a Rs. 10 note fallen near the ticket counter while I was speaking on the mobile phone. Unconsciously, I bent to pick up the note. When I turned around, my luggage was missing.”The Government Railway Police (GRP) at the City railway station has registered 164 cases this year so far. These include 15 in August and seven in September so far. Picking pockets and suitcase lifting accounted for most cases. About 56 cases pertained to theft while eight were cases of chain-snatching.So far this year, 35 arrests have been made and 22 high-end mobile phones recovered.In 2012, 213 cases were registered.However, these figures may only be a fraction of the actual crimes, as many go unreported. “Not all passengers come forward to file a complaint,” a Railway police official said.

The railway overbridge (ROB) being constructed in place of Lakkar Pul will be complete by November this year. The work on the ROB was delayed as some part of it was to be constructed by the state government through the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation.This was disclosed in a letter by the Union Railway Minister, Mallikarjun Kharge, to the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, who had sought his personal intervention for the early completion of the overbridge.The Railways were supposed to construct two spans, one straight and another curved, while the approach roads were to be completed by the Municipal Corporation.The minister said, while the work on the straight span was expected to be completed by October this year, the work on the curved span would be completed by November this year.The railway bridge portion consists of two separate legs in Y shape and each leg is of two road widths and another leg is on a curve having two spans. The foundation and the sub-structure of the straight span have been completed. The super structure girder for one span has been fabricated, tested and brought to the site for launching and the girder for another span has also been fabricated and is undergoing testing. The work on this span is expected to be completed by October 2013.The foundation and sub-structure of the curved span has been completed while design of the pier cap is in progress and is expected to be completed by November this year.

Bangalore: M. Mallikarjuna Kharge, Union railway minister urged the state government to immediately release its share of funds for the railway projects including Bangalore- Hassan railway lines and ensure quick land acquisition process to complete the ongoing projects.He was speaking after flagging off the Yeshwantpur-Mangalore Weekly Express in Bangalore, Kharge said that only Rs 50 crore has been released by the State government, while the Railways released Rs 320 crore. “We have earmarked over Rs. 700 crore for projects in Karnataka and the funding should be shared equally by the State government. In the next six months, the government has to release the balance Rs 650 crore at the rate of Rs 109 crore a month, but it is lagging behind,” he said.The Yeshwantpur-Mangalore Weekly Express will leave Yeshwanthpur at 11.55 p.m. on Sundays and arrive at Mangalore at 5.40 p.m. on Mondays. It will start from Mangalore at 8 pm on Mondays to reach Yeshwantpur at 1.30 pm on Tuesdays. The train will stop at Banaswadi, Krishnarajapura, Bangarpet, Kuppam, Salem, Erode, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Shoranur, Tirur, Kozhikode, Vadakkara, Thalassery, Kannur, Payyanur and Kasargod. It will have one two-tier air-conditioned coach, one three-tier air-conditioned coach, seven second class sleeper coaches, six second class coaches and two second class sitting-cum-luggage vans.

Extension of 12884 upto Howrah

In an attempt to provide comfort to the commuters and also to clear the huge waitlist of passengers during Durga Puja season, over one lakh additional berths have been created by East Coast Railway on September and October 2013. Through this, 1, 76,580 additional berths (including 94,586 additional berths originating from ECoR) have been created to provide comfortable journey to the passengers during this peak Puja-rush Season.These trains are- Bhubaneswar-New Delhi AC Super fast Express via Angul and Sambalpur City, Bhubaneswar-Yesvantpur AC Super fast Express, Visakhapatnam-Tata via Keonjhar, Puri-Santragachhi, Puri-Sealdah, Visakhapatnam-Kollam and Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad AC Super fast Express.Apart from this, 82,026 berths have been created in 9 special trains passing through ECoR jurisdiction to facilitate the passengers between Hatia & Yesvantpur via Sambalpur, Santragachhi-Kochuveli, Hyderabad-Shalimar, Shalimar-Yesvantpur, Secunderabad-Guwahati, Kamakhya-Yesvantpur, Kamakhya-Chennai, Santragachhi-Chennai and Dibrugarh & Kochuveli.

NASHIK: The Maharashtra government has urged the Central Railway (CR) to commence work planned for the forthcoming Kumbh Mela in Nashik.  The Office of the Nashik Divisional Commissioner has sent a letter to the CR, urging it to undertake Kumbh-related works at the earliest. The state has also urged the CR to start a permanent reservation counter at Trimbakeshwar town and begin construction work of platforms 4 and 5 at the Nashik Road Railway station.

With just 19 months left for the Kumbh Mela scheduled in 2015-16, the Maharashtra government has already twice asked the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) and the Public Works Department (PWD) to commence infrastructure work related to the Kumbh, given that such work will require 18 to 20 months to be completed.

“Follow-ups pertaining to Kumbh work are being done regularly,” divisional revenue commissioner Ravindra Jadhav told on Saturday.

In its last Mumbai meeting, the High Power Committee for Kumbh had in principle approved a Rs.2,297-crore Kumbh plan for all government departments, including Rs 1,031.91 crore for the NMC, Rs.654.21 crore for the PWD, Rs.80.76 crore for the Water Resources Department WRD and Rs.25.75 crore for the Railways. The plan will soon be presented to the apex committee of the state government, chaired by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, for approval.

अलवर। उत्तर पश्चिम रेलवे के सीसीएम (मुख्य वाणिज्य प्रबंधक) दीपक छाबड़ा ने कहा है कि जयपुर-दिल्ली मार्ग पर संचालित सवारी गाडियों में जल्द ही डिब्बे बढ़ाए जाएंगे। इसके साथ ही अलवर स्टेशन पर फूड प्लाजा का काम भी जल्द शुरू होगा। छाबड़ा ने स्टेशन पर अन्य सुविधाएं बढ़ाने के भी स्थानीय रेलवे अधिकारियों को निर्देश दिए।

छाबड़ा पहली बार शनिवार को अलवर स्टेशन पर आए थे। वे दोपहर करीब 12.30 बजे के बरेली एक्सप्रेस से अलवर स्टेशन पर पहुंचे। सीसीएम ने अलवर को कई सौगात देने की घोष्ााणा की। उन्होंने पूछताछ काउंटर पर ऑटोमेटिक एलसीडी स्क्रीन लगाने, स्टेशन के बाहर टिकट काउंटर बढ़ाने और प्लेट फार्म पर खाली जगह पर टीनशेड लगवाने के निर्देश दिए। इसी दौरान छाबड़ा ने पत्रिका से बातचीत में बताया कि ट्रांसपोर्ट नगर स्थित मालगोदाम को सीमेंटेड कराया जाएगा। वहां काम करने वाले मजदूरों के लिए अलग बैठने की व्यवस्था होगी।

जयपुर दिल्ली रूट पर चलने वाली सवारी गाडियों में डिब्बे बढ़ाए जाएंगे। हालांकि उन्होंने यह खुलासा नहीं किया कि कौन-कौन सी ट्रेनों मे डिब्बों की संख्या बढ़ाई जाएगी। उन्होंने कहा कि इस पर एक दो दिन में फैसला कर लिया जाएगा। इससे पूर्व छाबड़ा का यहां पहुंचने पर स्टेशन अधीक्षक एसएन शर्मा व मुख्य टिकट संग्राहक जीतेन्द्र शर्मा, सीएमआई रामसिंह पवार ने उनका स्वागत किया। इस मौके पर जयपुर मंडल के डीसीएम (मंडल वाणिज्य प्रबंधक) रतनेश झा भी मौजूद थे। बाद मेें वे नारनौल रवाना हो गए।

यह भी कहा सीसीएम ने

-प्लेट फार्म नंबर एक बने पूछताछ केंद्र पर ऑटोमेटिक डिस्प्ले बोर्ड लगेंगे। इससे यात्रियों को ट्रेन की हर पल की सूचना मिल सकेगी।

-फूड प्लाजा का निर्माण कार्य जल्द शुरू होगा। इसका नक्शा अनुमोदन के लिए भेजा गया है। मजूंरी मिलते ही काम शुरू हो जाएगा। -टिकट काउंटर की बढ़ेगी।

प्लेट फार्म नंबर एक व दो के दोनों तरफ काउंटर दिए जाएंगे। -स्टेशन के पास नया साइकिल स्टैंड बनेगा। कितने क्षेत्र में स्टैंड बनेगा व उस पर कितनी लागत आएगी, इस पर अभी फैसला नहीं हुआ है।

स्कूल- कॉलेजों से होगा संपर्क

सीसीएम ने स्टेशन के अधीक्षक को निर्देश दिए कि स्कूलों व कॉलेजों से जाकर संपर्क किया जाए ताकि अधिक से अधिक छात्र-छात्राएं एमएसटी बनवा सके। उसके लिए वहां के प्रधानाचार्य से बातचीत भी की जाए।

Union Minister for Railways Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday that the new railway projects are getting delayed as the State government is slow in sanctioning funds and acquiring land.

After flagging off the Yeshwantpur-Mangalore-Yeshwantpur16565/16566 Weekly Express, Kharge said that the Union government is quick in implementing the railway projects, but the State government is not able to cope up with the Centre in this regard.

The Centre has taken up 13 new railway projects and some are almost complete. Four more projects will be completed in the next four to five months.

For the new railway project, the State had to release Rs 700 crore, but till now only Rs 50 crore has been released with delay in the acquisition of land to lay the new track.

Mangalore-Kadur railway track laying work has been completed and  it will become functional in another two months. Kottur-Harihar route will start in another three months and Kolar-Chikballapur route has completed trials, he said.

Kharge further said, all the projects which were promised by the Central government have been completed, for women safety, Centre is planning to appoint women constables and inspectors.

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Dinesh Gundurao, Home Minister K J George and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy were present.