ProUI

: सूबे की औद्योगिक राजधानी बेगूसराय का जिला मुख्यालय स्थित रेलवे स्टेशन उपेक्षा का शिकार है। यहां राजधानी एक्सप्रेस जैसी ट्रेन तो रुकती है। परंतु, दस जोड़ी वीआईपी ट्रेनों का स्टापेज यहां नहीं है।
स्थानीय जनप्रतिनिधियों की उदासीनता के कारण बेगूसराय रेलवे स्टेशन उपेक्षाओं का दंश झेलने को मजबूर है। जिसके कारण जिलावासियों में काफी नाराजगी देखी जा रही है।
जानकारी के अनुसार 15227/28 यशवंतपुर एक्सप्रेस, 15715/16 गरीबनवाज एक्सप्रेस, 15635/ 36 ओखा-गोहाटी द्वारिकाधाम एक्सप्रेस, 15631/32 बीकानेर-गोहाटी, 15903/04 गोहाटी- नई दिल्ली राजधानी एक्सप्रेस, 15621/22, कामख्या-आनंदविहार, 15623/24 कामख्या-जोधपुर, 12501/02 पूर्वोत्तर संपर्क क्रांति गोहाटी-नई दिल्ली सुपरफास्ट एक्सप्रेस आदि ट्रेनें बेगूसराय स्टेशन से थ्रू गुजर जाती हैं, परंतु यहां रुकती नहीं है।
बोले, सांसद डा. मोनाजिर हसन
''एक दिन पूर्व भी मैंने केंद्रीय रेल मंत्री से उपरोक्त ट्रेनों के स्टापेज के संबंध में बात की थी। रेल मंत्री ने लिखित मांगा था, जिसे मैंने आज भेज दिया है। बेगूसराय जिला में रेलवे से जुड़ी दूसरी समस्याओं को भी पत्र में शामिल किया गया है।''
बोले, डीआरएम सोनपुर, राजेश तिवारी
'' बेगूसराय रेलवे स्टेशन की समस्याओं के निदान हेतु कार्य प्रगति पर है, जहां तक स्टापेज की बात है तो वह डिमांड पर निर्भर करता है। जिन ट्रेनों के स्टापेज को बजट में शामिल किया गया है, उसका स्टापेज जल्द सुनिश्चित किया जाएगा।''

Due to disruption in the power supply to train operations, caused by strike in Andhra Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation, the following trains are cancelled/partially cancelled  as detailed below:-
Trains fully Cancelled:

1)Train No. 56504 Vijayawada - Yesvantpur Passenger, scheduled to depart Vijayawada at 20.50 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is cancelled.
2)Train No. 56503 Yesvantpur – Vijayawada Passenger, scheduled to depart Yesvantpur at 08.00 hrs o­n 8thOctober, 2013 is cancelled.
3)Tr. No. 57624 Guntur-Kacheguda Passenger, scheduled to leave Guntur at 05:15 hrs o­n 7th October, 2013 is cancelled.
4)Tr. No. 57623 Kacheguda-Guntur Passenger, scheduled to depart Kacheguda at 05:10 hrs o­n 8th Octoser, 2013, is cancelled.
5)Tr. No.56012 Kadapa-Arakkonam Passenger, which was scheduled to depart Kadapa at 14 35 hrs o­n 6th October, 2013, is cancelled.
6)Tr. No. 17402/17404 Machilipatnam / Narasapur-Tirupati Express, scheduled to depart Machilipatnam / Narasapur at 19:00 hrs / 17:20 hrs o­n 6th October, 2013, is cancelled.
7)Tr. 17401 /17403 Tirupati-Machilipatnam / Narasapur Express, scheduled to depart Tirupati at 19:40 hrs o­n 7thOctober, 2013, is cancelled.

Trains Partially Cancelled:

    T.No. 66033 Tirupati-Nellore Passenger of today (6.10.13) is partially cancelled between Venkatagiri and Nellore.

Ratnagiri:  A major tragedy was averted after Konkan Railway’s Mumbai-Goa Mandovi Express derailed on Sunday afternoon.

Konkan Railway will remain affected till the restoration work is completed on the single-line track.

National trains passing the route will also remain affected. Railway police said that the driver of the speeding train spotted a track fracture on time and braked the train, averting a major crash.

Initial reports said there were no injures.  The locomotive and the first coach of the train went off the track near Khed station after the incident. The derailed Mandovi Express had advanced WDP-4 diesel-electric locomotive that has aircraft-like sound. It took the brunt of the fall.

Over 70 railway stations in the city will soon be provided with infrastructure that will encourage commuters to shun motorised transport. It will also aid in better connectivity.

A survey of four corridors — Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), suburban lines from Chennai Beach to Tambaram, Chennai Central to Gummidipoondi and Chennai Central to Tiruvallur — will begin next month.

Non-motorised transport infrastructure at stations will include bicycle tracks and partial pedestrianisation and this is likely to enhance the ambience around the stations, providing last-mile connectivity.

According to officials in the Chennai unified metropolitan transport authority (Cumta), a five-km radius around each station will be studied over an 11-month period.

An inventory of all roads and existing civic infrastructure in the neighbourhoods will be made, covering aspects such as deficiencies in parking facilities. Civic development work will be taken up in the five-km radius based on the plan for each neighbourhood.

“Suburban stations in Pazhavanthangal and St. Thomas Mount require better infrastructure for non-motorised connectivity. These areas also suffer from poor bus connectivity. This bothers commuters,” said A. Raghavan, a resident of Nanganallur.

The proposed civic improvement near these stations will also facilitate bus connectivity and new parking lots.

“Simple alterations in areas near Park station or Chintadripet MRTS will increase the number of users at these stations. We are trying our best. But proper planning is required. A number of residents in slums near the stations are likely to be evicted shortly. The authorities should make optimum use of the land to create infrastructure,” said M. Pandian, councillor of ward 62 under which Park station and Chintadripet MRTS fall.

Bus stops near the stations will also have information kiosks to help commuters get information on distances and bus timing. “After implementation of the project, ridership will improve,” said an official.

Roads forming a loop around the proposed super-specialty hospital in Omandurar Government Estate are on the list for civic infrastructure for non-motorised transport.

In view of the strike in Andhra Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation o­n account of Samaikya Andhra agitation, the following trains are cancelled/partially cancelled/diverted o­n 6th & 7thOctober 2013.
Trains Cancelled:
1)Train No. 12712 Chennai Central-Vijayawada Pinakini Expresswhich was scheduled to depart Chennai Central at 14 05 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is cancelled.
2)Train No. 12711 Vijayawada-Chennai Central Pinakini Expressdeparting Vijayawada at 06 00 hrs o­n 7thOctober, 2013 is cancelled.
3)Train No. 12078 Vijayawada-Chennai Central Jan Shatabdi Expressdeparting Vijayawada at 14 50 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is cancelled..
4)Train No. 12077 Chennai Central –Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi Expressdeparting Chennai Central at 07 00 hrs o­n 7thOctober, 2013 is cancelled.
5)Train No. 57242 Vijayawada-Bitragunta Passengerdeparting Vijayawada at 15 15 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is cancelled.
6)Train No. 57241 Bitragunta-Vijayawada Passengerdeparting Bitragunta at 04 00 hrs o­n 7thOctober, 2013 is cancelled.
7)Train No. 57278 Vijayawada-Bitragunta Passengerdeparting Vijayawada at 18 15 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is cancelled..
8)Train No. 57240 Bitragunta-Chennai Central Passengerdeparting Bitragunta at 05 20 hrs o­n 7thOctober, 2013 is cancelled.
9)Train No. 57239 Chennai Central–Gudur Passengerdeparting Chennai Central at 16 00 hrs o­n7th October, 2013 is cancelled.
Partially Cancelled Trains:
    1)Train No. 66033 Tirupati-Nellore Passengerwhich departed Tirupati at 11 25 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is partially cancelled between Gudur and Nellore.
      2)Train No. 66036 Nellore-Chennai Central Passengerdeparting Nellore at 16 00 hrs hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is partially cancelled between Nellore and Gudur.
    3)Train No. 66035 Chennai Central-Nellore Passengerwhich departed Chennai Central at 07 45 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is partially cancelled between Gudur and Nellore.
    4)Train No. 66034 Nellore-Tirupati Passengerwhich was scheduled to depart Nellore at 12 30 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is partially cancelled between Nellore and Gudur and will run from Gudur to Tirupati.

Diversion of Trains:
      1)Train No. 12764 Tirupati-Secunderabad Padmavathi Expressdeparting Tirupati at 17 00 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is diverted to run via Renigunta, Gooty, Dhone and Kacheguda.
2)  Train No. 12733 Tirupati-Secunderabad Narayanadri Expressdeparting Tirupati at 18 25 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is diverted to run via Renigunta, Gooty, Dhone and Kacheguda.

Describing the revision of railway fares as unjustifiable, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday said the latest proposal would put an additional financial burden of about Rs. 1,150 crore on the people and demanded its immediate rollback.  The Railways has decided to increase the passenger fare and freight tariff by about 2% from tomorrow to offset the financial burden arising out of increased input cost.   "For the next six months about Rs. 1,150 crore financial burden has been placed on people through the revision of railway fares. Through this, low and middle income groups will suffer more. I strongly condemn the proposal to increase the fares and ur ge the Centre for its rollback", she said in a release.   Referring to the early practice of revising fuel prices every six months, she said the Union government has subsequently led (the oil marketing companies) to revise it every month.   Similarly, the practice of hiking railway fares every two years has been revised to every six months, she said, adding, "This is a betrayal to the common man".   She alleged that if the UPA government had prevented various scams like the 2G spectrum scam, coal scam and Commonwealth Games scam, revising fuel prices for every month may have been "avoided".   "At a time when the price of essential commodities are increasing and fuel prices have been hiked, how far is it justifiable for the Centre, to revise the price of Railway fares?," she asked.

Vijayanagaram: Curfew has been imposed in Vizianagaram town with police given the orders to shoot at sight in the wake of large-scale violence by anti-bifurcation agitators, police said in Hyderabad. Additional forces have also been rushed to the district. More than 50,000 employees of the electricity department have threatened to boycott work. As a precautionary measure, the railways have cancelled fifteen passenger trains. "In view of the prevailing situation in Seemandhra and also the commencement of strike by the electricity department employees, this morning railways have cancelled 15 passenger trains on Vijaywada to Kanchipet and also to Vijaywada, Gonur, Renigunta, Tirupati sections," said Railway PRO K Sambasiva Rao.

No.334/2013-14 06-10-2013
Secunderabad
Padmavathi and Narayanadri Expresses from Tirupati to Secunderabad to run on normal route

TRAIN NO. 12764 TIRUPATI-SECUNDERABAD PADMAVATHI EXPRESSand TRAIN NO. 12733 TIRUPATI-SECUNDERABAD NARAYANADRI EXPRESS departing Tirupati today i.e., 6th October 2013 which were earlier intimated to run o­n diverted route (vide PR No. 333) will now run o­n NORMAL ROUTEonly.

Southern Railway cancels some AP-bound trains PTI

The Hindu The Nizamuddin-Kanniyakumari Express is seen at the Tangutur railway station in Prakasam district on Sunday. Railway officials cancelled all goods and passenger services and ran express trains at reduced speeds in view of the indefinite strike by Seemandhra power employees. Photo: Kommuri Srinivas

The Hindu Police presence is seen at a power sub-station as electricity employees began an indefinite strike for Samaikyandhra in Ongole on Sunday. Photo: Kommuri Srinivas TOPICS India Andhra Pradesh


Southern Railway has cancelled a number of trains between Chennai and Andhra Pradesh on Monday due to agitation by some workers of the Andhra Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation over the Telangana issue.

The Jan Shatabdi Express running between Chennai Central and Vijayawada, scheduled to leave the city on Monday, has been cancelled, a Southern Railway release said.

Similarly, Monday’s Chennai Central-Gudur Passenger, Vijayawada-Chennai Central Pinakini Express and Bitragunta-Chennai Central Passenger have also been cancelled, the release said.

The South Central Railway has already cancelled several passenger trains running on Kazipet-Vijayawada, Vijayawada-Gudur-Tirupati sections on Sunday with a view to handle any situation arising out of possible break in power supply to railways.

In the morning, three trains were stopped between Vijayawada-Gudur by Samaikhyandhra agitators and later they were resumed with police escort, sources said.

The Jaipur-Chennai Express, Secunderabad-Gudur Simhapuri Express and Yaswantapur-Howrah Express trains were stopped on Vijayawada-Gudur Section, railway sources said.

Power employees step up stir

Stepping up their agitation, power employees in Seemandhra on Sunday began an indefinite strike to protest the decision to divide Andhra Pradesh.

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy appealed to the agitating employees to resume their duties as power generation at several power stations in the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions and supply was impacted resulting in unscheduled power cuts in the two regions and also Hyderabad.

As of now, generation is being maintained to some extent and the transmission and distribution were affected at several places, official sources said.

The Seemandhra electricity employees associations had announced that about 70,000 employees of power generation, transmission corporations and distribution companies would go on strike.

A report from Vijayawada said six out of seven units of Vijayawada Thermal Station were shutdown due to employees’ strike in support of Samaikhyandra.

Mr. Reddy appealed to the employees of the power generation, transmission corporations and distribution companies “to resume their duties immediately since their strike is seriously impacting important services like hospitals, drinking water, railways etc.”

He held a review meeting on the situation with senior officials of energy department, transmission and distribution companies, official sources said.

The employees should rethink about their strike on humanitarian grounds as general public is suffering for no fault of theirs, Mr. Reddy said in his appeal.

He has also directed the chief secretary and DGP to monitor the law and order situation closely and take stringent action against anti-social elements, sources said.

Our Staff Reporter S. Murali adds from Ongole:

Blackout in Prakasam district

Prakasam district witnessed a total power blackout on Sunday as electricity employees began indefinite strike which severely affected running of trains and water supply to habitations.

The 220 KV substation in Ongole and more than 180 sub-stations across the district tripped in the morning following the strike, official sources said. “We are making all out efforts to restore power supply as early as possible”, Superintending Engineer D. Jayabharath told The Hindu.

Railway officials cancelled all goods and passenger services and ran express trains at reduced speeds by augmenting power supply from Kavali in neighbouring Potti Sriramulu Nellore district.

Hit by the indefinite strike by RTC employees since August 12, 2013 people waited for long hours to board express trains. “We are making alternative arrangements to run trains with diesel engines”, said Ongole Station Manager T.Satyanarayana.

Keywords: Andhra Pradesh bifurcation, Samaikhyandra protest, power employees strike

Due to disruption in the power supply to train operations, caused by strike in Andhra Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation, the following trains are cancelled/partially cancelled  as detailed below:-
Trains fully Cancelled:

1)Train No. 56504 Vijayawada - Yesvantpur Passenger, scheduled to depart Vijayawada at 20.50 hrs today i.e., 6th October 2013 is cancelled.
2)Train No. 56503 Yesvantpur – Vijayawada Passenger, scheduled to depart Yesvantpur at 08.00 hrs o­n 8thOctober, 2013 is cancelled.
3)Tr. No. 57624 Guntur-Kacheguda Passenger, scheduled to leave Guntur at 05:15 hrs o­n 7th October, 2013 is cancelled.
4)Tr. No. 57623 Kacheguda-Guntur Passenger, scheduled to depart Kacheguda at 05:10 hrs o­n 8th Octoser, 2013, is cancelled.
5)Tr. No.56012 Kadapa-Arakkonam Passenger, which was scheduled to depart Kadapa at 14 35 hrs o­n 6th October, 2013, is cancelled.
6)Tr. No. 17402/17404 Machilipatnam / Narasapur-Tirupati Express, scheduled to depart Machilipatnam / Narasapur at 19:00 hrs / 17:20 hrs o­n 6th October, 2013, is cancelled.
7)Tr. 17401 /17403 Tirupati-Machilipatnam / Narasapur Express, scheduled to depart Tirupati at 19:40 hrs o­n 7thOctober, 2013, is cancelled.

Trains Partially Cancelled:

    T.No. 66033 Tirupati-Nellore Passenger of today (6.10.13) is partially cancelled between Venkatagiri and Nellore.