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Southern Railway has cancelled a number of trains between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh for tomorrow due to the agitation by some workers of Andhra Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation over the Telangana issue.

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

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

ஓடும் ரயிலில் ஓவியப் போட்டி: 650 மாணவ, மாணவியர் பங்கேற்பு
By dn, புதுச்சேரி
First Published : 07 October 2013 04:09 AM IST
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புதுவை-விழுப்புரம் பயணிகள் ரயிலில், ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை நடைபெற்ற ஓவியப் போட்டியில் பங்கேற்ற மாணவ, மாணவியர்.
புதுவை-விழுப்புரம் பயணிகள் ரயிலில், ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை நடைபெற்ற ஓவியப் போட்டியில் பங்கேற்ற மாணவ, மாணவியர்.
புதுச்சேரி-விழுப்புரம் பயணிகள் ரயிலில் ஓவியப் போட்டி ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை நடைபெற்றது. இதில் 650 மாணவ, மாணவியர் பங்கேற்றனர்.

சுற்றுலாவை மேம்படுத்தும் வகையிலும் குழந்தைகளிடம் ஓவியக் கலையைத் தூண்டும் வகையிலும் ஆண்டுதோறும் ஓடும் ரயிலில் ஓவியப் போட்டிகள் நடத்தப்படுகின்றன.

புதுவை மாநில ஓவியர் மன்றம் சார்பில் நடைபெற்ற இப்போட்டியில் புதுவைச் சேர்ந்த 48 பள்ளிகளில் இருந்து 650 மாணவ, மாணவியர் பங்கேற்றனர். சட்டப்பேரவைத் தலைவர் சபாபதி தலைமை வகித்தார். போட்டிகளை அமைச்சர்கள் தியாகராஜன், பன்னீர்செல்வம், அன்பழகன் எம்.எல்.ஏ. தொடங்கி வைத்தனர். புதுச்சேரி ரயில் நிலைய மேலாளர் கே.பாலகிருஷ்ணன் வரவேற்றார். ஓவியர் மன்றத் தலைவர் இபேர் விதிகளை விளக்கிக் கூறினார்.

புதுச்சேரி ஓவிய நுண்கலை குழுத் தலைவர் மாலதி ராஜவேலு குழந்தைகள் வரைவதற்கான பொருள்களை வழங்கினார்.

அனைவருக்கும் ரயிலில் அச்சடித்த கோட்டுப்படம் வழங்கப்பட்டது. மாணவர்கள் கல்வியில் கவனம் செலுத்தி பட்டதாரிகளாகத் திகழ வேண்டும் என்ற கருத்தை வலியுறுத்தும் வகையில் கோட்டுப்படம் வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது.

புதுச்சேரியில் இருந்து மாலை 3.30 மணியளவில் ரயில் புறப்பட்டவுடன் போட்டி தொடங்கியது. ரயிலின் ஓட்டத்துக்கு ஈடுகொடுத்து மாணவ, மாணவியர் ஓவியங்களை வரைந்து அசத்தினர்.

4.50 மணிக்கு ரயில் விழுப்புரத்தை அடைந்தது. விழுப்புரம் ரயில் நிலைய மேலாளர் பிரேம் லகேரா மாணவர்களை வரவேற்று சான்றுகள், சிற்றுண்டி போன்றவற்றை வழங்கினார். புதுவை, காரைக்கால், சென்னை, திருவண்ணாமலை, விழுப்புரத்தைச் சேர்ந்த மாணவர்கள் பங்கேற்றனர்.

65 ஆசிரியர்களும், 20 என்.எஸ்.எஸ். மாணவர்களும், 2 செவிலியரும் போட்டி நடத்தும் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டனர். ஓவியர்கள் எமில், குலசேகரன், ரிச்சர்ட், ராமலிங்கம், சுகுணா, ஜெயலட்சுமி, புதுவை, விழுப்புரம் ரயில் நிலைய அதிகாரிகள் இதற்கான ஏற்பாடுகளை செய்தனர். வரும் நவம்பர் மாதம் 10ஆம் தேதி பரிசளிப்பு விழா நடைபெறும்.

Normal rail traffic restored at Gorakhpur Junction 
Gorakhpur (UP), Oct 7 (PTI) Normal rail traffic at the Gorakhpur Junction, which was affected due to the re-modelling work being carried out here, was restored today.

Due to re-modelling of Gorakhpur Junction's yard, several trains had been either cancelled, short-terminated or diverted since September 25.

The train services resumed this morning on the route, General Manager NER K K Atal said.

However, some re-modelling work will continue for the next two days, officials said.

Railway passengers in the restive Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh are bearing the brunt of ongoing strike by employees of state power corporations with many trains are either being partially cancelled or rescheduled.

The South Central Railway (SCR) today partially cancelled services of passengers trains running on Rajahmundry- Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam routes in the wake of the strike by employees of Andhra Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation.

Employees of all three wings viz generation, transmission and distribution are on strike in protest against Centre's decision to carve out separate Telangana state.

While Rajahmundry-Visakhapatnam passenger train which left at 11:15 hrs was partially cancelled between Anakapalli and Visakhapatnam stations, a passenger train running between Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam station was partially terminated between Anakapalli and Visakhapatnam, according to a SCR spokesperson.

The Tirumala and Konark expresses were stopped at Tuni and some services are running behind the schedule, he said.

Meanwhile, the South Central Railway has set up a helpline at major stations like Vijayawada, Nellore, Ongole and Rajahmundry to update passengers about the schedule.

Anticipating power disruptions in coming days due to strike, the SCR is keeping various options open, including hauling important express trains with diesel locos.

Locomotives are kept on standby along Vijayawada-Gudur- Renigunta section.

"Another measures the SCR has planned to roll out in case of emergency situation are suitable diversions of long-distance trains via convenient alternate routes, shutting down goods trains and cancellation/partial cancellation of short-distance passenger trains to facilitate movement of express trains," the spokesperson said.

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TEMPORARY STOPPAGE AT VAITHISVARANKOIL

The following trains will stop at Vaithisvarankoil, between Chidambaram and Mayiladuthurai, on an experimental basis.

1)Train No.16183 Chennai Egmore – Thanjavur Uzhavan Express leaving Chennai Egmore from 09.10.2013 to 29.06.2014. -Arrival / Departure at Vaithisvarankoil - 04.32 hrs. / 04.33 hrs.
2)Train No.16184 Thanjavur - Chennai Egmore Uzhavan Express leaving Thanjavur from 10.10.2013 to 30.06.2014. – Arrival / Departure at Vaithisvarankoil - 22.46 hrs. / 22.47 hrs.
3)Train No.17407 Tirupati – Mannargudi Pamani (Tri-weekly) Express leaving Tirupati from 10.10.2013 to 28.06.2014. – Arrival / Departure at Vaithisvarankoil - 19.14 hrs. / 19.15 hrs.
4) Train No.17408 Mannargudi - Tirupati Pamani (Tri-weekly) Express leaving
Mannargudi from 11.10.2013 to 29.06.2014. - Arrival / Departure at Vaithisvarankoil -
07.34 hrs. / 07.35 hrs.





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East Coast Railways today halted operations of four express trains and all local/passenger trains originating and terminating at Visakhapatnam in the wake of agitation in Andhra Pradesh, official sources said.

Power crisis in Andhra Pradesh is a factor behind the cancellation of the trains, Railway sources said.

The express trains cancelled on Tuesday were 17015 Up Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Express, 12898 Up Bhubaneswar-Puducherry Weekly Express, 18411 Up Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Intercity Express and 18412 down Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Intercity Express.

However, for the comfortable journey of the train passengers stranded enroute, East Coast Railway has arranged diesel locomotives for movement of long distance trains.

Apart from this, food and drinking water provision has been made at different stations for stranded passengers, a Railway release said.

ECoR has also opened an emergency control room at Visakhapatnam for smooth movement of trains. Staff has been deputed to look after the proper arrangement of food and drinking water at various stations and in trains.

Anti-Telangana protests entered their fourth day in Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh on Monday as more unions joined the stir while 32 trains were cancelled. The power shutdown also continues in 13 districts of Seemandhra, comprising coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. Normal life is

crippled as reports say ATMs are not functioning in cities while other services are also hit by the power blackout. On Sunday morning, Power Employees’ Joint Action Committee began an indefinite strike. They had announced on Saturday that 70,000 workers of transmission, generation and distribution companies would go on an indefinite stir.

Power production at the Kadapa and Vijayawada thermal units and Srisailam hydro units was also hit.

Further tripping could affect the entire southern grid, the employees said. Some media reports said even neighbouring Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala were affected.

On Sunday, protesters defied curfew and shoot-at-sight orders to clash with police and pelted stones at security forces. The troops retaliated by firing rubber bullets. Curfew was also imposed in Vizianagaram town after day-long violence on Saturday.

According to media reports, 20 policemen and 30 protesters were injured. Dozens of agitators were arrested.

The Gorakhpur railway station in Uttar Pradesh has the world's longest platform,a fter it was inaugurated on Sunday (Oct 6).The remodelled Gorakhpur Yard was completed on a war footing within the scheduled time.Till now Kharagpur had the longest platform with its length of 1,074 metres. The platform in Gorakhpur is 1366.33 metres long.With this achievement, the North Eastern Railway has also secured a place in the Limca Book of Indian Records. The certificate for the same would be issued soon.The achievement of  Gorakhpur station would also be incorporated in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The proposal of the railways to set up an AC loco maintenance shed in Ernakulam has kicked up a row with railway employees alleging that the move is political in nature.According to officials, the railways has set aside `20 crore for setting up the AC loco shed on the Ernakulam junction premises.A letter has been forwarded by the General Manager of the Southern Railways to the Railway Board for approval.The decision to set up the AC loco shed was taken as most of the trains in the Thiruvananthapuram division ran on electric engines, the officials said. However, the railway employees allege that the move to set up the AC loco shed and in turn transfer the diesel loco shed from Kerala to Tamil Nadu or Karnataka was political.They said the move was a huge blow to the 350 employees currently working in the diesel loco shed, which is Kerala’s only diesel engine maintenance facility.Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) divisional president P Unnikrishnan said since the repair and maintenance work of diesel locos is different from electric engines, it is also highly unlikely that these employees will be reinstated.“We are not against the construction of a new AC loco shed here. However, if there is any move to shift the diesel shed to a different place, the management should take us into confidence. There is a huge possibility that the employees will be transferred to other locations, i.e., to other states where the diesel shed will be relocated. We demand that the management either withdraw the move or hold talks with us in this regard to allay the fears of the employees,” Unnikrishnan said.

The SRMU will observe black day on Monday and is gearing up for a statewide agitation in the coming days.

Railway officials here said there were possibilities to set up the AC loco shed without disturbing the diesel loco shed.

“However, we have not been given any briefing regarding this because the proposal is in the initial stages,” Ernakulam area manager P L Ashok Kumar said.