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  Indian Railways News  / रेलवे स्वास्थ्य विभाग घर-घर से उठा रहा कचरा

-- कूड़ेदान विहीन इलाकों में सफाई के लिए रेलवे ने तीन कॉलोनियों में शुरू किया अभियान
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खड़गपुर (प.मेदिनीपुर) : दक्षिण-पूर्व रेलवे अंतर्गत खड़गपुर स्थित एशिया की सबसे बड़ी रेल कॉलोनी में बेहतर साफ-सफाई के लिए रेलवे के स्वास्थ्य विभाग की ओर से अब कॉलोनियों में घर-घर से कूड़ा-कचरा उठाने का निर्णय लिया गया है। विशेषकर कूड़ेदान विहीन इलाकों की तीन कॉलोनियों में रेल प्रशासन की ओर से यह अभियान शुरू किया गया है। चांदमारी अस्पताल के निकट रेल कॉलोनी, मथुराकाटी कॉलोनी व नई खोली के प्रिटिंग प्रेस कॉलोनी में रेल प्रशासन की ओर से यह अभियान चलाया जा रहा है। तीनों जगहों पर रेलवे के करीब एक हजार क्वार्टर हैं, जहां लगभग पांच हजार लोग निवास करते हैं। इन तीनों कॉलोनियों में कोई कूड़ेदान नहीं बनाया गया है, जिसके कारण घर-घर से ही कचरा उठा लिया जा रहा है। सफाई कर्मी ट्रॉली लेकर सुबह कॉलोनियों में घूमकर आवाज लगाते हैं, जिसके बाद लोग अपने घर का गारबेज ट्रॉली में लाकर जमा कर देते हैं। खड़गपुर रेलवे के स्वास्थ्य विभाग अधिकारी डॉ. अच्युत मंडल ने कहा कि तीनों कॉलोनियों में नियमित रूप से सफाई अभियान चलाने तथा घर-घर से गारबेज संग्रह कर इसे निश्चित स्थान पर फेंकने का निर्देश सफाई कर्मियों को दिया गया है, ताकि कालोनियों में साफ सफाई की स्थिति बेहतर बनी रही। खड़गपुर रेलवे मुख्य अस्पताल के मुख्य स्वास्थ्य अधीक्षक डॉ. एसके मोहंती ने बताया कि कूड़ेदान विहीन तीन कालोनियों में घर-घर से कचरा उठाने से कालोनियों में साफ-सफाई की स्थिति संतोषजनक है।

  Indian Railways News  / Alignment of High Speed Rail Corridor yet to be decided

Final policy decision will be taken by the State government: District CollectorDistrict Collector P.I. Sheikh Pareed has said that only the preliminary survey as part of the feasibility study of the proposed High Speed Rail Corridor is being carried out in the district.He said that the final policy decision would be taken by the State government. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will submit the feasibility report to the government in December. The decision regarding the alignment of the project will be taken only after that.

Meeting
The Collector was addressing a meeting of representatives of local bodies to remove apprehension about the survey for the project on Saturday. DMRC chief engineer G. Radhakrishnan and Kerala High Speed Rail Corridor Company Limited general manager V. Krishnarajan also gave clarifications about the project.Control points set up at various points are aimed at carrying out satellite survey as part of the feasibility study. Land for the rail project will be identified at a radius of 500 metres to 2 km of these points. The markings made already are only part of the preliminary survey.The Collector put to rest growing apprehension about the project by citing the government’s direction to find an alignment that would spare houses, places of worship, and heavily populated areas.

Government proposal

The government proposes to set up two high speed rail corridors between Kasargod and Thiruvananthapuram, and Kochi and Palakkad. Of this, the feasibility study of the former worth Rs. 1.20 lakh crore is being undertaken by the DMRC. The study is regarding the two-lane rail for bullet trains travelling at a speed of 350 km per hour. The proposed corridor will be inclusive of elevated and underground rails.

Mr. Radhakrishnan said that the distance between two pillars of the elevated rail would be 25 metres. Land at a width of 15 metres would be acquired in places were elevated rails are proposed.

The elevated rail will be five metres above the ground level. The rail will take a straight path wherever possible.

Underground rail

The underground rail, at a depth of 30 metres, is proposed in places where it passes through residential areas thus ruling out land acquisition.

Land for a station is likely to be identified on the eastern side of the Vyttila Mobility Hub. The bullet train will reach Kochi from Thiruvananthapuram in 43 minutes while the travelling time between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod will be reduced to three hours.

There will be eight stations between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod — Kollam, Chengannur, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Thiroor, Kozhikode and Kannur. But only one bullet train will stop at any three of these stations.

Stopovers reduced

The number of stopovers has been reduced to sustain the speed. The track can be used by passenger trains in the interval between bullet trains. Mr. Radhakrishnan said that the bullet train service can be made feasible by pricing tickets at the fare of first class and AC tickets.

The Thiruvananthapuram-Kochi track can be completed in five years and the Kochi-Kasargod track in seven years.

The DMRC is now engaged in detailed analysis of the preliminary report based on satellite images. The project will go ahead once the government approves the report. Mr. Radhakrishnan said that at present DMRC has been entrusted only with the feasibility study.

  Indian Railways News  / ट्रेनें फुल, राह हुई मुश्किल

इलाहाबाद : इस माह कई त्योहारों के चलते विभिन्न दिशाओं में जाने वाली महत्वपूर्ण गाड़ियों की आरक्षित बोगियां अभी से लगभग फुल हो चुकी हैं जिससे सफर कुछ मुश्किल सा हो गया है। भाई-बहन के स्नेह का प्रतीक पर्व रक्षा बंधन बीतने के बाद भी इस माह श्रीकृष्णजन्माष्टमी, ईद सहित कई त्योहार बाकी हैं। त्योहारों पर घर जाने के लिए लोगों ने अभी से ट्रेनों में आरक्षण कराना शुरू कर दिया है। इलाहाबाद से दिल्ली, मुंबई, पुणे, कोलकाता आदि मार्गो पर चलने वाली कई महत्वपूर्ण ट्रेनों में अगस्त की कई तिथियों में आरक्षित बोगियां अभी से फुल हो चुकी हैं। ऐसे में यात्रियों की परेशानी कुछ बढ़ गई हैं। वाराणसी से इलाहाबाद होकर नई दिल्ली जाने वाली शिवगंगा एक्सप्रेस की स्लीपर श्रेणी में 13 अगस्त तक बर्थ बुक हो चुकी है। इलाहाबाद से नई दिल्ली जाने वाली प्रयागराज एक्सप्रेस की स्लीपर बोगी में 07 और एसी श्रेणी में 26 अगस्त तक जगह नहीं है। पुरुषोत्तम एक्सप्रेस में सात, ब्रह्मापुत्र मेल में 10, जोगबनी से दिल्ली के बीच चलने वाली सीमांचल एक्सप्रेस में 9 अगस्त, नार्थ ईस्ट में 06 अगस्त तक एवं महानंदा एक्सप्रेस में 8 अगस्त तक स्लीपर श्रेणी में बर्थ रिक्त नहीं है। इसी प्रकार नई दिल्ली से इलाहाबाद की ओर आने वाली पुरुषोत्तम एक्सप्रेस की स्लीपर बोगी में 5 और एसी श्रेणी में 14 अगस्त तक बर्थ नहीं है। प्रयागराज और शिवगंगा एक्सप्रेस की स्लीपर श्रेणी में पांच अगस्त तक सीट खाली नहीं है। इलाहाबाद से मुंबई जाने वाली बांबे मेल में 22 अगस्त तक कोई सीट रिक्त नहीं है। महानगरी, गोदान में 2 सितंबर, काशी में 15 और साकेत में 12 अगस्त तक सीट रिक्त नहीं है। मुंबई से इलाहाबाद के लिए महानगरी एक्सप्रेस की एसी श्रेणी में 6 अगस्त तक, गोदान में 27, दरभंगा एक्सप्रेस में 28, कोलकाता मेल में 27 अगस्त तक बर्थ मिलना मुश्किल है। पुणे और अहमदाबाद मार्ग पर पूरे अगस्त माह में किसी ट्रेन में बर्थ रिक्त नहीं है।

  Indian Railways News  / Financial Commissioner of Railway Board visits Waltair Division

The Financial Commissioner of Railway Board Vijaya Kanth visited the Visakhapatnam Railway Station to take stock of the passenger amenities available at the station and to discuss other issues related to development with senior officers of the Waltair Division and East Coast Railway, here on Saturday.While appreciating the passenger facilities and the maintenance, she advised the authorities concerned to sustain the upkeep.Ms. Vijaya Kanth was accompanied by Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer of East Coast Railway P. Mohanty, Divisional Railway Manager Anil Kumar, Additional DRM, Waltair Division C. Madhusudhana Rao and other senior officers. Dipali Khanna, Additional Member (Finance), Railway Board, also inspected the Electrical Loco Shed.

  Indian Railways News  / 72L online rly bookings fail in 2 months

Mumbai: The huge number of failed transactions clearly show the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is struggling to keep pace with the rise in demand for e-tickets.
    Approximately 35 lakh transactions in June 2012 and almost 37 lakh attempts in May 2012 failed to materialize due to the rush for tickets. To top it, there have been several cases where tickets have not been generated but the transaction amount has been debited from the cards of passengers. IRCTC upgrading site to raise booking capacity to 8L a day
    In face of criticism over e-ticketing glitches, the Indian Rail Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) says it has taken a number of steps to upgrade its IT infrastructure.
    Last month, K H Muniayyapa, minister of state for railways, had assured that several technological innovations are regularly undertaken to upgrade its online
services. These include increasing server bandwidth to augment its e-ticketing systems.
    Both the IRCTC and the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) are working jointly to double the website’s capacity from the current four lakh bookings a day to eight lakh a day.
    Passengers can expect quicker booking of e-tickets as well, as CRIS has undertaken massive expansion of servers. During a visit to the city, Vinay Mittal, chairman, railway board, had assured that this upgrade should be completed within a year. “The traffic has increased tremendously as nearly 50% of rail tickets are now booked online, leading to congestion in the existing system.”
    In recent past, a number of steps have been taken to upgrade the website’s capacity, including installation of high capacity database servers, and increasing the internet bandwidth from 344Mbps to 450Mbps.
    IRCTC has also deactivated thousands of multiple user IDs and individual user IDs of agents, who would jam the systems, causing servers to hang during peak hours.
    An IRTC official said, “The problem of failed transactions is also because of system issues of banks with whom we have tied up. Ideally, a transaction should get completed within two minutes but on some payment gateways, the time taken is more than this, resulting in failed transactions.”
    The corporation, on its part, said it is working on a payment system that will reduce transaction failures. It is also trying to lessen the burden on its website by roping in other travel portals for faster bookings.
    Change in Tatkal booking timings, too, has helped decongest traffic during peak hours. The opening timings of booking advance reservation period (ARP) and Tatkal tickets have been segregated to 8am and 10am, respectively. Agents have been barred from booking ARP or Tatkal tickets during the initial two hours after booking starts.
    As a result, the official said, “The number of online bookings has increased from 3.5 lakh per day to more than 4.5 lakh, which shows that the measures taken by IRCTC have yielded results.”
    The vigil maintained by the anti-fraud IT and vigilance team on bookings has also eased the situation after suspicious bookings were cancelled or investigated at their behest.