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  Indian Railways News  / BJP slams Congress for rail accident

New Delhi /Bangalore / Penneconda : Taking a dig at UPA, the BJP today said that it is unfortunate that the central government is celebrating it’s third anniversary at a time when a railway accident has taken place and several people have lost their lives. Meanwhile, Railway Minister Mukul Roy has ordered a probe to ascertain the cause of the accident and has expressed grief over the incident. Meanwhile, the Indian Railways public relations officer Anil Saxena has said that the rescue operations at the train collision site at Penneconda is almost over with most passengers being sent to their respective destinations safely.

  Indian Railways News  / Railway minister leads Trinamool rally against petrol hike

Kolkata : Political parties in West Bengal Thursday hit the streets to protest the steep hike in petrol prices, with the ruling UPA partner Trinamool Congress taking out a large procession led by Railway Minister Mukul Roy to demand a rollback.   Roy, the only cabinet minister from the Trinamool in the United Progressive Alliance government, was at the forefront of the protest rally which traversed about five km from Hazra Crossing in south Kolkata to the Gandhi Statue on Mayo Road in central Kolkata.   The Centre of Indian Trade Unions - the labour arm of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) - called for demonstrations in Kolkata and outside the offices of the district magistrates in the districts.   Describing the sharp petrol hike as an affront to the working class, CITU state president Shaymal Chakraborty said: "It will burden those who ride motor-cycles".   Railing against the central government for announcing the hike a day after the budget session of parliament came to an end, he said: "The intention was to avoid parliament. This will create doubts in the people's mind about the parliamentary system".   He urged the central and state governments to remove or reduce taxes on petrol products.   Attacking Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has said her party would protest but not pull out of the government, Chakraborty said: "She wants to have the best of both worlds. She is taking people for a ride".   Warning the central government, he said if diesel prices now are also increased, then the entire public transport network would be brought to a grinding halt.   The CPI-M's youth wing, the Democratic Youth Federation of India, has announced a "chakka jam" (stop wheels)programme from 5 p.m. to 5.15 p.m. Saturday.   The Bharatiya Janata Party workers put up road blocks in the busy Dharamtala area and at the Howrah Bridge.   State-controlled refiners hiked petrol prices by a steep Rs.6.28 per litre, exclusive of taxes, effective from midnight Wednesday. The hike will be between Rs.7.54 and Rs.7.98 in the four metros and would vary in other cities depending on the state levies.

  Indian Railways News  / पश्‍चिम रेल्वे पावसाला तोंड देणार

मुंबई- पावसाळ्यात रेल्वे वाहतुकीत कोणताही अडथळा येऊ नये यासाठी पश्‍चिम रेल्वे युद्धपातळीवर कामाला लागली आहे. त्यासाठी रेल्वे मार्गालगतची नालेसफाई, तसेच खोलगट भागातील रुळाखाली भराव करणे आदी कामे वेगाने सुरू आहेत.

पश्‍चिम रेल्वे मार्गावर नालासोपारा, वसई रोड, कांदिवली, मालाड, गोरेगाव, बांद्रा पूर्वेकडील मार्ग सखल भागात आहेत. त्यामुळे भराव टाकून येथील मार्ग उंच करण्यात येत आहेत. महापालिकेच्या सहकार्याने 43 नाल्यांच्या सफाईचे काम हाती घेण्यात आले असून ते 31 मेपर्यंत पूर्ण होईल. मुंबई सेंट्रल, दादर, माटुंगा, मिरा रोड, माहीम, अंधेरी, नालासोपारा, विरार आदी सखल भागांतील स्थानकांत पावसाचे पाणी साचून रेल्वे वाहतूक ठप्प होण्याची शक्‍यता असल्याने या ठिकाणी पाण्याचा उपसा करण्यासाठी 52 डिझेलपंप बसवण्यात आले आहेत.

रेल्वेची सिग्नल यंत्रणा, टेलिकम्युनिकेशन यंत्रणा, ओव्हरहेड वायर यांची डागडुजी करण्यात येत आहे. रेल्वे मार्गावरील पादचारी पूल, रोड ओव्हरब्रिज यांचीही डागडुजी हाती घेण्यात आली आहे. मोठा पाऊस झाल्यानंतरही रेल्वे वाहतूक बंद पडणार नाही, याची दक्षता घेण्यात आली आहे, असे पश्‍चिम रेल्वेच्या वतीने सांगण्यात आले. संबंधित बातम्या मुंबईत पावसाचे दोन बळी

  Indian Railways News  / झारसुगुड़ा में भाजपा का रेल रोको आंदोलन 9296254

झारसुगुड़ा-(ब्रजराजनगर), जागरण संवाददाता : गुरुवार शाम को भाजपा द्वारा झारसुगुड़ा रेलवे स्टेशन पर पेट्रोल दर वृद्धि का विरोध करने सहित अपनी दस मांगों के समर्थन में रेल रोको आंदोलन किया गया। भाजपा के इस आंदोलन के कारण प्लेटफार्म पर सवारी गाडि़यों सहित मालगाडि़यां पूरे डेढ़ घंटे तक खड़ी रहीं। इन गाडि़यों में हावड़ा-टिटिलागढ़ इस्पात एक्सप्रेस तथा राउरकेला-संबलपुर सवारी गाड़ी शामिल हैं। पेट्रोल की कीमत में साढ़े सात रुपये प्रति लीटर बढ़ोतरी एवं आकाश छूती महंगाई के विरोध में यह आंदोलन किया गया था। इस अवसर पर स्थानीय नेताओं ने बढ़ती महंगाई के लिए केंद्र की यूपीए सरकार जमकर कोसा एवं केंद्र सरकार की आलोचना की। भाजपा की अन्य मांगों में चौकीपाड़ा में ओवर ब्रिज का निर्माण, सभी प्लेटफार्म पर कोच डिस्पले सिस्टम लागू करना, ज्ञानेश्वरी एक्सप्रेस का झारसुगुड़ा में ठहराव, इलाहाबाद के लिए झारसुगुड़ा से सीधी ट्रेन सेवा प्लेटफार्म नंबर पांच पर टिकट विक्रय केंद्र खोलना, बेहरामाल तथा सरबहाल में सिटी बुकिंग आफिस खोलना इत्यादि मांगे शामिल हैं। इस आदोलन में दल के जिला अध्यक्ष प्रमोद सेनापति पूर्व जिला अध्यक्ष तथा राज्य कार्यकारिणी सदस्य दिनेश जैन, नरेश नायक, दीपक पटेल, हृदानंद मांझी तथा प्रशांत महाराणा सहित सैकड़ों कार्यकर्ताओं ने अंश ग्रहण किया। इस अवसर पर रेलवे से संबंधित मांगों के लिए डीआरएम के लिखित तथा महंगाई के विरोध में जिलाधीश को एक ज्ञापन प्रदान किया गया।

  Indian Railways News  / Ludhiana set for a date with metro

CHANDIGARH Punjab is set to have a date with modernity, and the Manchester of India with metro. Ludhiana, the bursting-at-the-seams industrial hub of Punjab, will soon have metro rail criss-crossing in two corridors on elevated and underground pathways. Fast-tracking the big-ticket project to establish Metro Rail Transit System (MRTS) in Ludhiana at a whopping cost of Rs 10,000 crore, the Punjab Government has ordered a feasibility report. Almost a year after the Punjab Cabinet accorded in-principle approval to the mega project, the Centre has agreed to give financial and technical support to help realise another dream project of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. With a view to bring the first-ever metro to the border state, Chief Secretary Rakesh Singh has given nod to the 29-km-long public transport network in public-private partnership (PPP) mode. The state government has engaged Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to prepare feasibility report for MRTS for Ludhiana. Confirming this, Principal Secretary Local Government Suresh Kumar told Daily Post that the prescribed proforma of the Union Finance Ministry had been sent to the DMRC for preparing a feasibility report, which would be sent to the Planning Commission through the Finance Ministry for approval. The Commission had already agreed to consider the project for financial-cum-technical assistance. Putting the dream project in top gear, the Chief Minister has, in a demi-official letter to Planning Commissioner Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, stated that the state government was keen on developing Ludhiana as a world-class city and MRTS would be one of the key infrastructural projects for the city. “We have engaged DMRC for preparing a detailed report for the project which has since been approved by the state government and it has been decided to implement the project on PPP basis,” Badal wrote, adding that his government was keen on seeking assistance of the Planning Commission in taking the proposal forward. Badal requested Ahluwalia to advise concerned officers of Planning Commission to extend necessary assistance to the officers.