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  Indian Railways News  / Delhi metro's airport express unlikely to re-start at end-August | NDTV.com

New Delhi: A two-member expert panel will fix responsibility on the construction defects that led to the suspension of the Airport Metro Express service last week. An inspection committee has found major flaws in the metro line.

Officials said the August-end deadline to re-start the 23-km service between New Delhi Railway Station and the Indira Gandhi International Airport, and further to Dwarka's Sector 21, may also not be met because of the serious nature of the construction flaws.

"We have constituted a two-member committee to inquire as to who are responsible for the poor construction in certain locations," said Urban Development Secretary Sudhir Krishna.

The members are AK Gupta, additional member for works with the Indian Railways, and Deepti Vilasa, additional secretary in the urban development ministry.

Krishna said the joint inspection panel of Delhi Metro Rail Corp, Reliance Infra and the Indian Railways had given its findings, after inspecting some 540 out of the 2,100 bearings and found faults ranging from "minor-to-major" in each of them.

Bearings are concrete structures on top of the pillars, on which rest the girders, or the supporting beams.

"Some bearings have major defects. Specific rehabilitation measures for each bearing are needed, for which a detailed specific study is being done. We have also decided to check all the remaining bearings on the corridor," Krishna told a press conference here.

The secretary said that since all bearings had to be inspected, the time given to rectify may not be enough. "We will get a clear picture by end-July on how we are progressing. We want to meet the deadline, but we can't compromise on safety," Krishna said.

But adding a new twist to the matter, a top official of Reliance Infrastructure, which operates the airport line, insisted that the "civil defects were there from day one" in the Rs.5,700-crore project that was the country's first such public-private model.

"The nature of the defects are such that the design and drawings of the bearings have not been followed during the construction itself. Therefore, these defects existed from day one," said the company's chief executive for infrastructure, Sumit Banerjee.

"In fact both the defects of the bearings and the pillars existed from day one. We are now focusing on their rectification," Banerjee added, even as the Managing Director of the Delhi Metro, Mangu Singh, did not responded to the complaints of Reliance Infra.

As per the pact, Delhi Metro Rail Corp was to carry out the civil works of the project and Reliance Infra was to operate the line for 30 years and share revenues. The line was ferrying some 15,000 people daily, covering the distance in 21 minutes.

  Indian Railways News  / अब जबलपुर इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस का एक और स्टॉप

इंदौर। ट्रेन नंबर 11701/11702 इंदौर-जबलपुर इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस 1 अगस्त से देवास रेलवे स्टेशन पर भी रुकेगी। रेल मंत्रालय ने छह महीने के लिए प्रायोगिक रूप से यह स्टॉपेज दिया है। अभी ट्रेन के चालक कॉशन ऑर्डर लेने-देने के लिए चंद सेकंड के लिए देवास रुकते हैं, लेकिन अब ट्रेन को वहां अधिकृत रूप से स्टॉपेज दे दिया गया है।
तय शिड्यूल के मुताबिक 11701 जबलपुर-इंदौर इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस 1 अगस्त से 31 जनवरी 2013 तक शाम 6.40 बजे देवास पहुंचेगी और 6.42 पर इंदौर के लिए रवाना होगी। वापस में ट्रेन नंबर 11702 इंदौर-जबलपुर इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस सुबह 5.16 बजे देवास पहुंचेगी और 5.18 बजे जबलपुर की ओर रवाना होगी।
रेल राज्यमंत्री ने दिए थे निर्देश : केंद्रीय रेल राज्यमंत्री के.एच. मुनिअप्पा ने रतलाम रेल मंडल के प्रबंधक लोकेश नारायण को जबलपुर इंटरसिटी को देवास में स्टॉपेज देने का प्रस्ताव देने के निर्देश दिए थे।

  Indian Railways News  / HC asks CBI to finish probe in fake bail bond scam in a month | Business Standard

The Bombay High Court today directed CBI to complete its investigation into the fake bail bond scam at suburban Kurla railway station, involving several Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, within a month.

A division bench of Justices S A Bobade and Mridula Bhatkar asked the investigating agency to finish its probe and submit a report before it on August 17.

Last year in August, the High Court had transferred the probe into the fake bail bond scam at Kurla railway station involving several RPF personnel to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). However, there has been no progress since then.

On several occasions, CBI was pulled up by the High Court for its slow probe.
The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by social activist Samir Zaveri alleging that certain RPF personnel were releasing persons, booked for trespassing and crossing railway tracks, on fake cash bail bonds.

In his PIL, Zaveri had alleged that a head constable acted as a magistrate and granted bail to the alleged offenders and the money collected was misappropriated by the RPF personnel themselves.

The bench today also asked the Railways to inform the court on the next date of hearing what measures it proposes to take in order to prevent such corruption.

The matter has been posted for hearing on August 17.

  Indian Railways News  / Airport-like security for city train stations soon

South West Railway plans to invest `9 crore in an integrated security system (ISS) at city and Yeshwantpur railway stations, according to divisional railway manager Sudanshu Mani.
"ISS will have two scanners to check vehicles and two for baggage. Close to 100 cameras will be installed at these stations,'' Mani said. "Efforts are made to close more than 20 illegal entry points around the city railway station. It is a tough task but we have to do something to end this menace," he said.
However, according to sources, the introduction of ISS at the two stations has been delayed considerably. "The plan was conceptualised in 2009 but it is yet to be implemented. Shortage of security personnel is a reason for the delay. We have only 100 police personnel who are working in three shifts. Sixty are deputed for checking trains when they arrive at the station and other work. We need 250 more policemen to implement ISS effectively. Without recruiting more police personnel, it would be a daunting task to maintain ISS,'' said a police officer. While two metal detectors at the station have been removed, the existing ones have not been maintained properly.

  Indian Railways News  / अब जबलपुर इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस का एक और स्टॉप

इंदौर। ट्रेन नंबर 11701/11702 इंदौर-जबलपुर इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस 1 अगस्त से देवास रेलवे स्टेशन पर भी रुकेगी। रेल मंत्रालय ने छह महीने के लिए प्रायोगिक रूप से यह स्टॉपेज दिया है। अभी ट्रेन के चालक कॉशन ऑर्डर लेने-देने के लिए चंद सेकंड के लिए देवास रुकते हैं, लेकिन अब ट्रेन को वहां अधिकृत रूप से स्टॉपेज दे दिया गया है।
तय शिड्यूल के मुताबिक 11701 जबलपुर-इंदौर इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस 1 अगस्त से 31 जनवरी 2013 तक शाम 6.40 बजे देवास पहुंचेगी और 6.42 पर इंदौर के लिए रवाना होगी। वापस में ट्रेन नंबर 11702 इंदौर-जबलपुर इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस सुबह 5.16 बजे देवास पहुंचेगी और 5.18 बजे जबलपुर की ओर रवाना होगी।
रेल राज्यमंत्री ने दिए थे निर्देश : केंद्रीय रेल राज्यमंत्री के.एच. मुनिअप्पा ने रतलाम रेल मंडल के प्रबंधक लोकेश नारायण को जबलपुर इंटरसिटी को देवास में स्टॉपेज देने का प्रस्ताव देने के निर्देश दिए थे।