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  Indian Railways News  / DRM Varanasi inspects railway stations

ALLAHABAD: The newly appointed Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Varanasi, Ajay Vijayvargiya on Wednesday visited the railway stations in the city which come under North Eastern Railway.

On his maiden visit to the city, the DRM inspected Rambagh, along with Daragunj and Jhunsi railway stations.

The inspection was meant to assess preparations at these stations for Mahakumbh.

The DRM expressed satisfaction over the progress of work at the stations.

Ajay Vijayvargiya took over as DRM Varanasi recently replacing Lalit Kapur. Prior to his current posting, Vijayvargiya was posted at Jabalpur as chief signal and telecom engineer.

  Indian Railways News  / Fact:Passenger trains have zero security Both the RPF and GRP complain of severe staff shortage

This is not the first time that a woman is being attacked on a train. Myriad movies have been made highlighting the plight of innocent passengers. Yet, there's no adequate security personnel to ensure security on trains. Both the Railway Protection Force and General Railway Police Force complain of manpower shortage.

According to an RPFofficial, only express trains have their personnel aboard and not passenger trains like the one in which Tuesday's tragedy took place. "These passenger trains will have only two drivers and a guard, who is in charge of the ladies compartment and makes sure everything is al right in it," he said.

When such an incident takes place, there can be nothing much a guard can do to save the victim singlehandedly-as he is unarmed and the compartment is sealed off from the rest of the train. When asked why there weren't more RPF personnel on the train, he said, "If we had more people, we would have placed them on all trains."

The General Railway Police, too, faces an acute shortage-about 100 police personnel man an entire station and need to ensure the security of passengers. According to an official with the General Railway Police at the City Railway Station: "The number of people allotted for the station is the same as the number some 30 years ago when the number of trains as well as the passenger density was a fraction of what it is today."

Of the 110, 15-20 would manage the various platforms, while another 10 are placed at the ticketing area.

"It is impossible for us to monitor the entire area under our jurisdiction, fro m Yeshwanthpur to Majestic and the Binny Mills area to Maddur and Windsor Manor. We work 12-hour shifts and it becomes very difficult," he said.

  Indian Railways News  / Security beefed up at railway stations in N’Bengal

Security was today beefed at different stations in north Bengal a day after some commuters damaged railway’s property protesting unavailability of services to Assam which is facing caste violence.
Railway Minister Mukul Roy sought intervention of Union Home minister P Chidambaram and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to restore traffic between Assam and rest of the country.
Mr Roy spoke to Mr Chidambaram and Mr Gogoi regarding the ongoing disruption of train movement in Assam and sought security and safe passage for commuters.
Commuters in Cooch Behar and New Jalpaiguri and Siliguri stations agitated over the disruption damaged railway property.
Eastern Railway today cancelled two vital trains- 12345 Up Howrah-Guwahati Saraighat and 15657 Up Sealdah-Guwahati Kamrup owing to late running of down trains.
Nearly 11 trains between New Bongaigaon in Assam and Alipurduar were cancelled and dozen of others were irregular in their movements yesterday due to violence in Assam.
The Railway Ministry apprised the Centre and the Assam Government of the difficulties being faced by the commuters with most of them remaining stranded in Assam and different parts of the country.
Mr Roy also told the authorities concerned to ensure safety of the passengers and smooth movement of trains to and from Assam.
He emphasised that the safety and security of the passengers was of uppermost concern and the movement of passenger trains in the affected areas will be monitored keeping in view this objective.
Mr Roy said the railways also was trying its best to regulate the train movements in view of the disturbances but requested for providing adequate security specially in the 54 kilometer stretch of badly-affected area between Srirampur ad Salakati Railway stations.
It was making efforts to position affected trains at bigger stations so that the stranded passengers could be provided with food, water and security.
Nearly 26 trains were cancelled and 37 regulated at various stations yesterday, resulting in trains running behind schedule.

  Indian Railways News  / अधिकारियों के जाते ही रेलवे स्टेशन रोड पर फिर कब्जे 9506411

शुक्लागंज, संवाददाता : मंगलवार शाम को गंगाघाट रेलवे स्टेशन पर औचक निरीक्षण करने पहुंचे डीआरएम जगदीप राय के जाते ही उनके आदेशों को ठेंगा दिखाकर रेलवे स्टेशन रोड पर रिक्शा कंपनियों के दबंग संचालकों और अवैध दुकानदारों ने फिर से अवैध कब्जे कर लिये है। जिसके कारण रेलवे स्टेशन पहुंचने वाले रेल यात्रियों को घोर दिक्कतों का सामना करना पड़ रहा है। रिक्शा कंपनी संचालकों की इस मनमानी से जहां आम रेलयात्रियों में नाराजगी है वहीं दूसरी ओर रेलवे विभाग इस बात से पूरी तरह से अनजान बना हुआ है।

बता दें कि रेलवे के डीआरएम का जब-जब गंगाघाट रेलवे स्टेशन पर दौरा हुआ तब तब तो इन संचालकों ने कुछ देर के लिये अपने कब्जों को स्टेशन रोड से हटा लिया लेकिन उनके जाते ही फिर से काबिज हो गये। ऐसा कोई पहली बार नही हुआ है बल्कि ऐसा ही हर बार हुआ है। बता दें कि इस बावत पत्रकारों ने श्री राय से गंगा पुल के निरीक्षण के समय रूबरू होते हुए कहा था कि आपके जाते ही पुन: स्टेशन रोड पर रिक्शा कंपनियों से लेकर वह सारी दुकानें फिर से सज जाएंगी जिन्हें आप के आने की सूचना पर तत्काल हटवा दिया गया था। मालूम चले कि इस सवाल के जवाब पर श्री राय ने पत्रकारों से मंगलवार को ही कहा था कि अब वह स्टेशन रोड पर अवैध कब्जे नही होने देंगे इसके लिए वह यहां पर आरपीएफ के जवान तैनात कर देंगे ताकि कोई भी अंवैध अतिक्रमण न करने पाए।

वहीं दूसरी ओर अगर रेलवे के भरोसेमंद सूत्रों की मानें तो अवैध अतिक्रमणकारियों की रेलवे विभाग के लोगों से सीधी सांठ गांठ रहती है। जिसके चलते किसी भी बड़े अधिकारी के यहां आने की सूचना वह लोग पहले से ही दे देते है। अधिकारियों के वापस चले जाने पर यही लोग उन्हें काबिज होने की हरी झंडी दे देते है। रेलवे पुलिस इस ओर कतई ध्यान नही दे रही है। हालांकि कई बार पूर्व में स्टेशन रोड के अतिक्रमण को ध्वस्त कराया जा चुका है। लेकिन इसके बाबजूद भी अतिक्रमण करने वालों पर जरा भी असर नही हुआ। आज भी स्टेशन रोड पर इन अवैध कब्जों को किसी भी समय जा कर देखा जा सकता है।

  Indian Railways News  / Riot-hit Assam limping back to normalcy

GUWAHATI: With the Army in full control of the affected areas in four districts since Wednesday, Assam is limping back to normalcy.There has been no report of fresh killings in the last 24 hours except for stray incidents of arson in Chirang district on Wednesday night. The focus of the administration has now shifted to hundreds of relief camps where food and water scarcity has hit the inmates.Train services, which were suspended since Monday, have been resumed. The eight trains that were stranded since Monday outside Assam in different stations in West Bengal reached Guwahati late on Wednesday night. Railway authorities have also resumed normal running of trains from Thursday morning. From Friday, railways will run three special trains to Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore to clear the extra rush at Guwahati station.On Thursday morning, a magistrate on duty was thrashed by inmates of a relief camp in Dhubri district when he was enquiring about the relief materials. Police immediately rescued the magistrate, who has been admitted to hospital with serious injuries.There are 128 relief camps with 1.7 lakh inmates and authorities are finding it hard to cater to everyone.State government spokesman and agriculture minister Nilamani Sen Deka, who is camping at Kokrajhar said, "We are trying our level best to provide food, water and health care at all relief camps."

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi reached the affected areas on Thursday morning and is overseeing relief operations.

The Army has been deployed in four districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Bongaigaon, although killings and arson took place only in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts.

Of the 40 deaths, 25 have taken place in Kokrajhar district and the rest in Chirang district. Bongaigaon and Dhubri districts bordering Kokrajhar and Chiarang are where the affected people have fled to, resulting into tension in these two districts also.

The district administrations are forming peace committees in the four districts, while the Army is patrolling all remote areas.

PM visit on Saturday

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit violence-hit Assam on Saturday.