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  Indian Railways News  / ADDITIONAL HALTS PROVIDED TO BANDRA (T) – JAMMU EXPRESS & SURAT-CHHAPRA EXPRESS

For the convenience of passengers, Western Railway has decided to provide stoppage to 19027/19028 Bandra (T) – Jammu Express at Ladnu station with immediate effect. Accordingly train no 19027 Bandra(T) -Jammu Express will arrive Ladnu station at 08.00hrs and leave at 08.03hrs, while 19028 Jammu- Bandra (T) express will reach Ladnu station at 23.28hrs and depart at 23.31hrs.



Also 12945/12946 Surat – Chhapra Express has been given halt at Muhammadabad and Rasra stations from 01stAugust, 2012. Accordingly

Train No.12945 Surat – Chhapra Express will arrive Muhammedabad at 14.25 hrs and leave at 14.27 hrs. It will reach Rasra at 15.35 hrs to depart at 15.37 hrs. In return direction, Train No.12946 will reach Rasra at 11.00 hrs and Muhammedabad at 12.13 hrs.



These stoppages have been given o­n experimental basis.

  Indian Railways News  / PM approves relaxations in land transfer policy

Clearing bottlenecks in transfer of Government land, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today approved relaxations in the land transfer policy, which would also remove any delays in awarding concessions for infrastructure projects.The decision to relax the ban imposed on all transfer of government owned land for certain categories would speed up the award of PPP projects from this month onwards significantly, a PMO statement said.Early last year, a ban had been imposed on all transfer of government owned land to any entity except in cases where land was to be transferred from one government department to another.The Department of Economic Affairs was to prepare a comprehensive land transfer policy for government owned land.In case any department had to implement a project which required alienation of land either through lease, license or rent, it had to seek specific approval of the Cabinet.This was leading to long delays in awarding concessions for infrastructure projects, particularly public-private partnership (PPP) projects.With today's decision, all cases of land transfer from Ministries to statutory authorities or PSUs will be allowed as also development and use of railway land by the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA).All PPP infrastructure projects - roads, railways, ports, civil aviation and metros - have some element of land alienation as the projects are often built on government owned land.

The government continues to own the land which is leased or licensed out. Requiring Cabinet approval for each PPP project means adding a few more months to complete the process for securing Cabinet approval.

  Indian Railways News  / SE Rly tightens security in trains, stations

South Eastern Railway has tightened security in railway stations and trains in view of the serial bomb blasts in Pune and the all India alert sounded by the government.Random anti sabotage checks at stations and trains were being conducted and also random frisking of passengers were being done at major railway stations, a press release issued by S E Railway said here today.The South Eastern Railway's 25 sniffer dogs were being used for anti-sabotage checks at major stations like Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Rourkela, Bankura Adra, Bokaro, Ranchi and Muri. Announcements were being done in major stations to inform the RPF and GRP about unclaimed, unattended objects, luggage or suspicious objects on railway premises, it said. The TTEs and coach attendants and running staff were asked to look for suspicious or inflammable objects and immediately bring it to the notice of the RPF and GRP.The RPF and the railway staff have been advised to keep constant vigil against suspicious-looking persons entraining or detraining at stations.Coaches from the stabling yard were being brought locked to stations while dustbins and toilets etc at stations were being cleaned on a regular basis.Close co-ordination was being maintained between the RPF and GRP and local police, with the security drive to continue till August 15, it said.

  Indian Railways News  / Railways start probe into Tamil Nadu Express fire

The railways Thursday began a probe into Monday's fire aboard Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express that killed 28 passengers in Andhra Pradesh.Dinesh Kumar Singh, the commissioner of railway safety, south central circle, started the public inquiry at the Nellore railway station.He recorded the statements of railway employees who were on duty at the time of the disaster and witnesses. The hearing will continue Friday.For the third consecutive day, forensic experts examined the gutted S 11 coach.The cause of the fire remained a mystery with some witnesses claiming that they heard an explosion before the flames engulfed the coach around 4.30 a.m. Monday.Some district officials said short circuit in electric panels could have triggered the fire. Rail officials have not ruled out sabotage in view of suspicions on how huge flames engulfed the coach within minutes.There was confusion on the number of victims. The authorities initially put the death toll at 32 but later said only 28 bodies were found from the ill-fated coach.The officials have identified and handed over 21 bodies to their relatives and the remaining were kept at a hospital in Nellore.With seven bodies reduced to ashes, the authorities are planning DNA test to identify them.

  Indian Railways News  / हंसडीहा-मंदारहिल रेल लाइन तैयार

हंसडीहा-मंदारहिल रेल लाइन तैयार
हंसडीहा, संवाद सूत्र : मंदारहिल रामपुरहाट नई बडी रेल लाइन परियोजना के प्रथम चरण का कार्य यानी बिहार के बौंसी से झारखंड के हंसडीहा के बीच 24 किलोमीटर तक रेल लाइन बिछाने का कार्य पूरा हो चुका है। निर्माण कार्य पूरा हो जाने के बाद रेलवे द्वारा केन्द्रीय सुरक्षा आयुक्त (सीआरएस) जांच कराने की तैयारी की जा रही है। बताया जा रहा है कि आठ अगस्त से 12 अगस्त के बीच सीआरएस जांच कराए जाने की तैयारी है। हालांकि रेलवे ने अभी तक अधिकारिक तौर पर सीआरएस जांच की तिथि तय नहीं की है। पर रेलवे सूत्रों की माने तो स्वतंत्रता दिवस के अवसर पर लोगों को हंसडीहा से भागलपुर की यात्रा रेलगाड़ी से कराने का तोहफा देने की तैयारी भी लगभग की जा चुकी है। कमिश्नर आफ रेलवे सिक्यूरिटि के आगमन को लेकर ही पिछले कुछ दिनों से रेलवे विजिलेंस के अधिकारी लगातार तकनीकी कार्यो की निरीक्षण करने में जुटे हैं। वहीं पूर्व रेलवे के मालदा डिविजन के चीफ इंजीनियर आर के यादव एवं एइएन एस.के. मोइत्रा सीआरएस को लेकर यहां कैंप किए हुए हैं। यहां बता दें कि मंदारहिल-हंसडीहा रेल लाइन का कार्य पूरा हो जाने के बाद मालगाड़ी का परिचालन शुरू हो गया है। सप्ताह में दो दिन मालगाडी से पत्थर की ढुलाई की जा रही है। मंदारहिल स्टेशन और हंसडीहा जंक्शन के बीच पांडे टोला हाल्ट (श्यामबाजार) व कमराडोल हाल्ट भी बनकर तैयार है।