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  Indian Railways News  / दक्षिण पूर्व रेलवे मजदूर संघ ने दिया धरना

चक्रधरपुर  : शुक्रवार को भारतीय मजदूर संघ एवं भारतीय रेलवे मजदूर संघ नई दिल्ली के आह्वान पर एक दिवसीय धरना दिया गया। धरना चक्रधरपुर स्टेशन के समीप गौर निताई हरि मंदिर के समीप दिया गया। धरना प्रदर्शन के बाद 15 सूत्री मांग पत्र मंडल रेल प्रबंधन राजीव अग्रवाल को सौंपा गया। धरना प्रदर्शन सुबह 10 से लेकर शाम पांच बजे तक दिया गया। इस दौरान रेल कर्मचारियों ने अपनी मांगों को लेकर आवाज बुलंद की। 15 सूत्री सूत्री मांग में रेलवे में यूनियन की मान्यता के लिए गुप्त मतदान शीघ्र कराने, 7वें केंद्रीय वेतन आयोग का गठन शीघ्र किए जाने, 50 प्रतिशत महंगाई भत्ते का वेतन में तत्काल विलय किए जाने, छठवें केंद्रीय वेतन आयोग की एनामलीज को दूर किया जाए, बोनस भुगतान हेतु गणना 3500 के बदले न्यूनतम मूल वेतन 7000 रुपये किए जाने, एमएसीपीएस में वित्तीय उन्नयन लैडर ग्रेड के स्थान पर पदोन्नति ग्रेड में दिया जाए, सभी रिक्त पदों को शीघ्र भरने, रेलवे के ठेकेदारी, आउटसोर्सिग व निजीकरण पर प्रतिबन्ध लगाने, रेलवे में पेंशन आदि में प्रत्यक्ष विदेशी निवेश आमंत्रित न किए जाने, पास नियम में माता-पिता को भी सम्मिलित करने, इंजीनियरिंग विभाग के कर्मचारियों के वेतन एवं सेवा शर्तो में सुधार करने, कैडर रिस्ट्रक्चरिंग तत्काल लागू करने, ग्रुप बीमा योजना की सीमा बढ़ाने, रेलवे क्वार्टर की खराब स्थिति में सुधार एवं क्वार्टर परिक्षेत्र में व्यापक सफाई करने की मांग की गई। मौके पर संघ के कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष वाई शुक्ला, सुभाष चंद्र, सीएल महान्त, एसके पंडित, अभिमन्यु सिंह आदि उपस्थित थे।

  Indian Railways News  / South Central Railway to run 36 Sabarimala specials

HYDERABAD: South Central Railway has announced 36 special trains from Hyderabad to Kollam via Kazipet Renigunta and also via Nadikudi, Guntur and Reniguta to clear the extra rush of passengers and pilgrims heading to Sabarimalai.

Hyderabad-Kollam (via Kazipet, Renigunta) will leave from Hyderabad at 3.55 pm on December 12,15, 18, 23 and January 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 2013, to arrive in Kollam at 10.15 pm the next day. In the return direction, Kollam-Hyderabad train will depart Kollam at 12.15 am on December 14, 17, 20, 25 and January 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 2013 to arrive in Hyderabad at 6 am the next day.

Hyderabad-Kollam (via Kazipet, Renigunta) will depart from Hyderabad at 3.55 pm on December 16, 31 and on January 3, 6, 10,13, 2013 to arrive in Kollam at 10.15 pm the next day. In the return direction, Kollam-Hyderabad train will depart from Kollam at 12.15 am on December 18 and on January 2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 2013 to arrive in Hyderabad at 6 am the next day.

Hyderabad-Kollam special train (via. Nadikudi, Guntur, Renigunta) will leave from Hyderabad at 3.55 pm on December 30 and on January 2, 2013 to arrive in Kollam at 10.15 pm the next day. In the return direction, Kollam-Hyderabad train will depart from Kollam at 12.15 am on January 1,4, 2013 to arrive in Hyderabad at 5.10 am the next day.

Hyderabad-Kollam (via. Nadikudi, Guntur, Renigunta) train will depart from Hyderabad at 3.55 pm on December 13 and on January 16 to arrive in Kollam at 10.15 pm the next day. In the return direction, Kollam-Hyderabad train will depart from Kollam at 12.15 am on December 15, 21 and on January 18, 2013 to arrive in Hyderabad at 5.10 am the next day.

  Indian Railways News  / Bad execution kills a vital road project

The road would have provided access to vehicle users to three MRTS stations.
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Poor planning, bad execution and lackadaisical attitude on the part of the Southern Railway has killed a road project between Velachery and Taramani Railway Stations which, if it had been completed, would have solved the ever-growing traffic congestion at the junction of Velachery Main Road and Bypass Road.The Southern Railway had proposed to form a road running parallel to the tracks of the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) from Velachery to Taramani Railway Stations to provide access to vehicle users between the three stations.The road would also have provided connectivity to the southern arm of the Inner Ring Road Extension, thereby providing a link to the Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road).At present, the project on which the Southern Railway has spent huge funds for construction of storm water drain, a canal and development of road sub-structure, has been left incomplete and looks as good as shelved.R. Ashokan, who regularly boards the MRTS train at Perungudi Railway Station, said the incomplete road has become one big, open toilet for the public and the storm water drain facility constructed on each side of the road is on the verge of dilapidation due to neglect. He said the proposed road would have provided the much needed access to the three railway stations — Velachery, Perungudi and Taramani — for the commuters.

The project, which started in right earnest during June 2009, was to be completed within six months as per details received from the Southern Railway authorities. The Southern Railway authorities, while faulting the contractor for not executing the road work despite being given five extensions, said that the road project has been handed over to the Chennai Corporation for execution.

But the officials of the civic body claim that the land has not been handed over to them by the Southern Railway.

Members of residents’ welfare associations of Velachery said that in the present situation where the expansion of the Taramani Link Road was getting delayed causing severe hardship to the motorists, the road project, if implemented, would reduce traffic congestion.

The welfare activists, citing the State Highways Department’s view that construction of a flyover at the junction of Velachery Main Road and Bypass Road would ease the traffic congestion, questioned the necessity for such a flyover when there was an easy solution to the traffic jam log by implementing the MRTS road project.

A resident said: “For constructing a flyover, land has to be acquired; whereas here, land is already available and the only thing the authorities have to do is to transfer the land to the Chennai Corporation, which they are not willing to do.”

Even now, all is not over as the project, if revived and completed, could play a major role in decongesting the road, say the residents.

  Indian Railways News  / Chowdhury opens Rampurhat-Pinargaria rail link

Inaugurating the Rampurhat-Pinargaria rail line here, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Chowdhury today said this was an important day for West Bengal and neighbouring Jharkhand."This is a significant day for our two states. A stretch of 18.97 km has been completed in the first phase with the opening of Rampurhat-Pinargaria phase, which is part of the Rampurhat-Dumka rail project," Chowdhury said at a function here.Once the whole Rampurhat-Dumka line is opened up finally, it will open the Tarapith-Dumka tourism circuit and help people of both states, Chowdhury said.JMM MP and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren said "we the two states have been sharing excellent ties. And the rail link will only bolster the relations." Pointing out the financial situation of the railways was not very good, Chowdhury said "but there can be no compromise on safety-security-service fronts."Asked why rail safety and security measures were not yet completed, Chowdhury said it was already in progress in big stations and this was a continued process.

  Indian Railways News  / Get on this train of memories | Deccan Chronicle

A huge brass bell hangs at a wooden stand now, which till 40 years ago, used to sound out the arrival and departure of steam engines trudging in and out of the railway platforms.

Two iron ticket punching and indenting machines are neatly placed on the racks, next to the timed out black dial telephones, which worked as hotlines when the Indian Railways was still grappling with the dated communication systems in the late 60s and early 70s.

The hand signals, which were used to give clearance to the oncoming train by the guards and station masters and the gate signals at level-crossings to indicate whether the gate is open or closed tell a million fascinating stories of the old Indian Railways.

There are loads of memories, some lived, some churned out from nostalgia that now decorate the Rail Gallery at the City Railway Station – a small museum of obsolete machines and systems that have contributed to this interesting collection of memorabilia at the bustling station, which sees an average footfall of a lakh people per day.

The old ticket counters in the lounge, which once were crowded with thousands of people, piling up to buy the tickets are closed with the new online reservations drying up the milling crowds. Now the closed counters and the storage place behind them have been turned into the ‘Rail Gallery’ using the antique pieces from the Railways.

An old ‘Wordley’ clock with the black and white imprint of ‘Indian State Railways’ at the entrance still ticks with accuracy. The old weighing machine of 1890 vintage when maund was used as the measure now stands on a pedestal specially made for it.

A senior Railway official leads you through the small yet interesting gallery and narrates the anecdotes behind each of the ‘artefacts’ like the cash leather chest, which would cart the monetary collection of the railways in the brake vans and the huge steam engines, which were once the pride of the Indian Railways but were timed out by the new speeding electric engines.