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  Indian Railways News  / Government fast-tracks mass rapid transit projects, appoints managing director

GURGAON: To fast-track the mass rapid transit projects in state and for better coordination with Delhi Metro for its extension to the NCR cities, the Haryana government made the formal appointment of managing director (MD) for the Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Ltd (HMRTC). Considering the role that the state's industrial agency HSIIDC will play in this crucial venture since the MRTS stretches would connect future industrial townships, HSIIDC managing director Rajiv Arora has been given the additional job. Arora could not be contacted since he is out of the country."The reasoning behind the establishment of HMRTC is to ensure better coordination with all agencies. We are hopeful of extending Delhi Metro from Faridabad to Ballabhgarh and similarly from Gurgaon to Manesar. While these projects will need coordination with DMRC we have to talk to the Railways and Union urban development ministry for the rapid rail corridors," said a senior government official.The two priority rapid rail corridors will cover portions of Haryana in the NCR. The first stretch will be from Delhi to Panipat and the second one will be between the national capital and Alwar.Moreover, the chief minister has announced the plan to lay an orbital corridor in the NCR to improve connectivity across the region. "There is a huge task before this new agency. The MRTS between Delhi airport and Bawal has already been finalized. If industrialization in NCR pushed the state economy, now we need to focus on transportation and connectivity," said an industry department official.

The HMRTC will have a corpus in which the state government will have 51% share, HUDA with 29% and HSIIDC will have 20% ownership.

The government has already approved a corpus of Rs 100 crore for the company which would include paid-up capital of Rs 10 crore.

The office of the company would be located either in Gurgaon or Panchkula. It would carry on the work of planning, designing, development, maintenance and operation of mass transit and other urban transport on its own or in association with other undertakings or agencies through a turnkey contract. It would also be involved in building new transit routes and providing all infrastructural facilities.

  Indian Railways News  / Rs 1,230.55-crore projects for Jind soon

Chandigarh : Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda said today that Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy and Union Surface Transport Minister CP Joshi would launch various prestigious projects worth Rs 1230.55 crore in Jind district and address a mammoth public meeting there on June 3.Hooda said June 3 would prove to be a historic day for the people of district Jind as the foundation stones for bypasses at Jind, Lakhanmajra and Julana towns, Railway over Bridge at Jind, four-laning of Jind to the Punjab border via Narwana and Jind-Rohtak National Highways, Jind-Sonepat railway line would be laid and the newly constructed building of the Government College for Women would be inaugurated at Jind.Hooda said that the leaders would lay the foundation stone of Railway over Bridge, which would cost Rs 68 crore. It would be built on railway line on the Jind-Hansi road. A new road from Jind-Safindo road to Jind-Rohtak road via Jind-Gohana road would also be built. As much as Rs 2.32 crore would be spent on construction of this piece of road link.Hooda said that the national highway connecting the Jind to Punjab border via Narwana and Jind-Rohtak highway would be four-laned, which would cost Rs 462 crore and Rs 283.31 crore respectively. New bypasses would be built at Jind, Lakhan Majra and Julana towns that would not only facilitate the common people but would also provide fast connectivity for the road users of that national highway.The foundation stone of Jind-Sonipat railway line costing Rs 401.52 crore would be laid at Pandu Pindara. This significant rail project would connect Jind and Sonepat through Pandu Pindara, Lalit Khera, Banbheva, Ishapur Kheri, Butana, Khandri, Gohana, Rawra, Lath, Mohna and Badwasi. Under this scheme Haryana Government would contribute Rs 200.76 crore. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would also inaugurate the building of the Government College for Women, which has costed Rs 13.40 crore.

  Indian Railways News  / BIG FM launches ‘Safety Manao, Life Banao' campaign

Mumbai: 92.7 BIG FM’s Mumbai Station joins hands with the Western Railways and NGO - Humanitarian Welfare & Research Foundation in its latest campaign ‘Safety Manao, Life Banao’. The campaign takes on the most pressing issue of a large part of Mumbai that uses the trains to commute – not restricting themselves to inside the train but also atop the train and endangering their lives as they cross the railway tracks to save a few minutes in the daily rush to reach their place of destination.

The campaign is an extension of its larger campaign on ‘Mumbai Manao, Life Banao’ which celebrates Mumbai. The campaign will see RJ Ankit hosting the breakfast show from atop a bridge at one of Mumbai’s busiest railway stations – Dadar from 7am to 11am each morning, until he gets a minimum of 9270 volunteers to support the cause and spread the awareness.

Local trains are Mumbai’s lifeline and given the recent spurt in train accidents, 92.7 BIG FM has taken up the responsibility to drive awareness in a unique manner through this campaign. RJ Ankit will be in his mobile radio studio at a key junction at Dadar Railway Station. His show will involve – interviews with the authorities highlighting the challenges that they face, speaking to passengers on the reasons and thrill that they get out of endangering themselves, people who have survived accidents to share their story, those who have lost someone to an accident and so on.

The show will also see a slew of celebrities visiting the mobile studio as a mark of support and encouragement to the campaign. Extending the campaign to social media, RJ Ankit will also get aerial pictures of people endangering their lives which will be posted on the social media network and which will work as an eye-opener for those who see them.

Listeners can participate in the initiative by sending in smses to 55454 showing their support and making a solemn promise to travel safely.

Mumbai’s local trains are undoubtedly the lifeline of this fast moving city which carries six million people every day to offices, shops and factories. Even after addition of more trains to the existing fleet over the years, the trains still have to carry in excess of 1.5 times their capacity during peak hours which causes frequent deaths and major accidents amounting to 4000 per year on an average.

The NGO Humanitarian Welfare & Research Foundation specializes in supporting tragedy stuck areas, assisting less fortunate people, conducting multiple awareness drives, providing medical aid to emergency areas and various other awareness campaigns.

Commenting on this campaign, 92.7 BIG FM said, “As a responsible media brand that reflects the city’s passions and emotions, we believe the use of our medium – radio – which boasts of being a live medium, local and highly engaging we found this cause most be-fitting. The campaign has been conceptualized to highlight the staggering number of accidents and dangers that commuters call on themselves. We are extremely thankful to the Western Railways and Humanitarian Welfare & Research Foundation for supporting this initiative. As a brand that celebrates Mumbai’s passions, this is our way to contribute to an issue so relevant to our audiences.”

  Indian Railways News  / पागल का हमला, महिला रेलकर्मी घायल

हावड़ा  : इन दिनों हावड़ा स्टेशन पर पागलों का आतंक बढ़ता जा रहा ये कभी यात्रियों को तो कभी स्टेशन पर काम करने वाले रेलकर्मियों को अपनई हिंसा का शिकार बना रहे हैं। शुक्रवार को ऐसी ही एक घटना देखने को मिली जिसमें एक पागल ने ड्यूटी पर तैनात महिला टीटी को घुसा मार कर घायल कर दिया। घायल रेलकर्मी का नाम शोभा भंट्टाचार्या है। उनके आंख में गंभीर चोट आई है घायल टीटीई को हावड़ा के अर्थोपैडिक रेलवे अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया। फिलहाल महिला अपने घर में स्वास्थ्य लाभ कर रही हैं। शुक्रवार शाम 4 बजे उक्त महिला अपनी महिला सहयोगी के साथ टिफिन करने के लिए जा रही थी। वह अपने ड्यूटी स्थान पूछताछ काउंटर से निकलकर स्टेशन के कोंकण एरिया में जा रही थी तभी एक पागल ने उनपर हमला बोल दिया। एक नित्ययात्री विकास श्रीवास्तव ने बताया कि उक्त पागल कई दिनों से स्टेशन परिसर में घूम रहा था ऐसा नहीं कि उसने पहली बार हमला किया है सूत्रों की माने तो उस पागल ने कुछ दिनों पहले भी एक रेलकर्मी पर हमला कर दिया था। पागलों के हमले से आरपीएफ के जवान भी सुरक्षित नहीं है सूत्रों कि माने तो कई महीने पहले एक पागल ने रेलवे सुरक्षा बल के एक हेडकांस्टेबल के सर पर डंडे से हमला कर दिया था। अब सोचने वाली बात यह है कि जब हावड़ा स्टेशन पर रेलकर्मी ही सुरक्षित नहीं तो आम यात्रियों का क्या होगा? कहा से आते हैं पागल हावड़ा स्टेशन बंगाल के अहम स्टेशनों में से एक है। इस स्टेशन पर प्रत्येक दिन लाखों की संख्या में यात्री आते हैं। लिहाजा यहां सुरक्षा भी चाक चौबंद होती है सभी निकास व प्रवेश द्वारों पर रेलवे सुरक्षा बल और रेलवे राजकीय पुलिस का पहरा होता है, बावजूद इसके इस स्टेशन पर प्रत्येक दिन दो-चार पागल तो घूमते मिल ही जाते है। एक यात्री का कहना था कि जब किसी वीआईपी का दौरा होता है उस समय पागलों को स्टेशन से बाहर कर दिया जाता है लेकिन उसके जाते ही फिर से पुरानी स्थिति लागू हो जाती है। एक रेलवे के अधिकारी का कहना था ये पागल ट्रेनों के माध्यम से हावड़ा स्टेशन पहुंचते हैं, कई बार तो अपने इन मानसिक रोगियों से पीछा छुड़ाने के लिए किसी स्टेशन से इनको ट्रेन में चढ़ा कर छोड़ देते हैं, या फिर स्टेशन पर छोड़ कर चलते बनते हैं। अंतिम स्टेशन होने के कारण हावड़ा में सभी गाड़ी देरी तक रुकती है और इसी दौरान पागल स्टेशन पर उतर कर हंगामा खड़ा कर देते हैं। रेलवे के एक अधिकारी ने बताया कि हावड़ा स्टेशन पर प्रत्येक दिन चार से पांच नये पागल आ जाते है।

  Indian Railways News  / Temporary stop at Malur

South Western Railway has decided to provide a one-minute stop at the Malur Railway Station in the Bangalore Division for the Chennai Central-Shirdi-Chennai Central Weekly Express on an experimental basis for six months from May 16, a release said.Accordingly, Chennai Central-Shirdi Weekly Express will arrive at Malur at 3.10 p.m. and leave 3.11 p.m.Shirdi-Chennai Central Weekly Express will arrive at Malur at 4.25 a.m. and leave at 4.26 a.m., the release said.