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  Indian Railways News  / Ajsu blocks train to BSL plant on relief demand

BOKARO: Hundreds of displaced persons under the banner of the All Jharkhand Students Union (Ajsu) Party stopped three goods trains meant for carrying mineral to the Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) on Wednesday.The agitators stopped a goods train which was carrying coal to the BSL plant from Dhori mines, while two others were on way to Jamadoba and Dumetra for loading coal and iron ore respectively for the plant.The trains remained stranded for several hours at Haisabathu in Balidih and Ispat Nagar Station at Baidmara in Harla. However, no passenger trains have been affected as the Ajsu Party workers targeted the trains transporting raw materials or goods to the BSL, said B N Mandal, area railway manager, Bokaro.The agitation was led by Chandankyari MLA Umakant Rajak of the Ajsu and Ajay Singh demanding jobs and other benefits for displaced people of the area. The blockade was lifted after BSL general manager B K Thakur, Chas SDO Sanjay Singh, DSP (headquarters) P N Singh held talks with the agitators. The senior officials were forced by the agitators to sit on railway tracks for the talk. Around 9am, the demonstrators descended on the railway tracks holding banners, waving placards and party flags and forced goods trains to stop which were passing through the route. Rajak and Singh also sat on the tracks and refused to call off the agitation turning down the repeated pleas of the railway officers.Satish Kumar, the driver of the goods train carrying coal to the BSL plant, said as he reached near Haisabathu he saw hundreds of people sitting on tracks about 100 meters before the signal. As he came closer, the agitators started raising slogans and ran on the tracks towards the train. Fearing that they may get hit he stopped the train.Rajak said they had launched agitation as the BSL had neglected their demands. "We have asked the BSL to provide reservation to displaced persons in Grade IV jobs, increase compensation to land losers, return surplus land which were not used by the BSL, perform peripheral development of surrounding areas," he added.The MLA said the blockade was lifted on condition that the BSL and the administration had promised to hold talks on June 13. "If even after that our demands are not fulfilled, we will intensify our agitation," said Rajak.BSL chief of communication Sanjay Tiwari said blockade had not affected the plant work.

  Indian Railways News  / Special trains to be cancelled

The South Western Railway has decided to cancel the Hubli-Bijapur-Hubli Express Special trains with effect from July, a release said.The Railways has cited poor occupancy as a reason behind this decision. The services of the special trains from Hubli will come to an end on July 1 and from Bijapur on July 2.The special trains between Hubli and Bijapur were scheduled to run from January 1 to June 30 from Hubli and from January 2 to July 1 from Bijapur, the press release added.

  Indian Railways News  / Attachment of Additional Coaches to Mumbai-Gondia Vidarbha Express and Mumbai-Nagpur Duranto Express

Central Railway

Press Release



CR TO ATTACH ADDITIONAL COACHES



Central Railway will attach o­ne additional Air-conditioned three tier coach with immediate effect to following Express trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during summer rush. The details are as under-



12105/12106 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus - Gondia Vidarbha Express will be augmented by o­ne AC 3-Tier Ex CSTM from 31.5.2012 to 10.6.2012 and Ex

Gondia from 1.6.2012 to 11.6.2012.



12289/12290 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus - Nagpur Duronto Express will be augmented by o­ne AC 3-tier Ex CSTM from 31.5.2012 to 11.6.2012 and Ex Nagpur from 1.6.2012 to 12.6.2012.



Wait listed Passengers of above trains are requested to please note the augmentation and check their reservation status before commencement of journey.

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Date: May 30, 2012

This news comes to you from Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai. 





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  Indian Railways News  / Doon Express mishap 'accident or incident', asks Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday demanded an inquiry into the derailment of five bogies of the Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express in Uttar Pradesh stating it should be probed whether it was an 'accident or an incident'."Since the accident has taken place during a countrywide bandh we want this to be probed. Who has caused this mishap? It has to be seen whether this is truly an accident or an incident," Banerjee, a former railway minister, told reporters at the state secretariat."We have also seen this during the Jnaneswari Express accident. I am shocked. But mere sympathy for the accident victims is not enough," she said referring to train disaster of May 10, 2010 in which 141 passengers were killed in West Midnapore district.Asked specifically if she suspected sabotage, Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress chief, said that this was for the railways to ascertain.Stating that some of the victims were from Bengal as per the passenger list, Banerjee said "From the information available with me, five bogies from S11 to S15 derailed, causing casualties."Stating that according to her information from Railway Minister Mukul Roy four passengers had died, she said that he would leave for the accident site near Jaunpur in UP by a special train.

  Indian Railways News  / Doon Express derails in UP; 4 killed, many injured

In a major train mishap at least four people were killed and scores of others injured after seven bogies of the 13009 Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express derailed near Mahrawa railway station in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradsh on Thursday. The rescue operation was on till last reports came. The Dehradun bound train coming from Howrah was about to reach Varanasi in the next 20 minutes when the mishap took place. Five sleeper and two general compartments were derailed in the accident that took place at around 1:20 pm. Exact reason the derailment could, however, not be ascertained yet, as the railway officials are busy in rescue operation. The train was to reach Lucknow at 6 pm.Confirming four deaths Jaunpur DM Balkar Singh told HT over phone  "We have recued four bodies till now. I do not think that death count may increase."People living near the accident site were first to reach the spot to rescue people from the derailed boogies.According to reports, soon after the Doon Express left the Jaunpur railway station, it skidded off the track near the Mahrawa railway station about 38 km from Jaunpur. The exact reason of the accident was yet to be ascertained. A rescue team of medical experts rushed to the spot from the Jaunpur railway station. Along with the district magistrate, senior police officials have also rushed to the spot. An accident relief car (ACR) has left for the accident site from Varanasi railway station.

Divisional Railway Managar, NER, Lucknow Jagdip Rai is also expected to reach the spot. The railway board in Delhi has also announced to sent a team to the spot. Raiwlay Minister Mukul Roy is expected to reach the spot by 6 pm.

"A team from headed by DRM NR, Lucknow  Jagdip Rai has already left for the spot," a Northern Raiwlay official confirmed. The ADG Railways Gurdarshan Singh said that rescue operation was on and " we fear more bodies trapped inside the bogies.

“It was at around 1.20 pm, that the Doon Express derailed near Mahrawa railway station. It was only after half an hour that some local officials reached the accident site but could not offer any help to the victims,” Rashid Ahmad, an eye witness told HT.

Initially, it was only locals who rescued passengers who were trapped in the derailed bogies, he added.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee briefed the media on Thursday afternoon at the state secretariat in Kolkata and said said that the railway ministry has provided all sorts of help to the families of the victims of the accident.   "We have opened a helpline at Writers' (the state secretariat) to offer all sorts of help to the families of the victims of the accident. Jayanta Saha, our man who coordinates movement, would be on duty to ensure help to the families of the victims," she said.   "Mukul Roy (railway minister) would be visiting the spot," she said.

(With HT inputs)

"Five coaches of the Dehradun-Howrah Express have derailed. We don't have any information about the injured," said Neeraj Sharma, chief public relations officer, Northern Railway.

He said the reason behind the accident is not known.

A medical has been rushed to the spot.