Today's Cancelled Trains
NGO
08:53
Swachhata Hi Sewa -Swachhata Pakhwada -Join Hands with Railways In Cleanliness Drive
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Source:Eastern Railway
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Friday, 5 August 2016
train accident
07:29
Measures to Minimize Accidents on Railway Tracks in Mumbai
Measures to Minimize Accidents on Railway Tracks in Mumbai
Indian Railways is implementing the following measures to minimize the accidents on railway tracks specially in Mumbai:-
Announcements are being made through PA system and also given wide publicity in mass media by concerned department about the impending dangers and resultant penalties.
Railway Protection Force/ Railway Protection Special Force staff are deployed at various locations to check trespassing.
Hooters are blown by RPF at the suspect trespassing points to prevent trespassing.
“Anmol Jeevan’-a concerted effort by School children, NGOs, RPF and commercial departments- is organized at regular intervals for the awareness of passengers.
Drives named “Track Suraksha Jeevan Raksha” by RPF and “Naya Jeevan Nayi Aasha” by Commercial department have been launched over suburban section of Mumbai with the help of NGOs, scouts and Lion Club etc.
Unauthorized entry and exit points are being blocked.
Necessary signboards/posters regarding “Do not cross railway line” “Don’t travel on roof top/foot board” are in place on platforms/ station premises, for the awareness of passengers.
Regular drives are conducted against trespassers under the provisions of the Railways Act, 1989.
Source:Ministry Of Railways
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Supreme Court
07:29
Supreme Court rejects plea against Katra-Banihal rail link
Supreme Court rejects plea against Katra-Banihal rail link
New Delhi: Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea alleging that the railways were ignoring serious safety concerns raised by the experts regarding the 125-km-long Katra-Banihal section of the rail link to Kashmir and sought realignment of the project.
A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A M Khanwilkar dismissed the plea filed by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) which claimed that the Railway Board had rejected the expert panel’s suggestions, including having an alternate alignment.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, said that Katra-Banihal rail link was a prestigious project and it cannot be completed in the present alignment.
“Even then, we won’t interfere,” the bench said.
Delhi High Court on April 27 had disposed the NGO’s plea after an affidavit filed by the Railway Board said that “after due consideration/examination of the Report of the ex-DMRC chief E Sreedharan Committee, the Board was fully satisfied”.
The high court had expressed concern over safety of the Katra-Banihal rail link to the Kashmir Valley and directed the Railway Board to file a affidavit vouching that the line was examined in light of various experts’ reports and the current alignment was safe.
The Centre had earlier told the high court that Ircon International Ltd and Konkan Railway Pvt Ltd which were working on the project have said the current alignment was safe, survivable and stable.
The plea said that Railway Board did not place before an expert panel, headed by Sreedharan to review the current alignment of rail link, an interim report of an agency which had also examined the feasibility of an alternate alignment.
The Board had in an affidavit told the high court that the existing alignment was “well researched, well investigated line where work is progressing successfully without mishaps or problems. The line is fully safe, survivable and stable”.
It had also said that the use of tunnel boring machines as suggested by the committee was “not tenable”
Saturday, 25 July 2015
Railway Board
23:02
Sreedharan Report on Katra-Banihal Rail link only a ‘Paper Alignment’, requires further study: Railways to Delhi HC
Sreedharan Report on Katra-Banihal Rail link only a ‘Paper Alignment’, requires further study: Railways to Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Railway Board today told the Delhi High Court that recommendations of E Sreedharan panel on the Katra-Banihal rail link to the Kashmir Valley was only a “paper alignment” and requires further studies.
The Board has told a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva that the committee’s report does not provide what would be the proposed expenditure that would be incurred for implementing the panel’s recommendations.
It has said a “proper assessment for good construction status of alignment in this area shall require at least five years and would entail an expenditure of about Rs 300 crore”.
It has said that the panel report has been scrutinised by each of the senior officials of its engineering, mechanical as well as electrical and signaling departments, who have disagreed with the committee’s findings.
“Therefore, the entirely unsustainable observations made in the report by the committee that the alignment can be surveyed, staked and investigated quickly in four to six months, is completely untenable deserving rejection at the threshold itself,” the Board has said in its affidavit.
The Board’s reply was strongly opposed by advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for an NGO which has filed a PIL alleging that the current alignment of the Katra-Banihal rail link had “serious safety problems” and the Railway Board constituted by the Railway Ministryhad rejected the expert panel’s suggestions, including having an alternate alignment.
Bhushan said statements made by the Board question the competence of the committee as well as Sreedharan and asked the court to call the person who drafted the affidavit.
The bench, however, refused to pass any orders and listed the matter for further hearing on August 5.
Monday, 15 June 2015
Northern Railway
10:48
NGO sends notice to Railway authorities for revoking 2 trains
NGO sends notice to Railway authorities for revoking 2 trains
Fazilka: Resentment prevails among commuters over the discontinuation of two trains on over 100-km Fazilka-Kotkapura stretch. An NGO, Northern Railway Passengers Samiti, has served a legal notice to the railway authorities for discontinuing the train numbers 74981 and 74984 from Fazilka to Kotkapura and vice versa recently.Northern Railway Passengers Samiti general secretary Babu Ram, in the notice sent to the General Manager and Divisional Railway Managers of Ferozepur and Ambala divisions, has stated that on the one hand, the Railway Department has launched a fortnight campaign to offer better services to the commuters but on the other hand, it had discontinued two trains on the Fazilka-Kotkapura track.These trains had been offering connectivity to the passengers of Fazilka, Lakhewali, Muktsar, Bariwala railway stations to Mumbai-bound Punjab Mail at Kotkapura railway station. Now, with no such facility, people are a harassed lot.“The passengers are left in the lurch as they have no other viable route to catch Punjab Mail from other railway stations,” said Amar Lal Baghla, president of the Northern Railway Passengers Samiti.Members of the Northern Railway Passengers Samiti have warned the railway authorities that if the trains are not brought on the track, they would stage protests at railway stations falling on this track.
BJP activists meet Railway Minister Abohar
Local BJP leaders have requested Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to expedite the construction of a light iron steel bridge near the Abohar railway station for which state government had deposited Rs 7.30 crore with the Ambala division office of the Northern Railway. The deputation led by parliamentarian Avinash Rai Khanna met the minister at New Delhi yesterday. Former state BJP president Prof Brij Lal Rinwa and Municipal Council president Pramil Kalani also sought the early clearance for the railway under pass on the Sriganganagar road, for which Rs 5.58 crore budget had already been sanctioned. They demanded that a provision for another underpass on the Thakur Abadi road be made in the next Rail Budget as hundreds of vehicles get held up at the manned crossing.
Friday, 12 June 2015
Pune
21:00
Mixed Metro Rail system for Pune: says Maharashtra CM
Mixed Metro Rail system for Pune: says Maharashtra CM
Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced a “mixed metro rail system” for Pune, effectively seeking to put an end to the debate over whether the project should be underground or elevated. He also said that a third metro corridor would be developed between Shivajinagar and Hinjewadi.
“I recently had a discussion with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief. One should not be adamant about an elevated or underground metro. The project should be economically sustainable and feasible. We should have a mixed metro. The state government has forwarded the Bapat committee’s report to the Centre. I am sure that the central government will soon take a call on this matter,” Fadnavis said.
He was speaking at a function organised by the Marathi Bandhkam Vyavasaik Association, an apex body of Marathi developers and builders in the city.
Fadnavis’ statement essentially means that the state government will stick to the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared by the DMRC. The DMRC proposal for the first corridor (Swargate to PCMC) recommends that the metro be kept underground in congested stretches. It also recommends that the metro in the second corridor (Vanaz-Ramwadi) be kept elevated for the entire 14.925-km stretch.
City NGOs and activists have, however, been demanding an entire underground metro route for both corridors. By announcing a “mixed metro”, the state government has echoed the DMRC’s recommendations.
Pitching for a third corridor, Fadnavis said Hinjewadi has developed as an international IT hub with companies from across the world having branches in the area. “When I go abroad, people talk of the Hinjewadi IT park, saying they have an office there. But they are also quick to add that the area is congested and there are delays in commuting. It is feasible to have a corridor between Shivajinagar and Hinjewadi. I have asked (officials) to develop this route on the fast track,” he said.
Fadnavis also took a jibe at the delay over the implementation of the metro project in Pune when he said that Nagpur has already started construction on its metro and that the work would soon be completed there. “Pune is a city of intellectuals and hence there are debates and discussions. In our city (Nagpur), there are no debates and hence we have been able to move ahead,” he said.
The chief minister also took a potshot at NGOs, saying that those who are arguing for an underground metro have never used “metro (public) transport”. He said there is no paucity of funds in Pune, but the city lacks planning.
“The infrastructure situation in Pune is grave as there is a huge infrastructure deficit. The major issue is that of public transport. The metro issue was delayed but now the state is finding a solution,” Fadnavis said. “The state government is committed to developing Pune as an international city and the PMRDA will be the engine of growth.”
Monday, 1 June 2015
Tatanagar
16:05
Tatanagar will become Jharkhand’s first station to have battery-operated cars (railway buggy) at many places
Tatanagar will become Jharkhand’s first station to have battery-operated cars (railway buggy) at many places
Tatanagar (TATA): They look like golf carts and are a blessing for the elderly, the ailing and the physically challenged at major railway stations.
Now, Tatanagar will become Jharkhand’s first station to have battery-operated cars, often called the railway buggy at many places.
The service is likely to start by July-end. “It’s the first such service in Jharkhand and we hope it will help passengers immensely,” said A.K.Agarwal, a spokesperson of Chakradharpur Railway division, under which Tatanagar falls.
“We are working out the modalities to start the battery car service on Tatanagar’s platforms. We will select an NGO to operate and manage the service. A nominal charge will be taken from passengers who book the battery-operated car,” Agarwal said.
Each car will have a sofa at the rear that can seat up to three passengers. It can also carry luggage, but not as much as a trolley can.
According to Agarwal, the battery-operated car can ferry elderly and physically challenged passengers – as well as luggage – from one platform to the other and also go right up the entrance of the station.
Booking will be done from a centrally located place, most likely a kiosk set to come up beside Enquiry. A buggy can be booked by showing the passenger’s ticket. Later, a ramp may be built to enable the battery-operated car reach the auto stand outside for added convenience. Phone numbers for this service are also likely to be advertised prominently.
“Once the car services start, after alighting from a train, a physically challenged or an elderly passenger can actually relax,” he said.
“The battery operated vehicles will immensely help passengers especially the elderly ones,” said Vijay Anand Moonka, a senior functionary of Singhbhum Chamber Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and chairman of the business outfit’s railway committee.
“We have noticed numerous passengers suffering from arthritis and other related diseases face a lot of problems in walking on the platforms to catch trains. The battery operated vehicles prove a boon for such passengers apart from the disabled and elderly ones,” said Moonka.
Chotanagpur Passengers’ Association also welcomed the new passenger-friendly effort.
“We have been demanding this service for quite some time. The railway needs to be very careful in selecting the NGO which can effectively manage and run the service without any hassle,” said Arun Pandey, a senior functionary of the passengers’ outfit.
Friday, 24 April 2015
Teesta Setlvad
05:42
India puts Ford Foundation on watch list
In a move that could well spark off a diplomatic row, India on Thursday put Ford Foundation, one of the leading international funding agency headquartered in New York, under its watch list.
Invoking section 46 of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010, the Foreigners' division of the union home ministry asked the Reserve Bank of India to "instruct all banks to ensure that any fund flow from Ford Foundation to any person, NGO, organisation may be brought to the notice of the ministry and that the funds are allowed to be credited into the accounts of the recipient only after the ministry's clearance."
The circular also said any instance of a government organisation receiving funds directly from this agency should be brought to the notice of the home ministry and would be subject to clearance.
Though the circular does not specify or indicate any reason for this step, it apparently lies in Ford Foundation providing a grant of $5,40,000 to Teesta Setlvad-run NGO Sabrang Trust and Sabrang Communication & Publishing Pvt Ltd (SCPPL).
Teesta Setalvad is known for having very strong views on Narendra Modi. She also took Gujarat government head-on on behalf of victims of 2002 Gujarat riots.
Raising the issue with union home secretary L C Goyal in March this year, Gujarat government had said that "it is revealed during the course of investigation that Ford Foundation, established with the stated goal of promoting communal harmony, democratic principles and social justice, has been indulging in covert activities of promoting interests that are completely contradictory to the said goals."
The communication also attached a detailed report of investigations carried out by the state police which questions Ford Foundation motives while giving grant to Teesta's organisation, SCPPL.
"It appears that Sabrang Trust and SCPPL are proxy offices of Ford Foundation that are being cultivated and positioned by the latter with some long-term plan," the report said.
Stating that "Foundation has deviated from its position that it will not promote or engage in bigotry and allowed the fund recipient to make a derogatory claim on the state of Gujarat, including a summary declaration that there is a failure to enforce the rule of law" Gujarat government favoured strong action against Ford Foundation for not only violating FEMA but also directly interfering in the internal affairs of the country and also abetting communal disharmony.
The move has sent ripples in the NGO circuit, as Ford Foundation, having assets worth over $11 billion, has made more than 3,500 grants totaling $508 million to nearly 1,250 institutions from its New Delhi office alone which began in 1952 on the invitation of the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
In India, it provides aid in diverse fields, including agriculture, micro-finance, municipal planning, dalit, women's and human rights, indigenous philanthropy, peace and regional security, classical and contemporary arts, democratic decentralisation and the panchayats, educational and scholarly institutions such as the IIMs, natural resource management, particularly joint forest management.
"The Ford Foundation is a major international organisation and has prominent Indians also on its governing board. This action throttles not just Ford Foundation but also chokes NGOs and activists it was encouraging through various projects in India," said John Dayal, a prominent civil society activist.
"Such actions by the government considerably erode its international reputation as a modern democracy, as also the reputation of the government and ruling party, the BJP. This in turn has an impact on India's business reputation,specially as an investment destination," said Dayal.
Ford Foundation could not be contacted for comments despite several attempts.
Source : DNA
