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Wednesday, 18 August 2021

07:20

Quick Coach Watering System installed at Secunderabad Station

Quick Coach Watering System installed at Secunderabad Station

No. 363/2021-22
16-08-2021
Secunderabad
Quick Coach Watering System installed at Secunderabad Station - Watering can be done to all the coaches of the train within 5 minutes

South Central Railway has taken yet another initiative towards Water conservation duly taking the advantage of technology and set up Quick Watering system to Passenger Coaches at Secunderabad Railway station. The Quick Watering Facility not o­nly provides a fast mechanism to provide water to all passenger coaches in train, but also avoids wastage of water due to overflowing and reduces the train detention for want of coach watering.

Railways provide water in all the coaches of a passenger carrying train o­n a large scale, for the usage of travelling public. The major objective of the Railways in this regard is to ensure the availability of water in all coaches during the course of journey to provide hassle free travel experience to rail users, while at the same time ensuring no wastage of this precious resource.

Generally, each Coach of a train requires 1600 litres and each train o­n an average requires around 40,000 liters of water to fill all its coaches. Carriage watering is normally done at the Originating stations of the trains. For the trains running for longer durations and trains running during day time, it is important to fill the water at intermediate locations as well. Watering at Secunderabad station is being done for both originating as well as enroute trains also. In normal course, it takes considerably more time to fill all the coaches. To overcome this, Railways have come with new method of carriage watering called “Quick Watering System”, wherein the watering of entire train can be done within 5 minutes. The same has been installed at Secunderabad Railway station now.

Key features of Quick Watering System

ü Automatic Switching of pumps& valves depending o­n the water demand to utilize all the pumps effectively.

ü Remote operation planned by providing control panel at the end of platform.

ü Adequate pressure is maintained by automatic control over discharge by the Pumps depending upon the load.

ü Interactive soft touch interface to manually select the switching of hydrant line.

ü Pipelines are constructed in such a way that adequate pressure of water flow is maintained so that watering of entire train is completed within 5 minutes.

ü Pumps are with capacity of 20 Hp & Discharge of 100 Cu.Mtr /min

ü Safety Relief Valve to protect hydrant from High Pressure.

ü Number of Major Hydrant Lines: 6 Nos.

ü All the pipes are leak proof avoiding wastage of water.

ü Adequate size &length of pipe so that it does not touch the ground and hygiene is maintained.

Shri Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, SCR has appreciated Officials of Secunderabad Division for the initiative in setting up of Quick Watering System at Secunderabad station. He also opined that extension of this facility at a busy station like Secunderabad will reduce the detention time of trains and also helps in both easing the congestion and also judiciously utilizing water.

Source:South Central Railway

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Saturday, 4 April 2020

08:17

Climate Change and Water Contamination

Climate Change and Water Contamination
Posted On: 02 MAR 2020 5:41PM by PIB Delhi
Climate model simulation studies done by various agencies including Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) project possible linkages of climate change with frequency and intensity of weather related events. However, any direct link between climate change and flooding resulting in water contamination has not been established.
The flow in rivers is dynamic and depends on many parameters such as rainfall, its distribution and intensity in the catchment, catchment characteristics and withdrawals/utilisations of water basins. Central Water Commission (CWC), Ministry of Jal Shakti monitors important/major rivers. Considering annual average flow of last 20 years of terminal sites of major rivers, no appreciable increasing/decreasing trend in total water availability in the country including the State of Bihar has been observed.
Ministry of Jal Shakti has drafted bills namely National Water Framework Bill, River Basin Management (RBM) Bill and Model Bill to ‘Regulate and Control the Development and Management of Ground Water’ for bringing reforms in water sector.
The draft RBM Bill proposes optimum development of inter-State rivers by facilitating inter-State coordination ensuring scientific planning of land and water resources taking basin/sub-basin as unit with unified perspectives of water in all its forms (including soil moisture, ground and surface water). The draft RBM Bill has been circulated to all States/Union Territories, concerned Central Government’s Ministries/Departments for pre-legislative consultations.
The National Water Framework Bill provides an overarching national legal framework based on principles for protection, conservation, regulation and management of water as a vital and stressed natural resource, under which legislation and executive action on water can take place at all levels of governance. The draft National Water Framework Bill has been circulated to States/UTs and the concerned Central Ministries for obtaining their views/comments.
Ministry has also circulated a Model Bill to ‘Regulate and Control the Development and Management of Ground Water’ to all the States/UTs to enable them to enact suitable ground water legislation for regulation for its development which includes provision of rain water harvesting. So far, 15 States/UTs have adopted and implemented the ground water legislation on the lines of Model Bill.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Rajya Sabha .

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Friday, 12 July 2019

07:35

RPF "Operation Thirst" -Unauthorized Packaged Drinking Water Sale

RPF "Operation Thirst" -Unauthorized Packaged Drinking Water Sale

During peak summer season there is heavy demand of drinking water. Due to closure of schools & festive/marriage season, the number of passenger travelling by railways also increases and so the demand of drinking water.
To curb the menace of unauthorized PDW (PACKAGED DRINKING WATER) in Railway premises, an all India drive named “Operation Thirst” was launched on 08th & 09th July 2019 on the direction of DG/RPF, Railway Board, New Delhi where all the Zonal Principal Chief Security Commissioners (PCSC) were asked to crackdown these unauthorised activities. Almost all major stations over Indian Railway were covered during this operation.
During the drive, 1371 persons were arrested for selling of packaged drinking water of unauthorised brands under different sections i.e. 144 & 153 of Rly. Act. Total 69294 bottles of PDW have been seized. Total fine amount of Rs. 6,80,855/- have been realized from these offenders. 4 Pantry car managers involved in selling of the same were also arrested. Stalls on platforms were also found selling packaged drinking water bottle of brands which are not authorised by Railways.
Further enquiry into these cases are being made to reach the origin of this activity and those found involved will be taken up accordingly. The special drive will be followed by continuous action by concerned PCSCs on this issue.

Source:PIBNEWS
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Saturday, 16 September 2017

07:41

Soon, tablets for passengers to record feedback on meals on trains

Soon, tablets for passengers to record feedback on meals on trains
Passengers can record their feedback through an online form on the tablets to be provided by the Railways
Good, bad or ugly — passengers on premium trains will soon be able to rate on tablets the food they eat under a scheme to be launched soon, a senior official said today.
They can record their feedback through an online form on the tablets to be provided by the Railways, the official said.

Around 100 tablets have so far been given by the Railways to on-board supervisors of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in different railway zones for recording customer feedback on food quality, staff behaviour and other related issues, the official said.
The tablet was used on a trial basis for the first time on the Ahmedabad-Delhi Rajdhani yesterday. The system would be formally launched on the Mumbai Rajdhani in a couple of weeks, IRCTC chief spokesperson Pinakin Morawala said.
"This will help us be more specific with the redress of complaints and suggestions. We will be able to gauge the rate of customer satisfaction as well as grade the suggestions," he said.
The Railways is also looking at an offline version of the scheme to deal with erratic networks or Internet problems.
The software on the tablet records the name, phone number and train details of the passenger. Then it poses a series of questions to determine the food experience on the journey.
Currently, IRCTC takes feedback either on an on-board suggestion book, or through its twitter handle. Passengers can also call 139 to complain about the quality of food.
These methods will continue to be available along with the new system, Morawala said.
In the new system, passengers would be asked to rate different aspects of the food being served — on quality, quantity, presentation, staff behaviour and overall satisfaction — on a scale of 1-5.
If the rating is three or less on any count, the passenger is asked further questions on specific problem areas — taste, appearance and others.
"As of now, we are targeting 10 per cent of passengers in a train for feedback. Eventually, we might increase our target," said Morawala.
The feedback forms have a separate box where passengers can recount their individual experiences and details not captured by the set queries.
Once recorded, passengers will get a message on their mobile phones, thanking them for the feedback and checking if the information provided to the Railways is genuine. This would ensure that the feedback is not being manipulated.
IRCTC as of now has 40 trains under it and initially, this feedback system will be introduced in the premium trains — Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi — that they operate.
(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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Tuesday, 26 April 2016

19:39

Mumbai: Metro 3 threatens holy well; Parsis want line shifted

Mumbai: Metro 3 threatens holy well; Parsis want line shifted 

The Bhikha Behram Well, one the city's oldest sunken sweet water sources, Grade I heritage structure and holy to the Parsis, near Cross Maidan and Churchgate, may be threatened by the Metro Rail Line 3 plan. There is some trepidation that the digging of the tunnel, for the Metro Rail Line 3, may drain out water from the sub-soil completely. 
This well was built in 1725 by Bhikha Behram to thank the almighty for sparing his life after the Marathas who were at war with the Sultans of Gujarat mistook him for a Muslim, (he showed his sureh-kusti and was finally set free).
It is one of the few Parsi wells in the city, which has one entrance for community members and another for non-Parsis to draw water.
With a rich history, it has a strong sentimental pull for the community, as well as of course, great religious significance. Now, the trustees of the well have raised significant concerns that the proposed Mumbai Metro Rail Line 3 is going to pass very close to the holy well. Subsequently, they say that the depth of the well water will be adversely affected, as there is going to be excavation for the Metro 3 line. They commissioned Dr Rama Krishna, Powai geologist, to conduct an investigation report. Says Dr Krishna, “I made an investigative report, about 1.5 months ago. I had concerns because the digging for the tunnel of the metro line was going to be around 12 - 18m. Though the central line of excavation would pass about 50 ft (15 m) from the well, it will affect the well. There is bound to be a drop in the water level.”
Dr Krishna buttresses his argument by citing that when the Metro subway was being constructed, “I was called to study the effect  of the water level in the Dhobi Talao area. There is substantial water in that area. There were a number of pumps installed in the vicinity to pump out the water. It did affect the water level of several  wells there. While the BMC could replace that shortfall, it is not possible to replace the holy water in  Bhikha Behram Well.” Dr Krishna ended that, “in the report, we have suggested that the Metro-3 line be shifted away from the Churchgate-Cross Maidan side and towards the Oval Maidan.”
The big two H's here are holy and heritage, but, the community says the well is also symbolic of the legendary Parsi philanthropy to the city. Burjor Antia, chairman, Bhikha Behram Board of Trustees, says, “People from the Fort area use this water to slake their thirst, and for office use. This is charity of water for everyone.”  That is why Antia states that, “it is not just the Parsi community, but everybody who has a stake here and must be concerned about the proposed line.” Antia reminisced about the old days, “In the 1940s, when families like the Mafatlals used to take water from the well, in pipe drums.”
Explaining that the trustees have asked the metro authorities for a meeting, Antia adds, “this is a legal process and we are waiting to hear from them.”
Bikha Behram Well trustee, Homiar Vakil states, “There is great anxiety. This well has never dried up since 300 years. If anything happens to this well, it can never be replaced.”
RITES, a government consultancy agency  had done the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study for the underground Colaba Bandar Seepz (CBS) metro line 3 project which is being implemented by Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), in January, 2012.  This report  also mentions this well. A part of the report gives a thumbnail sketch of its historical import, saying 'the well has a perennial source of sweet water, which is remarkable as most of the water in the area is brackish owing to the proximity to the Arabian Sea.” The report states that vibration monitoring was carried out in front of Parsi well.
An MMRC official spoke on request of anonymity, “We have written to the Trustees. We believe after which, they also had a discussion amongst themselves. Soon, we will be having another meeting with them and expect a positive outcome to our ongoing talks.”
There are community members who are keeping the faith though, in the power of the well and the Govt. Says Hoshaang Gotla, who has been conducting a prayer every month at the Bhikha Behram Well, “it has been a tradition for 6.5 years,” he explains. “the prayer is held monthly, on a day representing water called, 'Ava'. The prayer itself is called, 'Humbandagi' which literally means praying together and it is held because we believe that the community which prays together, stays together,” says Gotla, who is an executive assistant to the MD of Hiranandani Group. Gotla believes that while the trepidation is natural, “I know the Govt. will take care of the religious sentiments of the community and I have full faith that no harm will come to this well.”

Source:MiD-DAY

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Monday, 31 August 2015

07:09

High Court seeks report on Water supplied to Rail Passengers

High Court seeks report on Water supplied to Rail Passengers

New Delhi: While expressing concern over the quality of water supplied to the residents of railway colonies and passengers at railway platforms of the Northern Railway, the Delhi High Court has issued directions for collecting water samples from different divisions and sought a report on the issue.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said, while hearing a public interest litigation over the weekend that it would at present look into the aspect whether the people living in railway colonies and passengers were getting good quality of water.

The court sought to know about the status of the chlorination plants, while observing that it would issue directions to the authorities in its detailed order later.

The PIL, filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, has sought an independent and court-monitored probe into the neglect of the quality of the drinking water supply and the ‘manipulations in the award of contracts’ for supply of chlorination plants for the past several years.

The petition said while the Railways, having an independent water supply system all over the country, was able to keep trains running by meeting the requirement of water for washing and cleaning of trains, tracks and platforms, it had failed to supply safe and wholesome drinking water to millions of railway passengers and its staff living in railway colonies.

It also alleged that the Railways had continued to neglect the quality of water supply for several years and the records had shown the water quality ‘very unsatisfactory’.

The court issues directions for collecting water samples from different divisions and sought a report on the issue
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