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In a week, 76 women ‘bullies’ caught on Western Railway
In a drive by Western Railway, 76 women commuters were arrested since June 12 for ‘bullying and blocking doors of compartments for other passengers’.

The women bullies arrested were those travelling from suburbs between Borivli and Virar and such incidents were reported both during morning and evening rush hour, officials said.


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Those arrested were booked under sections 154 and 156 of Railway Act, produced before the magistrate and fined Rs 500 each, sources said.

While providing details on Sunday, WR chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar said that the drive had begun from June 12 when the RPF staff apprehended 19 women for bullying and blocking the compartment doors for other commuters. WR general manager A K Gupta had interacted with women passengers during a feedback drive conducted earlier this month. A total of 488 women had participated in the feedback campaign between June 4 and 8.

Several women complained about being assaulted or not allowed to enter compartments by ‘bullies’. The latter would abuse women commuters and block doors. If somebody wanted to enter the compartment, she would sometimes be pushed out forcibly, sources said.

Such incidents would recur mainly in fast trains. The drive will continue on Monday. One hundred and twenty illegal vendors were caught following complaints from women commuters.

For women’s safety, WR officials also conducted a survey and found that the CCTV cameras provided at suburban stations were not properly covering areas near the ladies compartments of suburban trains. The cameras were relocated at 73 places on several WR platforms.

“The year 2018-19 has been dedicated towards security of women and children in trains. We rescued 1,008 children in 2017 of which 335 were girls and 673 were boys. In the current year, 330 children have been rescued (up to May) of which 110 are girls and 220 are boys,” said Bhakar.

Help desks for runaway kids have been set up at Mumbai Central station and Bandra Terminus . “The RPF squads also caught more than 400 men travelling in ladies coaches and more than 30 drug addicts who could have posed threat to the safety of women passengers,” an official added.
In a week, 76 women ‘bullies’ caught on Western Railway - Times of India
 
42 lakh senior citizens gave up railway concessions in 9 months: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that 42 lakh senior citizens had voluntarily given up their railway concession in the past nine months while 1.25 crore families had surrendered their gas subsidy.

Modi said an environment of honesty has been fostered in the country and more and more people are coming forward to contribute to the nation building by voluntarily giving up on various subsidies and concessions.
He said with his one request from the Red Fort to the well-off citizens to give up LPG subsidy, and 1.25 crore families gave up the benefit.

"Here (in case of railway concessions) I had not announced anything. But the railways themselves on their form asked people if they would want to give up their senior citizen concessions...I am proud to say that in the past eight-nine months, 42 lakh elderly passengers have voluntarily given up their subsidy," Modi said.

He further said that he had requested the doctors of the country to treat pregnant women free of cost at least once in a month, following which thousands of medical practitioners had come forward. "And 1.25 crore pregnant women have been treated free-of cost so far," he said.

The prime minister had called on doctor working in the private sector to provide free ante-natal services (ANC) on the 9th of every month on a voluntary basis to pregnant women, especially those living in under-served, semi-urban, poor and rural areas during his radio address in 2016.

"This shows the trust of the people on this government is increasing. People have this feeling that the tax we are paying, every single penny is being utilised for the purpose of development," Modi said after laying the foundation stone of the National Centre for Aging at AIIMS and inaugurating a super speciality and an emergency block at Safdarjung Hospital here today.

Modi said that the vision of his government is not limited to providing modern treatment facilities such as hospitals and medicines and thus a national health policy with an aim to ensure low-cost treatment for every citizen and to eradicate the causes of diseases was introduced.

"Our government has taken healthcare services beyond the boundaries of the health ministry and today the ministries of rural development, drinking water and sanitation, women and child development and ayush have all got linked with the government's vision to provide accessible and affordable health to all," he said.

Modi also talked about the two pillars of the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat, as part of which 1.5 lakh sub-centres that are being converted into health and wellness centres to provide screening for tuberculosis and leprosy, along with diabetes, hypertension, breast, oral and cervical cancers.

Also, he talked about the National Health Protection Scheme which aims to provide a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family annually to 10 crore vulnerable families.

Modi said these will highly benefit the poor living in villages and rural areas and more and more states are being linked to the project and private hospitals are being brought on board. "This will be the world's largest health assurance scheme," he said.

Reiterating India's commitment to eradicate TB by 2025, five years ahead of the global target, Modi said he has faith that the healthcare sector of the country would meet the challenge.

In the past four years, the public healthcare sector has been given a new direction and the continuous policy
interventions by the union government have ensured that the poor and the middle-class do not have to wander around for better health services and spend unnecessarily on them.

The National Centre for Ageing, the foundation stone for which was laid by the prime minister today, will provide state-of-the-art clinical care to the elderly population and lay a key role in guiding research in the field of geriatric medicine and related specialities.

The centre will have 200 general ward beds, which will include 20 medical ICU beds. The centre will be developed at a cost of Rs 330 crore and will be completed by February 2020.

During the event at AIIMS, the prime minister also inaugurated a 500-bedded new emergency block and 807-bedded super speciality block at Safdarjung Hospital.

He also dedicated a 300-bed Power Grid Vishram Sadan at AIIMS and a "connection motorable tunnel" between AIIMS, Ansari Nagar and the trauma centre.
42 lakh senior citizens gave up railway concessions in 9 months: PM Modi
 
The Western Railway (WR) has completed the Udhana-Jalgaon double line project which was sanctioned in the Railway Budget of 2009. The 305-km-long project, linking Udhana in Surat district of Gujarat to Jalgaon district in North Maharashtra, entailed a cost of Rs 2446.85 crore and will provide a fillip to growth in areas falling under this rail section, an official said.

WR chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar said traffic movement on the stretch, which has 44 stations, commenced on July 22. As many as 380 bridges, 31 foot over-bridges (FOBs), 66 high level platforms, 24 medium level platforms and seven rail level platforms were constructed as part of the project, said a statement issued by the WR’s PR department.

Passenger amenities like shelters, toilets and waiting rooms, among others, have also been provided, it said. Underlining the benefits of the project, Bhakar said apart from increasing the capacity of ferrying passengers as well as goods, the double line will improve punctuality and streamline train operations.

“It will act as a catalyst for development of Nandurbar, Vyara, Dharangaon and other places on the section. Beside, it will provide link for North Maharashtra with the under-construction Dedicated Freight Corridor (Delhi-Mumbai),” he said.
Udhana-Jalgaon double line project of Indian Railways completes
 
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Konkan Railway to begin work on Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi Route Soon; to have 10 New Stations


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The Konkan Railway connects the States of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka in the Western Coast of India

Work on the 103 kilometreKolhapur-Vaibhavwadi section of Konkan Railway will begin soon. This decision was taken at a review meeting of Konkan railway chaired by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, in New Delhi, yesterday. The meeting was attended by the Chairman, Railway Board, CMD, Konkan Railway and other senior officials. During the discussions the Minister emphasised that the construction of the Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi section will be a game changer for not only the Konkan Railway but also for the region and the economy of Maharashtra. It will link the coastal region of Maharashtra with Western Maharashtra, lead to development of ports and harbours in the coastal region and allow flow of goods from the hinterland to the coast.
In the meeting, Suresh Prabhu said that the construction of this line will also facilitate the movement of petroleum from the world’s largest integrated refinery cum petrochemicals complexes being built near Vaibhavwadi in Ratnagiri district, in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. The USD 40 billion mega refinery is being built by IOC, BPCL and HPCL and is expected to be commissioned by 2022. It will have a capacity of 60 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA).
Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi line will facilitate movement of petroleum and petrochemicals from the refinery to the coast. The Minister further explained that the future economic growth of Maharashtra depends on connectivity of its coastal areas with the rest of the state and the country.
CMD, Konkan Railway, informed the Minister that in order to improve services, of Konkan Railway to more villages and towns in the region, 10 new stations are also being built. The first station will be inaugurated in January 2019.
The Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi line has already been sanctioned by the Railway Ministry. Indian Railways will bear 50% of the cost and rest will be borne by the Government of Maharashtra.
 
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High Speed Corridor in Railways

Government has identified the routes connecting four major metros and growth centres of the country for feasibility studies for high speed rail. Feasibility studies have been taken up for the following routes :-
(i) Delhi-Mumbai,
(ii) Delhi-Kolkata (via Lucknow),
(iii) Mumbai-Chennai,
(iv) Delhi-Nagpur segment of Delhi-Chennai,
(v) Mumbai-Nagpur segment of Mumbai-Kolkata and
(vi) Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru.
Of the above-mentioned feasibility studies, those for Mumbai-Nagpur, Delhi-Nagpur and Chennai-Bangaluru-Mysuru have been taken up under Government to Government cooperation with the Governments of Spain, China and Germany respectively. Presently, only Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project (MAHSR) has been sanctioned with the financial and technical assistance from Government of Japan.
This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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New Line, Gauge Conversion, Doubling of Rail Lines and Safety in rail operations

In the last four years, 2555 km of New Line, 3396 km of Gauge Conversion and 3577 km of Doubling has been commissioned. During 2017-18, 1862 km has been commissioned including 409 km of New Line, 454 km of Gauge Conversion and 999 km of Doubling.
Safety is accorded the highest priority by Indian Railways and all possible steps are being undertaken on a continual basis including upgradation of technology to aid safe running of trains. Further, during 2017-18, due to highest priority given to safety works of track renewals and capacity constraints of supply of rails, commissioning of Railway Lines was less.
This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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A YouTube video on a new train in Kashmir (y)

A train ride in Kashmir enjoy :cool:
 
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MoU signed for Indore manmade Railway line project
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) and Ministry of Shipping on Tuesday in presence of Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for Indore manmade Railway line project.

The manmade railway line, which will cover a distance of 362 km (186 km for Maharashtra and 176 km for Madhya Pradesh) will be beneficial for freight traffic along with passenger train. The total amount allotted for this project is Rs. 8574.79 crore.

Speaking on the project, Union Minister for Roads and Highways, Nitin Gadkari said, "This is a big opportunity for the development of the tribal areas for both the states. This project will reduce the distance between Delhi and Chennai also. Land acquisition has already been initiated."

JNPT is financing 70 percent of this project while Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh will have 15 percent of equity share in it. Railway will contribute in the operative ratio.

With this project, a traveling distance of 171 km will be cut short from western region of India to Central India and average railway routes will also get alternatives to decongest existing routes.

In the first ten years of its operation, an economic benefit of Rs. 15000 crore has been estimated. The project will be completed in six years, including one year of financial closure.
MoU signed for Indore manmade Railway line project
 
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