Thrust on Infra, Safety : Rail Doubling works in Southern Railway get a fillip in Budget 2020-21
Thrust on Infra, Safety : Rail Doubling works in Southern Railway get a fillip in Budget 2020-21
HIGHLIGHTS:
·Southern Railway has been granted an amount of Rs.3340 crore as budgetary allocation for the year 2020-2021 with a grant of Rs.1238 crore for doubling, Rs.175 crores towards gauge conversion , Rs.37 crores for traffic facilities and Rs.198 crores for passenger amenities.
·New projects at a cost of Rs. 4131 has been sanctioned towards doubling of Katpadi-Villupuram line, Salem-Karur-Dindigul line, Erode-Karur line and Chennai Beach- Chennai Egmore (4th line). A sanction of Rs.280 crores for Chennai Beach – Chennai Egmore 4th line will help easing congestion in this section.
·With focus on Safety, for elimination of level crossing gates an amount of Rs.880 crores have been sanctioned for new road over bridges and Road under bridges particularly on the Golden quadrilateral/diagonal routes (Chennai – Gudur/Chennai – Arakkonam – Renigunta). This has the potential to increase the speed of trains.
·Replacement of Route relay interlocking (RRI) and A, B and C cabins at Jolarpettai has been allotted an outlay of Rs.6 crore.
·Provision of centralized traffic control in connection with modern train control system has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.148 cr. This will help in enhancing the line capacity and safety.
·Harnessing the benefits of technology for Safe train operations, provision of indigenous train collision avoidance system on low density railway network has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.468.9 cr.
·Under Passenger amenities head, a new work for an amount of Rs.150 crores towards minimum essential amenities with more focus on facilities for divyangjan at stations across southern railway has been sanctioned. Rs.75 crores sanctioned towards soft upgrades at stations ( like improvement in station buildings, tall flags, steel benches, cover over platform, etc.)
1.Budgetary grant (BG) under various Plan heads
Plan Head
BG 2020-21 (In Rs.Crores)
11
New lines
2.70
14
Gauge Conversion
175.18
15
Doubling
1238.10
including EBR (IF)
16
Traffic Facilities
37.12
17
Computerisation
7.03
21
Rolling Stock
106.59
29
Road Safety Work- Level Crossings
102.36
30
Road Safety Work-ROBs/RUBs
335.52
31
Track Renewals
730.00
32
Bridge Works
54.5
33
Signalling & Telecommunication works
105.06
36
Other Electrical work, incl. TRD
39.48
41
Machinery & Plant
27.76
42
Workshop including PUs
55.04
51
Staff Welfare
63.96
53
Passenger Amenities
198.11
64
Other Specified work
53.34
65
Training/HRD
8.1
Grand Total
3340.00
2.Budget grant for some important ongoing work is as under:
In view of the ‘Aadipooram’ festival at Melmaruvathur, the following trains have been provided temporary stoppage of one minute duration at Melmaruvathur from 02.08.2019 to 05.08.2019 (Four days) as explained below:
Sl. No.
Train No. & Name
Timings at
Melmaruvathur
Date of departure from origination station
1.
Train No.12653 Chennai Egmore – Tiruchchirappalli Rockfort express
00.59 / 01.00 hrs.
Ex. Chennai Egmore from 02.08.2019 to 05.08.2019
2.
Train No.12654 Tiruchchirappalli – Chennai Egmore Rockfort express
02.39 / 02.40 hrs.
Ex. Tiruchchirappalli from 01.08.2019 to 04.08.2019
3.
Train No.12635 Chennai Egmore – Madurai Vaigai express
15.04 / 15.05 hrs.
Ex. Chennai Egmore from 02.08.2019 to 05.08.2019
4.
Train No.12636 Madurai – Chennai Egmore Vaigai express
12.49 / 12.50 hrs.
Ex. Madurai
from 02.08.2019 to 05.08.2019
5.
Train No.12637 Chennai Egmore – Madurai Pandian express
23.04 / 23.05 hrs.
Ex. Chennai Egmore from 02.08.2019 to 05.08.2019
6.
Train No.12638 Madurai – Chennai Egmore Pandian express
02.54 / 02.55 hrs.
Ex. Madurai
from 01.08.2019 to 04.08.2019
7.
Train No.12661 Chennai Egmore – Sengottai Podhigai express
22.24 / 22.25 hrs.
Ex. Chennai Egmore from 02.08.2019 to 05.08.2019
8.
Train No.12662 Sengottai – Chennai Egmore Podhigai express
04.04 / 04.05 hrs.
Ex. Sengottai
from 01.08.2019 to 04.08.2019
9.
Train No.16179 Chennai Egmore – Mannargudi Mannai express
22.44 / 22.45 hrs.
Ex. Chennai Egmore from 02.08.2019 to 05.08.2019
10.
Train No.16180 Mannargudi – Chennai Egmore Mannai express
