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  74^thMen and 13^th Women All India Railway Boxing Championship 2019-20 organized under the aegis of Railway Board, by Northern Railway Sports Association from 02 to 05 September 2019 at Karnail Singh Railway Stadium, New Delhi concluded.   

69 Men and 29 Women boxers from 13 Zonal Railways and 43 technical officers nominated from Railway Board participated in the Championship and made this event a success.

In the men's event, Northern Railway teams emerged first position having 34 points with 10 medals including 05 Gold, 04 Silver, 01 Bronze, while the Central Railways team declared runners up having 20 points with 07 medals including 02 Gold, 03 Silver, 02 Bronze.

In the women category, North Western Railways team stood first having 27 points with 05 gold, 04 silver, 01 bronze while Northern Railways women team declared runners up having 10 points by winning 02 Gold, 04 Silverand 01 Bronze medals.

In this competition in 69 kg weight category, Arjun Awardee, two times Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist boxer Shri Manoj Kumar who had also participated in Olympic Games bouted against Shri Dinesh Dagar (North Western Railway), in which Shri Dinesh Dagar won by 3-2. The Bronze Medalist in the World Boxing Championship. Shri Gaurav Vidhuri, (North Western Railway,) bout against the Gold Medalist of the World Youth Boxing Championship, Shri Sachin of Northern Railway. Shri Sachin of Northern Railway won by 4-1.

Women's World Boxing Championship, Silver Medalist & Arjuna Awardee Sonia Lather of North Western Railway, bout against the World Boxing Silver Medalist, Sonia Chahal of Northern Railway. In this bout, Sonia won the Gold Medal o­n the basis of points.

Many International and National level boxers of Indian Railways, participated in this Championship.

    General Manager ,Northern Railway and Chief Patron of Northern Railway Sports Association, Shri T.P. Singh, presented the medals. o­n the occasion, Chairman of Northern Railway Sports Association, Shri Vijay Sharma, Sports Director of Railway Sports Promotion Board Shri Prem Lochab, Senior Sports Officers of Northern Railway and Arjuna Awardee Shri Naresh Kumar, Mr. Rohash Singh, Shri Ajay Sirohi and Observer of Railway Board Shri Ravindra & Senior Officers from Northern Railway and Railway Board were also present and cheered the players.

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SER OBSERVES GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 50 YEARS OF EMU SERVICES

Kolkata, 2^nd May, 2018:

The first EMU train started its maiden journey between Howrah and Panskura o­n 01.05.1968 after the electrification of Howrah-Kharagpur section in the year 1968. To mark this momentous day and the successful completion of 50 years of suburban services of South Eastern Railway (1968-2018), the 5^th rake of 12-car GPS based 3-phase indigenous EMU train with CCTV Cameras in ladies compartment was flagged off from Howrah station by Shri Sachindra Mohan Chakraborty o­ne of the Senior most passengers and Smt. Basanti Deb Goswami, Senior Technician of Tikiapara Car Shed yesterday (01.05.2018) for Panskura. Shri Anirban Datta, Addl. General Manager, South Eastern Railway, Shri J.K.Saha, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, Shri Manoranjan Pradhan, Addl. Divisional Railway Manager, Kharagpur and other Sr. Officers were also present.

With increase of huge passengers of suburban sections, the number of EMU service have been increased in manifolds in all 7 suburban sections of South Eastern Railway i.e Howrah-Kharagpur, Kharagpur-Midnapore, Shalimar-Santragachi, Panskura-Haldia, Howrah-Amta, Tamluk-Digha and Kharagpur-Hijli-Belda.

More than 3.75 lakhs passengers travel per day with 194 EMU trains run o­n a day o­n South Eastern Railway’s suburban sections with revenue generation of average Rs 29 lakhs per day. The process of conversion from 9-Car rake to 12-Car rake is in progress and already 22 rakes with 12-Car coaches have been done. In order to provide adequate maintenance of EMU rakes, there are total 3 Car Sheds in Kharagpur Division located at Tikiapara, Panskura and Kharagpur to have more pit lines to upkeep EMU rakes and maintain the massive operation daily.Two ladies’ coaches for female passengers have been ear-marked in each 12-Car rake for safety and security of female commuters. All new rakes are provided with Public Address System through which the passengers in the coaches are informed of approaching stations as well as Platforms. SER has taken decision to convert all 9-Car EMU rakes into 12-Car rake within a very short span of time to fulfil the demand of suburban passengers.

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