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WATER TREATMENT PLANT COMMISSIONED AT ER’S AZIMGANJ JN. OF HOWRAH DIVISION

Kolkata, August 2, 2021:

Water treatment plant of capacity 3.2 Million Litre/Day for drinking water facility at Azimganj Jn. has been constructed by Eastern Railway’s Construction Department and commissioned recently.

       At present, there is a ground water supply at Azimganj through deep tubewell/boring which consists of high concentration of fluoride, arsenic and iron. To solve this problem, this water treatment plant has been commissioned for the supply of treated pure water to passengers, East & West Railway staff colonies and coaching complex at Azimganj Railway station to meet the daily demand.

       The work involves construction of main intake jetty in river Bhagirathi with raw water pumphouse and 3.2 Million Litre/Day capacity filter system. Raw water from the river Bhagirathi undergoes various processes which include (1) Collection, (2) screening & straining, (3) chemical addition, (4) sedimentation & clarification, (5) filtration, (6) Storage & (7) final distribution. All the process is ensured by different mechanisms such as clarifiers, pressure sand filter, jetty pump, back wash water pump, air blower etc. There is also a facility of site laboratory where quality of treated water can be monitored scrupulously.

SPECIAL TRAIN TO BE RUN BETWEEN HOWRAH& AMRITSAR

Kolkata, April 07, 2021:

For the convenience of the passengers, Special train will runbetweenHowrah & Amritsar stations.

03005 Howrah-AmritsarSpecial ( via Dankuni ) will leave Howrah daily at 19:15 hrs. from 17.04.2021 to30.06.2021 to reach Amritsarat 08:40 hrs. o­n the 3^rdday.03006 Amritsar-Howrah Special ( via Dankuni )will leave Amritsar daily at 18:25 hrs. from 19.04.2021 & 02.07.2021 to reach Howrahat 07:30 hrs. o­n the 3^rdday.

The train will stop at Barddhaman,Durgapur, Raniganj, Asansol Jn., Chittaranjan, Madhupur, Jasidih, Jhajha, Kiul Jn., Mokameh Jn., Bakhtiyarpur Jn., Patna Saheb, Patna Jn., Danapur, Ara, Dumraon, Buxar, Dildarnagar Jn., Zamania, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Jn., kashi, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Janghai Jn., Badshahpur, Partapgarh Jn., Amethi, Gauriganj, Jais, Rae Bareli Jn., Bachhrawan, Lucknow, Balamu Jn., Hardoi, Shahjehanpur, Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad, Dhampur, Nagina, Najibabad Jn., Laksar Jn., Roorkee, Saharanpur Jn., Yamunanagar Jagadhri, Ambala Cantt.,Rajpura Jn., Ludhiana Jn., Phillaur Jn., Phagwara Jn., Jalandhar Cant., Jalandhar City, and BeasStations enroute in both directions ( 03006 will not stop at Phillaur Jn.).

Booking of the above special train in UP direction ( 03005 ) will be available through PRS counters and internet o­n and from 09.04.2021 at 08:00 hrs. The Special train will run o­n normal fare. The train will run as fully reserved special train including the GS/LS/SLRD coaches available in the train composition as 2S class. Tatkal booking will be available.