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General Manager reviews monsoon preparations

Central Railway gears up with monsoon preparations

Shri Naresh Lalwani, General Manager, Central Railway reviewed the monsoon preparations of Central Railway. Shri Alok Singh, Additional General Manager, Central Railway, Shri Rajnish Kumar Goyal, Divisional Railway Manager, Mumbai Division and Principal Head of Departments of civil engg, electrical, signalling  were also present.

The details of measures taken for ensuring uninterrupted services are as under-

1)More Water Pumps- 

24 vulnerable locations identified. 166 pumps will be provided at these locations. Railways will be providing 120 High Power pumps, 15 Normal pumps and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai will be providing the balance 31 pumps. This year the capacity of pumps and nos. of pumps have been increased between 12.5 HP to 100 HP.  The locations identified o­n main line are Masjid, Mazgaon yard, Byculla, Chinchpokli, Currey Road, Parel, Dadar, Matunga, Sion, Kurla, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg, Bhandup, Mulund and o­n Harbour line are Sewri, Vadala, Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, Chunabhatti, Tilak Nagar etc.

2)Micro tunnelling-

Micro tunnelling has been provided at 8 locations such as Masjid, Sandhurst Road, Dadar-Parel area, Matunga-Sion area, Kurla Car Shed, Tilak Nagar nallah, Diva and Kalva. Micro tunneling work is in progress at 2 new locations in Thane-Kalva and Kalva-Mumbra section.

3)Desilting of drains-

Central Railway has targeted de-silting and cleaning of 118.48 kms of drains o­n its suburban section of which, work has been completed for 102.39 kms and work is presently in progress o­n cleaning of another 16 kms of drains.

4)Cleaning of culverts-

CR has cleaned 88 culverts o­n its suburban sections, and work is presently in progress o­n cleaning of 17 more culverts. Culvert Augmentation work by insertion of RCC box done at Kurla-Trombay area, Chunabhatti, Wadala Road, Vidyavihar-LTT area and Tilak Nagar.

5)Trimming of Trees-

Work of cutting and trimming of 43 trees has been done and work is in progress of 23 trees.

6)Muck removal-

Central Railway has set a target of cleaning and removal of 62,000 cubic meters of muck o­n Main lines.

7)Lifting of tracks-

47.8 km track lifting planned, it will be completed till next month.

     8) Works done in Ghat Section-

         -45 meters of Tunnel Portal

         -300 mts of Rockfall Barrier

         -500 sq mts of Boulder Netting

         -40 mts of Canadian Fencing

         -160 mts of Stabilization of banks

         -tunnel sounding- 18 locations

9)Separate pumps will be provided for RUBs- at 14 locations.

10)Reserve boulders and stone dust kept ready in case of unusuals- 7300 cubic meter boulders and 3500 cubic meter sand dust/gravel will be kept ready as reserve.

11)Other Important works in progress-

·Pre-monsoon water proof cable meggering- almost 83% work completed, balance will be completed in 1 week.

·Provision of CCTVs and telephones at 31 Static Watchman Hut in ghat sections.

·Waterproof point motor machines provided at- 277 locations.

·AWS (Auxillary warning system) magnets sealing work for 1506 locations will be completed in this month.

·Installation of flood gates at Masjid, Byculla, Matunga and Sion-Kurla areas.

·Bunter Bhavan nallah at LTT to be connected by removing encroachments.

·Karve nagar nallah improvement work to be done by MCGM and cost to be recovered from Ajmera builders.

·Appointment of consultant for work of clearing of concrete deposited below water mains at Priyadarshini, Chunabhatti.

12)OHE- overhead wire- thermographic checking completed at 1239 track KMs. Thermo vision camera checking of conductor and other parts of OHE is completed.

13)24X7 Control Room- CR Control office, working round the clock, will keep close liaison with Meteorological Department, Disaster Management cell and staff deputed at flood prone areas for continuous monitoring and constant updates.

14)Hourly monitoring- of rainfall and water level above track is taken by control office from field staff during monsoon period.

15)Close coordination with state govt, BMC, TMC, NMMC- Regular meetings conducted between railways and state officials, till now 4 meetings done with municipal commissioner/AMC/Chief engineer. A hotline also created between railways and MCGM disaster cell, TMC, NMMC.

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Date: May 23, 2023

PR No. 2023/05/23

This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai

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CHANGE IN TRAIN SERVICES

South Central Railway has notified for partial cancellation and diversion of the following trains due to engineering works for the commissioning of the 3^rd line between Chintalpalli and Nekonda stations of Secunderabad division:

PARTIAL CANCELLATION OF TRAINS:

1.Train No. 07335 Belagavi – Secunderabad Daily Express Special leaving Belagavi from May 20 to June 6, 2023 will be partially cancelled between Kazipet and Manuguru stations.

2.Train No. 07336 Manuguru – Belagavi Daily Express Special will be partially cancelled between Manuguru and Kazipet stations from May 21 to June 7, 2023.

DIVERSION OF TRAIN:

1.Train No. 18112 Yesvantpur – Tatanagar Weekly Superfast Express starting from Yesvantpur o­n 21^st May, 28^th May and 4^th June, 2023, will be diverted to run via Secunderabad, Pagidipalli, Guntur and Vijayawada stations, skipping stoppages at Warangal and Khammam stations. This train will provide temporary stoppage o­n the diverted route at Guntur station.

ಕೆಲವು ರೈಲುಗಳ ಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ

ಸಿಕಂದರಾಬಾದ್ ವಿಭಾಗದ ಚಿಂತಲಪಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ನೆಕ್ಕೊಂಡ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ಕೆಲವು ರೈಲುಗಳ ಸೇವೆಯನ್ನು ಭಾಗಶಃ ರದ್ದು ಮತ್ತು ಮಾರ್ಗ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ಮಾಡಲು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಮಧ್ಯ ರೈಲ್ವೆ ವಲಯವು ಸೂಚಿಸಿದೆ.

ರೈಲುಗಳ ಭಾಗಶಃ ರದ್ದು:

1.ಮೇ 20 ರಿಂದ ಜೂನ್ 6 ರವರೆಗೆ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿಯಿಂದ ಹೊರಡುವ ರೈಲು ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 07335ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ-ಸಿಕಂದರಾಬಾದ್ ಡೈಲಿ ಎಕ್ಸ್‌ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ವಿಶೇಷ ರೈಲನ್ನು ಕಾಜಿಪೇಟ ಮತ್ತು ಮಣುಗೂರು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಭಾಗಶಃ ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.

2.ಮೇ 21 ರಿಂದ ಜೂನ್ 7 ರವರೆಗೆ ಮಣುಗೂರು-ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಡೈಲಿ ಎಕ್ಸ್‌ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ವಿಶೇಷ (07336) ರೈಲನ್ನು ಮಣುಗೂರು ಮತ್ತು ಕಾಜಿಪೇಟ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಭಾಗಶಃ ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ರೈಲು ಮಾರ್ಗ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ:

1.ಮೇ 21, 28 ಮತ್ತು ಜೂನ್ 4 ರಂದು ಯಶವಂತಪುರ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಆರಂಭವಾಗುವ ರೈಲು ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 18112ಯಶವಂತಪುರ-ಟಾಟಾನಗರ ಎಕ್ಸ್‌ಪ್ರೆಸ್ ರೈಲು ಸಿಕಂದರಾಬಾದ್, ಪಗಿಡಿಪಲ್ಲಿ, ಗುಂಟೂರು ಮತ್ತು ವಿಜಯವಾಡ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣಗಳ ಮಾರ್ಗದ ಮೂಲಕ ಸಂಚರಿಸಲಿದೆ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ವಾರಂಗಲ್‌ ಮತ್ತು ಖಮ್ಮಂ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ ತಪ್ಪಲಿವೆ. ಬದಲಾದ ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಗುಂಟೂರು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ನಿಲುಗಡೆ ಒದಗಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

                                                                                                                               Aneesh Hegde
                                                                             Chief Public Relations Officer                                                                                                  South Western Railway, Hubballi