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    Maligaon, 26^th February, 2023: The 2^nd edition of the JSL – NFR Northeast Half Marathon series has been completed successfully in the iconic Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) o­n 26^th February, 2023. The marathon race was flagged off in the gracious presence of Hon’ble MP from Darjeeling Shri Raju Bista; General Manager of N. F. Railway, Shri Anshul Gupta and Director of Jindal Stainless, Shri Tarun Khulbe. Jamling Norgay (son of the legendary Tenzing Norgay); Mira Rai, winner of National Geographic Adventurer of the Year; Uday Kumar, Parathlete; Gaurav Jajodia, CEO of Jai Balaji Group and many others dignitaries were also present.

            With the prime objective of ‘Empowering Sports in North Bengal & Sikkim areas and Promoting the iconic DHR – a UNESCO World Heritage site’, this well-liked JSL - NFR Northeast Half Marathon has been organised by N. F. Railway jointly with its various stakeholders at picturesque Darjeeling. The supporting groups viz. Darjeeling Enfielders, Darjeeling Mountain Bikers, Darjeeling Police and Administration, Yuma Hospitals, Vikrun Foundation and Jai Balaji Group have joined hands to make the event grand successful. The event has been successful in bringing this region into limelight at both National & International sporting platforms as a large number of runners from all part of  India and abroad had took part in the race.

            Participants competed in three different race categories - 21 Km, 10 Km and 5 Km run both for men and women. Among the 21 Km-long half marathon runners, Belete Mekonen from Ethiopia won the first position in 01:09.4 while Gajindra Rai from Nepal bagged the second position in 01:11.5 and James Kipleting from Kenya emerged as third runner with a timing of 01:11.6 in the men’s race. In the women category, Jalina Kore from Ethiopia finished her run clocking 01:09.5 and became the first while Tamsi Singh of Uttar Pradesh (India) bagged second position in 01:18.6 and Preity Rai of Kurseong (West Bengal) ranked third with a timing of 01:24.4. Winners of 21 Km, 10 Km and 5 Km run for both the categories were awarded with prize money, medals and certificates.  

            o­n this occasion, Hon’ble MP Shri Raju Bista expressed his gratitude and thanked Railway for organizing such an important event at Darjeeling. The General Manager, Shri Anshul Gupta informed that more such events would be organized by this zone for heralding new era to the sporting activities and NE Half Marathon at Darjeeling would help boosting tourism in the region. COO and Director, Jindal Stainless, Shri Tarun Khulbe said that the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India has prioritised infrastructure development in India's Northeast region along with the integration of the Northeast with the rest of India. Jindal Stainless has believed in the overall progress of the communities wherever they have been present in different capacities. The industrial and cultural hubs created in Hisar and Jajpur are testimony to this fact. In the Northeast as well, Jindal Stainless is committed be partners in this virtual cycle of growth that causes economic prosperity along with socio-cultural and environmental upliftment.

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RUNNING OF RAIL POST GATI SHAKTI EXPRESS CARGO SERVICE

Kolkata, 17th February, 2023: 

It has been decided to run Rail Post Gati Shakti Express Cargo Service to facilitate joint Parcel Products of India Post and Indian Railways. These Time Tabled Parcel Express Trains will run between Sankrail Goods Terminal-Bhiwandi and Sankrail Goods Terminal-Guwahati. In addition to that, another Parcel Express Train will also run between Sir M.Visveswaraya Terminal (Bengaluru)-Guwahati  via Kharagpur as per the given schedule:- 

Sankrail Goods Terminal-Guwahati-Sankrail Goods Terminal Time Tabled Parcel Express

00807 Sankrail Goods Terminal-Guwahati Parcel Express will leave Sankrail Goods Terminal every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday w.e.f 21.02.2023 at 20.30 hrs and will reach Guwahati at 07.00 hrs o­n the third day. In the return direction, 00808 Guwahati-Sankrail Goods Terminal Parcel Express will leave Guwahati every Thursday, Friday and Monday w.e.f 23.02.2023 at 14.00 hrs and will reach Sankrail Goods Terminal at 19.30 hrs o­n the second day. This Parcel Express Train will stop at Malda Town, Rangapani, New Jalpaiguri, Siliguri, Alipurduar and New Bongaigaon. 

Bhiwandi-Sankrail Goods Terminal-Bhiwandi Time Tabled Parcel Express

00121 Bhiwandi-Sankrail Goods Terminal Parcel Express will leave Bhiwandi every Monday w.e.f 20.02.2023 at 22.00 hrs and will reach Sankrail Goods Terminal at 18.00 hrs o­n every Wednesday.  In the return direction, 00122 Sankrail Goods Terminal-Bhiwandi Parcel Express will leave Sankrail Goods Terminal every Thursday w.e.f 23.02.2023 at 19.30 hrs and will reach Bhiwandi at 12.40 hrs o­n every Saturday. This Parcel Express Train will stop at Mecheda, Panskura, Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Rourkela and Jharsuguda in SER jurisdiction.

Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (Bengaluru)-Guwahati-Sir M Visvesvaraiya Terminal Time Tabled Parcel Express(One Trip)

00635 Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal-Guwahati Parcel Express leaving Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal at 07.40 hrs every Thursday w.e.f 16.02.2023 will reach Guwahati at 19.00 hrs o­n every Sunday. In the return direction, 00636 Guwahati-Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Parcel Express will leave Guwahati every Monday w.e.f 20.02.2023 at 04.00 hrs and will reach Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal at 18.00 hrs o­n 23.02.2023. This Parcel Express Train will stop at Kharagpur and Sankrail Goods Terminal in SER jurisdiction. 

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