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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

दक्षिणपूर्वरेलवे

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY

प्रेसविज्ञप्ति

PRESS RELEASE

Bulletin -1

REGULATION OF SER TRAINS DUE TO PUBLIC AGITATION

Kolkata, 5th April, 2023:

Train services of South Eastern Railway have been partially affected due to agitation by a group of people at Kustaur Station in Adra - Chandil section of Adra Division and Khemasuli station in Kharagpur-Tatanagar section of Kharagpur Division from 05.00 hrs today (05.04.2023). However, the reasons of the agitations are not related to Railways.  As a result of the agitation, the train services of SER have been regulated as under :-

Cancellation of Trains o­n 05.04.2023

·08641 Adra-Barkakana MEMU Passenger Special

·08649 Adra-Purulia MEMU Special

·03595 Bokaro Steel City-Asansol MEMU Special

·03598 Asansol- Ranchi MEMU Special

·08650 Purulia-Adra MEMU Special

·18085 Kharagpur-Ranchi MEMU Express

·18116 Chakradharpur-Gomoh Express

·03592 Asansol-Bokaro Steel City MEMU Special

·13301 Dhanbad-Tatanagar Express

·18183 Tatanagar-Danapur Express

·03594 Asansol-Purulia MEMU Special

·18036 Hatia-Kharagpur Express

·18035 Kharagpur-Hatia Express

·03593 Purulia-Asansol MEMU Special

·18184 Danapur-Tatanagar Express

·08647 Adra-Barabhum MEMU Special

·08049 Kharagpur-Jhargram MEMU Special

·08054 Tatanagar-Kharagpur MEMU Special

·08015 Kharagpur-Jhargram MEMU Special

·08055 Kharagpur-Tatanagar MEMU Special

·08060 Tatanagar-Kharagpur MEMU Special

·12814 Tatanagar-Howrah Steel Express

·08069 Santragachi-Jhargram MEMU Special

·12021 Howrah-Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express

·12871 Howrah-Titlagarh Express

·08070 Jhargram-Santragachi MEMU Special

·08160 Tatanagar-Kharagpur MEMU Special

·08071 Kharagpur-Tatanagar MEMU Special

·22892 Ranchi-Howrah Intercity Express

·18033 Howrah-Ghatsila MEMU Express

·08050 Jhargram-Kharagpur MEMU Special

·22891 Howrah-Ranchi Intercity Express

·18034 Ghatsila-Howrah MEMU Express

·03597 Ranchi-Asansol MEMU Special

·08697 Jhargram-Purulia MEMU Special

·18019 Jhargram-Dhanbad MEMU Express

·12022 Barbil-Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express

·12813 Howrah-Tatanagar Steel Express

·12376 Jasidih-Tambaram Express

·13302 Tatanagar-Dhanbad Express

·08642 Barkakana-Adra MEMU Special

·18086 Ranchi-Kharagpur MEMU Express

·18115 Gomoh-Chakradharpur MEMU Express

·13287 Durg-Rajendranagar Express

·08648 Barabhum-Adra MEMU Special

·08698 Purulia-Jhargram MEMU Special

·18020 Dhanbad-Jhargram MEMU Express

·18182 Thawe-Tatanagar Express

·08648 Barabhum-Adra MEMU Special

·03596 Asansol-Bokaro Steel City MEMU Special

·28181 Tatanagar-Katihar Express

·08159 Kharagpur-Tatanagar MEMU Special

·08056 Tatanagar-Kharagpur MEMU Special

·08053 Kharagpur-Tatanagar MEMU Special

·18030 Shalimar-LTT Express

·08072 Tatanagar-Kharagpur MEMU Special

·08059 Kharagpur-Tatanagar MEMU Special

·12810 Howrah-Mumbai CSMT Mail

·08016 Jhargram-Kharagpur MEMU Special

·20828 Santragachi-Jabalpur Humsafar Express

·13288 Rajendranagar-Durg Express

·18616 Hatia-Howrah Express

·12801 Puri-New Delhi Express

·22169 Rani Kamlapati-Santragachi Humsafar Express

·12261 Mumbai CSMT-Howrah Duranto Express

·12802 New Delhi-Puri Express

Short Termination/Short Origination of Trains o­n 05.04.2023

·18011 Howrah-Adra-Chakradharpur Express will be Short Terminated at Adra (Chakradharpur portion)

·12883 Santrahachi-Purulia Express will be Short Terminated at Adra

·12884 Purulia-Howrah Express will be short Originated from Adra

·22862 Kantabanji-Titlagarh-Howrah Express will be Short Terminated at Tatanagar and Short Originated as Passenger Special from Tatanagar.

·08173 Asansol-Tatanagar MEMU Special will be Short Terminated at Adra

·08174 Tatanagar-Asansol MEMU Special will be Short Originated from Adra

·18012 Chakradharpur-Adra- Howrah Express will be Short Originated from Adra

·12828 Purulia-Howrah Express will be Short Originated from Adra

·08652 Asansol-Barabhum MEMU Special will be Short Terminated at Adra

·08651 Barabhum-Asansol MEMU Special will be Short Originated from Adra

·12827 Howrah-Purulia Express will be Short Terminated at Adra

·22606 Villupuram-Purulia Express leaving Villupuram o­n 05.04.2023 will be Short Terminated at Adra

Apart from this, some Mail/Express Trains are running o­n diverted route.

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