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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

Maligaon, 17^th May, 2023:

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has been continuously striving to provide a safer, faster and more comfortable travelling experience to the people of the North Eastern region. For that the conventional ICF model rake of train no. 02502/02501 (Agartala – Kolkata - Agartala) special has been converted to a fully Air Conditioned LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch)rake. The train with LHB coaches was flagged off o­n 17^th May, 2023 from Agartala Railway Station at 07:30 hrs by Kumari Pratima Bhoumik, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment. Shri Prem Ranjan Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager, Lumding along with other senior officials of division were also present at Agartala Railway Station during the flagging off ceremony.

The train no. 02502 (Agartala - Kolkata) special will depart from Agartala o­n every Wednesday for eight trips from 17^th May to 05^thJuly, 2023 at 07:30 hours to reach Kolkata at 15:00 hours o­n the next day. In return direction, train no. 02501 (Kolkata – Agartala) special will depart from Kolkata o­n every Sunday for eight trips from 21^st May to 09^thJuly, 2023 at 21:40 hours to reach Agartala at 05:15 hours o­n Tuesday.

During it’s both ways journey, the special train will run via New Karimganj Jn., New Haflong, Guwahati, Goalpara Town, New Alipurduar, New Jalpaiguri Jn, Kishanganj, Malda Town, Azimganj Jn and Bandel Jn. The train will run with a revised composition consisting of 13 LHB coaches. It will have eleven state of the art AC-3 Economy Class coaches for the convenience of the passengers with two Luggage cum Generator coaches.

The newly converted coaches will be of LHB rake with AC-3 Economy coaches which is safer and more comfortable as compared to the earlier ICF coaches. These coaches have improved and modular design of seats and berth. The AC-3 Economy has 2 side berths, making it a total of 8 berths per compartment, thereby leading to increased number of seats. Moreover, the fare structure for AC-3 Economy is roughly 8% lesser than 3 AC coaches. So, passengers can travel in much cheaper than 3 AC coaches.

Further, the services of train no. 02518/02517 (Guwahati – Kolkata – Guwahati) has been extended for another eight trips. The train no. 02518 (Guwahati - Kolkata) special will depart from Guwahati o­n every Saturday for eight trips from 20^th May to 08^th July, 2023 at 21:00 hours to reach Kolkata at 15:00 hours o­n the next day. In return direction, train no. 02517 (Kolkata – Guwahati) special will depart from Kolkata o­n every Thursday for eight trips from 18^th May to 06^th July, 2023 at 21:40 hours to reach Guwahati at 16:15 hours o­n the next day.

The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available at IRCTC website and through NTES and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of N.F. Railway. Passengers are requested to verify the details before undertaking their journey.