AILRSA East Coast Railway BGM

All India Loco Running Staff Association, E.Co.Railway 4^th Zonal, 20^th Divisional & H.Q. Branch, B.G.M. of Khurda Road Held at Agarwal Dharmasala, Jatni On Dt.20.04.2012.

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Running Room Boycott

Divisional committee of AILRSA , Trivandrum Division decided to  boycott the running room of TVC on 02.04.2012 as a token of protest  against poor maintenance of running rooms and the apathy of Railway Administration  to provide better facilities . The crew signed off at TVC on 02.04.2012 gave up the meager facilities provided in running room and took rest on the platform from 10.00 hrs to 16.30. This protest meeting was inaugurated by Com.K.Sasidharan(Divisional Secretary /DREU) and  was addressed by  Com.Roly(Central Organising Secretary/AILRSA),Com.R.Nagarajan(Zonal Assistant Secretary/AILRSA) and other divisional leaders of our Association.

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Italy's new bullet train

Italy's New 'Bullet Train' Aims to Shake Up Euro Travel

Sabina Castelfranco | Rome

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Ernakulam Marshallin g yard-DC news

Rly retains marshalling yard

• April 28, 2012
• By Krishna Kumar. K.E
• DC
• Kochi

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Salem -Karur BG line

Major work on Salem- Karur broad gauge railway line completed: DRM

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Railway Revenue

Railway Revenue earnings up by 20.80 per cent during the Period 11th to 20th April 2012

Press Information Bureau: Apr 25, 2012

The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during the period from 11th to 20th April 2012 were Rs. 3299.38 crore compared to Rs. 2731.21 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 20.80 per cent.

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All India Conference of AILRSA

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NIT

"Railway did not attend today's sitting in National Industrial Tribunal sitting at Mumbai. Adjudicator asked AILRSA to submit our claim under affidavit, and ex party hearing will start from 31 May 2012." Message from MN Prasad.

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Bio toilets

First train with bio-toilets chugs into capital

New Delhi, April 23, 2012, DHNS:

It prevents corrosion of tracks due to open discharge
The Indore-Nizamuddin Inter-city Express has become the first train in the Northern Railway to have ‘bio-toilets’ replacing the conventional discharge toilets.  

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Report from CR

As Central Railway repairs end, motorman jumps signal, delays trains

The writer has posted comments on this article Manthan K MehtaManthan K Mehta, TNN | Apr 24, 2012, 07.20AM IST

MUMBAI: The motorman of a Dombivli local jumped a red signal at the crossover at Vidyavihar at 10.05pm, for which the train was detained for 20 minutes . As a result of this error, trains were held up, leading to delays in services by 20 minutes . The motorman was taken off duty and medical tests will be performed on him.

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Transport Allowance to Running Staff -RBO

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)

No. E(P&A) II-2011/RS-51 RBE No.5/2012                     New Delhi, dated 17.04.2012
   
The General Managers,   All Indian Railways & Production Units etc., (As per mailing list No.I & II)

Sub: Grant of Transport Allowance to the Running Staff only taking into account pay plus 30% of pay.

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Dinesh Trivedi defends his budget

Trivedi defends his Budget; rues lack of democracy in parties

PTI | 11:04 PM,Apr 16,2012

Mumbai, Apr 16 (PTI) Former Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi today strongly defended the rail budget he had presented last month and over which he had to resign later and said given a chance, he will present the same budget again. "I was absolutely delighted by the budget which I presented. If given a chance, I will present exactly the same budget again. Because I did it with conviction," he said.

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Read Joshi’s stinging letter to Madam Banerjee in full here

Didi, is it time for you to resign and go?

by Sandip Roy Apr 16, 2012
Madam, perhaps it might be time for you to resign and go.
Ruchir Joshi has gone and said what a lot of newspaper pundits were tiptoeing around.
Mamata Banerjee has done what even her most diehard critic didn’t dream she could do writes Joshi in The Telegraph. She has scrunched the Left Front’s 34 years of sins (which she never tires of enumerating) into less than 34 weeks of her own government.

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Rep to GM SWR regarding Ist Class pass

 

To

Shri.A.K. MITTAL,

GENERAL MANAGER,

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY,

KESAVPUR, HUBLI.

Respected Sir,

Sub: Eligibility of 1^st Class passes to Loco Pilot(Shunting) & Senior Assistant Loco Pilots

Ref: 1. RB Order No. E(W)2008/PS 5-1/38 dated 06.01.2011

         2 .RB Order No.E(GP)2005/2/87 dated 25.04.2011.

         3.RB Order No.E(W)2000/PS 5-1/10 dated 02.04.2012

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Representation to GM SR -regarding Ist Class pass

To

Shri.DEEPAK KRISHAN

GENERAL MANAGER

SOUTHERN RAILWAY,PARK TOWN, CHENNAI

Respected Sir,

Sub: Eligibility of 1^st Class passes to Loco Pilot(Shunting) & Senior Assistant Loco Pilots

Ref: 1. RB Order No. E(W)2008/PS 5-1/38 dated 06.01.2011

2 .RB Order No.E(GP)2005/2/87 dated 25.04.2011.

3.RB Order No.E(W)2000/PS 5-1/10 dated 02.04.2012

4.Our representation to your office on 20.06.2011

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Salary CUT ?

EXCLUSIVE: Railways all set to cut salaries of 14 lakh employees

 

 

Source: Ashutosh Kumar, Bhaskar News   |   Last Updated 12:32(14/04/12) 

 

 

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Cartoon news

Between the cartoon’s lines: Disputed bill of Rs 17 lakh, TMC nexus with local business

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Reverse Osmosis plant in Running Room

Today's Paper » NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU

TIRUCHI, April 15, 2012

Southern Railway AGM opens RO at Tiruchi running room

Special Correspondent

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Cartoons....

Cartoons are integral to democracy, says Dinesh Trivedi

Reacting to the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor in Kolkata for posting a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the internet, former Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Saturday said cartoons are integral to democracy.

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Driverless train

New Electric Arc Furnace Reduces CO2 Emissions

Germany in India »

First Driverless trains in Paris

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Mysore Palace

HERITAGE

Palace of palaces

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED
in Mysore

The magnificent Mysore Palace, in its centenary year, remains an architectural marvel.

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159 th year of service

Railways enters 159th year of its journey

PATNA: The Indian Railways stepped into 159th year of its journey in April this year. The wheels of railways had first moved on April 16, 1853, between Bombay (Mumbai) and Thane, a distance of about 34 km. Since then the railways has continuously gained momentum and achieved a landmark of being the largest rail network in the world.

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The fate of Running Staff

Jnaneshwari Express driver yet to get over mishap trauma

B Sridhar TNN | Apr 12, 2012,

JAMSHEDPUR: It is now over two years since the tragic Jnaneshwari Express mishap took place, but the assistant driver of the goods train that accidentally collided with the derailed train near Jhargram on the Tatanagar-Howrah rail section, is struggling to come out of the mental trauma which he suffered after the mishap.

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Financial Crunch in Railways

Fund shortage stalls railways' water recycling plant plan

TNN | Apr 12, 2012, 05.27AM IST

PUNE: The Pune railway administration's plan to set up a water recycling plant at the coach maintenance complex in Ghorpadi is stuck due to shortage of funds.

The plant, which was approved last year, will cost Rs 36 lakh and will have the capacity to treat about 5,000 litre of water per hour.

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Adjudication- Arbitration.

N.M.Miabhoy Tribunal (Railway Labour Tribunal 1969-RLT 1969) was an arrangement of JCM in which workmen (NFIR) and employer (Railways) agrees to go to an arbitrator to solve some issue, hence it is called ARBITRATION. Govt. can implement or modify or deny the award of Arbitrator (No legal binding). Present reference to National Tribunal is ADJUDICATION. If Government decides an issue is having National importance and worth to refer to Adjudicator it can refer the issue to Adjudication even without employers wish. But the Award by Adjudicator is having binding on employer to implement mandatorily. Hence it is a good opportunity for Loco Running men. (Previously in 1947 an Adjudicator(Justice Rajadhyaksha) was appointed to look after HOER for all Railway men).

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Invitation for All Inda Conference of AILRSA

Sir,

          All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA) is a fighting organization representing the Assistant Loco Pilot, Shunting Loco Pilot, Loco Pilot Goods, Loco Pilot Passenger, and Loco Pilot Mail of Indian Railways.

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Women Railway Employee commit suicide

On being sexually harassed, Railway employee immolates self
Ajmer

 Disturbed over alleged sexual harassment, a railway employee tried to commit suicide by setting herself on fire in front of the Divisional Railway Manager's office here.

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Train service delayed

Mysore-Bangalore trains stranded for 3 hours

Express News Service 07.04.2012

MYSORE: Hundreds of train passengers who were heading for a holiday to enjoy the extended weekend were stranded at different places on Mysore-Bangalore railway line following a technical snag at the computer controlled automatic signaling system at Naganahalli railway station on Friday. Service on the Mysore-Bangalore route was disrupted for nearly three hours.

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New facilities at YPR station

New facilities for rail passengers

Express News Service  07 Apr 2012 

BANGALORE: Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa inaugurated the  new facilities at the City and Yeshwantpur Railway Stations on Friday.

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New locomotive

RAILWAYS

Railway's newly-designed 5500 horse power diesel locomotive "Bheem" ready to roll out

4 Apr, 2012, 1325 hrs IST, PTI

With an aim of hauling heavier trains, railways is ready to roll out a newly-designed 5500 horse power (HP) diesel locomotive equipped with all modern features including 100 km per hour running speed.

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