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ERODE, June 29, 2012Blaze in Chennai-Alapuzha Express
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Politicisation led to crisis in Railways: MP
Needless expenditure and politicisation by successive ministers, neo-liberal policies and privatisation have led the Indian Railways to a State of crisis, Basudeb Acharia, MP for Bankura in West Bengal and former Lok Sabha Chairman of the Committee on Railways, said here on Thursday.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
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ALL
INDIA
HQ ADRA Reg. No.
17903
AFF to AIREC
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY
ZONE, HUBLI
Web Site: www.ailrsa.com E-mail: ailrsaswr@gmail.com
134 C, Railway Quarters, Yeswanthpur,
Bangalore
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STORY OF INJUSTICE:
The mean of pay of
Loco Pilot (Pass) is {(9300 + 34800) / 2} + 4200 = Rs 26250/- The 30% pay
element is Rs.7875/-.
One LP Passenger undergoing training for one month will get
30 x 270= Rs.8100 as ALKM
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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Loco factories to be built on PPP basis
Kumod Verma, TNN Jun 26, 2012, 07.25AM IST
PATNA: Railways' two proposed
locomotive factories at Marhaura (diesel) in Saran and at Madhepura (electric)
are to be built on public private partnership (PPP) basis. Railway minister
Mukul Roy has given his nod to the two long-pending projects.
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First Class and AC railway passengers to pay service tax from July 1
The Railways have decided to impose service tax on First Class, AC Classes and freight rates from July 1.
With the Finance Ministry not having included the Railways in the exemption list issued on Wednesday, the Railway Board is preparing to levy a 12 per cent service tax that was proposed in the General Budget for 2012-13, but was deferred for three months till June 30.
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AC, first class rail fares
may rise from July
New Delhi: Railway passenger fares in all AC classes and first class may rise by 3.6% from July 1 as there are little indications that finance ministry would extend service tax exemption to railways beyond this month.
Highly-placed sources in the ministry conceded that the fare hike looks imminent as railways could ill-afford to absorb the additional burden of Rs 5,500 to Rs 6,000 crore given itsfinancialcondition.
Monday, June 25, 2012
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
To check mishaps, Rail Board for reducing duty hours of drivers Shubhadeep Choudhury/TNS
Bangalore, June 22
Reducing duty hours of mail/express train drivers to six hours (they encounter a signal every minute on an average) to monitoring the crew on his first trip after having availed rest (since most of the signal-jumping cases have occurred after the train drivers have availed headquarter rest) are among the suggestions that came up during a recent meeting on SPAD (signal passed at danger) convened by the Railway Board.
Reducing duty hours of mail/express train drivers to six hours (they encounter a signal every minute on an average) to monitoring the crew on his first trip after having availed rest (since most of the signal-jumping cases have occurred after the train drivers have availed headquarter rest) are among the suggestions that came up during a recent meeting on SPAD (signal passed at danger) convened by the Railway Board.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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To,
The Chairman Railway Board
New Delhi
Sir
Ref: Dir. Mech. Engg (Traction), RB’s
letter no. 2004 / M (L) 466 / 7101 of date: 14.06.2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
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| Heavy Engineering grabs Bangladesh railway order |
| Tapan Chakravorti / Kolkata/ Ranchi Jun 18, 2012, 00:02 IST |
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At about 23.10 hrs on 16/6/12, one Virar bound Dn fast local dashed with a Churchgate bound Up slow local at Andheri. Three commuters sustained grievous injury while 3 commuters suffered minor injuries. The injured were treated at BSES and Cooper hospital,Andheri.Three coaches of Up local were derailed due to this. Services on two lines were restored at about 12.30hrs .The coaches were rerailed at 2.30hrs and the services on all four lines were restored at 5.30hrs.General Manager,WR alongwith senior officers rushed to the spot and monitored the restoration work. An enquiry into the incident will be held.
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Virdi new GM of NF Railway
Guwahati: Veteran railway official Ranjit Singh Virdi has taken over as General Manager of the Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA
BANGALORE, June 13, 2012Railway staff blamed for Hampi Express accident
The Commissioner of Railway Safety (Southern Circle), who conducted an inquiry into the May 22 Hampi Express accident at Penukonda, has concluded that the incident was due to the failure of railway staff.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
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Petition seeks CBI probe into misuse of emergency quota
CHENNAI: A public interest petition has sought a probe by CBI into irregularities in emergency quota (EQ) in the railway reservation system and a set of foolproof guidelines to regulate it.
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Runaway train leaves 5 employees off duty |
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A runaway train has derailed the career of five railway employees.
East Central Railway (ECR) has suspended Rajgir station master and four other employees involved in a bizarre goof up, which set the Shramjeevi Express (12392) in motion without a driver on board.
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Proceeding
of 19th BGM is held at Bengaluru on 16th & 17th
May 2012
The 19th BGM has started
with flag hosting by our President Com. L. Mony at 10:30hrs on 16th
May 2012 and after garlanding to Shahid Bedi (Martyrs Column) delegates took
seats in the conference hall where one minute silence was observed in respect
to departed soul.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
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NAIRUTHYA
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES UNION
(NREU)
South Western
Railway-Reg.No.ALCB-4/DRT/TUA/3/2008-09
PRESS RELEASE ON THE EVE OF SAFETY MARCH BY LOCO
PILOTS.
HUMPI MISHASP 26 KILLED
* SPONSORED BY DIVISIONAL OPERATIONS
MANAGER?
* GROOMED BY DIVISIONAL SAFETY OFFICER,
DIVISIONAL COMMERCIAL MANAGER, DIVISIONAL ENGINEER, DIVISIONAL ELECTRICAL
ENGINEER?
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NAIRUTHYA
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES UNION
(NREU)
South Western
Railway-Reg.No.ALCB-4/DRT/TUA/3/2008-09
BRIEFING (ON THE PRES RELEASE ATTACHED)
HUMPI MISHASP 26 KILLED
* SPONSORED BY DIVISIONAL OPERATIONS
MANAGER
* GROOMED
BY DIVISIONAL SAFETY OFFICER, DIVISIONAL COMMERCIAL MANAGER, DIVISIONAL
ENGINEER, DIVISIONAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
AND
* MASTERMINDED
BY DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER.
IT’S NOT A HUMAN FAILURE! IT’S A FAILURE ON THE PART OF BANGALORE
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Posted: 09 Jun 2012 09:43 AM PDT
On 7th June 2012 the The Loco Running Staff of SWR and SR took a protest march to CRS office which was flagged off by Com P.S.Prasad General Secretary of COC Karnataka . The COC Karnataka extends its support to ALRSA as the demands raised by it are in the interest of common public. see Hindu paper dated 8th June 2012 for details
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Cabinet defers decision on pension reforms bill
Amid differences among allies, the government on Thursday deferred a decision on the changes in the crucial Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2011.
"It (the PFRDA Bill) was taken up and deferred", said a Minister after the Cabinet meeting in New Delhi.
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TODAY'S
PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA
BANGALORE, June 8, 2012
Loco
pilots take out protest march
STAFF REPORTER
Loco pilots from the Southern Railway, the South Western Railway
and the South Central Railway zones took out a protest march to the office of
the Commissioner of Railway Safety and staged a demonstration at the Freedom
Park here on Thursday urging the commissioner to look into the various factors
that lead to human failure causing rail accidents.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
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Top official blames Railways for delay
in Hampi Express accident probe
BANGALORE: Satish Kumar Mittal,
Commissioner for Railway Safety (CRS) for the south western rail division and
Bangalore Metro told TOI in an exclusive meeting that the South Western Railway
(SWR) officials are delaying in presenting the witnesses and matters for probe
into the Hampi Express accident
on May 22. The accident, which happened near Penukonda station in Andhra Pradesh took toll on 25 lives and injured 70 others. The
investigations began on May 24 and continued till 25.
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Hampi
Express driver dozed off because of ‘fatigue’
Shubhadeep Choudhury/TNS
Shubhadeep Choudhury/TNS
Bangalore,
June 4The driver of the ill-fated Hampi Express, which collided with a stationary goods train on May 22 at Penukonda station under Bangalore division leading to death of 25 passengers, has admitted that he missed the home signal because his eyes were closed for more than usual duration.
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TODAY'S
PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA
BANGALORE, June
5, 2012
Stressed out loco pilots air their grievances
Loco pilots from Southern,
South Western and South Central Railway will take out a march on June 7 to the
office of the Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Region, Bangalore, to
apprise him about the dangerous conditions under which they work.
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Railways yet to put safety measures on fast track
NEW DELHI, JUNE 3:
Despite the recurring train accidents,
railways is yet to put the much-needed safety measures, including installation
of TPWS and replacement of coaches on fast track, to prevent mishaps in future.
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Rail Ministry plans TPWS installation in
train engines
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Press Trust of India / Varanasi June 02, 2012, 21:15
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Railway Minister Mukul Roy has said the Centre is in
deliberations with several European countries for procuring Train Protection
and Warning System (TPWS) in rail engines to prevent train mishaps.
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CRS
should enquire the factors leading to human failure.
The
Train Pilots from South Western, Southern and South Central Railway held a
safety march to the office of the Commissioner of Railway Safety (South Circle Freedom
Park
To
Sri S K MITTAL,
THE COMMISSIONER OF RAILWAY SAFETY,
SOUTHERN CIRCLE,
NO.7 SESHADRI ROAD,
BANGALORE- 9
Respected
Sir,
In view of the 16591 Humpi Express
accident on 22-05-2012 at Penukonda, the South, South Western and Guntakal
division of South Central Railway AILRSA decided to stage a CRS office march
from Bangalore City railway station, to highlight the reasons for human failure
and resultant accidents in Indian Railways. This association finds following
reasons that has to be addressed in war footing.
Monday, June 4, 2012
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Loco
Pilots March to Commissioner of Railway Safety Office , Bangalore on
07.06.2012. 10.00hrs from Bangalore City railway Station.
Dear friends,,
On 22-05-2012 Hampi express met with
an accident at 3.15 hours at Penukonda station of Bangalore division with 25
deaths and injury to many. Railways immediately said the reason for accident is
HUMAN-FAILURE, and if so, one should ponder for the reasons behind it.
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TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA
HUBLI, June 3,
2012
Hampi Express accident: report expected
within a month
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Union Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa has said
that the Railway Safety Commissioner has been asked to submit a detailed
inquiry report on the Hampi Express accident. It is expected to be submitted
within a month.
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Notice
for CWC Meeting at GZB / Central Office on 28th 29th July
2012
A
meeting of CWC is hereby convened on 28th & 29th July
2012 at Central Office Ghaziabad to review the
performance of 19th BGM was held at Bengaluru on 16th
& 17th May 2012, to discuss the implementation of Programs taken,
to review the development of NIT proceeding, Organizational programs and to
draw our task, and discuss the possibility of Jt. Movement with AIGC on common
issues.
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To,
The
General Secretary
All
India Railway men’s Federation
New
Delhi,
Dear
Com,
The Loco Running Staff of
Indian Railway are very much thankful for your greeting to our 19th
BGM held at Bangaluru on date 16th & 17th May 2012.
AILRSA always supported by its active participation to the call of struggle on
the genuine cause of Railwaymen / Central Government employee whether we
consulted or not before a decision of a struggle is taken, and in future also
we do that.
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Railways yet to put safety measures on fast track
NEW DELHI, JUNE 3:
Despite the recurring train accidents, railways is yet to put the much-needed safety measures, including installation of TPWS and replacement of coaches on fast track, to prevent mishaps in future.
The TPWS, an advanced European technology, ensures automatic application of emergency brakes in case the loco driver jumps the red signal.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
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Rail Ministry plans TPWS installation in
train engines
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Press Trust of India / Varanasi June 02, 2012, 21:15
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Railway Minister Mukul Roy has said the Centre is in
deliberations with several European countries for procuring Train Protection
and Warning System (TPWS) in rail engines to prevent train mishaps.
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