Railway Modernisation committee

The Interim Report on Indian Railways (IR) has been made public and it outlines that organisational restructuring but warns that implementing its recommendations is going to be a mammoth task.
The Interim Report of the Committee for Mobilization of Resources for Major Railway Projects and Restructuring of Railway Ministry and Railway Board, chaired by NITI Aayog Member Bibek Debroy,  stressed on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' campaign and argued that investment in IR has a massive multiplier effect in the Indian economy.

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Monkey Attacking Train Drivers

Monkey Attacking Train Drivers in Bihar is Seeking Revenge, Say Officials

All India | Agencies | Updated: March 30, 2015

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RAILWAYS TO APPROACH WORLD BANK FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

RAILWAYS TO APPROACH WORLD BANK FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday said that the World Bank would be approached for financial assistance to modernise the Indian railways.

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7th CPC Meeting with JCM Standing Committee

7th CPC Meeting with JCM Standing Committee

Shiva Gopal Mishra
Secretary

National Council (Staff Side)

Joint Consultative Machinery

for Central Government Employees

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PROTEST AGAINST TYRANNY OF RAILWAY MANAGEMENT

PROTEST AGAINST TYRANNY OF RAILWAY MANAGEMENT:

               AILRSA South Western Railway is organising

GATE MEETING on 31.03.2015 in front of CREW BOOKING DEPOTS

In Solidarity with 636 Loco Pilots who were mercilessly removed from service throughout Indian Railways on account of SPAD in a span of 4 years by the Tyrant Railway Administration.

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Action sought against railway official

Girish Pattanashetti

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Subir Roy: Cleaning up Indian Railways

Subir Roy  March 24, 2015

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Letter to MR by L Mony

To

Shri. Suresh Prabhu,                                                                               

Hon’ Minister for Railways,                 

            Government of India,                                         

New Delhi – 110 001.

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AILRSA SWR Zonal BGM Notice

ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION

     Regd. No. 17903                 HQ -ADRA

                   SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY 

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Bullet trains: Why it's the one project PM Modi will be pushing in his upcoming foreign tours

by Rajeev Sharma  Mar 23, 2015

As the first anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 May draws closer, he will be looking to foreign nations in order to deliver on many of the tall promises made in the coming months.

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Press Release by Com. L Mony

TRAIN ACCIDENTS – FACTS SLEEP IN REPORTS???

Once again the train passengers encountered ill fate when 14266 Dehradun- Varanasi Janata Express was derailed at Bachhrawan railway station, near  Rae Bareli and more than 30 persons were reported to have dead and hundreds injured. All India Loco Running Staff Association expresses its heartfelt condolences to the families of bereaved and injured.

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Letter sent to GM SWR regarding Rly Hospital

To    

          

            Sri. Pradeep Kumar Saxena,          

            General Manager,

            South Western Railway,

            Hubli.

Respected Sir 

    

               Sub: Modifications needed while availing medical treatment at

                    Railway Hospital, Bangalore – Request intervention

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TRAIN ACCIDENTS – FACTS SLEEP IN REPORTS???

TRAIN ACCIDENTS – FACTS SLEEP IN REPORTS???

Once again the train passengers encountered ill fate when 14266 Dehradun- Varanasi Janata Express was derailed at Bachhrawan railway station, near  Rae Bareli and more than 30 persons were reported to have dead and hundreds injured. All India Loco Running Staff Association expresses its heartfelt condolences to the families of bereaved and injured.

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Signature campaign to CRB regarding Camera in loco

To

 The Chairman,                                                                                                     Railway Board, Rail Bhavan,                                                                           

 New Delhi.

Respected Sir,

            We, the undersigned are Loco Pilots, and Assistant Loco Pilots  under your control and striving hard to ensure safety and punctuality in train operation with full dedication and responsibility.  But it seems your good office is watching us with a suspicious eye, as if we are mischievous and unreliable lot in the Indian Railways. The decision to install surveillance cameras in the Locomotive cabin has to be seen thus.

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30 killed as train derails in Uttar Pradesh

PTI

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Ratan Tata appointed head of Railway's innovation council

New Delhi, March 20, 2015, DHNS:

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Indian Railways duped to the tune of approx.Rs.100 Crore by Fraudsters

Indian Railways duped to the tune of approx.Rs.100 Crore by Fraudsters

19/03/2015

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Railway unions rue over rising vacancies

TNN | Mar 14, 2015,
 MADURAI: With vacancies in both safety and non-safety categories steadily increasing, railway employee unions which expected that the recent Union railway budget will make a mention are disappointed after finding that nothing was addressed in it.

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6,000 rail accident claims still pending

Mar 14, 2015 - Arpika Bhosale |

While the first trial run of closed-door trains meant to curb accidental deaths owing to commuters standing on footboards has already been conducted, the reality is that as many as 6,000 railway accident claims are pending with the Mumbai Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) as the posts of two out of the three judicial members’ panel continue to lie vacant.

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He leads BMRC to one milestone after another

Mar 13 2015 : The Times of India (Bangalore)
He leads BMRC to one milestone after another
Aparajita Ray
Bengaluru

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Letter sent by L Mony about the penalty in SPAD case

To

1. The General Manager,                  2.     The Chief Operations Manager,  Southern Railway,                                 Southern Railway,                               Park Town, Chennai.                                 Park Town, Chennai.

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USW reaches sellout deal, moves to shut down oil workers’ strike

USW reaches sellout deal, moves to shut down oil workers’ strike

By Jerry White
13 March 2015

The United Steelworkers (USW) union announced Thursday that it had reached a tentative agreement with lead bargainer Royal Dutch Shell that would be the basis for a four-year labor agreement covering 30,000 workers in the US oil industry.

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Railroading India’s Railways

• SHASHI THAROOR

NEW DELHI – Every February, the Indian Parliament performs a curious and unique ritual. The railway minister (a portfolio that exists in few democracies nowadays) presents the “railway budget" to the lower house for its approval. A packed chamber hangs on the minister's every word.

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Railways to receive Rs 1.5 lakh crore LIC investment

New Delhi, March 12, 2015, DHNS:

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Letter to AIRF and NFIR regarding Strike

To

The General Secretary

NFIR/AIRF

New Delhi.

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Insurance bill secures parliamentary approval

• HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
|
•  Mar 13, 2015 

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NEW DELHI, March 12, 2015

Railway Board chief assures NGT of clean tracks and platforms

Akanksha Jain

inShare

Plans to erect boundary wall along tracks by March 31, 2018

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Construction of High Speed Dedicated Freight Corridors on Railways

Construction of High Speed Dedicated Freight Corridors on Railways The Ministry of Railways has sanctioned implementation of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) with freight train speeds of maximum 100 Kmph.

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Regional Safety Review’ meeting held at Secunderabad

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Engineers' negligence blamed for B'luru-Ernakulam train accident

March 8, 2015, Bengaluru, DHNS

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No new Trains introduced due to saturation of high density networks in the Country: CRB

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Running coast to coast, without loos or AC

Feb 26 2015 : The Times of India (Bangalore)

Running coast to coast, without loos or AC

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AILRSA New Delhi March Tour Program, SBC Div/SWR

AILRSA New Delhi March 04.05.2015.     Tour Program:

April 30 by 12627 Karnataka Express

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3 coaches of Mangala Express derails near Pen station in Maharashtra

Somit Sen,TNN | Mar 1, 2015,

 

MUMBAI: Three coaches of 12617 Ernakulam -Nizamuddin Mangala Express derailed near Pen station at 6.10 pm on Sunday. Senior railway officials said that nobody was injured in the mishap.

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