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Annual
Increment denial to employees who retire after putting in more than Six Months
of Service in the year of retirement – Government has no proposal to revise
the policy – Minister replies in Rajya Sabha
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Monday, May 27, 2013
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Mukherjee asks railway probationers to dedicate life and services to nation's cause
A group of 56 probationers of the Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) and Indian Railways Service of Stores called on President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Monday.- 6:00 PM
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FIVE BOGGIES OF TWO TRAINS CAUGHT FIRE.
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Goods train derails in Dima Hasao
SILCHAR: Five boggies of a goods train derailed between the Lower Haflong and
Bagetar stations on the Lumding-Silcharmetregauge section under the NF Railway
at 11pm on Saturday.
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Bed bugs on train, railways told to pay compensation
Consumer forum says railways can’t get away saying coaches are maintained by private contractors
Sunday, May 26, 2013
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Five bogies of goods train derail
Five bogies of a goods train derailed affecting rail services in Lumding-Badarpur metre gauge railway section in Assam's Dima Hasao district.- 8:06 PM
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Chennai: Forty-eight-year-old EMU
motorman Manohar might have died on duty yesterday, but his name would be
preserved for posterity as a symbol of duty consciousness by the railway
department.
It was around 3.40 pm that Manohar fell unconscious while piloting the Gummidipoondi-MMC EMU at Kaverapettai with well over a 100 passengers aboard. Motorman of an EMU running in the opposite direction (MMC-Gummidipoondi) noticed the flasher light blinking, stopped the train and rushed to the ‘halted’ EMU along with the guard, where Manohar was found lying unconscious on the floor.
It was around 3.40 pm that Manohar fell unconscious while piloting the Gummidipoondi-MMC EMU at Kaverapettai with well over a 100 passengers aboard. Motorman of an EMU running in the opposite direction (MMC-Gummidipoondi) noticed the flasher light blinking, stopped the train and rushed to the ‘halted’ EMU along with the guard, where Manohar was found lying unconscious on the floor.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Surveillance cameras to be installed at railway reservation offices
The move is aimed at arresting the menace of agents and middlemen at major railway stations
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Welders take shortcuts to finish rail tracks quickly
CHENNAI: The rails on the Arakkonam-Mahendrawadi section
of Southern Railway, where 11 coaches of the Muzzafarpur-Yeshwantpur
Express derailed on April 10, were welded together using a technique
considered the best. But this is not foolproof. One person was killed
and 32 injured in the April 10 accident.
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NEW DELHI, May 21, 2013
Railway employees, touts caught red-handed
As many as 252 railway employees and 116 railway touts
were caught red-handed, indulging in reservation malpractices, during
the decoy checks conducted by the Northern Railway vigilance squads
between March 1 and May 17.
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Ludhiana, May 21
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) raided a travel agent’s office at Giaspura and seized 219 fake tickets of advance booking here today.
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Khanna, May 21
A major tragedy was averted when an engine of a goods train caught fire. The train was stopped at the Khanna railway station as soon as the driver witnessed.
Monday, May 20, 2013
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Annual General Meeting of German Train Drivers Union(GDL –Germeinsam Zugkunft bewegen) on 13.05.2013
Kassel, 23.04.2013
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The Board invites all the GDL Kassel Kassel Miglieder the floor one at a general meeting. This will take place on Monday, 13.05.2013 at the restaurant "Zum Schillereck," Schiller Strasse 45, Kassel.
The start is scheduled for 16:00 clock. , The invitation and agenda has been received by all of our members by mail or by postal service.
We ask for an active participation.
The Executive Board of the GDL Kassel
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Union calls for protection for train drivers
9 May 2013
ASLEF
general secretary Mick Whelan today called for greater protection for
train drivers from vandals and trespassers on the railways as two more
trains were attacked. ‘This is becoming an everyday occurrence,’ Mick
said. ‘Our members have the right to go about their occupation without
worrying about their safety – and if the driver is under attack, so too
are the passengers.’
Micksays sooner or later these attacks will
lead to a major incident and he calledfor greater education in schools,
on stations and within communities to warnpotential vandals of the
seriousness of this dangerous anti-social behaviour. Thechair of the union’s Motherwell branch was injured when a stone was thrownthrough his window as he drove betweenBlantyre and Newton stations just after 22:00 on Wednesday, and a Preston toLondon Virgin Pendolino train was delayed for three hours at Crewe after itwas attacked by youths who caused £6,000 worth of damage.
‘Tossing objects at trains isnot a bit of fun,’ Mick says. ‘It is a dangerous vandalism that could lead to aloss of life.’
Mick called for a continual processof education, rather than just ‘an outbreak of activity’ after an incident.
About ASLEF
ASLEF is
Britain's trade union for train drivers. Its 18,500+ members are
employed in the train operating companies, the freight companies, London
Underground and some Light Rapid Transport.
The first recorded
meeting of the 'Associated Society of Locomotive Steam Enginemen and
Firemen' was held on 7 February 1880 and its first monthly magazine was
published eight years later. The union has seen its members working 12
or 16 hour days and six day weeks; it has fought major industrial
disputes; it has seen nationalisation and privatisation; it has
witnessed massive growth in the railways and the slashing cuts of
Beeching. Throughout it all, it has continued to advance the opinions of
its members with dignity, force and coherence that should be expected
of the UK's foremost craft union. Today the union's head office is located at 75-77 St John Street, London EC1M 4NN. The union's day to day direction is overseen by the Executive Committee. Each of its 8 regions has a District Organiser and an Executive Committee member, while the main negotiations with employers are undertaken by Company Council Representatives.
The union also has a retired members section and three consultative committees representing members who are women, black and ethnic and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. It is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and to the Labour Party.
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Railgate: CBI documents validate phone intercepts
Abhishek
Sharan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, May 20,
2013
The CBI has gathered adequate corroborative
clues to authenticate the reliability of the 1,000-odd telephonic intercepts
made by its special unit that led to the cracking of the bribery case allegedly
involving suspended railway board member Mahesh Kumar and Vijay Singla, the
nephew of former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.
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Railgate: CBI documents validate phone intercepts
Abhishek Sharan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, May 20, 2013
The CBI has gathered adequate corroborative clues to authenticate
the reliability of the 1,000-odd telephonic intercepts made by its
special unit that led to the cracking of the bribery case allegedly
involving suspended railway board member Mahesh Kumar and Vijay Singla,
the nephew of former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.
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Railways plans to install bio-toilets on more trains
AURANGABAD: Buoyed by the successful installation of 48 bio-toilets on
tow long-distance trains, the South Central Railway (SCR) has decided to
replace the existing excreta disposal systems in trains such as
Secunderabad-Manmad Ajantha Express that passes through Nizambad,
Nanded, Aurangabad and Manmad.
In January this year, the SCR had installed bio-toilets on two of its trains, Kacheguda-Bangalore Express and HussainSagar Hyderabad-Mumbai Express, at Rs 80,000 each. Satisfied by the results, the SCR authorities have decided to go a step ahead and install the bio-toilets on some more trains.
The SCR is viewing the bio-toilets as a solution to the hazards of the conventional ones fitted in the trains, as the facility, by allowing night soil to fall on the tracks, cause unhygienic conditions and corrosion to the rails and coach fittings. This, in turn, endangers safety. The passengers use the toilets while the trains are on platforms and the tracks get scattered with excreta, creating unpleasant situation for those on the platforms.
A senior railway official said maintaining cleanliness at railway stations, especially the tracks, is a daunting task for the railways in the face of the ban on the manual scavengering and track maintenance staff also has to face difficulties in maintaining the tracks.
The bio-toilets, jointly developed by Railway Research Design and Standard Organisation and Defence Research Development Establishment, have six compartments each and inoculums (bacteria) are used to decompose the night soil.
The night soil from commode enters the bio-tank, where the inoculums are stored, and get decomposed by the bacteria. Following this the decomposed substance enter a chlorine-filled tank, where it further gets treated. The final output is just water and gas. The bio-toilets with provision to replenish inoculum and chlorine are making the facility more preferable and easy to maintain.
Railway officials maintained that the SCR was set to fit 200 more bio-toilets on three more trains, including Ajantha Express that passes through the Marathwada region, in a couple of months.
An official said with simple design, less maintenance and easier fitment procedure, the eco-friendly bio-toilets will ensure zero discharge of night soil on the ground. "The arrangement will ensure clean environment and hygienic conditions of the railway stations and the tracks," the official added.
In January this year, the SCR had installed bio-toilets on two of its trains, Kacheguda-Bangalore Express and HussainSagar Hyderabad-Mumbai Express, at Rs 80,000 each. Satisfied by the results, the SCR authorities have decided to go a step ahead and install the bio-toilets on some more trains.
The SCR is viewing the bio-toilets as a solution to the hazards of the conventional ones fitted in the trains, as the facility, by allowing night soil to fall on the tracks, cause unhygienic conditions and corrosion to the rails and coach fittings. This, in turn, endangers safety. The passengers use the toilets while the trains are on platforms and the tracks get scattered with excreta, creating unpleasant situation for those on the platforms.
A senior railway official said maintaining cleanliness at railway stations, especially the tracks, is a daunting task for the railways in the face of the ban on the manual scavengering and track maintenance staff also has to face difficulties in maintaining the tracks.
The bio-toilets, jointly developed by Railway Research Design and Standard Organisation and Defence Research Development Establishment, have six compartments each and inoculums (bacteria) are used to decompose the night soil.
The night soil from commode enters the bio-tank, where the inoculums are stored, and get decomposed by the bacteria. Following this the decomposed substance enter a chlorine-filled tank, where it further gets treated. The final output is just water and gas. The bio-toilets with provision to replenish inoculum and chlorine are making the facility more preferable and easy to maintain.
Railway officials maintained that the SCR was set to fit 200 more bio-toilets on three more trains, including Ajantha Express that passes through the Marathwada region, in a couple of months.
An official said with simple design, less maintenance and easier fitment procedure, the eco-friendly bio-toilets will ensure zero discharge of night soil on the ground. "The arrangement will ensure clean environment and hygienic conditions of the railway stations and the tracks," the official added.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
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45th
Session of the Indian Labour Conference Concludes with A Resolve to
Provide Universal Social Security Coverage and Assured Pension to the
Entire Working Population
The 45th
Session of the Indian Labour Conference (ILC) today concluded with a
resolve to provide universal social security coverage and assured
pension to the entire working population. - 8:18 AM
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Rail brass makes full use of second homes worth up to Rs 50, 000 in extra income
By Maneesh Pandey|
CBI director Ranjit Sinha may be insisting that a probe be held against RPF Association secretary general U S Jha for "retaining accommodation despite retirement and against formal entitlement", but some of the top railway officers enjoying double housing benefits seem to have flown under the radar.
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the railways
The gravy train
The Railways, with an annual loss of a staggering Rs 27,000 crore, is riddled with corruption. Unless concerted efforts are made to put it back on track and come down hard on those out to milk it dry, there may soon be no option but to privatise the bleeding behemoth, as many countries around the world have already done.
By Girja Shankar Kaura
The gravy train
The Railways, with an annual loss of a staggering Rs 27,000 crore, is riddled with corruption. Unless concerted efforts are made to put it back on track and come down hard on those out to milk it dry, there may soon be no option but to privatise the bleeding behemoth, as many countries around the world have already done.
By Girja Shankar Kaura
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