DREU Conference at Mangalore

Politicisation led to crisis in Railways: MP

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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.

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DSL exhaust can cause cancer-WHO

Exhaust fumes from diesel engines can cause cancer: WHO

London, Jun 13, 2012, (PTI):

Exhaust fumes from diesel engines are more carcinogenic than secondhand cigarette smoke and could cause cancer, the cancer research agency of WHO has warned and appealed for action to reduce human exposure to it.

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Letter to GM regarding CC Camera in crew booking

ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION

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 -560 022

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TA Portion in mileage

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

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Mileage Calculation

KNOW YOUR MILEAGE CALCULATIONS:

As per RAC 1980 formula

Mileage =30%mean pay of Pass LP+20 days TA/National Average KM x 100.

The mean of pay of Loco Pilot (Pass) is {(9300 + 34800) / 2} + 4200 = Rs 26250/-

The 30% pay element is Rs.7875/-.

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Loco Factories in PPP

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 & AC passengers to Pay Tax

NEWS » NATIONAL

NEW DELHI, June 27, 2012

First Class and AC railway passengers to pay service tax from July 1

K. BALCHAND

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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 fare may rise

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. 

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SPAD press report

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA

BANGALORE, June 25, 2012

Railway Board for providing proper rest, subsidised food to loco pilots

ANIL KUMAR SASTRY

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It suggests drastic reforms to reduce signal jumping

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SPAD-Press report

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.

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MN P letter to CRB

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

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Bangladesh railway order

Heavy Engineering grabs Bangladesh railway order

Tapan Chakravorti / Kolkata/ Ranchi Jun 18, 2012, 00:02 IST

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Two EMU's dashed at Andheri

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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GM NF Railway

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. 

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CRS report on Hampi accident

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA

BANGALORE, June 13, 2012

Railway staff blamed for Hampi Express accident

STAFF REPORTER

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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.

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Srirangapatna , shifting of Tippu's armoury

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA

MYSORE, June 12, 2012

Another hurdle in the way of shifting Tipu's armoury

R. KRISHNA KUMAR

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Work put off by at least six months because of monsoon

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Emergency Quota

Petition seeks CBI probe into misuse of emergency quota

Jun 12, 2012, 02.51AM IST TNN

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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Train run without LP

Runaway train leaves 5 employees off duty

AMIT BHELARI

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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Resolutions and Proceedings of All India Conference of AILRSA

Proceeding of 19^th BGM is held at Bengaluru on 16^th & 17^th May 2012

            The 19^th BGM has started with flag hosting by our President Com. L. Mony at 10:30hrs on 16^th 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.

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Full Press release by NREU

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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Briefing given for Press relaese by NREU

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 DIVISIONAL AUTHORITIES AND SYSTEM FAILURE!!

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From Confederation of Central Govt Employees Blog

LOCO PILOTS TAKE A PROTEST MARCH 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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PFRDA Bill

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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CRS office march -Report

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.

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Hampi accident TOI report

Top official blames Railways for delay in Hampi Express accident probe

S Seethalakshmi, TNN | Jun 5, 2012, 05.42PM IST

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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