Notice published for All India BGM of AILRSA

WP TO WAP4-INDEED A GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL LEAP!

BUT THE INDIAN RAILWAYS’ LOCO DRIVERS LIMP!!

Dear Comrades,                                                                                                                

From WP Coal locos to WAP 7/WAG 9 (AC) locos is indeed a great technological leap for the great Indian Railways that frequents National Geographic Channel repeatedly. But when you look at the working conditions and emoluments of the end users that is the Loco Pilots it is extremely depressing and frustrating. We, the Loco Pilots were born on 16^th April 1853 when the first train chugged out from Bombay (present Mumbai-CST, for you and me) to Thane. That means 158 long years. We were repeatedly re-molded from coal to Diesel to AC traction. The transformation was not easy for the loco pilots due to the anti labour policies of Railway Board and the bureaucrats. We, the Loco Pilots of Indian Railways continue to suffer even as WE KEEP THE ‘WHELLS-OF-ECONOMY’ OF THE NATION ZIPPING. Time for us to put brakes and fight for our legitimate rights. This GB will be dedicated solely on this format. 

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MR ask for CM help

Train accidents: Rail minister asks for CMs' help

Friday, November 4, 2011

New Delhi, Nov 4: The railway minister Dinesh Trivedi asked the states to impose discipline among road users as death toll at the train crossing is rising.

Dinesh trivedi had written letters to all the chief ministers and asked them to "check the rate of accidents at railway crossings, which often involve the use of force on the rail staff to open the gates."

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Retiring Room under PPP

RETIRING ROOM UPGRADED IN CITY RAILWAY STATION

Mysore, Nov. 5- The first of the six retiring rooms being upgraded at the City Railway Station under Public Private Partnership (PPP) was inaugurated by Vinod Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager,Mysore Division, South Western Railway (SWR) this morning.

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PPP

Railway want PPP mode for high speed trains

New Delhi, Nov 4

Stating that a high speed rail corridor can become a catalyst for India’s economic growth, Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa Friday stressed the public-private partnership (PPP) mode for investment and execution of the plan.

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CR and WR completes 60 years.

Central Railway, Western Railway will complete 60 yrs today

Manthan K Mehta, TNN | Nov 5, 2011, 02.59AM IST

MUMBAI: Sixty years ago on November 5, Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR)-the two lifelines of Mumbai-came into existence as independent divisions.

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Namma Metro

Bangalore Metro – A Carnival on Wheel

By Smriti Rao
Commuting in Bangalore isn’t for the faint-hearted.
Almost three months after moving to India’s IT hub, I had barely ventured out of my apartment. Shifting to the city from Mumbai, where I had navigated short distances by puttering about in an auto-rickshaw and traversed larger areas by hopping on a local train, my mobility was ruthlessly curbed.

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New international Rail project

India plans 'world's most dangerous railroad' from Afghanistan to Iran

India is planning to build what could be the world's most dangerous railroad from Afghanistan's mineral-rich heartland to an Iranian port on the Arabian Sea in attempt to open a new trade route and reduce Kabul's dependence on Pakistan.

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Programs

AILRSA organising a 24 hours hungerfast commencing 10.00 hours of 15.11.11 to 10.00 hours of 16.11.11 to highlight the long pending  demands of Loco Running Staff.
AILRSA Central Working Committee meeting will be held at AILRSA Bhavan , Ghaziabad on 30.11.11 and 01.12.11 to discus and chalk out future course of action.
19th All India Conference of AILRSA will be conducted at Bangalore in May 2012.

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Demanding release of kidnapped LP

Railway employees observe 'black day'

TNN | Nov 1, 2011.

SILCHAR: North-Eastern Frontier Railway Mazdoor Union on Monday, observed 'black day' in all stations under the Lumding division, in protest against attacking, kidnapping and killing of railway employees in southern Assam. They also demanded the immediate release of locomotive driver Tarun Kumar Bhattacharjee (50), who was kidnapped from Badarpur-Bhairavi passenger train by suspected United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA), a Reang outfit at Choraibak on October 20.

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Result of RB discussion with AIIRF and NFIR on Running staff issues

A meeting was held at New Delhi on 24.10.2011 to discuss about the issues concerned to Running Staff.
Addl Member (Staff) Railway Board and leaders of AIRF and NFIR attended.
As usual there is no fruitful result.
Next discussion on 11.11.11.
We have to proceed like Carrot in front of Donkey.
Unless we go for agitation nothing will reach us.
Only crying child gets milk.

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Loco Cab Improvement

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2007/Elec(TRS)/225/10/Misc                        New Delhi, dated 08-09-2011

Sub: Improvement needed in Loco crew cab

1.Electric locomotives are provided with toughened laminated look out glass on front and side look out glass on new generation locomotives. The same feature has been adopted on conventional electric locomotives provided with crew friendly designed cab.

2.Iron grills are provided on the front look out glass to prevent bird hitting.

3.In old generation Electric  locomotives iron shutters are provided to protect side window glass of the cab. However front look out glass the provision of iron grills are the same as on new generation loco motives.

Secretary

Railway Board.

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Air Pilots on agitation

Air India pilots report sick

PTI  

Twenty-three Air India pilots reported sick on Monday, leading to the cancellation of 10 international flights. The airline could face more trouble, with 100 pilots threatening to quit. Members of the Indian Pilots' Guild have charged the management with discrimination against them in promotion.

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Tata for legal battle.

Tata to move court against Singur order

TNN | Oct 30, 2011, 04.42AM IST

Kolkata: A joint venture of West Bengal and the Indian Railways with Steel Authority of India (SAIL) in Singur hit a roadblock just hours after chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced the project on Saturday.

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Train Information

New Real Train information system by Railways

In its endevour to implement facilities for the welfare of passengers, the Indian Railways is taking many  passenger friendly moves.  In one such move, the Railways has introduced the first phase of the Real Train Information System (RTIS) to  public for accurate train tracking thus heralding a new era of application of advanced communication and information technologies in various Railway related activities.

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Loco Pilot Kidnapped

Reang militants kidnap train drivers on Assam-Mizo border

TNN | Oct 22, 2011, 12.56PM IST

SILCHAR: Suspected Bru ( Reang) militants kidnapped a driver Tarun Kumar Bhattacharjee (50) and his assistant S K Sharma (48) of Badarpur (Assam)-Bhairavi (Mizoram) passenger train, under Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), from Charaibak, in Assam's Haialakandi district on Thursday night.

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Employee died in engine mishap

RAILWAY EMPLOYEE DIES IN ENGINE MISHAP

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Withdraw PFRDA bill-SBT staff union

SBT Staff Union calls for withdrawal of PFRDA Bill

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Railway fares may increase

Upper class train fares may go up

PTI  

Upper class train journey may become costly with the Railways finalising plan to rationalise passenger fares. 

New Delhi, Oct 16: 

After the recent hike in freight rates by six per cent, upper class train journey may also become costly with the Railways finalising plan to rationalise passenger fares to tide over its financial problems.

“We are trying to see how we can do some rationalisation of passenger fares...That process is on,” Railway Finance Commissioner, Ms Pompa Babbar, told PTI.

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India's Longest Railway Tunnel

India's longest railway tunnel opens to traffic 

Srinagar, Oct 14 (PTI)
In what can be termed as a milestone for the Railways, India’s longest railway tunnel on Friday was opened for transportation between two prominent regions in Jammu and Kashmir.
This 10.96 -km-long tunnel will also be the second longest railway tunnel in the entire Asia.
It pierces through the Pir Panjal mountain range in the state. Senior Railway officers from the north-Railway zone and state government officials marked their presence  at the opening ceremony.

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Police Dog saved Ambala rly station

'Chili' saved the day at Ambala railway station

Press Trust Of India
Ambala, October 15, 2011

He is called Chili by his handlers and is perhaps the most sharp and meticulous among all his fellow canines. The 18-month-old black Labrador is the cynosure of all eyes after detecting over five kg of explosives and detonators from a car parked outside the Ambala Cantt Railway Station,  thereby foiling a possible terror strike.

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Telangana Agitation

Trains diverted due to Telangana agitation

Express News Service , The New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The Southern Railway on Friday announced diversion and partial cancellation of trains from 6 am on Saturday to 6 pm on Monday.

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RBO

Reimbursement of medical expenses - delegation of powers to DRM

S.No. 22/Health /2011

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2011/H/6-4/Policy-1 

New Delhi, dated 30.09.2011

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways (Including PUs)

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Derailment

Locomotive derails as T activists remove fishplates

TNN | Oct 12, 2011, 06.47AM IST

ADILABAD/MAHBUBNAGAR: Even as director general of police Dinesh Reddy talked tough and warned Telangana agitators of stern action during the proposed rail roko, the activists had their way when they removed fishplates on a railway track in Adilabad district on Tuesday morning. Fortunately, there was no major tragedy as only a locomotive pulling a goods train jumped the rails.

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Roaming Free telecom policy

New policy rings in free roaming

Sujay Mehdudia

Telecom plan envisages ‘one-nation, one-licence’ policy

Seeking to eliminate the ambiguities of the past, the draft National Telecom Policy 2011 will remove national roaming charges, make broadband available on demand, bring in an ‘one-nation, one-licence' policy and allow mobile numbers to be ported to any part of the country.

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