Category: Railways

देशव्यापी ऐतिहासिक लॉक डाउन के बाद अब धीरे धीरे रेल सेवा भी पटरी पर आने वाली है। आजादी के बाद पहली बार ऐसा हुआ था जब सभी ट्रेन सेवाओं को रद्द किया गया था। 1 जून से रेलवे प्रशासन फिर से सेवाएं देना शुरू कर रहा है।

इन 200 ट्रेनों में से नागपुर स्टेशन पर कुल 14 ट्रेनें आएंगी जो की अप और डाउन दिशाओं से संचालित होंगी. सभी ट्रेनें अपने पूर्व निर्धारित समय पर चलेंगी.  तेलंगाना स्पेशल एक्सप्रेस के अलावा  दानापुर-सिकंदराबाद भी नागपुर पहुंचेगी. बाकी सभी ट्रेनों की आवाजाही की शुरुआत  2 जून से होगी. इन सबके बीच श्रमिक स्पेशल ट्रेनों का परिचालन भी जारी रहेगा। रेलवे ने 22 मार्च को जनता कर्फ्यू के अगले दिन ही  23 मार्च से ही ट्रेनों की आवाजाही रोक दि थी।

हालांकि रेलवे द्वारा यात्री सेवा की श्रमिक और 15 जोड़ी राजधानी स्पेशल ट्रेनें पहले से ही संचालित की जा रही हैं. कुछ स्पेशल ट्रेनों में से 14 नागपुर होकर गुजरेंगी. इनमें कुछ ट्रेनें इस प्रकार हैं दानापुर-बंगलुरू-दानापुर स्पेशल,  हैदराबाद-दिल्ली-हैदराबाद तेलंगाना स्पेशल,  दानापुर-सिकंदराबाद-दानापुर,  मुंबई-हावड़ा-मुंबई मेल स्पेशल,  हावड़ा-अहमदाबाद-हावड़ा, विशाखापट्टनम-दिल्ली-विशाखापट्टनम एपी स्पेशल और  सिकंदराबाद-निजामुद्दीन-सिकंदराबाद दूरंतो स्पेशल एक्सप्रेस शामिल है.

• रेल यात्रा करते वक़्त को सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग का पालन करना होगा
• वातानुकूलित डब्बों में पर्दे नहीं लगाए जाएंगे तथा बेड रोल भी नहीं दिए जाएंगे।
• प्रत्येक यात्री को अपने फोन में आरोग्य सेतु एप डाउनलोड करना होगा।
• तेज़ बुखार की स्तिथि में यात्रा की अनुमति नहीं होगी ।

देशव्यापी लॉकडाउनदरम्यान भारतीय रेल्वेच्या सेवेने हळूहळू गती पकडणे सुरू केलेय. लॉकडाऊन दरम्यान रेल्वे बंद काळात कोरोना विषयक जागरूकतेसाठी कैक उपाय योजना पाळल्या गेल्या व अनेक कडक नियम बनले पण पुढेही यांचे पालन केले जाईल काय?

सर्व ट्रेनसिटचे बुकिंग फुल्ल, सुरक्षा, सावधगिरीचे काय?

नागपूर. देशव्यापी लॉकडाउनदरम्यान भारतीय रेल्वेने हळूहळू गती पकडणे सुरू केलेय. लॉकडाऊन दरम्यान रेल्वे बंद काळात कोरोना विषयक जागरूकतेसाठी व फैलाव आटोक्यासाठी कैक उपाय योजना पाळल्या गेल्या व अनेक कडक नियम बनले यातील सोशल डिस्टंसींग नियमास कायम ठेवण्याचा प्रयत्न केला गेला होता परंतु स्वत:  रेल्वे प्रशासनच याबाबत आता ईकडे आड तिकडे विहीर अशा पेचात सापडल्याची स्थिती उद्भवली दिसते आहे.

एकीकडे स्टेशन परिसरात प्रवेशासाठीचे अल्प प्रवाशांत रेल्वे सुरक्षा बलातर्फे सोशल डिस्टंसींग सक्ति केली जातेय तर दुस-या बाजूस 1 जूनपासून सुरू होणा-या 200 ट्रेन्समधे सर्व बुकिंग खुली केलेली आढळतेय, सर्व सीटस्  बुकही झाल्यायत. म्हणजे आता प्रवासी 1 मिटर अंतराऐवजी 1 फूटही अंतर डिस्टंसींग पाळू शकतील वा नाही अशी वेळ आलीय.

नागपूर स्थानकावरही प्रवेश द्वार ते प्लॅटफॉर्मवर प्रत्येक कोचनिहाय 1-1 मिटर वर चिन्हांकन केलेले आहे. शुक्रवारपासून सुरू आरक्षित तिकिट काउंटर वर देखील अशाच प्रकारे चिन्हांकन केलेले आहे. पण प्रवासी कोचात दाखल झाले तर ही डिस्टंसींग लोप पावेल कारण बर्थवर अर्ध्या मिटरवर त्यांना सहप्रवासी लाभणार असतील, अश्या प्रकारे स्टेशनपासून सुरू ही सोशल डिस्टंसिंग कोचात जाऊन -हास पावणार. नागपूरप्रमाणेच देशातील इतर सर्व स्थानकांवरही हाच देखावा आहे.

स्वगृहीच तुटतायत नियम:

रेल्वेने सक्तीचा नियम बनवलाय, प्रत्येक प्रवाश्याची थर्मल स्क्रीनिंग होईल. शारीरिक तापमान सामान्यपेक्षा जराही जास्त आढळले तरी प्रवास करता येणार नाही. श्रमिक स्पेशल आणि राजधानी स्पेशल नंतर 1 जून पासून अधिक ट्रेन संख्येने अधिक प्रवाश्यांची रहदारी वाढेल. अशात लोको पायलट, टीटीई, गार्ड्स, आरपीएफ जवानांसाठी सावधगिरी आणि धोक्यातही जास्त वाढ होणार. प्रत्येक प्रवाश्यांची स्क्रीनिंग करणा-या रेल्वे प्रशासनाने अद्याप रेल्वे कर्मचारी किंवा सुरक्षा कर्मचार्‍यांची  स्क्रीनिंग केलेली नाही.

प्रवाश्यांना कोरोनापासून बचावासाठी क्राउड मॅनेजमेंटवर अधिक जोर दिला गेला परंतु त्यासह स्वत:चे कर्मचार्यांसाठी क्राईसेस मॅनेजमेंटवर देखील लक्ष हवे. स्थानकांवर सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग पालनाचा उपाय नागपूर स्थानकावर यथायोग्य रूजूवल्या जात होता, मात्र रेल्वेत बसताक्षणीच त्याचा बट्टयाबोळ होतो आहे.

रनिंग स्टाफसह १२-१२ तास कार्यरत असणा-या आरपीएफच्या जवानांपैकी कोणाचीही आरोग्य तपासनीची नोंद झालेली नाही, या काळात लाखोंच्या आसपासच्या नागरिक, प्रवाश्यांबरोबर त्यांचा संबंध आलाय व हा क्रम सुरूच आहे. कोरोना संसर्गकाळातील शारीरिक थकवा रेल्वेकर्मचारी आणि सुरक्षाकर्मचा-यांस मोठा धोका पोहोचवू शकतो. या सर्वांमुळे रेल्वेंतर्गतच कोरोना बाँब फुटेल कि काय? असे म्हटल्यास वावगे ठरणार नाही.

1 जून पासून कायम असतील नियम

•  प्रवाशांना प्रवासाआधीच 90 मिनिटांपूर्वी स्थानकावर पोचणे सक्तीचे.
•  प्रत्येक प्रवाशाची थर्मल स्क्रीनिंग होईल.
•  लक्षणे नसलेल्या प्रवाश्यांसच प्रवासाची परवानगी असेल.
•  स्थानकावरून परत पाठविल्यास संपूर्ण भाडे राशीचा परतावा मिळेल.
•  वातानुकूलित कोचांत चादर वा ब्लँकेटची सुविधा नाही.

नागपुर:- विशेष श्रमिक रेल्वे सोडण्यासाठीचे नियोजन करताना यापुढे संबंधित राज्याच्या ना हरकत प्रमाणपत्राची आवश्यकता राहणार नाही. तसेच श्रमिक रेल्वेचा संपूर्ण खर्च केंद्र शासनाच्या वतीने रेल्वेला अदा करण्यात येणार आहे.

प्रशासनातर्फे विशेष श्रमिक रेल्वे सोडण्याचे नियोजन करण्यात येणार असून यासाठी नागरिकांना जिल्हाधिकारी कार्यालयातील नियंत्रण कक्षाला आपली संपूर्ण माहिती देण्यात यावी. यामध्ये दूरध्वनी क्रमांक (मोबाईल क्रमांक) आवश्यक आहे. आपल्या जाण्याच्या प्रवासानुसार संबंधित श्रमिक रेल्वे संबंधी संपूर्ण माहिती आपणास मोबाईलवर अथवा दूरध्वनीवर कळविण्यात येईल. यामध्ये रेल्वेची जाण्याची दिनांक, वेळ आदी संपूर्ण माहिती कळविण्यात येईल.

लॉकडाऊनमध्ये अडकलेल्या सर्व नागरिकांसाठी बिहार, उत्तरप्रदेश, पश्चिम बंगाल, झारखंड आदी राज्यासाठी प्रशासनातर्फे विशेष श्रमिक रेल्वे सोडण्यात येणार आहेत. नागरिकांनी संबंधित जिल्हयाच्या जिल्हाधिकारी यांच्या नियंत्रण कक्षासोबत संपर्क साधावा, असे आवाहन विभागीय आयुक्त डॉ. संजिव कुमार यांनी केले आहे.

तरी श्रमिक रल्वेचा लाभ घेण्यासाठी नागरिकांनी जिल्हा नियंत्रण कक्षाच्या दूरध्वनी क्रमांकावर संपर्क साधावा व आपली नोंदणी प्रक्रिया पूर्ण करावी, असे आवाहन विभागीय आयुक्त डॉ. संजिव कुमार यांनी केले आहे.

Nagpur:- Even as migrants from other states are in full swing by the railways and the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), daily passengers are scheduled to take advantage of eight trains going north, south, and east via Nagpur.

On Monday, MSRTC had moved over 800 migrants to the MP border near Khawasa and the Chhattisgarh border at Shirpur (Deori) in 40 buses until 9 pm. A ‘Shramik Special’ train likewise carried 1,600 passengers from Nagpur to Darbhanga.

To a question about dropping migrants in between to their destinations of choice, divisional MSRTC controller Nilesh Belsare said, “We can’t do that as per government orders. This is an inter-state arrangement where officials from other states will quarantine these migrants.

“Earlier, plans were made to introduce inter-district migrant transportation but this move could have led to people moving from the red zone to orange and green zones, causing Covid-19 cases to spread. There are proposals to implement this kind of travel, but it’ll be a paid service, Belsare said.

“In the respective district, there are orders to depot managers that if Maharashtra migrants arrive at the state frontiers they will be dropped to their villages. We dropped five such passengers from the Chhattisgarh border into Gondia on Monday, “said Belsare.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), has requested that all passengers arriving in the state undergo a swab test upon arrival, and that they are sent for quarantine. This can take care of people with symptoms and without them.

“These people ‘s thermal scanning, which is being done right now, should be discarded, as it is completely not a reliable screening process,” said IMA president Dr. Avinash Bhondwe.

The Indian Railways declared operation of 15 pairs of trains on Monday after train traffic closed during a lockdown. Of these, Bengaluru-Delhi (02691) will arrive in Nagpur on May 13 at 3.35 pm and Delhi-Bengaluru (02692) will arrive the same day at 10.40 am.

Railway officials said that there would be no counters for general quota passengers except for such groups, such as VIPs, freedom fighters and free railway employee passes. Sources said the incoming and outgoing passengers would undergo thermal scanning and sanitization.

Similarly, Chennai-Delhi (02433) runs from May 15 on Friday and Sunday, while Delhi-Chennai (02434) runs twice a week, reaching Nagpur at 5.50 pm on Thursday and Saturday.

A biweekly train between Bilaspur and Delhi has also started from May 14. The Bilaspur-Delhi 02441 runs Mondays and Thursdays and enters Nagpur at 9.15 pm. Similarly, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 02442 Delhi-Bilaspur will run on. It will hit Nagpur at 6:10 am on Wednesday and Monday

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in a tweet on Sunday that Indian Railways plans to slowly reboot passenger train services from May 12, with 15 pairs of special trains initially connecting New Delhi to other cities in India.

Passenger train services have remained suspended since a national shutdown was imposed in March to combat the coronavirus. The lockout, twice extended, is scheduled to close on May 17.

“These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi Station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi,” a press release from the Government said.

The reservations can be made Monday from 4 pm only through the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation website, the order said. Ticket booking counters shall remain closed at railway stations.

The government added that all travelers will need to wear face masks, and will be checked for signs of coronavirus. It will only require asymptomatic passengers to board the trains. “In due course, further specifics will be released separately including train schedule,” the order said.

After May 12, the press release added, further special services will begin on new routes. After reserving 20,000 coaches for coronavirus care centers, the Government said, these special services will be focused on the available coaches. The 300 Shramik Special trains will also be considered for running every day to ferry stranded migrant labourers to their hometowns.

Shramik Special Trains Goyal said earlier on Sunday that the Railways have been designed to run up to 300 “Shramik Special” trains a day over the past six days to take migrants from their workplace to their hometowns. He added that 366 Shramik Special Trains with over 3,60,000 migrant workers had been operated by the Railways to date. Goyal said that 287 trains have reached their destinations, while 79 are now in transit.

“I appeal to all states to give permission to evacuate and bring back their stranded refugees so that in the next 3-4 days we can get them all back to their homes,” the railway minister said in another tweet. The Center had first announced on April 29 that trains “Shramik Special” will start ferrying migrant workers home.

Nagpur:- The Indian Railways, which keeps migrants shifting in a low-key affair at Shramik Special trains, also ensures that none of the passengers go hungry. On Friday four end-to-end trains passed through the division of Nagpur with at least 1,200 migrants carrying each train. IRCTC, Indian Railways’ arm, supplied those migrants with 4,800 meal packets.

Lingampalli near Hyderabad to Varanasi in UP, Ghatkesar in Telangana to Vidisha in MP, and Lingampalli to Gonda in UP comprised three of the four trains that passed via Nagpur.

“While at Nagpur station 3,600 meal packets were supplied, at Ballarshah station a further 1,200 were distributed. Both Nagpur and Ballarshah have base kitchens which were handed over as per policy decision to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC),’ officials said.

Meanwhile, the inflow of migrants from Andhra Pradesh to the Gadchiroli and Chandrapur tribal districts continued with 686 more migrants from Rayanapadu in Andhra Pradesh arriving on Friday morning by a special train at Nagbhid station.

The Nagpur division of the South East Central Railway (SECR) adhered strictly to social distancing and did thermal passenger scanning before enabling them to depart. Rayanapadu train brought 1,004 laborers to Wadsa earlier on May 6. These laborers were from the towns of Bhandara, Gadchiroli, Gondia, and others.

Central Railway’s Nagpur division also clarified that it did not refund Rs12.28 lakh as stated by in a news story on May 7, when two trains left from Wardha and Nagpur for Barauni and Muzaffarpur on May 6, respectively. “The district administration pays the fare after which tickets are released,” Railway officials said.

Nagpur:- The lockdown came as a disguised blessing for South East Central Railway’s Nagpur Division (SECR) with the engineering department carrying out over 1,200 km of track maintenance over the past month.

The Division carried out track works with different machines from March 24 to May 4, from Itwari to Durg. “We’ve done simple track tamping with different track machines for 415 km. It required alignment correction and correction of longitudinal and cross-levels, in addition to packaging under the sleepers, “SECR officials said. They added that the tamping of turnout had also been achieved.

Machines, particularly at the crossing section, were also used to achieve a proper level. “We did 138 km of ballast profiling and 92 km of work on track stabilization. We also lifted 5,051 pieces of rails and sleepers from the section and with the help of machines, stacked them at the right spot, “they said.

“Due to the constant flow of mail/express trains, it is difficult to get blocks for various works over the daily course of time. Yet we’ve got 90% capacity to complete these works because of the lockdown, “SECR officials said.

Normal rails and welds have been removed and these defects are now free of the Nagpur division. In addition to removing dilapidated channel sleepers and replacing defective glued joints, the trackmen also renewed CMS crossings and ballast were trained.

Recently the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MahaMetro) announced that the Nagpur Metro project was completed in a record 27-month period. This isn’t the only feather in his hat. The Nagpur Metro is considered India’s greenest subway network. No doubt the Nagpur Metro project is the ideal model for megaprojects in India and around the world. What lessons may we learn, then?

Factors that have contributed to the project’s success: 

1. Effectiveness of stakeholder consultation: This is the first and last of a public infrastructure project. Making space for the public’s position to ensure progress is important. The contact between the project leaders and the public should be clear from the conceptualization point. The public should consider the proposals, their advantages, and the possible challenges they may face during the construction process. No project of this magnitude is unproblematic. A crucial benefit would be to get the public in the corner of the project as the unavoidable issues arise. That dimension was one of the Nagpur Metro project’s most important characteristics.

2. Usage of technology: Nagpur Metro used BIM’s power to make the metro construction safer, quicker, and qualitatively better. This helped the team prepare better, with resource management being more effective, communicating better, and avoiding avoidable collisions and rework. That was essential to delivering a quick, effective, and on-budget project.

BIM was not only accessible and useful during construction but will also play an equally important role in the project’s operation & maintenance process. It’s effectively solved the project’s huge task of record management. The Nagpur Metro project is India’s first such attempt to implement the 5D BIM technology by integrating ERP with BIM as well as various world-class project management applications. The BIM platform’s single source of truth helped the entire Nagpur Metro rail project team to get the right data at the right time for successful decision taking.

3. Comprehensive tracking and monitoring: There is never a shortage of projects of this scale for the participation of specialists with expertise in railway and other subway projects. The question has always been how best to exploit their expertise? How to ensure their knowledge is invoked only when the highest impact is likely? This is where BIM assisted by offering straightforward insight into the project managers into the project’s real-time status at all times. 

There was planned daily monitoring of the work performed by consultants and staff. This provided good visibility of possible problems in time for action to minimize their effect. Before the issue got out of control, professional support could be proactively called in to provide solutions or workarounds. It also allowed all the parties concerned to communicate the problems and the solutions well in time. This also helped to ‘bridge the contact gap and speed up the tasks.

The metro at Nagpur is a perfect example of price, performance, performance, and speed. With the use of internationally proven emerging technology, the latest methods and techniques in building, green initiatives, and the enthusiasm and expertise of its employees, it has accomplished that. Nagpur Metro Rail Project with many creative and unique features was planned, constructed, and executed.

1. A multi-layered subway project: Nagpur Metro is a multilayered subway with the first four-layer transportation network in India. In a similar vertical area, the continuous and continuing construction of the flyovers, roads, highways, and the subway is coming up. When finished, the three- and four-layer transportation system would be a modern marvel.

2. Greenest Metro in India: Green approaches used to build Nagpur Metro make it India’s greenest Metro. 65% of the Nagpur Metro project’s energy requirements are met by solar panels connected to the underground rail rooftop, depot boundary walls, platforms, sheds, etc. The electricity generated from the device is also applied back to the grid, and local sources are used to produce the power needed. The project recycles every single drop of water that it uses, too.

3. Fastest completed project: Nagpur Metro project is the project of its kind with the fastest completion. The groundwork for the project was laid in 2015, and the trial runs took place in just 27 months. This is a rate without precedent for such a huge project.

4. Ratings: The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has planned and designed all stations, administrative buildings, and depots to achieve full ranking. All Green Standards for energy & water conservation, improved comfort, wastewater management, and 100% waste at source segregation are being enforced and observed.

The project has impressive sustainability and economic features built into it right from the start. And this is maybe the greatest lesson from which to learn. There’s no mistake attaining laureles. They have to be prepared for, the information pored over and then, with much effort and coordination, turned into practice. I am honored to have been part of the path-breaking project. And I don’t think I’m ever going to tire of saying that!