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Issue# 77 Free Monthly News Bulletin – for Internal Circulation March 2012

Email: integralnewsicf@gmail.com Contact: 9003141464, 9003149539,9003149659.

Chief Editor: K.Ravi, SSE/Shop80 Associate Editors:

M.A.Jaishankar, SSE/M&P

A.R.S.Ravindra, SSE/WS

K.Sudhir, SSE/Shop41 Treasurer:R.Mehalan, Ex-SSE/IT-ICF

Shell Offices:V.Ramesh, SSE/Project

S.K.Satishkumar, SSE/M&P

K.Sekar, OS/Engg

N.Jeganivasan, Stores Inspector

N.Ganesh,SSE/MPO/S

N.Vijayan,Ch Typist/Plant

S.Ghatikachalarao,SSE/WS

N.Devaraju, SSE/Plant

S.N.Vivekanandan, Ch.OS/P9

Shell Shops: P.Baskaran, SSE/40

A-shed: R.Nagarajan,, SSE/10

B-shed: A.V.Gopalakrishna, SSE/22

Shop 24,25,26: P.Chandran, SSE/42

D&L-shed:R.Shanmugam, SSE/13

40,J,E: R.Lakshminarayanan, SSE/40

Stores: K.Thiyagarajan, CDMS

RT,RPF: R.Kasim, JE/48

11,23,41,TS:R.Jegathiswaran,SSE/41

Insp: J.Ananthakumar,SSE/42

Progress: M.Saravanan,SSE/PCO

CMT: G.Sivakumar, CMS-1

Electrical:D.T.Vijayaraj,SSE/45

Fur Offices:Elamurugan.N,SSE/MPO

Accts: Sudharsan.MN,SSO/Accts

PlgF,TS: G.Muthukrishnan,SSE

Stores:V.V.Mahadevan,OS/P8

Fur Shops: R.Sundarrajan,SSE/30

30: Bipinkumarkarn, SSE/30

31,32,34: P.Satyanarayana, JE/34

33,CMT,38:D.R.Suresh,SSE/33

80,81,37:D.Santhakumar,SSE/80

88: K.S.Rajakumar, SSE/88

Elect: M.Devaraj, SSE/85

36,54: A.Srivijayan,SSE/54

Progress:D.Baskar, SSE/PCO

TTC: J.Selvakumar,SSE/TC

D&D: Sabapathinathan.M,SSE/D&D

Hospital: RajuBalaji, Ch.OS

Web: K.Chandran, Webmaster/IT

Advisors:

S.Muthukumar,PE/PL/S

B.Chandrasekaran,WM/A/S

R.Velu, Ex-PE/PL/F-ICF

T.R.Ravichander,SME/I/F

Shri Sanjiv Handa, Member/Mechanical, inaugurated the Indian Railways’ first

Emission Test Car and launched the ERP project, on 6th Feb at ICF in the

presence of Shri Abhay K.Khanna, GM/ICF, Shri V.Ramachandran, DG/RDSO

and Shri Vikram Chopra, MD/CRIS.

Welcome to new CME

Shri Pankaj Kumar has taken charge as

CME/ICF on 27th

Feb. Prior to this he was

working as Director/ IRIMEE, Jamalpur. Shri

Hemant Kumar has been transferred to Eastern

Railway as CME.

From

ICF Staff Club

AG129/18,VII Main Rd

AnnaNagar,Chennai-40

To

Person of the Month

Jan’12: Shell

P.N.Siva Das, Tech-2/13

Jan’12: Fur

M.Muthukumar, SSE/37

OFFICIAL POSTINGS Name S/Shri/ Smt Previous Present

Pankaj Kumar Director/ IRIMEE CME

Hemant Kumar CME CME/ER

S.Ramprakash CMS CMD

J.S.Garg RWF CMM/F (trg)

K.Krishnamurthy CMM/Proj COS/ECoR

Dinesh Gajbhiye S.Rly WM/A2/S

V.Jayapragash WM/A2/S SME/I/S

K.N.Mohan SME/I/S PE/PL/S

S.Muthukumar PE/PL/S Leave

R.Shanmugasundaram C&MS ACMT/F

STAFF INFLOW – LAST MONTH

Sl Name S/Shri Design Shop 1 Arul kumar.R Tech-3 45

2 Balamurugan.L Tech-3 45

3 Ashok kumar.B Tech-3 45

4 Dileep Kumar Meena Trainee 85

5 Mahendra Kumar Meena Tech-3 22

6 Hans Raj Meena Tech-3 22

7 Bijendra Kumar Meena Tech-3 22

8 Md. Imtiaz Hossain Trainee 21

9 Rajeesh.C.P Trainee 48

10 Satish kumar.D Trainee 21

11 Prakash kumar Trainee 22

12 Baidyanath Oraw Trainee 22

13 Kanakaraj.M.K Helper 10

14 Rajlakshmi.A Helper Hosp

15 Umadevi.K Tech-3 32

16 Babu.A Engg

STAFF OUTFLOW – LAST MONTH

Sl Name S/Shri Design Mode 1 Panneerselvam.K Sr.Tech/13 CR

2 Durairaj.R Tech-2/14 CR

3 Gopinadhan.C Helper/77C Transfer

4 Cleetus Lukose Helper/77B Transfer

5 Albert.M Helper/77B Transfer

6 Rajan.C.S Helper/77C Transfer

7 Sukumaran Nair.P Helper/77C Transfer

8 Raveendran Nair.T Helper/77C Transfer

9 Pavithran.P Helper/77C Transfer

10 Sadasiva Kurup.V Helper/77C Transfer

11 Rajeev Shuktel SSE/22 Removal

12 Suseendran.R Tech2/28 Resigned

13 Raghavan.K.V JE/22 VR

14 Mekala Ramudu SrTech/36 VR

15 Baluchamy.R Tech-1/71E VR

EMPLOYEES RETIRING ON 31st March’12

1 SIVAPRAKASH.M Sr Tech/MGL 11 2 SUBRAMANI.K Tech-1/FGL 11

3 ELANGOVAN .M Tech-1/Weld 11

4 VEERARAGHU.A Helper 14

5 RAMANAN .R Sr Tech/FGL 14

6 SASIDHARAN .B Sr Tech/Weld 14

7 ZACKARIAH .U Tech-1/FGL 14

8 PRABAKARAN .G Tech-1/Weld 14

9 ELUMALAI.C JE 16

10 JAGADEESAN.K JE 18

11 DURAIPANDIAN .R Tech-2/Weld 20

12 SUDARSANAN .S Sr Tech/FGL 21

13 THANGARAJ .T Sr Tech/FGL 21

14 SANTHANA RISHNAN.V JE 22

15 NARAYANABABU.SE Sr Tech/Weld 22

16 RAJENDRAN .P Tech-1/Weld 22

17 ARULANTHU .A Tech-2/Weld 22

18 PERUMAL .G Sr Tech/FGL 26

19 GOPAL .M Sr Tech/MTR 41

20 SIGAMANI .B Tech-1/MTR 41

21 MOHANAM.M JE PCO/S

22 SRINIVASAN.N SSE PCO/S

23 MANOGARAN N . Hd Constable RPF/S 24 THIRUMALAICHAMY .A Ch.OS PB/S

25 WILLIAM.M Stewar.. Hosp

26 MUTHU KRISHNAN.U Tech-1/Elec 29 27 SHANMUGAM.M JE 30

28 JAYAKUMAR .S Sr Tech/Carp 30

29 STALIN.R Sr Tech/Carp 30

30 BALARAMAN .S Sr Tech/FGL 30

31 MANOHARAN.C Sr Tech/FGL 30

32 DEVENDRAN .M.K Tech-2/Carp 30

33 VAZVARASAN.E Tech-2/Carp 30

34 DORAIRAJ .G Sr Tech/Carp 32

35 SIVALINGAM .A Sr Tech/FGL 33

36 VELU.V JE 36

37 RETTA.M Tech-3/FGL 37

38 Subramaniankattunayakan.M Tech-2/Elec 39

39 PURUSHOTHAMAN .PG Sr Tech/FMW 80

We wish them A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL RETIRED LIFE.

WE DEEPLY MOURN THE SUDDEN DEMISE OF THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES

Sl Name S/Shri Designation

1 Krishna Moorthy.D Tech-1/10

2 Arokkiyasamy.K Tech-1/30

3 Samuel.K Tech-1/36

4 Ravikumar.A.L Tech.1/30

5 Balakrishnan.C Tech.1/48

6 Ravi.P Helper/54

7 Helen Jeyaseeli.C Ch.Matron/Hosp

8 Viswanathan.K Tech-2/80

We deeply regret the sudden demise of

Sri B.Jayavelu, President/ ICF ES

(NFIR) on 25th Feb. He was acting as a

bridge between the supervisors and

employees in solving the disputes.

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Sri T.R.Balu, Chairman of Parliamentary Standing

Committee on Railways, along with members of the

Committee visited ICF on 25th Feb and held discussion

with GM and officers of ICF.

A grand farewell to CME Shri Hemant Kumar and warm

welcome to CME Shri Pankaj Kumar was organized by

IRTSA at TTC on 28th Feb.

IRTSA- ICF unit (in collaboration with Bharath

University, Tambaram) organised a motivational

workshop (Easy ways for approaching the exams) for +2

students on 19.02.2012 from 9.30hrs to 14.00 Hrs at

ICF.Hr.Sec.School. This programme was inaugurated by

Shri Hemant Kumar, CME/ICF. Expert faculties educated

the students on ‘How to face the exam & secure good

marks’ and ‘How to keep the physical & mental health

during the exam’. Around 1000 students from nearby

schools participated and all the students were provided

with course material and lunch.

Sri K.S.Sridharan, SME/DSD, presented a paper on

“Time Management” in the International conference on

“Global Business Management” ICGBM-2012 held on

23rd

& 24th Feb at SA Engineering College .

Smt.Aleyamma Hezakiel, SMM/E/F receiving "Railway

Minister's best MDP Project award" for the year 2010

from Shri. Vinod Rai, C&AG of India, on 31/01/2012 at

Railway Staff Collefe, Vadodara. The project is on "Work

Study based Safai working rules for Railway Stations".

Selvi S.Shamini, D/o.M.Senthilkumar,

Tech-1, Shop80, MW/Fur, has got

“Young scientist award 2012” for

discovering a new marine bioluminescent

bacteria. She had presented a paper on

“Bizzare of Bioluminescent Bacteria in

Marine Environment”

She had submitted the paper in the national conference on

“Marine Environmental Challenges and coastal zone

management strategy – MARINA” held on 13th &14th

Feb, organised by Bharathidasan University.

CIRCULARS

AC05: Constitution of Staff Benefit Fund committee

Chairman : CPO, Members: CMS & CE

Secretary : APO/Welfare

Rep from Staff Council :

S/Shri. K.Ramesh, B.Rajendiran, R.Maran, E.Ramesh,

G.Ganesh and S.G.Jeevagan.

AC06: Merger of grades as per VI CPC recommendations

� ICF Kalyana mandapams will be allotted 4 months in

advance. Application for allotment will be considered

only if Demand Draft for `5000 is submitted.

� In connection with womens day celebrations, fun games

will be conducted on 5th March, elocution, singing,

debate contest on 6th and seminar on 7

th for women

employees.

Last date for submission of application:

To submit the details of dependant father : 07.03.12.

SPORTS

ICF team won the trophy in the Tamilnadu state chess

championship held during 9th to 13

th Feb at Sivakasi.

S/Shri. Phoobalan, Syed Anwar Shazali and Sureshkumar

won board prizes for the best performance.

ICF team secured III place in the 17th All India Kabadi

gold cup championship held at Wardha.

Accidents Do Not Just Happen, They Are Caused

ICF Golden Jubilee scholarship corpus committee

Official side: SPO/WS, SrAFA/F & APO/W

Staff side: Shri.E.Ramesh, SSE/54, SCM

Safety committee/Fur

Chairman: Sri A.Anbazhagan, CSO

Secretary: Sri K.Muralikrishna, safety officer

Smt.Dr Renuka Sreedhar, SrDMO- Member

Sri.Z.Ajeesudeen, XEN- Member

Sri.U.Rajendiran, SME/MRVC/F- Member

Sri.G.Shanmugam, AEE/M-II- Member

Rep from Staff Council :

S/Shri. M.Venkatrao, V.Swaminathan, G.Ganesh,

S.Sevagaperumal, A.Ravi.

Committee for management of ICF School

Chairman: 4 schools: CDE/E

Secretary: 4 Schools: DyCPO

Correspondent:

ICF SJM HSS: DyCME/Prod

ICF colony aided Primary school: XEN/F

ICF SJM HS primary sec: SME/Plg

ICF HSS: XEN/S

Members for all 4 schools: S/shri

M.Venkatrao, SCM

G.Santharam, SC/ST Assn, S.Anbukumar, OBC Assn

Health committee

Convenor: CSS/Admn

Members : DyCPO,

Smt Suman Tete and Smt Madhu Basundhara (ICFWO)

Rep from Staff Side :

S/Shri. A.Ravi, K.Ramesh, S.Sevagaperumal – SCMs

Hospital visiting committee

Chairman: CMS, Secretary: CSS/Admn

Members : APO/Welfare, SrAFA/M&P, AEE/Colony,

AEN/WS

Smt Suman Tete and Smt Madhu Basundhara (ICFWO)

Rep from Staff Side :

S/Shri. M.Ravikumar, B.Rajendiran, G.Ganesh – SCMs

S.Ramesh- OBC Assn, and P.Kothandan – SC/ST Assn.

He made us proud

On 25.02.2012 Loco Pilot Mr. Man Singh and Sr.

Assistant Loco Pilot Mr. Sunil Kumar of Ambala were

piloting the train Himalayan Express from Kalka to Delhi,

as the train reached Ganaur station at about 21.15 hours,

they spotted a 2 year old baby boy playing on the track.

They applied Emergency Brakes but Mr Sunil Kumar

feared that the train would not stop and expected the train

to knock down the baby boy, he immediately jumped out

and ran a distance and picked up the child. The engine

traveled about 5 feet from the spot where the child was

playing, thus the innocent 2 year baby boy was saved. It is

sad to state here that Mr Sunil Kumar had lost his 4 month

old baby just 3 months back.

The Best Safety Device Is A Careful Man.

NISSEN SHED by Sri A.Sri Vijayan, SSE/Shop-54

Many of us heard about Nissen Shed and are using the

word shed. But how many of us know the meaning of

Nissen, its history. Actually, its name is Nissen hut,

which is a prefabricated steel structure made from a half-

cylindrical skin of corrugated steel and was used

extensively during World War II.

HISTORY

In April, 1916, Major Peter Norman Nissen, a mining

engineer of the Royal Engineers of British Army

developed the designs of huts and constructed three

prototype semi-cylindrical huts.

Nissen’s design was subject to intensive review by his

fellow officers, Lieutenant Colonels which helped Nissen

develop the design. After the third prototype was

completed, the design was formalized and the Nissen hut

was put into production in August 1916. At least 100,000

were produced during the World War

Nissen patented his invention in the UK in 1916 and

patents were taken out later in the United States, Canada,

South Africa and Australia. Nissen received royalties

from the British government, not for huts made during the

war, but only for their sale after the conflict.

ASPECTS OF HUT

Two factors influenced the design of the hut. First, the

building had to be economical in its use of materials,

especially considering wartime shortages of building

material. Second, the building had to be portable. This

was particularly important in view of the wartime

shortages of shipping space. This led to a simple form that

was prefabricated for ease of erection and removal. The

Nissen hut could be packed in a standard Army wagon

and erected by six men in four hours.

One of Nissen huts covered with earth used for munitions

storage during World War II.

Present day shape of Nissen Hut (Nissan Shed)

Check Wire, Avoid Fire.

EMISSION TEST CAR

Pollution control including improvement of environmental

conditions, and moving towards Green earth is a priority

activity worldwide. In this connection World over different

countries have laid down emission standards for their

railroad applications like USEPA standards and UIC

standards followed in America and Europe respectively. On

similar lines Indian Railways is working to lay down

emission standards for locomotives and diesel power cars.

Manufacture of Emission Test Car at a cost of `8.63 crore

is the first step in this direction which will help IR to

measure levels of emission in diesel locomotives and diesel

power cars.

The test car is a mobile vehicle which will move to various

diesel sheds and coaching depots to measure emission

levels. This will enable Indian Railways to maintain

locomotives and power cars to desired emission standards.

Emission Test car manufactured by ICF is houses Emission

Measuring Equipment of latest world standards, supplied by

M/s HORIBA Ltd.,Japan.

Objective :

• To Test the exhaust emission levels

• To analyse the performance of engine

• Improve the fuel efficiency

• Reduce the environmental pollution

Emission measurement equipment consists of

(i) Mexa 7100 D gas emission analyzer - measures

emissions from various engine types. Component gases viz

CO, CO2, NOx, NO, THC (total hydro-carbon), NMHC,

CH4 and O2 can be measured.

(ii) Real time Particulate matter analyzer

(iii) Model Mexa 1230 PM - Continuously measures the

particulate matter in engine emissions

(iv) Celesco opacity meter - for measuring smoke density

(v) Fuel measurement system

(vi) Gas room with 23 gas cylinders for the purpose of

testing the exhaust emission and calibration of the system.

The mass emission measurement system provided on the

coach is capable of measuring:

- Oxides of nitrogen

- Particulate matter

- Total hydrocarbons

- Methane hydrocarbons

- Smoke opacity

- Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide

Salient features of ETC

� Emission Test Car is manufactured on LHB AC-2 tier

platform and has stainless steel body of grade SS-409M

for sidewall, endwall and SS-304 grade for roof with

corten steel underframe & Bogies with pneumatic

suspension at secondary.

� Maximum speed – 110 Kmph

� Gross weight – 55.548 tonnes

� The Emission test car consists of the following :

� Equipment room

� 50 KVA Diesel Generator set room

� 2-berth compartment

� 4-berth compartment

� Mini pantry

� Toilets

� The Equipment room, 2-berth and 4-berth

compartments are air conditioned with one Roof

mounted AC package unit.

� WIFI system provided for Data transfer

� 2 Nos of 25KW bogie mounted alternators are

provided to cater the AC unit and other auxiliary loads

(lights, fans, LCD TV, etc.)

� One No. of 50 KVA Diesel generator set is provided

to cater power in case of emergency

� The car is provided with CBC type coupler with

transition screw coupling along with side buffers,

compatible to be connected to trains and locos.

� Tool box has been provided on the underframe with

tools and small equipment.

� The sidewall and partition panelling of Equipment

room, pantry, gas room of 1mm Stainless steel striped

finish.

� The 4-berther and 2-berther compartment is paneled

with LP panels backed by 4mm compreg plywood.

� Roof ceiling of Crew room, Equipment room and Gas

room with NFTC panels.

� Mini-pantry consists of equipments viz., Four burner

LPG cooking range, Wall-mounted chimney,

Microwave oven, Refrigerator, RO Water purifier etc.

Work Safely All The While, Go Home With Smile

Enterprise Resource Planning Project (ERP)

The ERP project was made live on 6th February at ICF. Sri

Sanjiv Handa, Member Mechanical, Railway Board

launched the ERP in the presence of GM/ICF, DG/RDSO,

GGM/CRIS, other officers of ICF and staff. The plant

maintenance module was inaugurated with kiosk, personal

digital assistance application and business intelligence

report. Production planning, material management, sales

and distribution, costing modules were launched on 10th

and Human resource management, payroll module on 23rd.

The ICF-ERP project covers complete customization &

development of ERP-based online application package

including management and implementation at ICF. The

project also aims to provide a portal based custom built

application module, housed at CRIS data centre, New

Delhi for providing specified functionalities to user

outside ICF including Railway Board, ICF’s senior

management, Railways’ internal customers, ICF

employees and vendors. The custom built application will

be integrated with ERP-based application. Project is being

executed by ICF-CRIS in association with L&T Infotech.

The main activity includes customization, development

and implementation of ERP based Integral Coach Factory

system for management of coach factory operations.

ICF went live on 6th Feb with its ERP software (SAP ERP

ECC 6.0). The roll out is happening for the first time on

Indian Railways in a production unit. The project includes

installation of state-of-the-art hardware including touch

screen kiosks and hand-field devices, campus-wide

networking including about 10 Km of optical fibre and

about 20 Km of UTP cabling, implementation and

customization of ERP software.

Project implementation involved

1. Project preparation phase

2. Business blue print phase

3. Realisation phase

4. Go-live phase

5. Hand holding support and

6. Warranty and maintenance support.

During the course of implementation, ICF,CRIS and L&T

team had to overcome a number of challenges, in terms of

functionalities that can’t be mapped directly in the

standard SAP. One such challenge is to accommodate the

multiple and mid month wage period adopted by ICF,

whereas standard SAP provided only for single calendar

month wage period. Special efforts were put in by both

M/s.L&T infotech Ltd, and also by SAP India, in

resolving this important issue, through a project-specific

solution.

Highlights of this project:

1. Development and implementation of a central portal

application for the user located outside ICF like users of

various zonal railways, outside suppliers, Railway

Ministry etc. This will further be integrated with

ROAMS (Rolling asset management system) being

developed by CRIS.

2. E-library of all drawings used in manufacturing of the

coaches.

3. Implementation of Business intelligence (BI) generating

high level analytical reports, for the use of top

management.

4. Touch screen-based applications for the shop floor

5. Handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) for mobile

users.

Benefits of SAP ERP system:

• Detailed capture of business transactions at the point of

generation

• Effective tracing of business situations

• Greater visibility of work in process, to the management

for better control

• Shift from batch processing to online progressive model

• Inbuilt integration between the various modules-an

attempt to bring multiple legacy islands of information

into one integrated system

• Cycle time reduction for certain processes

• Real time visibility of stocks in Stores depots and shop-

floor

• Greater insight into maintenance activities relating to

plant & machinery- with online monitoring, SMS alerts

on break-down etc

• Dynamic user friendly reports for internal consumption

• Systemized working environment and culture.

Last date for renewal of ration card is extended to 31st

March. If the head of the family is not in station/ could

not go in person, renewal can be done through the website

http://210.212.62.90:8080/newfcp/cardvalidity.do

Railway worker finds box of ornaments in train toilet

When Channabasappa, 50, while cleaning the coaches of

the Dharwad Express, came across a steel box in the

toilet. The honest worker handed it over to his superiors.

The box contained gold ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh. The

railway officials ensured that it reached its owner. The

prompt and swift action by railway officials helped

Nissara get back her ornaments within 90 minutes after

she realized it was missing. The box had 350 grams of

gold ornaments, which has now been handed over to the

owner by the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager.

Tailor-made IIT course to train rail engineers

IIT-Madras has started a postgraduate diploma

programme in metro rail engineering and management in

association with CMRL. The first batch of students of this

customised course will pass out in a few months and join

CMRL. The one-year course will help CMRL to get a

talented workforce.

Current Reservation Counter Facility

Railways has advised the passengers travelling on a short

notice to use the facility of Current Reservation Counter

situated at the train originating main stations. The vacant

seats available on train after preparation of reservation

charts can be booked at the Current Counters of the train

originating stations before departure of the train.

Report by expert group on Modernisation of IR

The Expert Group for Modernisation of Indian Railways,

constituted by the Ministry of Railways under the

Chairmanship of Shri Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime

Minister, presented its report to the Minister of Railways.

Some of the major recommendations of this Report are: ·

Modernisation of 19,000 kms. of existing tracks.

Strengthening of 11,250 bridges to sustain higher load at

higher speed.

Eliminating all level crossings.

Implementation of Automatic Block Signalling on A and

B routes.

Deployment of on board train protection system with cab

signalling on all other routes

Introduction of GSM based mobile train control

communication system on A, B and C routes.

Introduction of new generation locomotives – electric

locomotive of 9000 and 12,000 HP and High horse power

diesel locomotives of 5,500 HP.

Introduction of high speed potential LHB coaches with

160/200 kmph.

Introduction of train sets for high speed inter-city travel.

Introduction of heavy haul freight bogies.

Installation of green toilets on all passenger trains.

Modernisation of 100 major stations.

Development of 34 multi modal logistics.

To set up Real Time Information System.

Provision of internet access at 342 railway stations (58 A1

class and 284 at A class)

Development of PPP models and policies in various areas

of Railways to attract private investment to augment core

capabilities such as stations and terminals, high speed

railway lines, elevated rail corridor, private freight

terminals, leasing of wagons, loco and coach

manufacturing, captive power generation and renewable

energy projects.

Development of substantial indigenous capabilities to be a

global leader, namely in state-of-the-art railway

technologies and railway components and equipment for

global markets.

Establish Indian Institute of Railway Research with

Centres of Excellence, develop Indian Standards, critical

vendors and protocols for Railways.

The Implementation of ‘Mission Mode’ approach for all

15 focus areas, namely, track and bridges, signalling,

rolling stock, stations and terminals PPPs. Land, dedicated

freight corridors High Speed Trains, review of existing

and proposed projects, ICT, indigenous development,

safety, funding, human resource and organisation.

Construction of Eastern and Western freight corridors.

Construction of North-South, East-West, East-Coast and

Southern Dedicated Freight Corridors covering 6,200

kilometres in next ten years.

Construction of a High Speed railway line between

Ahmedabad and Mumbai with Speed of 300 kmph.

To offer graduate programme in Railway technology at

IITs and Railway management at IIMs. Also review and

restructure of existing training institutions.

Re-organising Railway Board along business discipline

and reflect Chairman as CEO.

Empowering Zonal Railways in investment decision

making along with accountability for return on capital,

transport output, safety, and profitability.

Revamping of accounting systems on business lines and

create profit/cost centres.

Appointing a ‘PPP Ombudsman’ to resolve disputes.

To constitute a Railways Tariff Regulatory Authority to

provide a level playing field.

Sources of total funding of Rs. 822,671 crore in the next

five years will be Rs. 250,000 crore from Gross

Budgetary Support, Rs. 201,805 crore from Internal

generation, Rs. 101,000 crore from leasing/borrowings,

Rs. 229,024 crore from PPPs Rs. 24,000 crore from

dividend rebate and Rs. 16,842 crore from Road Safety

Fund.

Railway to deploy women RPF personnel on trains

New coach factory in Kerala (a)

Taking a serious note on the incidents of harassment faced

by women passengers in trains, women RPF personnel

would be deployed in trains for their safety, Hon’ble

Railway Minister said after laying foundation stone on

21st Feb for a ` 550 crore Rail Coach Factory at

Kanjikode, Kerala, to manufacture 400 coaches per

annum.

Advance Reservation Period made as 120 Days

The Ministry of Railways has decided to increase the

advance reservation period for booking reserved train

tickets from existing 90 days to 120 days on an

experimental basis (excluding the date of journey) w.e.f.

March 10, 2012. However, there will be no change in case

of certain day-time express trains like Taj Express, Gomti

Express etc. where lower time limits for advance

reservations are at present in force. There will also be no

change in case of the limit of 360 days for foreign tourists.

� The Mumbai monorail was tested successfully for the

first time in the country on 18th Feb. The test run was

conducted from Wadala depot to Mysore colony

covering a distance of approximately 4 kilometers

� A formal MoU was signed on 1st Feb for setting up a

Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) namely “Railway

Stations Development Corporation Limited” to take up

work of redevelopment of railway stations along with

station maintenance across India in a dedicated manner

as a part of the continuous process of augmenting and

improving amenities at the railway stations. The MoU

was signed between the IRCON and RLDA for

formation of this new SPV.

Every Near Miss Accident is a Warning.

Southern Railway - Summer Special Trains

Train# From Dep To Arr

06001

11/4to20/6

MAS Wed

20.45

MAQ Thu 13.05

06002

12/4to21/6

MAQ Thu

19.20

MAS Fri

11.30

06003

15/4to24/6

MAS Sun

17.40

MAQ Mon

09.45

06004

16/4to25/6

MAQ Mon

20.30

MAS Tue 12.30

06005

9/4to22/6

MAS Mon,Fri

15.15

QLN Tue,Sat

05.45

06006

10/4to23/6

QLN Tue,Sat

11.30

MAS Wed, Sun

03.45

06007

6/4to22/6

MAS Fri 20.45 CBE Sat 04.15

06008

9/4to25/6

CBE Mon

23.45

MAS Tue 07.45

06009

8/4to24/6

RMM Sun

19.00

CBE Mon

05.00

06010

7/4to23/6

CBE Sat 19.45 RMM Sun 07.00

06011

1/4to27/5

MAS Sun

10.10

MAO Mon

10.30

06012

2/4to28/5

MAQ Mon

13.15

MAS Tue 11.55

06013

10/4to26/6

MAS Tue

23.30

TN Wed

12.15

06014

11/4to27/6

TN Wed

14.00

MAS Thu 03.30

06017

2/4to25/6

MAS Mon

20.45

SRR Tue 06.15

06018

3/4to26/6

SRR Tue

19.10

MAS Wed

05.15

06037

5/4to21/6

MS Thu

20.20

TEN Fri 09.35

06038

8/4to24/6

TEN Sun

14.55

MS Mon

04.15

06301

2/4to25/6

MS Mon

14.40

NCJ Tue 05.30

06302

1/4to24/6

NCJ Sun

17.05

MS Mon

06.05

06747

6/4to29/6

MAS Fri 22.30 TEN Sat 12.15

06012

5/4to28/6

TEN Thu

14.00

MAS Fri 03.30

06801

5/4to28/6

MS via

KMU

Thu

22.45

TPJ Fri 06.00

06802

2/4to25/6

TPJ via

KMU

Mon

23.45

MS Tue 07.20

06803

3/4to26/6

MS Tue

18.50

SCT Wed

06.55

06804

4/4to27/6

SCT Wed

14.25

MS Thu 04.15

General Budget March 16, Railway Budget on 14

Union Finance Minister will present the General Budget

on 16th March, while the Railway Budget will be

presented on 14th March by Railway Minister. The

Economic Survey 2012-13 will be released on 15th March

Report by High Level Safety Review Committee

High Level Safety Review Committee, constituted by the

Ministry of Railways under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anil

Kakodkar, presented its report to the Minister of

Railways, Shri Dinesh Trivedi, at a function in Delhi on

17th Feb. Addressing a gathering on the occasion, Shri

Trivedi complimented all members of the Committee and

said passengers’ safety is given highest priority by the

Indian Railways. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Kakodkar

said that though data of consequential train accident over

the years has been showing declining trend despite

phenomenal growth of traffic, safety on Indian Railways

remains to be a mater of serious concern. He said that

while preparing this Report, the Committee held

interactions and meetings with Divisions, Zones, Railway

Board, RDSO, Commissioner of Railway Safety, some

retired railway officials and representatives of recognized

staff federations. He said that the Committee members

also visited some of the Zonal Railways for having the

first hand experience of the field conditions and also

invited suggestions for general public through Railways’

official website. He said that a total of 53 suggestions

were received from Railway personnel and general public

which have been appropriately considered by the

Committee. Dr. Kakodkar said that in the process, the

Committee noted that Railway officials at all levels are

dedicated, committed and have deep passion to work

Some of the recommendations of this Report are:

� · Implementation of Advanced Signaling System

through Special Purpose Vehicle and an expert group

for technical issue with an estimated cost of Rs. 20,000

crore for 19000 route kilometers on trunk route.

� · Elimination of All Level Crossings (manned and

unmanned both) with an estimated coast of Rs. 50,000

crore over five years.

� · All new coaches to be only of LHB design which are

much safer for present speeds and train lengths, with a

total cost of Rs. 10,000 crore over five years.

� · Maintenance of safety related infrastructural and other

items with total cost of Rs. 20000 crore.

� · The total financial implication over the five year

period would be Rs 100,000 crore.

� · The committee also suggested mode of funding, which

includes safety cess on passengers, deferred dividend,

road cess, matching grant by the Centre.

The Report of the High Level Safety Committee is

available on Indian Railways’ official website

o The Railways has decided to modernize the 150-year-

old railway workshop at Jamalpur at an estimated cost

of Rs 117.46 crore. The workshop which was started in

1862 celebrated its 150th year on 8

th Feb.

o India is going to build a 15-km railway track linking

Tripura’s capital Agartala with Bangladesh's

southeastern city of Akhaurah.

o A model of Mysore division spread over 200 sq. ft,

showcasing landscape and miniature working models of

trains was inaugurated at the Mysore station on 17th

Feb.