Thursday 25 February 2016

Highlights of the Railway Budget 2015-16 & New Projects for Salem Division

Highlights of the Railway Budget 2015-16 & Projects for Salem Division

In the Railway Budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 presented by Hon’ble Minister for Railways Sri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, today (25.02.2016), there are various progressive measures envisaged:

They are:
Launching of 7 missions – Introduction of Freight Wagons with a capacity to carry 25 Ton, to bring down the rail accidents to Zero, Accounting Reforms, Capacity Utilization
Leveraging of  Non fare revenues through - Station development, Advertising (additional 1000 Crores, 3 times current revenues), Monetizing data, Monetizing land, Overhaul of Parcel &  Exports
Target has been fixed to earn Rs 4000 Cr through exports by 2020.
Transform Parcel business by  Liberalizing the procedures
Restructuring the organization - Unified cadre, Cross functional directorates
Setting up of Railway Planning and Investment organization
Setting up of SRESHTHA (Special Railway Establishment for Strategic Technology and Holistic Advancement), a niche railway research organization
Setting up of SUTRA (Special Unit for Transportation Research and Analytics), a dedicated, cross functional data analytics team, manned with professional analysts
Launching of National Rail Plan - to harmonize and integrate the rail network with other modes of transportation
Setting up of a Holding Company for all Railway PSUs
Building of a test track to cut short the cycle of introduction of new rolling stock

As far as the passenger amenities are concerned, Hon’ble Railway Minister has proposed the following measures:
Introduction of Antyodaya Express, a long-distance, fully unreserved, superfast train service, to be operated on dense routes
Addition of two to four Deen Dayalu coaches in some long distance trains for unreserved travel with facility for potable drinking water and a higher number of mobile charging points
Sale of tickets through hand held terminals
Sale of platform tickets through ticket vending machines both cash and card compatible
E-ticketing facility to foreign debit/credit cards for foreign tourists and NRIs Page 4 of 14  
Facility of cancellation through the 139 helpline using ‘One Time Password’
Bar coded tickets, scanners and access control on a pilot basis
Progressive CCTV coverage at tatkaal counters
‘Vikalp’ (Alternative Train Accommodation System) scheme to be expanded to provide choice of accommodation in specific trains to wait-listed passengers.
IRCTC to manage catering services in a phased manner.
Extending e-catering services from 45 stations to all 408 ‘A-1’ and ‘A’ class stations.
Explore making mandatory catering services optional in trains.
Introducing a new policy where each stall at station can provide multiple products including milk products and OTC medicines
Option to our customers for drinking tea in kulhad (earthen tea pots)
To convert all operational halts into commercial halts.
Information boards in trains to list on-board services and also GPS based digital displays inside coaches to provide information regarding halts.
A1 class stations to be manned with duly empowered Station Directors supported by cross functional teams.
Passenger amenities and beautification on stations at pilgrimage centres including Ajmer, Amritsar, Bihar Sharif, Chengannur, Dwarka, Gaya, Haridwar, Mathura, Nagapattinam, Nanded, Nasik, Pali, Parasnath, Puri, Tirupati, Vailankanni, Varanasi and Vasco.
Aastha circuit trains to connect important pilgrim centres. Page 5 of 14
Porters to have new uniforms and train them in soft skills, to be henceforth called sahayak.
‘Clean my Coach’ service through SMS.
Ranking of A1 and A stations based on periodic third party audit and passenger feedback.
Waste segregation and recycling centres.
‘Awareness campaigns’ for cleanliness.
Additional 30,000 bio-toilets
Providing portable structures with bio-toilets at all platforms of select stations for senior citizens, Divyang (Differently abled passengers) and women travelers.

Tamil Nadu
As far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, the outlay of funds provision has been increased, from Rs.870 crores in the year 2010-11 to Rs.2064 crores in 2016-17.

Salem Division:
For Salem Division, the following New Projects have been announced in the Current Year’s Railway Budget:

1.  Survey for laying of New BG line between Morappur and Dharmapuri for a distance of 36 Kms at an  approximate cost of Rs.134 Crores
2. Railway Electrification work of Bangaluru-Omalur (via Hosur) under Joint Venture, to a distance of 196 Kms at an estimated cost of Rs.152.83 Crores:
  
In addition, the following new works have been sanctioned for Salem Division at an estimated cost of 304.48 crores
Road Safety Works – construction of Road Over Bridges & Subways : Rs.190.29 crores
Track Renewals – Rs.45.42 Crores
Bridge maintenance/Replacement works – Rs.8.53 crores
Signalling and Telecommunication Woks : Rs.7.4 crores
Rolling stock (Locos&Wagons) maintenance – Rs.33.73 crores
Staff Quarters (new and improvement) – Rs. 19.11 crores
(Break-up provided in the Statements herebelow)
Salem Division, Southern Railway – New Projects, Costs and Outlay (allocation) for 2016-17

I.          ROAD SAFETY WORKS-LEVEL CROSSINGS
Name of Works
Sanctioned Cost
Outlay for
2016-17

Rs. in thousands
Salem Division-Remote Terminal
Unit at Interlocked level crossing
gates and strengthening of
networking to Central Data Logger
Server
2,82,03
1
Salem Division-Integrated power
supply of non-blanking of signals
and earth leakage detectors at
level crossings
5,00,00
1
Erode-Coimbatore-Podanur Road
Over Bridge in lieu of LC No.141
with subway
25,45,02
5,00
Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Road
Over Bridge in lieu of LC No.4
with subway
24,22,37
5,00
Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Road
 Over Bridge in lieu of LC No.135
with subway
26,01,63
5,00
Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Road
Over Bridge in lieu of LC No.137
with subway
26,67,67
5,00
Vriddhachalam-Salem-Road Over
Bridge in lieu of LC No.131 with
subway
23,59,63
5,00
Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Road
Over Bridge in lieu of LC No.5
with subway
24,74,75
5,00
Minnampalli-Salem-Road Over
Bridge in lieu of LC No.1569
with subway
25,20,02
5,00
Salem Vriddhachalam- -Subways
in lieu of LC Nos.80,85&135 (3 Nos)
6,56,23
5,00
TOTAL (Rs. in thousands)
190,29,35
40,02

II.        TRACK RENEWALS
Name of Works
Sanctioned Cost
Outlay for
2016-17

Rs. in thousands
Name of Works
Sanctioned Cost
Outlay for 2016-17

Rs. in thousands
Erode-Irugur-Podanur – 5.0 Kms
4,55,60
10,00
Jolarpettai-Erode Jn. – 12.9 Kms
13,15,89
10,00
Jolarpettai-Erode Jn. – 5.80 Kms
5,91,64
10,00
Jolarpettai-Erode Jn. – 19.95 Kms
6,26,27
10,00
Salem Division-Renewal of
Rail Joints-256 sets
15,52,31
10,00
TOTAL (Rs. in thousands)
45,41,71
50,00

III.       BRIDGE WORKS
Name of Works
Sanctioned Cost
Outlay for
2016-17

Rs. in thousands
Replacement of Steel girders
with PSC Slabs in Bridge No.
44 in Jolarpet-Erode Sec
3,72,41
10,00
Rebuilding RCC Box in Jolarpettai-
Erode Sec Bridge No.20, 135,137,77,
86 &96
4,80,52
10,00
TOTAL (Rs. in thousands)
8,52,93
20,00

III.       SIGNALING AND TELECOMMUNICATION
Name of Works
Sanctioned Cost
Outlay for
2016-17

Rs. in thousands
Salem Divsiion-Provision of
Non-blanking of Signals
3,92,01
1,00
Provision of dual detection on
girder bridges at various stations
3,48,43
1,00
TOTAL (Rs. in thousands)
7,40,44
2,00

IV.       WORKSHOPS
Name of Works
Sanctioned Cost
Outlay for 2016-17

Rs. in thousands
 Erode Electric Loco Shed-
Augmentation of infrastructure
facilities to increase holding from
175 to 200 locos
15,11,06+
1,00,00
10,00+
10,00
Erode Yard-Modernisation with
provision of concrete apron & crane
16,62,03+
1,00,00
10,00+
10,00
TOTAL (Rs. in thousands)
33,73,09
40,00

V.        STAFF QUARTERS
Name of Works
Sanctioned Cost
Outlay for 2016-17

Rs. in thousands
Erode-Replacement of Quarters :
12 Type 2 and 15 Type 4 Quarters
6,28,64
10,00
Salem Division-Improvement of
Staff Quarters-600 units
12,81,87
1,00
TOTAL (Rs. in thousands)
19,10,51
11,00

GRAND TOTAL
(Rs. in thousands)
304,48,03
1,63,02



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