Electrical Safety Propaganda Van flagged off by DRM, Salem Division

As part of the Electrical Safety Awareness Campaign from 28.03.2017 to 31.03.2017, being undertaken by the Electrical Branch of Salem Division, Southern Railway,  a Safety Propaganda Van (Safety Rath) was  flagged off from Salem Division Office premises by Sri Hari Shankar Verma, DRM, today (28.03.2017), in the presence of Sri Chandrapal, ADRM, Sri M. Prabhakaran, Sr. Divisional Electrical Engineer, and other officers & staff of Salem Division. DRM also released the safety propaganda materials. The van will be travelling all over Salem Division, to interact with general public and rail passengers, distribute pamphlets, distribute Geometry boxes to school children carrying safety messages, and carry out audio visual propaganda. 

The Electrical Branch staff have planned to meet about 1,00,000 people, distribute 10,000 pamphlets, 2500 Calendars with safety messages in Tamil, English and Hindi, and distribute 1000 geometry boxes with safety messages to school Children, to educate them and warn of the risks involved in getting near the railway electrical installations and the resultant electrocution and also on safe usage of the level crossings.

Speaking on the occasion, Sri Hari Shankar Verma said that Salem Division believes in the theory of ‘Prevention is better than Cure’ and educating the rail and road users on the safety front would save the loss of lives and damage to property. He further said that it was most unfortunate that 2 lives were lost by electrocution in the year 2017 in Salem Division, one during the Jallikattu agitation in Salem Market Station and the other one at the Mettur Dam Station, when they tried to board the top of the coach and wagon. He added that educating children on safety as part of the moral education would help them in the long run and lauded the efforts of Electrical and Safety Branches of  Salem Division, in this front.

Inspection of newly converted BG line between Pollachi and Podanur by Commissioner for Railway Safety on 23.03.2017 and 24.03.2017

Inspection of newly converted BG line between Pollachi and Podanur by Commissioner for Railway Safety on 23.03.2017 and 24.03.2017

Sri K.A. Manoharan, Commissioner for Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bangaluru, will be conducting inspection of the newly converted BG line between Pollachi and Podanur, on  23.03.2017 and 24.03.2017. He will be accompanied by Sri E. Srinivas, Dy. Commissioner for Railway Safety, Sri. L. Sudhakar Rao, Chief Administrative Officer, Construction, Southern Railway, Sri Prafulla Verma, Chief Engineer, Construction, Southern Railway, Sri M. Elavarasan, Chief Signal & Telecommunications Engineer, Southern Railway,  Sri Hari Shankar Verma, DRM, Salem, Sri Naresh Lalwani, DRM, Palakkad, and Sri R. Ramakrishnan, Dy. Chief Engineer, Construction, Podanur, along with other Southern Railway, Salem Division and Palakkad Division officials.

He will be conducting inspection by motor trolley on 23.03.2017 (between 10.30 hrs. and 15.00 hrs. approx) from Pollachi to Kinathukadavu. On 24.03.2017, he will be conducting Motor Trolley Inspection between Kinatthukkadavu and Pollachi (from 10.00 hrs. to 14.00 hrs. approx) and will carry out speed trials   (between 15.30 hrs and 17.30 hrs  approx) between Podanur and Pollachi, using diesel locomotive and coaches. Hence, it is requested that public may please avoid coming near the track between Pollachi and Podanur during these timings.

The track between Pollachi and Podanur has been converted from MG to BG for a distance of 40 kms at a cost of Rs. 340 crores, starting the work from 2010. The works for the BG line has been carried out through rocky areas for a distance of about 4 kms using deep cutting method. 110 bridges, both Road Over Bridge (ROB) and Limited Use Subway (LUS), have been constructed in the new line. There were 37 LC gates, both manned and unmanned, in the erstwhile MG section that has been brought down to 14 LCs now, by construction ROB and LUS. Of these 14 LCs, 3 more are planned to be closed along with 1 unmanned LC, within 3 months. The new BG line will provide vital rail link from Coimbatore to Southern cities, such as Palani, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Rameswaram and Nagercoil, that will reduce the travelling time to a great extent between Coimbatore and these places.

SUMMER SPECIAL TRAINS via SALEM, RASIPURAM, NAMAKKAL, AND KARUR

1.  Special fare special trains between Chennai Egmore – Tiruchchirappalli (via Vriddhachalam, Attur, Salem, Karur)

Train No.06047 Chennai Egmore – Tiruchchirappalli special fare special train will leave Chennai Egmore at 07.40 hrs. on 21^st, 24^th, 28^th & 31^stMarch, 2017 and reach Tiruchchirappalli at 18.30 hrs. the same day.

Train No.06048 Tiruchchirappalli – Chennai Egmore special fare special train will leave Tiruchchirappalli at 08.15 hrs. on 20^th, 23^rd, 27^th & 30^thMarch, 2017 and reach Chennai Egmore at 18.45 hrs. the same day.

Composition:  Sleeper Class – 2, Second Class Chair Car (reserved) – 5, General Second Class – 8 & Luggage-cum-brake van -  2 coaches.

Stoppages:  Tambaram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Vriddhachalam, CHINNA SALEM, ATTUR, ETTAPUR ROAD, VAZHAPPADI GATE, AYODHYAPATTANAM, SALEM TOWN, SALEM, RASIPURAM, NAMAKKAL, MOHANUR, KARUR, Kulithalai and Tiruchchirappalli Fort.

Train No.06048 Tiruchchirappalli – Chennai Egmore special fare special train will stop at Mambalam also.

PS: This is the first time that a train being operated connecting Trichirappalli and Chennai, via Karur, Namakkal, Salem, Salem Town, Ayodhyapatnam, Attur and Chinnasalem.

2.  Special fare special train from Tiruchchirappalli to Krishnarajapuram

Train No.06049 Tiruchchirappalli – Krishnarajapuram special fare special train will leave Tiruchchirappalli at 06.00 hrs. on 19^th, 22^nd, 26^th & 29^thMarch, 2017 and reach Krishnarajapuram at 14.30 hrs. the same day.

Composition:  Sleeper Class – 2, Second Class Chair Car (reserved) – 5, General Second Class – 8 & Luggage-cum-brake van -  2 coaches.

Stoppages:  Tiruchchirappalli Fort, KULITHALAI, KARUR, MOHANUR, NAMAKKAL, RASIPURAM, SALEM, Kuppam and Bangarpet.

The detailed timings are annexed hereto. 

Special fare special trains between Chennai Egmore – Ernakulam Jn via Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore

Train No.06033 Chennai Egmore – Ernakulam Jn. special fare special train will leave Chennai Egmore (on Saturdays) at 22.40 hrs. o­n 01^st, 08^th, 15^th, 22^nd, 29^th April, 2017 and reach Ernakulam Jn. at 10.45 hrs. the next day. Train No.06034 Ernakulam Jn. – Chennai Egmore special fare special train will leave Ernakulam Jn. on Tuesdays at 19.00 hrs. o­n 04^th, 11^th, 18^th, 25^th April, 2017 & 02^ndMay, 2017 and reach Chennai Egmore at 07.30 hrs. the next day.

Composition:AC 2-tier – 1, AC 3-tier – 3, Sleeper Class – 13, General Second Class – 2 & Luggage-cum-brake van -2 coaches.

Stoppages: Arakkonam, Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur and Aluva.

Train No.06033 Chennai Egmore – Ernakulam Jn. special fare special train will stop at Ernakulam Town and Train No.06034 Ernakulam Jn. – Chennai Egmore special fare special train will stop at Perambur.

Detailed Timings of the above trains are as under:

T.No.06033	¯	Station	­	T. No.06034
22.40 (Sat)	(d)	Chennai Egmore	(a)	07.30 (Wed)
---	--	Perambur	(a/d)	06.33/06.35
(Sun) 00.03/00.05	(a/d)	Arakkonam	(a/d)	05.38/05.40
00.48/00.50	(a/d)	Katpadi	(a/d)	04.53/04.55
02.13/02.15	(a/d)	Jolarpettai	(a/d)	03.43/03.45
03.48/03.50	(a/d)	SALEM	(a/d)	01.50/01.55
05.03/05.05	(a/d)	ERODE	(a/d)	00.50/00.55
05.48/05.50	(a/d)	TIRUPPUR	(a/d)	00.03/00.05 (Wed)
06.48/06.50	(a/d)	COIMBATORE	(a/d)	23.15/23.20
07.40/07.45	(a/d)	Palghat	(a/d)	21.35/21.40
08.52/08.55	(a/d)	Trisur	(a/d)	20.07/20.10
09.43/09.45	(a/d)	Aluva	(a/d)	19.22/19.24
10.08/10.10	(a/d)	Ernakulam Town	(a/d)	---
10.45 (Sun)	(a)	Ernakulam Jn.	(d)	19.00 (Tue)

Salem Division to go for Bio-toilets in full focus

In line with the policies of Ministry of Railways to go for clean and green tracks, Salem Division, Southern Railway, is focusing more on retro fitment of Biotoilets in the rakes that are being provided with primary maintenance at Carriage and Wagon Depot of Salem Division at Coimbatore. Some of these trains are Cheran/Navjeevan Express, Coimbatore-Chennai Intercity Express, Coimbatore-Mannargudi Chemmozhi Express, Coimbatore-Mayiladuthurai Jan Shatabdi Express, Coimbatore-Nagercoil/Tuticorin Express, etc.

Salem Division is taking up retro fitment of Bio-toilets in 35 coaches of these rakes and a total of 140 bio-toilets will thus be retro fitted in the above mentioned trains (35 coaches x 4 bio toilets each=140). These bio-toilets have already been procured by Railway Board centrally and have been received in 2 lots viz. 30.12.2016 and 12.02.2017.  These coaches have been taken up for retro fitment in the above trains and already fitment works in 15 coaches have been completed. Since these bio-toilets can be fitted only on the spare coaches available at the Depot, the works are taken up on rotation basis, at the rate of 1 coach in every 2 days, and it has been planned to complete the retro fitment in the remaining coaches also by 25th March, 2017.

The cost of retro fitment of 4 bio-toilets in each coach is approx. Rs. 4,13,000/- ( all inclusive).