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
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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
|
