Restoration of Stoppages to Mumbai-Bhubaneshwar/Bengaluru specials

Restoration of Stoppages to Mumbai-Bhubaneshwar/Bengaluru specials: Consequent upon the Government of Andhra Pradesh agreeing to restore stoppages, Railways have decided to restore the stoppages to following special trains o­n South Central Railway jurisdiction in Andhra Pradesh with effect from 1.10.2020. The details are as under:-

पैसेंजर ट्रेन तय करेगी चालक और गार्ड की पदोन्नति, रेलवे इस योजना पर कर रहा काम

पैसेंजर ट्रेन तय करेगी चालक और गार्ड की पदोन्नति, रेलवे इस योजना पर कर रहा काम: पैसेंजर ट्रेनों के नहीं चलने से यात्री तो परेशान होंगे ही साथ ही चालक और गार्ड की पदोन्नति भी प्रभावित हो जाएगी। रेल प्रशासन ने पैसेंजर ट्रेन के चालक और गार्ड को पदोन्नत करने को लेकर मंथन शुरू कर दिया

TRANSPORTATION OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS INITIATED FROM DANKUNI

Eastern Railway has run time tabled Parcel Express trains in different phases in different routes, to carry essential commodities including consumables, perishables, medical equipment, medicines etc during COVID-19 lock down period to support the need of time for swift transport of those materials to different corners of the country.Presently, parcel express trains from Eastern Railway run in seven destinations including Howrah-Guwahati, Sealdah-Guwahati, Howrah-Amritsar, Kolkata-Gorokhpur, Howrah-Jamalpur, Kolkata-Farrukhabad, Howrah – Agartala, Sealdah – Agartala and Howrah – New Delhi routes.

As a step further towards providing easy, fast and economic transportation solutions, which is the need of time as well as increasing freight loading, ER has run a Parcel Special train to transport Consumer Products from Dankuni (West Bengal) to New Guwahati (Assam).

Starting from Dankuni o­n 19th September 2020, this Parcel Special traincovered a distance of 957 KMs carrying 220 Tonnes of consignment, generating a revenue of Rs.6.29 Lakhs for Railways.

Source – Indian Railway

ER BHARAT SCOUTS & GUIDES ORGANIZING FIT INDIA FREEDOM RUN AS A REGULAR MEASURE IN ALL THE DIVISIONS & WORKSHOPS

Consequent upon directives of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India, Eastern Railway Bharat Scouts & Guides is organizing as a regular measure Fit India Freedom Run in all the Divisions and Workshops of Eastern Railway. The basic objective of such run is to spread awareness for maintaining fitness of body & mind. Fit India Freedom Run brings the citizens of India into a healthier life style so that they fight with the pandemic prevailing in the country. ER’s Bharat Scouts & Guides designed a series of activities including Yoga, Fit India Walk, Run, Cycling, Pranayams & Asans. The programme started from 15th August 2020 to continue till 2nd October 2020. The basic objective of this mission of ER’s Bharat Scouts & Guides is not o­nly make themselves fit but also to create awareness among all to give them an idea to adopt the challenges for fitter India.



This movement encourages people to alter their behaviour from passive screen time to active field time and to encourage people to take healthy food and adopt a healthier life style and to maintain physical and mental fitness.



In doing different health related exercises, Covid protocol related to health & hygienic stipulations are maintained strictly.



Source – Indian Railway

MARATHON RUN ORGANIZED BY ER BHARAT SCOUTS & GUIDES o­n THE OCCASION OF OBSERVISING FIT INDIA FREEDOM RUN

Kanchrapara District Association of Eastern Railway Bharat Scouts & Guides organized marathon run covering a distance of 5 KM at Bell Institute, Kanchrapara today (27.9.2020). The marathon run was flagged off by Shri Surendra Kumar, Chief Works Manager, Kanchrapara Workshop & District President, ER Bharat Scouts & Guides. Total 96 participants took part in the marathon run. In the boys section, Mohd. Gulzar Ansari got the first position while Mohd. Tufail and Kaluram Godara were second and third place winners respectively of the race. In the girls section, Anchal Chourasiya got the first position while Misha Kumar Sharma and Nisha Kumari Singh hold the second & third position respectively.

The event was organized maintaining all precautionary health & hygienic stipulations. Shri Surendra Kumar Chief Works Manager, Kanchrapara Workshop finally concluded the event and gave away the prizes to the winners.

It is stated that consequent upon the directives of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India, Eastern Railway Bharat Scouts & Guides is organizing as a regular measure Fit India Freedom Run in all the Divisions & Workshops of Eastern Railway. The basic objective of such run is to spread awareness for maintaining fitness of body & mind. Fit India Freedom Run brings the citizens of India into healthier lifestyle so that they can fight with the pandemic prevailing in the country. The programme was started from 15th August 2020 and will continue till 2nd October 2020. The basic objective of this mission of ER’s Bharat Scouts & Guides is not o­nlyto make themselves fit but also to create awareness among all to give them an idea to adopt the challenges for fitter India. Today’s marathon run is in fact a part of this awareness mission to induce people to adopt a healthier lifestyle and to maintain physical & mental fitness.

Source – Indian Railway

METRO RESUMES SERVICES o­n SUNDAYS

Metro Railway is going to resume its services o­n Sundays from 4th October, 2020.

In a high level meeting, chaired by Shri Manoj Joshi, General Manager, Metro Railway today(28.09.2020), it has been decided to run Metro services from Sundays, the 4th of Oct’ 2020. The first Metro service will start from both ends at 10.10 a.m. and the last service will start at 07.30 p.m.

Senior officers are studying the total passenger count and footfalls at various stations everyday and are trying to work out ways and means to enable more commuters to travel by the Metro by increasing the number of services during peak hours or by stretching the train timings.

Shri Joshi is closely monitoring the situation himself taking into the account the availability of crew and station staff and studying the position with senior officers of other departments to ensure that more people can travel by the Metro maintaining social distancing.

Source – Indian Railway