RAILWAYS ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER MODI govt 2015 ;
1. Provision of All India Security Helpline
‘182’ to facilitate the travelling passenger in any emergency like crime
against woman, onboard unlawful activity, train accidents, medical attention
required fire etc.
2. Provision of All India Passenger Helpline
‘138’ as a public interface for quarries/complaints related to Medical
Emergency, Cleanliness, Food & Catering, Coach Maintenance, Linen etc.
(Except Security).
3. providing all India Complaint Management
System (COMS) Portal which consists of the following application
a) A mobile app based complaints and
suggestion application.
b) A web based complaints and suggestions
application on URL www.coms.indianrailways.gov.in
c) An sms based complaints and suggestion
application on the number 9717630982
4. E-Catering in trains without pantry car or
Train Side Vending as well as on 45 designated stations from where passengers
of originating/passing trains can avail
of this facility with toll free no. 1800-1034-139, developed a website
www.ecatering.irctc.co.in and also SMS facility to 139 as MEAL<PNR> to take orders.
5. Water Vending Machine at low cost to the
passengers at identified Railway stations.
6. Pre-cooked Food (ready to eat meals) of reputed brands on
some trains.
7. Food safety. First workshop of all Food
Safety Officers, Designated Officers & IRCTC Officers was held in Kolkata
to improve the standard of food safety in Indian Railways.
8. Executive Lounge: to provide value added
services at a charge, offering facilities such as WiFi Internet, buffet
services, wash and change, concierge services for pre-departure and
post-arrival assistance to passengers.
IRCTC is in the process of setting up Executive Lounges at 48 more
stations.
9. Concierge Services: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation (IRCTC) has introduced concierge services (pick-up & drop and
porter services), as Pilot Project at a few railway stations. The stations are New Delhi, Mysore,
Bhubaneswar, Howrah, Patna, Secunderabad, Jaipur, Tirupati, Ernakulam, Lucknow,
Chandigarh, Lucknow Jn., Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi Safdarjung, Anand
Vihar Terminal, Delhi Cantt, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Vijayawada, Guntur, Ahmedabad
and Sabarmati Jn.
10. Mid-Segment Tourist train: The all inclusive round trip packages covers
rail transportation in different air-conditioned classes, local transportation,
guided tour for sightseeing in groups, variety of meals and hotel accommodation
etc. To begin with, a train on the
circuit Delhi – Jaisalmer – Jaipur – Delhi commenced operation on 13.12.2015
while the second one on the circuit Delhi – Varanasi – Khajuraho – Agra – Delhi
is scheduled to commence operation on 20.12.2015.
11. New Trains : - Upto November, 2015, 112
new trains and 15 extension of trains and 5 increase in frequency have been
implemented as announced in Railway Budget 2014-15. In view of existing backlog, No new train was
announced in Railway Budget 2015-16
12. Augmentation : - Upto November 2015,
Indian Railways attached 691 coaches thereby generating an additional capacity
of 45605 berth/seats.
13. Special Trains : - in the year, for peak
seasons 23666 special trains trips were run to clear the extra rush of
passengers.
14. Election Special :- During election in the State of Bihar,
36 Special trains were made to run.
15. Mela Special : During Sinhastha Kumbh Mela Railways arranged
additional rakes (of 236 coaches) and 32 cars of MEMU/DEMU rakes , 608 special trains
were run and 795 coaches were temporarily augmented. Besides, 789 GS coaches of
regular train services were earmarked for the pilgrims.
16. Non-Budget Trains : 13 pair Non-Budget new trains have been
introduced upto December 2015.
17. Experimental Stoppage in trains : - During
the current year upto November, 2015,
146 stoppages have been provided in Mail/Express trains (in single) on an
experimental basis.
18. Computerised Parcel Management System
implemented on New Delhi – Howrah, New Delhi – Mumbai, New Delhi – Chennai,
Howrah-Chennai and Howrah-Mumbai route.
19. Computerisation of Retiring Room booking
launched at more than 480 locations.
20. Paperless Unreserved Ticketing through
Mobile Phone between Church Gate and Dahanu Road.
21. Paperless Unreserved Ticketing through
Mobile Phone between New Delhi –Palwal Section
22. Destination Alerts to passengers through
SMS for Rajdhani and Duronto trains.
23. E-ticketing Portal in Hindi
24. Currency-cum-coin-cum-card based
Automatic Ticketing Vending Machines (ATVMs) commissioned over Central Railway,
Easter Railway, Western Railway, Southern Railway, Northern Railway and South
Central Railway.
25. Concession based ticketing including
online ticketing for the physically challenged persons using Photo identity
Card issued by the Railways.
26. Lower berths to senior citizens : With a view to facilitate senior citizens and
female passengers when travelling alone, a combined reservation quota of two
lower berths per coach in Sleeper class has been enhanced to four lower berths
per coach is Sleeper class.
27. Timings for advance reservation : - Time
limits for booking reserved tickets was increased to 120 days w.e.f.
01.04.2015. This has facilitated the passengers to plan their journey well in
advance.
28. Fitment of dustbins in all coaches
including non AC coaches.
29. A special train on Gandhi Circuit
covering places related to life and work of Mahatma Gandhi run.
30. It has been decided to provide stainless
steel mug with chain arrangement in Non-AC coaches also as being provided in AC
coaches.
21. 1,098 Rkms Optical fibre cable Cumulatively,
48,818 Rkms (approx.) has been commissioned over Indian Railways enabling high
speed communication network.
22. A new Video Conferencing System
connecting Civil Engineering officials of Railway zones based on latest state
of art technology has been commissioned in Board. This system has the provision
of two concurrent Multi Part Conference of 60 participant of Railway Board
& Zonal Railway having provision of simultaneous display of 24 participants
of single screen.
23. 2
locomotive factories at Madhepura and Marhowrah successfully bid after 7 years.
24.
Modern LHB Coach manufacturing facility Phase-1 commissioned at ICF Chennai.
Indian Railways will shift 100% to 160 kmph fit LHB coaches in next 5
years.
25. ICF Chennai has developed first of its
kind stainless steel 3 phase energy efficient AC-AC transmission 1600 HP DEMU
train set. The first air-conditioned
DEMU was manufactured this year by ICF.
26. DLW Varanasi developed designs and
manufactured 5500HP Diesel Locomotives. Moving towards Make in India – Design
in India.
27. Indian Railways signed an Assured Off
Take Agreements (AOT) for manufacturing of 1200 wagons per annum and
rehabilitation of 300 wagons per annum for a period of 10 years with SAIL-RITES
Bengal Wagon Industry Pvt. Ltd. (SRBWIPL)
Kulti, West Bengal
28. Traction Alternator Factory at Vidisha,
Madhya Pradesh established which will manufacture 100 traction alternators per
annum of high horse power diesel locomotives which are currently being imported
29. Automotive rebate for Traditional Empty
Flow Direction Traffic with a view to convert empty running of rakes into
loaded one, automatic freight rebate scheme has been introduced.
30. Proposals under different Railway schemes
like Private Freight Terminals (PFT),
Special Freight Train Operator Scheme (SFTO), Automobile Freight Train Operator
Scheme (AFTO), Liberalized Wagon Investment Scheme (LWIS), Wagon Leasing Scheme
(WLS) pending since long have been finalized.
31. Mobile Application for Freight Operations
(PARICHAALAN) launched.
32. The prototype of the 25T axle load BOXNS
wagons has been made during Oct’15. The wagon will run at 100 kmph in loaded
and empty condition with pay load to tare ratio of 4.1 as compared to
conventional BOXNHL wagons, which have payload to tare ratio of about 3.6.
33. An Memorandum of Understanding with LIC
of India was signed on 11.3.2015 for committed long-term funding to the tune of Rs 1.5 lakh crore over 5
years for financing Railway projects.
First tranche of Rs 2000 cr has been received.
34. MOF approved issue of tax free bonds by
IRFC amounting to Rs.6,000 crore during the FY 2015-16; the entire amount has
been raised from the market.
35. World Bank was approached to explore the
possibility of setting up a Railway Infrastructure Development Fund for raising
resources for long term investment in Railways. A detailed scope and options study has been
commissioned by World Bank which is currently in progress.
36. World Bank loan of USD 650 million to
finance Eastern DFC – Phase 3 (Khurja-Ludhiana & Khurja-Dadri section) has
been negotiated as a direct loan to DFCCIL under Govt. of India guarantee.
37. IRFC’s proposal to raise a Syndicated
Foreign Currency Loan of USD 400 million to re-finance an earlier ECB of the
same amount, aimed at achieving a saving in debt service costs by about Rs.33
crore, has been agreed and backed by MOR.
38. Identification of projects leading to removal
of network decongestion was done and these projects were prioritized for
dedicated financing and targeted execution. These projects have been provided
adequate funding to enable timely completion.
39. For
prompt and speedy execution of Railway Projects, it was decided to delegate
full powers to General Managers for acceptance of tenders. The powers to revise
estimates have also been enhanced.
40. The policy guidelines on station
redevelopment on Swiss challenge mode, were finalized and issued.
41. Model Concession agreement for Customer
Funded model was finalized and issued.
42. Model Agreement for EPC was finalized and
issued.
43. Working towards ‘Zero Accident’ Mission. Train
Protection Warning System (TPWS): TPWS is a safety Automatic Train Protection
(ATP) system conforming to European Train Control System (ETCS) Level-1. It eliminates accidents caused by human error
of Signal Passing at Danger or over speeding by loco pilot. TPWS trials at 160
Kmph were successfully conducted during the year on Nizamuddin-Agra Cantt.
Section after completion of requisite works. This section was also made
signalling fit for speed potential of 160 Kmph by executing required signaling
system upgradations during the year.
44. Enhancement of Safety at Level Crossing
Gates: 282 Level Crossing Gates have been interlocked with Signals to enhance
safety.
45. Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS):
To overcome shortcomings of ACD system due to its dependence on GPS and for
large scale deployment on Indian Railways, a cost effective indigenous safety
system – Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is being developed
indigenously by RDSO in association with Indian Vendors. This system is aimed at providing dual
capability of preventing train accidents caused due to Signal Passing at Danger
(SPAD) or non observance of speed restrictions by train drivers as well as
preventing train collisions caused due to non-observance of rules in case of
manual operations. RDSO has finalized the Specification after successful proof
of concept trials. Field work for
Extended field trials of TCAS with 40 locos on 3 sub-sections in
Lingamapalli-Vikarabad-Wadi-Bidar section, SCR (250 km) having RE/Non-RE,
Single Line/Double Line Absolute Signalling section with diesel and electric
locos are in advance stage of progress by RDSO & SCR.
46. Achievements of Road Safety Works
(i.e. Level Crossing & ROB / Subways,
from Jan, 2015 to Nov. 2015) : -
Elimination of Unmanned Level crossings by
Closure/Merger/Subways : 637
Manning
: 271
Total
: 908
Closure of Manned Level Crossings :
312
Construction of Road Over Bridges :
155
Construction of Subways : 699
47. Provision of Integrated Security System
(ISS). ISS at 5 stations namely Trivandrum, Mangalore & Ernakulum (SR),
Triputi (SCR), Thane (CR) has been commissioned. In addition to that, CCTV
system has been commissioned at 10 stations namely Miraj (CR), Bengaluru,
Yesvantpur, Mysore(SWR), Bhubaneswar, Puri, Cuttack, Visakhapatnam (ECoR),
Bhopal & Itarsi (WCR). Cumulatively,
ISS at 63 stations has been commissioned over Indian Railway. In addition to
that, CCTV system has been cumulatively commissioned at 19 stations over Indian
Railway. CCTV surveillance system has
been provided at 21 PRS/UTS locations.
48. In the current year from 1st April to
10th December, 2015, consequential train accidents decreased from 105 to 81 in
comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year.
49. During the current year from January to
10th December 2015, safety drives were launched by Board on prevention of cases
of SPAD, prevention of accidents at unmanned level crossings, observance of
rules and precautions during shunting, prevention of cases of fire in pantry
cars, observance of rules for working of push trolleys, etc.
50. High Level Safety Review Committee
(HLSRC): HLSRC under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anil Kakodkar, former Chairman,
Atomic Energy Commission submitted its report on 17.02.2012. The HLSRC has made 106 recommendations
covering the various aspects of Indian Railways. All the recommendations have been examined by
the Board. Out of the 106
recommendations, 68 have been fully accepted and of which 22 have been fully
implemented and 46 are under implementation. The remaining 38 recommendations
are under active consideration in the Ministry of Railways for appropriate
action in a phased manner.
51. Proposal invited for installation of
‘Fracture Detection System’ to detect Rail/weld failures and prevent
derailments.
52. Fire extinguishers in Non Air-conditioned
coaches are being installed.
53. Provision of double acting AC compartment
swing doors on coaches for faster evacuation of passengers in case of fire
emergency.
54. Automatic fire and smoke detection system
for Non AC coaches was installed for the first time.
55. Fire suppression system in Pantry cars
and Power cars was installed for first time as these are more fire prone than
other passenger coaches.
56. 1479 route kilometers have been electrified
from January’ 2015 upto 15th December’ 2015.
57. Modern Signalling system with Route Relay
Interlocking (RRI)/ Panel Interlocking (PI)/ Electronic Interlocking (EI) along
with Multi Aspect Colour Light Signalling (MACLS) has been put in place at 299
stations replacing over-aged Mechanical/Multi Cabin Signalling system.
58. Automatic Block Signalling has been
commissioned on 141 Route Kms.
59. Filament signal lamps are being replaced
by long life, highly durable LED signals. 171 stations have been provided with
LED signals.
GREEN INITIATIVES
60. Railway has already provided Solar panel
on roof top of coaches for train lighting system in 2 broad gauge coaches &
4 narrow gauge coaches plying on Pathankot-Joginder Nagar section in Kangra
Valley and fourteen narrow gauge coaches plying on Kalka-Shimla section on
trial basis.
61. Tender document & policy guidelines
for 50 MW solar plants at rooftop of Railways buildings issued. 10 Railways
have issued tenders accordingly.
62. Commissioned 25 MW wind mill power plant
at Jaisalmer in October, 2015 which has already supplied 40 lakh units till
now.
63. 1000 MW solar power plants being set up
over next 5 years; 10.5 MW already set up; in 2015-16, additional 6.5 MW will
be set up ; PPP model finalized.
64. Till Nov-2015, 7621 bio Toilets has been
fitted in 2144 coaches. The cumulative fitment of Bio Toilets till date is
27800 Bio-Tanks in about 9200 coaches.
65. An innovative Indian design of a Bio-Vac
Toilets, a Hybrid of Vacuum Toilet and Bio-Toilet is working
successfully.
66. Bio diesel: Use of bio diesel has been
started.
67. CNG DEMU: CNG DEMU power cars introduced
on Northern Railway to make commuter trains environment and user friendly.
68. Water Recycling Plants (WRPs) at 10
coaching depots got sanctioned in Budget 2015-16. In addition, 32 stations have
been identified for provision of WRP.
69. In the current year of 2015-16,
recruitment process is underway for about 48,500 Group ‘C’ posts with
RRBs. Out of these 48500 vacancies,
panels for about 10800 RRB empanelled candidates have since been supplied and
process for the remainder is on.
70. In a quantum leap towards achieving
greater transparency, objectivity and credibility, IT based recruitment system
for Group ‘C’ posts has been initiated by the RRBs. A Pilot Project of Computer Based (On-line)
applications and examinations for 54 categories of Senior Section Engineers
(SSEs), Junior Engineers (JEs) and Chemical and Metallurgical Assistants (CMA)
has been completed successfully.
71. Positive efforts have been made to reduce
the time taken for recruiting Group ‘C’ category staff from open market. In this process, Computer Based examination
for SSE/JKE has been conducted within one month from the closing date of
application. This has been possible due
to the initiative of calling of On-line (IT based) application.
72. As a measure of transparency, question
paper, answer sheet and answer keys for SSE/JE examination 2015 have been
uplodaded on RRBs’ websites providing an opportunity to the candidates to view
their performance and to submit any objection.
Candidates were also advised of this facility through individual
emails/SMSs.
73. In order to reach out to the employees
directly, Hon’ble MR had desired to convey personal Birthday wishes to every employee through
SMS on mobile phone or letter.
75. Railway Recruitment Cells, since their
formation in 2005, are into the fourth cycle of conducting recruitment to posts
in Grade Pay Rs.1800/-. They have
notified around 62000 vacancies in the year 2013 and are in the process of
completion of the same without any untoward incidents. So far, panels of around
38000 persons have been published which includes panels of around 850 persons
with disabilities.
76. On board house keeping now includes all
important mail & express trains As against 34 last year, 74 trains has been
covered in the current year for Onboard
House-keeping.
77. Advisory sent to ZRs on 23.04.2015 for
taking up Special Intensive Cleaning drive at stations and being monitored. 11
ZRs have so far taken action at 226 stations.
78. 27 Charitable Institutions/Social
Organizations were invited to take part in ‘Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’
through Shramdan campaign. 16
Organizations have already launched their action in this regard. One of the organizations viz. Sant Nirankari
Charitable Foundation offered is undertaking this campaign at 45 major Stations
of IR & KRCL.
79. 233 projects/works of passenger amenities
and services ranging from escalators, foot over bridges, station buildings,
reservation offices, new platforms, new train services etc. were
commissioned/opened for the railway passengers at an approximate cost of Rs.
4000 crore.
80. Work on 73 projects connected with
passenger amenities and augmentation of network capacity was commenced costing
approx. Rs. 550 crore.
81. Over 7000 Railway stations were inspected
by railway officials and taken up for improvement in various passenger
amenities.
82. 4000 road shows were undertaken by senior
railway officers at railway station premises and in trains to interact with
rail users, obtain their suggestions and taking feedback on the railway
services provided.
83. Passenger outreach through railway
officers and staff, unions, NGOs, scouts, guides, charitable organizations and
through social media touched over 7 million passenger and public ( Face Book
reach -5 million, Twitter Impressions- 1.3 million and .7 million passenger
interactions at stations and in trains).
84. 7500 cleanliness and sanitation drives
and inspections were undertaken at various stations, railway premises and
colonies under ‘Swatch Bharat Abhiyan’ with the involvement of railway staff,
passengers and NGOs.
85. 2700 catering services checks were
undertaken in order to ensure quality of catering services and standards of
hygiene at various stations and in trains.
86. 4600 intensive ticket checking drives
were launched to curb the menace of ticket less traveling and to prohibit the
entry of antisocial elements. These
drives resulted in detection of 1.6 lakh cases and recovery of Rs. 9 crore of
railway revenue.
87. 3000 inspections for improving
punctuality of trains were undertaken during this period.
88. 1400 inspections were conducted to check
the presence of antisocial elements, touts and other irregularities by teams of
vigilance officers.
89. Intensive safety awareness drives were
launched on all Zonal Railways with focus on precautions to be taken by road
users at unmanned level crossing gates.
8500 such inspections were conducted by railway officials.
90. 126 Skill Development Programmes were
organized in various Railway Workshops and Production Units to impart training
to 5500 persons.
91. 1300 Medical and Health Camps were
organized by the Zonal Railways at different locations which wereattended by
55000 persons both railway employees and their families and also members of
public.
92. 22000 staff quarters were taken up for
repairs and maintenance in 450 identified railway staff colonies.
93. 590 Yoga camps were organized and
attended by 19000 persons.
94. to provide CCTV on coaches without
infringement of privacy of women passengers as per specification developed by
ICF and accordingly a work of provision
on 500 coaches including 100 sub urban coaches has been sanctioned.
93 23.1.2016 Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu
Friday launched a free high-speed public Wi-Fi service at Mumbai Central, the
first station in the country to get such facility.
More than 80% of Budget announcements
implemented.
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