Tuesday 3 February, 2009

Corruption in departmental selection &
miss use of power by Mr. Vivek Sahay

In Mr. Vivek Sahay's, Ex. GM/NCR, tenure a selection from group 'D' to group 'C' clerical was finalised and 10 staff was promoted but 4 candidates of Mr. Sahay could not be empanelled.
Mr. Sahay tried to get panel modified but CPO/NCR didn't agree.
Later Mr. Sahay twisted the rule and gave wrong interpretation which was against the condition given in the Notification and got the names of his 4 peons interpolated taking Rs. 2 lakh from each candidates.
This selection's result was declared in September last or October 2008 first week and that result was modified by Mr. Sahay, 4-5 days before going as GM/Northern Railway in December 2008.
All above facts are very much verifiable.
Please look into the matter very seriously and take corrective action immediately.

Rlys pulled up for poor security

The supreem court on monday, february 1, 2009, rapped Indian Railways for its failure to curb hooliganism on trains and protect the luggege of even passengers in air-conditioned compartments from burglars. ''We can't leave passengers at the mercy of hooligans...We know unauthorised persons enter reserved bogies.'' it said.

Charter train next month

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has decided to run a charter train in the western sector next month. The train will provide packages like hotel booking and sight seeing for customers on Mumbai-Vaishnodevi and Mumbai-Tirupati routes.

WR’S ANTI TRESSPASSING DRIVE
555 people caught in 5 days
Rs.1.62 lakh collected as fine from offenders

Mumbai : Western Railway has initiated ‘Anmol Jeevan’ a massive drive to curb trespassing on Suburban section. In the first five days of the drive started from 28th January, 2009 at major stations, 555 people have been caught while crossing the tracks and a fine of Rs.1.62 lakh has been realized. 17 persons have been sent to jail. Maximum persons caught trespassing are from Dadar where 242 persons have been booked for the offence.
Western Railway has started an all out massive drive involving 80 RPF personnel as well as 25 commercial staff. Various measures and activities are being undertaken to curb trespassing, such as regular Public announcements at all stations, newspaper advertisements issued periodically and trespassing jingles played over the PA system and FM radio channels. Iron bar fencing has been put up between tracks at all suburban stations and walls have been erected along railway boundaries. Western Railway urges the public to value their lives and not cross tracks, but to use foot over bridges or subways provided.

SPECIAL SERVICES OF GARIB RATH BETWEEN
MUMBAI CENTRAL AND HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN
In order to clear extra rush of passenger traffic, Railways have further extended the running of Garib Rath specials Train No. 2909A between Mumbai Central – H. Nizamuddin to 11/02/09 and Train No. 2910A between H. Nizamuddin – Mumbai Central to 10/02/09 ex H. Nizamuddin.
Train No. 2909A Mumbai Central – H. Nizamuddin Special train will leave Mumbai Central at 16.15 hrs and will reach H. Nizamuddin at 09.30 hrs, the next day. Similarly, Train No. 2910A H. Nizamuddin–Mumbai Central Special train will leave H. Nizamuddin at 17.55 hrs and will arrive Mumbai Central at 10.45 hrs, the next day. Enroute, the train will halt at Borivali, Vadodara, Ratlam and Kota stations in both directions. It will have AC 3-Tier high capacity coaches.

PIL on Farmers suicides : Govt. failed to inform HC
regarding ATR on Jadhav Committee recommendations.
NAGPUR :
Maharashtra Govt. once again failed place the copy Dr Narendra Jadhav Committee report before hon'ble High Court in matter of PIL on vidarbha afrmers suicides filed by VJAS. This was third time that Govt. pleader has requested hon'ble HC to grant one week time for submitting the copy of report, having asked for four week and two week time earlier now high court has given one week time and case has been fixed for hearing after two weeks. A division bench of Justices Dilip Sinha and A P Bhangale, while hearing a PIL of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti president Kishore Tiwari, expressed concern on the unbated farmers suicide in Vidarbha. Counsels for petitioner Firdos Mirza and Vinod Tiwari brought to the notice of court that state government had appointed Vice-Chancellor of Pune University Dr Narendra Jadhav, who had submitted his report on July 19 last year, but no action has been initiated by the respondent state government as it was expected that Maharashtra Govt. should take urgent steps to implement Dr Narendra Jadhav Committee recommendations, but most of recommendations are till unattended, kishore tiwari, alleged in the recent application before the high court.In a plea to the hon'ble HC, president of the Samiti Kishor Tiwari has alleged that the institutionalised corruption and redtapism in implementation of Rs 5,000 crore special package is the main cause of the government's failure to arrest the ever growing suicides of distressed farmers in the most backward Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Citing the efforts made by his organisation since 1999, Kishor Tiwari drew the attention of High court towards the probe report and recommendations by Dr Narendra Jadhav Committee. The Committee submitted its report to the government on July 19, 2008 and urged Maharashtra Govt. to take immediate remedial measures to avert further suicides of the distressed farmers and their families,but after lapse of 7 months ther is relief order from Govt. A detailed survey by Government controlled Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swawlamban Mission states that the farmers 'in extreme distress' (Column 9 of the Survey Chart) are 4, 34, 291 and the farmers' families suffering from serious illness are 92,456 in six districts of Vidarbha. The detailed survey was conducted by the Mission at Amravati under the guidance of Divisional Commissioner of Amravati in 8031 Villages of six districts of Vidarbha comprising of Yavatmal, Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Washim and Wardha in which 17,64,438 families were surveyed by the Mission.Dr Narendra Jadhav Committee recommendations are based on this report have asked to provide subsidies food to all distressed farmers and free health care to critically ill farm family members but till ther is no action hence there is ATR. Petitioner has requested high court to arrange the implemntation of Dr Narendra Jadhav Committee recommendations but administration has not been able to give copy of report to hon'ble HC, kishor tiwari informed.

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