AC double-decker for Jaipur flagged off
25 Aug 2012 2:52 PM IST
Passengers to Jaipur can now take a ride on AC double-decker train with Railways on Friday flagging off the service heralding a new era in passenger transportation.
The train will run between Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla and Jaipur and carry 120 passengers in a coach as compared to about 80 passengers in a conventional coach. A ticket will cost Rs 347.
The train will leave from here at 5.35 pm and arrive in the Pink city at 10.05 pm the same day.
In the return direction, commencing regular services from 25 August, the Jaipur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Double Decker AC will depart from Jaipur daily at 6 am to reach Delhi Sarai Rohilla at 10.30 am the same day.
Comprising eight AC chair car coaches and two power cars, the double-decker AC train services will stop for 2 minutes each at Delhi Cantonment, Gurgaon and Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur stations enroute in both directions.
Railway Minister Mukul Roy flagged off the train at a function here which was attended by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and a host of other political leaders and senior railway officials.
The 4.36-metre height and 3.25-metre width double-decker coach has been designed by the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala.
Congratulating the railway staff of RCF for their ingenuity in designing the coach, Roy announced a group award of Rs 5 lakh to the unit at Kapurthala.
The coaches are made of stainless steel thus reducing the weight of the coaches which in turn has resulted in lesser fuel requirement for hauling the train.
In keeping with the safety of services, the coaches are designed with anti-climbing technology and have crash-worthy shells.
In all, railways proposes to introduce five AC double- decker trains across the country, the first of which started running last year between Howrah and Dhanbad. Mumbai- Ahmedabad is next in the line to have a doble-decker train.
SENIOR CITIZEN KILLED BY COW
A stray cow killed a senior citizen in Ghaziabad in the early morning on Friday while he was on his morning walk.
According to police, Harish Chandra, 62, a local businessman, was on morning walk in his nearby park in Sector 5 of Vasundhara when a stray cow attacked him.
Chandra was seriously injured before fellow walkers shooed away the cow. He soon succumbed to injuries and was declared dead on arrival in MMG Hospital, the district hospital in Ghaziabad. Officers of animal catching wing of Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam descended on the spot in the afternoon and caught the animal.
‘We had complained to the Nigam officers several times in the past, as the cow had injured many persons in the area but they woke up from their deep slumber only after this casualty,’ said Ashok Kumar, a resident of the area.
There are a lot of stray animals in the Ghaziabad colonies and the Nigam does not have facilities to keep them away from residential areas.
DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR ABDUCTING DAUGHTER
A doctor was arrested for abducting his eight-year-old daughter after his ex-wife lodged a police complaint in Delhi’s southwest area. Vaibhav Gupta and his ex-wife Bushra, were fellow student at Lucknow Dental College and got married in 2001 after finishing their studies. After the marriage, they used to live in Vaibhav’s house in Banwari Mohalla, Badayun, Uttar Pradesh. Their daughter Sunaina was born in 2003. Viabhav opened a clinic where both of them used to practice. Differences cropped up between them, however, and the two got divorced in 2012. The court awarded Bushra the custody of their daughter. Bushra moved to Delhi and has been living at her brother’s house in Dwarka.
Two days back, Bushra approached the Dwaraka north police station and informed the officials that her daughter had been kidnapped by Vaibhav. She told the police that Vaibhav had come to their house on Tuesday night and taken Sunaina outside with him. The two did not return the whole night.
A case of kidnapping was registered against Vaibhav under section 363 of the Indian Penal Code.
During the investigation it was found that Vaibhav had taken Sunaina to his hometown in Badayun. A police team was formed and sent to Badayun. Viabhav was arrested and Sunaina, a student of class III in Dwarka International School has been handed over to her mother.
The train will run between Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla and Jaipur and carry 120 passengers in a coach as compared to about 80 passengers in a conventional coach. A ticket will cost Rs 347.
The train will leave from here at 5.35 pm and arrive in the Pink city at 10.05 pm the same day.
In the return direction, commencing regular services from 25 August, the Jaipur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Double Decker AC will depart from Jaipur daily at 6 am to reach Delhi Sarai Rohilla at 10.30 am the same day.
Comprising eight AC chair car coaches and two power cars, the double-decker AC train services will stop for 2 minutes each at Delhi Cantonment, Gurgaon and Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur stations enroute in both directions.
Railway Minister Mukul Roy flagged off the train at a function here which was attended by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and a host of other political leaders and senior railway officials.
The 4.36-metre height and 3.25-metre width double-decker coach has been designed by the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala.
Congratulating the railway staff of RCF for their ingenuity in designing the coach, Roy announced a group award of Rs 5 lakh to the unit at Kapurthala.
The coaches are made of stainless steel thus reducing the weight of the coaches which in turn has resulted in lesser fuel requirement for hauling the train.
In keeping with the safety of services, the coaches are designed with anti-climbing technology and have crash-worthy shells.
In all, railways proposes to introduce five AC double- decker trains across the country, the first of which started running last year between Howrah and Dhanbad. Mumbai- Ahmedabad is next in the line to have a doble-decker train.
SENIOR CITIZEN KILLED BY COW
A stray cow killed a senior citizen in Ghaziabad in the early morning on Friday while he was on his morning walk.
According to police, Harish Chandra, 62, a local businessman, was on morning walk in his nearby park in Sector 5 of Vasundhara when a stray cow attacked him.
Chandra was seriously injured before fellow walkers shooed away the cow. He soon succumbed to injuries and was declared dead on arrival in MMG Hospital, the district hospital in Ghaziabad. Officers of animal catching wing of Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam descended on the spot in the afternoon and caught the animal.
‘We had complained to the Nigam officers several times in the past, as the cow had injured many persons in the area but they woke up from their deep slumber only after this casualty,’ said Ashok Kumar, a resident of the area.
There are a lot of stray animals in the Ghaziabad colonies and the Nigam does not have facilities to keep them away from residential areas.
DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR ABDUCTING DAUGHTER
A doctor was arrested for abducting his eight-year-old daughter after his ex-wife lodged a police complaint in Delhi’s southwest area. Vaibhav Gupta and his ex-wife Bushra, were fellow student at Lucknow Dental College and got married in 2001 after finishing their studies. After the marriage, they used to live in Vaibhav’s house in Banwari Mohalla, Badayun, Uttar Pradesh. Their daughter Sunaina was born in 2003. Viabhav opened a clinic where both of them used to practice. Differences cropped up between them, however, and the two got divorced in 2012. The court awarded Bushra the custody of their daughter. Bushra moved to Delhi and has been living at her brother’s house in Dwarka.
Two days back, Bushra approached the Dwaraka north police station and informed the officials that her daughter had been kidnapped by Vaibhav. She told the police that Vaibhav had come to their house on Tuesday night and taken Sunaina outside with him. The two did not return the whole night.
A case of kidnapping was registered against Vaibhav under section 363 of the Indian Penal Code.
During the investigation it was found that Vaibhav had taken Sunaina to his hometown in Badayun. A police team was formed and sent to Badayun. Viabhav was arrested and Sunaina, a student of class III in Dwarka International School has been handed over to her mother.
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