The Railway Budget 2010-2011 for You
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The 2010 union budget for Railway India announced some interesting initiatives such as installation of Anti-Collision Devices (ACD) and Train Protection Warning Systems (TPWS).
On February 24, 2010, the minister for railways, Mamata Banerjee presented the Railway India Budget 2010-11, amid soaring expectations.
The 2010 union budget for Railway

India sought to enhance customer and passenger satisfaction, the railways proposes to provide SMS updates of train punctuality and reservation status. There will also be updates on wagon movements to freight customers. Two world-class double-decker train sets from Delhi and Kolkata were also announced, as also enhanced tracking of goods wagons (coal, iron ore).
For convenient Indian railways ticket booking, mobile vans with online ticket booking are proposed. This facility may be available at government medical college hospitals, High Courts and District Courts, university campuses including IITs and IIMs, and IT hubs. Ticket centres will also be set up at village panchayats and district headquarters, with help from local government, and semi-governmental and private organizations.
To make railways safer, Anti-Collision Devices (ACD) and Train Protection Warning Systems (TPWS) are proposed to be installed. While ACDs are already installed in the NF Railway, it will be expanded to three more zonal railways. The TPWS pilot project spanning 828 route-kms will be implemented this year. Also, automatic fire and smoke detection system is proposed to be installed in 20 pairs of long-distance trains.
For enhanced energy efficiency and eco-friendliness, rakes with green toilets, and diesel locomotives with GPS-based driver guidance system are proposed. Construction of high speed passenger corridors of speed 250 to 350 km/hr is also proposed for the coming years. To expand the rail network in terms of additional lines and coverage (1000 kms for the year), some additional funding has been allotted. The funds for Metropolitan Transport Projects and improvement of passenger amenities have also been increased. Approval for manning 1,000 unmanned level crossings in India is expected this year. While approval for 3,000 were obtained in 2009-2010. A drive to man the remaining unmanned crossings in the next five years is also launched.
Other highlights include partnership with IIT Kharagpur to set up the Centre for Railway Research to enhance railway technology and foster indigenization as well as association with other leading institutes, such as IITs, NITs and DRDO is also on the anvil.
INDIAN RAILWAY REVENUE IS BEING LOOTED BY SOME BIG GUNS IN SEALDAH DRM BUILDING FROM TENDERS IN CONSTRUCTION, TRD, GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL. CONGRESS UNION LEADER MR. SHRI KUMAR SAHA, WHO IS THE "CHIEF TICKET COLLECTOR" WHO NEVER ATTENDED OFFICIALLY ! A TEAM OF 5 TO 6 MEN ESCORTS HIM WITH A BIG UNBRELLA WITH ARMS AND HE HIMSELF DRESSES IN “PUNJABI KURTA” ALWAYS. HAS BEING DOING THIS FOR YEARS ALONG WITH FEARSOME CRIMINALS LIKE "BAPI GUPTA" ALLIES "RANJAN GUPTA" WITH BRAND NAME "M/S CONSTRUCTION" AND A COUPLE OF MORE OTHER COMPANIES, PRESEDENTED BY ONE “HONOURED BENGALI” CENTRAL CONGRESS MINISTER WHOSE HOUSE IS IN KOKATA DHAKURIA AND MANY OTHER PLACES WHICH MEDIA MUST INVESTIGATE. THESE GANG IS FAMOUS FOR SINGLE TENDER DEPOSITION WITH MUSCLE POWER, ARMS OPENLY IN FRONT OF R.P.F WHO ACT AS " SCAVENGERS" AFTER EACH SINGLE TENDER DEPOSITION ! SOME RETIRED OFFICERS IN "RIGHTS", KOLKATA BRANCH LIKE MR.SUR. MR PALCHOUHURY SAHEBS. SOME MONTHS BEFORE SOME GENTLEMEN WERE THEREATENED AND BEATEN BY THESE BRANDED CRIMINALS WHICH WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN “ANANDBAZAR PATRIKA” BUT THE WHOLE INCIDENT WAS SURPRESSED BY INVISIBLE HANDS OF “HONOURED BENGALI” CENTRAL MINISTER. HE IS CORPORATELY LINKED WITH M/S CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP FIRM OF FAMOUS “BAPI GUPTA” AND “ BANTI BABU”. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER FIRMS WITH DIFFERENT NAMES UNDER THESE PEOPLE AND ALSO MORE FIRMS ARE ENGAGED IN THIS MALPRACTISE WITH UNDERSTANDING WITH “BAPI GUPTA”, “SRI KUMAR SAHA”. HERE ARE GIVEN A LIST OF TRAITORS WHO ARE PERFORMING THESE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES: 1. BAPI GUPTA ALLIES RANJAN GUPTA : LEADER OF CONTRACTOR'S ASSOCIATION, TOUTS RACKET OPERATOR. 2. MR H P SINGH :CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER( CONSTRUCTION)LINKED WITH BAPI GUTA AND SOME MIDDLE RAILWAY MEN GIVEN BELOW. PH. NO. 9002020350 3.MR. DEBOBROTO DAS : JEE/ CON - DIRECT LINK WITH CEE? CON AND TOUT LEADERS.PH.9002075755 4. SHANKER ROY: AEE/ GENERAL HUGE TRANSACTOR WITH TOUT OPERATOR , VITAL ROLE IN RAMPAGIMG RAILWAY JOBS ALLIED WITH THESE CONTRACTORS.PH.9002021321 MEDIA IS REQUESTED TO INVESTIGATE AND STOP THIS ILLEGAL PRACTICES AND REVENUE RAMPAGE AND ALSO THE AWARDED JOBS ARE NEVER BEING EXECUTED AS PER L.O.A. THAT PROVIDES HUGE REVENUE LOOT FOR THESE CRIMINAL CONTRACTORS AND DISHONEST RAILWAY OFFICERS WHICH LEADS JOB INCOMPLETE OR NOT IMMACULATE OR LOW GRADE MATERIALS THAT CAN HAMPER PUBLIC/ RAILWAY SAFETY AND CAN BE A FACT FOR GENOCIDE. PRESENT RAILWAY MINISTER KNOWS THESE REVENUE LOOTING AND THESE TENDER JOBS ILLEGALLY EXECUTED IN COST OF PUBLIC LIFES , BUT, WILL DO NOTHING BECAUSE SHE DARES NOT TO FIGHT CONGRESS AND SPECIFICALLY THE “HONOROUBLE BENGALI” CENTRAL MINISTER DUE TO BREAK IN ALLIANCE AND LOOSING POPULARITY IN WEST BENGAL. SECONDLY, SOME OF HER PARTY MEMBERS ARE ALSO MIXED WITH THIS GANG IN BUSSINESS OF ENDANGERING PUBLIC LIFES. THESE PEOPLE ARE OPENLY BACKED BY CONGRESS AND THEY HAVE FULL CONTROL IN SEALDAH DRM, STATION PREMISES. SPEAKING AGAINST ANY ONE OF THEM WILL COST ONE’S LIFE SO NONE BOTHERS ABOUT tHE MATTER. MUCIPARA P.S. IS ALSO INFLUENCED BY THEM INCLUDING G.R. AND R.P.F. WHO ACTS AS THERIR SEURITY GUARDS. C.P.I (M) HAS BEEN INFORMED IN THEIR PARTY OFFICE IN SEALDAH BUT DUE TO UNKNOWN REASONS THEY ARE ”VERY SILENT”. THE SAME WAS REPORTED TO C.P.I.(M) HEAD QUARTERS IN ALLIMUDDIN STREET BY MAIL TO wbcpim@gmail.com THROUGH s.banerje16@gmail.com AND ALSO BY TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION IN 033-22176633 BUT THEY ARE QUITE RELUCTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THESE ACTIVITES VERY SRANEGLY.
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