North Bihar all well set to become virtual hub of Indian Rlys PATNA: Work on railway projects worth about Rs 55,000 crore given to Bihar by railway minister Lalu Prasad is in full swing now-a-days and most of These projects, which have been approved by the Parliament, Planning Commission and Economic Advisory Committee, will be completed on priority basis and are likely to improve the socio-economic condition of the state. The major dream projects include wheel factory at Chhapra (Rs 1,000 crore), diesel engine factory at Marhaura in Saran (Rs 2,025 crore), electric engine factory at Madhepura (Rs 1,300 crore), goods wagon repair workshop at Sonepur (Rs 90 crore), DEMU maintenance depot at Sonepur (Rs 15 crore), wagon repair workshop at Samastipur (Rs 33 crore) and concrete sleeper factories at Madhepura, Sitamarhi and Chaksikandar (Rs 15 crore). According to an East Central Railway (ECR) official, most of these projects were slated to be completed by 2011-2012. However, the wheel factory where civil work is already going on, will be completed this year, he said. Fate of the much talked about diesel and electric engine factories at Marhaura and Madhepura seems to be bright now. Instead of launching these projects under private-public partnership, the railway ministry has now decided to launch them on its own. The railways have started the process to acquire land for these two ambitious projects. The railways require about 450 hectare land for the electric engine factory, an ECR official said. Work on other dream projects of Lalu like DEMU maintenance depot, wagon repair workshop and concrete sleeper factories is also going on though the progress has been a little bit tardy. The railways have taken measures to accelerate the pace of the work on these projects under direct supervision of the Railway Board, a board official said. That apart, the railway projects related to new broad gauge (BG) lines, conversion of tracks and passenger amenities has been top priority in the ECR. Several crores have been spent on them turning hundreds of railway stations into model stations of the Indian Railways. During Lalu's tenure, the rate of accident has come down considerably while safety of passengers has been accorded top priority, claimed a board official, adding north Bihar is all well set to become a virtual hub of the India Railways as barring coach manufacturing factory, all components and parts of the railways will be produced in Bihar in future to fulfil the requirements of the Indian Railways. __,_._,___ |
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SANJEEV NAIK VISITS THANE
"Poor transport facilities still remains a hindrance for the city as commuters are stuck in heavy traffic and commuting to Mumbai takes hours. The water transport project can prove to be a boon as people can reach Mumbai in just 30 minutes by jetty. I request the CM to sanction the land at the earliest to facilitate movement on this stretch and provide commuters a viable alternative," the minister said.
Expressing unhappiness with CIDCO's system of allocating land to social organisations, Naik said, "I defer with the system as only the rich organisations will benefit from this system." Chavan promised to do the needful to ensure better transport facilities between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
NMMC standing committee approves fill-gap encroachment tender, issues recommendations for revamping anti-encroachment department
The weekly Standing Committee of NMMC approved the proposal of giving the contract of supplying equipments for anti – encroachment drives of NMMC to CIDCO authorized contractor P P Bhalerao Civil Engineer and Contractor. The contractor has been appointed only to fill the gap period till the fresh tender process is completed. During the discussion of this tender bid, members made some very significant suggestions for the fresh tender to ensure that Bhise like scams do not happen again. Have an independent NMMC team from the level of an officer at the ward office, to three zonal level officers and one Dy. Municipal Commissioner to head the team of NMMC’s anti-encroachment department, cross verify every anti-encroachment drive conducted by department at the ward committee level, buy the equipments required for the carrying out anti-encroachment drive instead of renting it from the contractor, maintain period check of encroachment in the city through satellite mapping and ward office records, train official to use software like SAP for checking chalans and clearing bills – these were some of the most significant suggestions that the Standing Committee made to the administration in this week’s meeting.
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