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pankajp	Passenger amenities and Railway Stations	Lead	[-]
Posts: 347 (07/09/06 22:21:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Average Planned expenditure under "Passenger amenities" head for different zonal railways is between Rupees Thirty crores to thirty five crores (per zonal railway) every year. Yet in monsoon season, passengers at all railway stations (including A category railway stations like New Delhi, Lucknow etc) have to fight with leaking platform roof, waterlogged platforms and other water related problems. Is it time to stop this recurring wasteful expenditure?
Govindu	Wasteful expenditure	#1	[-]
Posts: 1001 (07/10/06 21:34:56) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	If you stop expenditure then there will be more roof leakages, more water logging and more dirt. If you spend more then you call it more wastage. kya kare. What can be done? Two good examples I tell you. In 2000, washable appron was provided at New Alipurduar station. In 2006 when I went to same place there was no washable appron. It was removed. In 2003, Lumding station platform was provided with Kota stone flooring. When I went there in 2006, kota stone was being replaced with Chequeered tiles or whatever you call. tell me more...
pankajp	waiting for trains	#2	[-]
Posts: 347 (07/11/06 00:47:37) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Govindu sir you have given perfect examples of wasteful expenditures of passenger amenities. Problem is that in monsoon season , trains usually run late (on western railway also). So passengers are forced to wait on leaky platforms full of water, waiting for incremental 15 minutes late announcement. Now if Indian Railways' total expenditure on Plan head Passenger Amenities during last fifty years is summed up, it will amount to figures in thousand of crores of rupees. Now real problem is that the planning for Plan head "Passenger Amenities" is done by civil engineering department, while our commercial manager(s) friend(s) is/are busy arranging for all type of tea (with and without sugar) for Divisional officers (including himself)!
ananth	Passenger Amenities!	#3	[-]
Posts: 911 (07/11/06 20:31:04) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	As a passenger like many others, the first thing which puts me off at any Railway station is the filth on the tracks and on the platforms. I think we must concentrate on having washable aprons on all platforms at all major stations. But the problem here is that for a new washable apron work to be executed, a major block of about 15-20 days per platform is needed and in most stations considering the huge number of trains we run, we cannot afford to block a single platform for such a long time. That is why these works continue to linger for a long time. Related to this is provide a good drainage system for the filth to flow off freely. The problem here again is that a lot of filth like plastic sheets and glasses are thrown by the passengers which clogs tha drainage system. We need to find solutions to these first if we need to remove the main source of complaints at Railway stations instead of giving priority to peripheral activities. Ananth Sr.DFM/BSP
pankajp	Black book for Passenger amenities	#4	[-]
Posts: 347 (07/11/06 20:48:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Why not introduce a system of maintaining a Black book for each railway station (division wise) listing the various passenger amenities works carried out in the past twenty years and being planned ahead. This will give an idea of exact amount being spent on each railway station in planhead "Passenger Amenities". Name "Black book" is appropriate as it resembles "Black hole".
Dinesh K Gupta	Drainage, Plastics and proposals	#5	[-]
Posts: 99 (07/12/06 22:40:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Its very convenient to use plastics and very difficult to dispose off. One way we keep discussing about restricted use of plastic and other way we promote. In my opinion, whatever the best drainage system we construct, plastic will destroy the purpose. I travel in GHY- MAS Express and saw that the pantry food was served in disposable plastic thalis. Why not in conventional way? Just because, its easy to pack, easy to serve and the best part is easy to dispose. Now both matters are concerned with Commercial department. Whether Passenger Amenities or Pantry. But, fortunately not with the drainage. That is to be looked after by Civil and Medical departments. Hence Commercial does not have serious concern over use of plastics at various places. A clue to initiate proposals for passenger amenities, what Govindu has added construction and demolition of washable apron. Regards Dinesh
pankajp	same accounts department	#6	[-]
Posts: 347 (07/13/06 01:26:55) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Dinesh Sir Same accounts/finance department of Alipurduar division (NFR) concurred the two proposals-first for construction of washable apron and second for removal/dismantling of same washable apron.Or was the removal of washable apron done for reconstruction of washable apron in future? Is it not a professional lapse on part of finance?
ananth	Washable aprons & drainage!	#7	[-]
Posts: 911 (07/13/06 20:28:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Construction of a washable apron cannot be effective unless provided with a good drainage system capable of disposing off all kind of wastes. And then there also should be an effective pumping of water through jet pipes so that the filth on the tracks gets washed off. We cannot prevent pasengers from using the toilets when the trains stop at stations. At least we can clean the tracks once the train goes away and the passengers waiting on the platforms can be spared from seeing filth on the tracks. Can we have these systems in place? If finance is convinced that these can be put in place then there should be no problem in concurring such proposals even if the cost element is a little high Ananth Sr.DFM/BSP

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