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Mumbai: Scores of agitated students demanding jobs in railways on Tuesday blocked rail traffic including suburban services between Matunga and Dadar stations causing difficulties to lakhs of commuters a Central Railway official said. #Mumbai: Railway traffic affected due to student agitation between Matunga & Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station the agitators are demanding jobs in railways. Police has reached the spot. pic.twitter.com/rlFp1K4tBz ANI (@ANI) March 20 2018 The students blocked the rail track at 7 am in the morning forcing railway to stop the suburban as well as express trains in the affected section between Matunga and CSMT. Representational image. Reuters Entire four lines are affected between Matunga and CSMT. Police and railway official are having talks with them the official said. There has been no recruitment since last four years. We are struggling from pillars to post. Over 10 students have committed suicide. We cannot let such things happen a student who was part of the protest said. We will not budge from here until and unless Railway Minister Piyush Goyal come and meet us. Our several prayers made to DRM (Divisional Railway Manager of Mumbai Division) have failed another student said. Mumbai police along with GRP and RPF jawans are having talks with the students and railway s first priority was to clear the track first Chief PRO of Central Railway Sunil Udasi said. Students shouting slogans against railways held placard in their hands demanding one time settlement from GM quota and said that they demand jobs from government.
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MUMBAI: Suburban train services will be affected due to mega block on Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway s (CR) main and harbour line on Sunday. CR spokesperson said There will be a block on CSMT-bound fast track between Kalyan and Thane from 11.15 am to 4.15 pm. There will be no block on Harbour Line because of Gudi Padwa. On WR block will be taken on Up and down fast lines between Churchgate and Mumbai central between 10.35 am and 3.35 pm.
MUMBAI: The World Bank which has financed a slew of railway projects in the city wants the megapolis lifeline to be managed by a dedicated commuter railway company a top official has said. What Mumbai needs is a very efficient sustainable and India s first commuter railway company said World Bank country director Junaid Ahmad stressing on the need to create strong public institutions rather than the project-by-project approach currently adopted. At present the suburban train network handles over 6 million passengers a day. The services are operated by the state-run railways and are administered by Central Railway and Western Railway. The suburban traffic also contributes a large sum to the overall passenger earnings of the railways. Ahmad said having dedicated commuter railway firm could have a lot of advantages and suggested that it could be run by the state government. He added that the company will be an agile institution which will respond to market signals raise money in the market and gives shares to its workers. Ahmad warned that if such a company is not created it would be difficult to respond to the massive technological changes. As the world of technology changes that institution has an incentive to adopt that technology he said. aGENCIES
The Railways has lost more than Rs 4 000 crore in the last three years by running the Mumbai local trains the government told Parliament on Thursday PTI reported.In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said that between 2014 and 2017 the Railways incurred a loss of Rs 4 280.50 crore by running the suburban rail network in Mumbai. In the past three years while the total earnings were Rs 5 206.16 crore the expenditure was Rs 9 486.66 crore Gohain said. In his Budget speech in February Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government was working on expanding the Mumbai suburban train network that serves as the city s lifeline running more than 2 000 services and carrying 75 lakh commuters a day at a cost of Rs 11 000 crore.
NEW DELHI: Amid a major push for expansion of Mumbai s suburban rail network in the Union Budget the government on Wednesday informed Parliament that the national transporter had incurred a loss of more than Rs 4 000 crore in the last three years in running locals. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha minister of state for railways Raen Gohain said since 2014-17 railways had incurred a loss of Rs 4 280 crore by running the suburban rail network. In the 2018 Union budget finance minister Arun Jaitley announced the expansion of the suburban train network spread over 465km at a cost of Rs 11 000 crore and said the government planned to allocate an additional Rs 40 000 crore for the city s rail network. The suburban railways in Mumbai operates 2 342 local services and carries more than 7.5 million commuters daily and this is the first time the network is being expanded in a major way. Gohain informed the House that in 2014-15 the national transporter lost Rs 1 426 crore the next year it lost Rs 1 477 crore and in 2016-17 it was Rs 1 376 crore.
ALSO READ Angry Mumbai commuters block local trains at Naigaon over poor connectivity Budget 2018: Rs 30 bn for 1.2 mn CCTVs in all 11 000 trains 8 500 stations Elphinstone stampede: Today s tragedy was waiting to happen say locals Rain loud thud and thousands cramped on Mumbai s overbridge: Witnesses 22 railway commuters killed in stampede on foot overbridge in Mumbai span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Amidst a major push for expansion of the suburban Mumbai rail network in the Union Budget the government on Wednesday informed Parliament that the national transporter has incurred a loss of more than Rs 40 billion in the last three years in running the Mumbai locals. In a written reply in Lok Sabha on Wednesday Minister of State for Railways Raen Gohain said that since 2014-2017 railways had incurred a loss of Rs 42.8 billion by running the suburban rail network in Mumbai. Indian Railway is incurring losses by running local train services in metropolitan areas of Mumbai. In the last three years while the total earnings were Rs 52 billion the expenditure was Rs 94.8 billion and the loss was of Rs 42.8 billion Gohain said. In Budget 2018 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the expansion of the Mumbai suburban train network spread over 465km at a cost of Rs 110 billion and said the government also planned to allocate an additional Rs 400 billion for the citys rail network. The suburban railway in Mumbai operates 2 342 local train services and carries more than 7.5 million commuters daily and this is the first time that the network is being expanded in a big way. Gohain informed the House that while in 2014-2015 the national transporter lost Rs 14.2 billion the next year it lost Rs 14.7 billion and in 2016-2017 the railways incurred a loss of Rs 13.7 billion.