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The Tiruchi Railway Junction is acceptable to get six further escalators by the extremity of this month. The further infrastructure is expected to importantly easiness rider mobility successful the railway station.
Divisional Railway Manager Balak Ram Negi told presspersons present connected Friday that the further escalators had been installed astatine the Junction and were scheduled to beryllium commissioned by the extremity of June. Once commissioned, each the platforms successful the junction would person escalators.
Work connected installing 4 escalators astatine Thanjavur Railway Junction and 2 astatine Villupuram Junction were successful advancement and are expected to beryllium completed by the extremity of the existent fiscal year, helium added.
About complaints that the escalators were not operational often astatine the Tiruchi Junction, Mr. Negi said the occupation arose erstwhile passengers inadvertently pressed the exigency button. This resulted successful the impermanent stoppage of the cognition of the escalators until railway unit attended to the issue. He agreed to analyse the feasibility of posting unit to usher the passengers.
Innovative measure
To a question, Mr.Negi said the Railways was committed to enhancing information astatine level- crossing gates and the Tiruchi Division had introduced an “innovative” Automatic PN Number Generation (APNG) strategy astatine each 139 Non-Interlocked Level Crossing gates nether its jurisdiction.
Under the system, a ‘private fig (PN)” is generated aft sensors corroborate that the level- crossing gross has been afloat closed, thereby ensuring a robust verification mechanics earlier bid operations. The PN is subsequently exchanged with the Station Master anterior to bid despatch, strengthening operational information and reducing the anticipation of quality error.
“The inaugural has importantly enhanced the information of bid operations astatine non-interlocked level-crossings crossed the division,” helium said.
In summation to this, Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTV) are being commissioned astatine 104 of the 139 Non-Interlocked Level Crossing gates for surveillance. The camera feeds are recorded and stored astatine the gross lodges and are streamed successful existent clip to the Station Masters concerned, enabling continuous monitoring of gross closure presumption earlier bid movement. Installation of CCTV systems astatine the remaining non-inter locked level-crossing gates is being expedited to heighten safety, helium said.
Electrification
Mr. Negi said the electrification of the Pattukottai-Aranthangi-Karaikudi section, which is nether way, would beryllium completed by the extremity of the fiscal year. Once completed, the full part would go afloat electrified.
Mr. Negi said a survey was nether mode for way doubling connected the Thanjavur-Villupuram conception connected the main line, a fashionable request successful the delta region. The Kumbakonam Railway Station is undergoing improvements up of the 2028 mahamaham, too assorted different developments successful and astir Kumbakonam, helium said.
Mr. Negi said the part had recorded mail/express bid punctuality of 94.41% during the erstwhile twelvemonth and was aiming to amended it to 96% this year.
