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TNN, 25 January 2010, 05:38am IST
NAGPUR: At a time when railways’ loco running staff is passing through a crisis, the Central Railway administration has chosen to ignore the All
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India Guards’ Council (AIGC) and All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA), parent body of the running staff, by not negotiating to solve their problems.

The CR administration stance is against the Railway Board directives issued to the general managers of Central and South East Central Railway (SECR) on April 20, 2006, that clearly state, “Railway administration may arrange a meeting with running staff Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Central Railway and SECR, Nagpur, to address their problems.” Both AIGC and AILRSA form the JAC, constituted in 2006, at the national level.

Documents procured under the RTI Act show that Railway Board had laid down a procedure that whenever asked for by the representatives of loco running staff or other such organisations, they should be given a hearing by the administration. Not only this, the Board had further said that the running staff joint action committee (JAC) may be given audience by the administration as and when approached.

Strangely, the JAC had not been given an audience even once since its inception in 2006. Also, their delegation was also not allowed by the divisional personnel officer (DPO) to meet Central Railway general manager B B Modgil during latter’s visit to Nagpur on January 19 while other railway employees’ organisation were permitted to do so. This is despite permission being sought well in advance on January 15.

Senior divisional personnel officer (SrDPO) B M Shikare says he was not aware of the issue. “Only recognised unions are allowed to meet the general manager,” he added.

The discrimination against the registered trade unions AIGC and AILRSA was despite a crisis of grave manpower shortage affecting the running staff. For the past three years, in Central Railway Nagpur Division, around 105 posts of guards and 95 posts of loco pilots and assistant loco pilots are lying vacant. Besides, there are many other problems like rate of hours of employment regulation (HOER), number of working hours etc.

The personnel department, instead of following Railway Board orders, allegedly misguided the assistant labour commissioner on a memorandum of the grievances dated December 17, 2007, that no meetings should be conducted with AIGC or AILRSA as they were not recognised unions. The officials overruled Board directives of April 20, 2006. Interestingly, the Board had issued the letter after meeting of consultative committee of MPs held on January 19, 2006.

“In 1981, a goods train operated at 5 kmph while a mail/express train at 20 kmph on average. Then the running staff worked for 12 hours. Now when the trains are operating 40-65 kmph, the staff is still working for 12 hours. There should be some justification of working hours of running staff,” claimed S K Shukla, convenor of JAC.

Shwetaa Rahul / DNA
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 0:34 IST
Mumbai: The motormen of both Central and Western railways have postponed their strike to May 1 from January 26. The decision was taken after several deliberations with the railway administration.
While the Railway Board has instituted a fast-track committee under the leadership of the Member (staff) and most of their demands have been looked into, the salary-related issues have been forwarded to the Pay Commission.
However, the motormen have threatened that in case the committee fails to come up with any concrete measures by April 30, they would go on an indefinite strike from May 1.

The joint action forum formed by the motormen of both Central and Western railways had in December decided to go on mass leave on January 26 to get their demands fulfilled. The demands include provision of an assistant motormen on-board every suburban train, payment of running allowance as per the board’s formula, provision of night duty and national holiday allowance and changes in the working schedules.

“We had already assured them to look into all their demands pertaining to the division level. However, issues like allowances and other salary-related matters do not come under even the board’s purview, but is directly connected with the Pay Commission of the union finance ministry,” said a Central Railway official.

Viju B, TNN, 26 January 2010, 01:43am IST
MUMBAI: Mumbaikars, who had almost cancelled their holiday travel plans will heave a sigh a relief on hearing this — the motormen’s strike that
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was set to disrupt the local suburban network on Tuesday was called off on late Monday evening. The strike was called off after the railway management promised the Joint Action Forum of motormen that a fast track committee will be formed to look into all their grievances.

The motormen were demanding a hike in the basic salary of assistant drivers from Rs 1,900 to Rs 2,800 per month. “We also have been demanding an assistant motorman for every motorman who drives the trains. This was a standby in case the motorman falls sick or gets a heart attack. This demand was in the interest of the 70 lakh commuters who use the network daily,” Devendra Yadav, chief convener of the Joint Action Forum for Western and Central Railway motormen said.

He said another main demand was an increase in the daily allowances from Rs 169 per 100 km to Rs 287 that motormen logged every day. Central Railway has 626 motormen while Western Railway has 360 motormen on its rolls.

A senior railway official said the management had a four-hour marathon meeting and then apprised the Railway board in Delhi of the situation. “The general manager of Central Railway met the forum’s representatives and explained to them that the demands had to be looked into by the railway and finance ministries,” the official said.

He said it was not appropriate of motormen to call for a strike putting lakhs of suburban commuter in discomfort. “We had also made alternative arrangements in case things went wrong and the state administration was also in the loop and extended us full support in case of an eventuality,” the official said.

The forum also warned that if the Railway board does not look into their demands within three months, the motormen will go on an indefinite hunger strike from May 1. “We will not stop working but will drive the local train without having food,” Yadav said.

He said the forum’s intention was not to put the commuter in discomfort but highlight their plight. “We decided to go on strike on Januray 26 when few people would use the network. But we were told by the officials that is an insult to not ply on January 26 which is the day that India became a republic. That is also the reason that wewithdrew the strike,” Yadav said.

Motormen of Western and Central railway have called off their strike after having received assurance from railway authorities to resolve their matters, railway officials said. “Motormen of both Western and Central railway will not go on strike tomorrow. As the Ministry of Railway have decided to form Fast Track Committee to look into the matter,” railway officials said. Motormen of both Western and Central Railway have announced to go on strike on January 26 to press their demands after having a prolonged meeting with senior officials from the railway department.

“We have made them understand that their demands can be solved by the Railway Board only. As these matters cannot be dealt at zonal level, the ministry must step in,” the official said. The demands of the motormen include a weekly off, more allowances, proper calculation of kilometers while deciding running allowance, risk allowance to be given to all motormen and better working conditions among other demands. “Earlier their demands like night allowance and national holiday allowance have been approved. To fulfill other demands, the ministry’s approval is mandatory so the committee has been formed who will now look into their demands,” the official said.

MUMBAI: Keep your fingers crossed if you are planning a train journey on Republic
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Day.

Talks between the motormen and the railway administration don’t seem to have inched further and, if a section of motormen and officials are to be believed, a large section of the former will en masse treat January 26 as a national holiday.

Fearing the worst, Western Railway has started training other staff—like shunters (who move trains from one track to another in the yards) and loco inspectors (who supervise motormen and are ex-motormen) — to take over the running of trains if they are short-staffed on Tuesday.

An insider told TOI that training and various physical and medical tests had actually been going on for the last couple of days. “Eye tests are being held at the Mumbai Central carshed,’’ he said. Around 146 drivers have already been shortlisted to run the trains if needed, said sources.

But the WR move has, in turn, sparked off a feeling of uneasiness among the motormen who are supposed to go on strike on Tuesday; they fear that WR, with the help of these technical support staff, may just stave off large-scale disruption of services. “We have been driving trains for the last 15 years. How can these inexperienced people ensure safety of commuters,’’ asked a motorman. The motormen obviously did not see this coming and many feared railway officials might just have hit on a successful plan of neutralising them.

WR has not denied it is looking at different categories of staff who can be roped in this time of crisis. “They will undergo all required tests and be given intensive short-term training,’’ said a WR official.

“Technical staffers, who are largely into maintenance, also move trains and have the required knowledge,’’ he said. “We are taking all the precautions,’’ he added.

CR, however, is yet to make any such arrangement. “We will be running trains according to the holiday time-table. We will run fewer services and hope that recognised unions, which have assured us that they will not be a part of the strike, keep their word,’’ a senior CR official said.

Chief convenor of Joint Action Forum of Western and Central Railway motormen and loco running staff, Devendra Yadav, maintained that motormen would be taking leave on January 26.

Mumbai, Jan. 18 — Suburban services in the city may come to a complete standstill on January 26, as motormen on the Central Railway have decided to join the strike planned by the Western Railway.

This is the first time in ten years that motormen on both railways will go strike. The demands of the motormen include a weekly off, more allowances and better working conditions.

motormen will meet the regional labour commissioner on Monday to discuss the matter. “We have exhausted all democratic ways to represent our issues.

To minimise inconvenience to passengers, we chose January 26 as the day of the strike,” a motorman on Western Railway said. “The guard is supposed to give two bells to start the train.

However, he is allowed to give two bells even when the signal is red, which can be risky for passengers. Motormen are always alert but if they start the train by mistake, it could lead to a major disaster,” he added.

There is a conflict between the motormen and the guards as the motormen say they are superior to the guards. There can be no comparison of duties of guards with motormen. A press note states that the responsibilities of a motorman are much higher than those of the guard and the pay of the motorman should be higher.

Till a few years ago, the salary grade was higher, but has now been merged. Technically, the guard is in-charge of the train, but the administration does not want to give him more responsibilities, states the note.

“Motormen work single-handedly carrying the responsibility of 6,000-7,000 passengers. There should be an assistant driver to help and till then, we should be compensated with an allowance,” another motorman said.

No lollypops or threats by railway Administration are going to work this time. says a senior motorman of CSTM

Mumbai: The life line of Mumbai, the local train services came to stand still as drivers went on strike demanding hike in their salaries. The local train driver’s halted the sub urban train services on central route.

The local train services between CST and Thane has been bad affected. The daily commuters will face difficulties to return their destinations.

Further development related to the strike of the drivers of Mumbai local train were coming that the drivers have called off their strike.

But the drivers have given threat that if their demands will not be fulfilled till 26th January they will again go on strike.

According to the Motormen’s Association, since the railway administration is not considering their long pending demands, all the motormen will go on strike on January 26.

The demands of the motormen include a weekly off, more allowances and better working conditions.

“As the motormen do not intend to cause inconvenience to commuters they have chosen the national holiday,” a member of the motormen’s association said.

Meanwhile, railway authorties have said, action will be taken against motormen who are absent from work on January 26.

“The action would include loss of pay and break-in service,” they said.

“JOINT ACTION FORUM” OF W.R & C.R. MOTORMEN & LOCO RUNNING STAFF

TO,
Minister of Railways,
Rail Bhavan,
New Delhi.

Subject: Grievances of loco running staff including motormen of Mumbai Division of C.R. & W.R.

Respected Madam,

It is humbly submitted that loco running staff of entire Nation has ventilated its anger against the recommendations of 6th CPC, through various democratic protests which includes Dharna, Demonstrations, Hunger strike, wearing of black badges during working and even staged Dharna at Boat club New Delhi. In spite of all these democratic process the administration had not even shown the courtesy to call the leaders of agitating organizations & this attitude has added the fuel in the fire, resulted in severe anger against the Administrative attitude towards the justified demands.

The loco men of Mumbai division including motormen of central and western Railway have discussed the issues at length and formed a Joint Action forum comprising of Registered Organisations that is Motormen Association of Western Railway; Loco running staff association of Mumbai division, Western Railway; Loco running staff Association of Central Railway Mumbai division; Rail Kamgaar Sena of Mumbai Division; SC/ST Association of C.R. Mumbai Division; OBC Association of C.R. Mumbai division.

The grievances as whole are pertaining to monetary losses due to retrograde recommendations of 6th CPC & pertaining to the working conditions, which includes lesser rest and increasing work load.

MONETARY LOSSES:

1. Grade Pay.

In spite of detailed memorandum to the pay commission submitted by LRSA which had discussed several issues at length which includes the loss incurred to the category by every pay commission. Pay commission has not given any importance to the memorandum and subjects discussed therein but granted the pay scales which have further deteriorated the condition of Loco Men.

The grade pay allotted to the Loco Running cadre has hurt the cadre most.

The Grade pay allotted to Assistant Loco Pilot is Rs. 1900 which is merely Rs. 100 more than the ‘D’ group employees and Pay commission has not evaluated the difference in the entry qualification of Assistant Loco Pilot & Group ‘D’ employees; the difference between the exhaustive training of Assistant Loco Pilot Of 18-19 locomotives, medical standards and the impact of job on the moment of the Train services. Without giving any considerations to these facts, the Pay Commission has allotted Rs. 1900 Grade pay to the Assistant Loco Pilot, Which has vertically affected the Grade pay up to the Loco Pilot Mail.

Many cadres of Rs. 3050 (as per 5th CPC) are being allotted Grade Pay of Rs. 2400 and after the 6th CPC even changes are made and the Grade pay of Rs. 2800 allotted to a number of non running categories.

It was also submitted in memorandum of LRSA that in every cadre hardly 15-20% staff remains in entry pay whereas in Loco Running cadre almost 50% staff are in initial Grade which has deprived the maximum number of loco running staff fro getting the deserved pay package.

We demand the grade pay to be hiked to Rs. 2800 to Assistant Loco Pilot; Loco pilot shunting to be placed in 4200 (GP); Assistant Loco Pilot GOODS Rs. 4600 (GP); Assistant Loco Pilot passenger/Motormen Rs. 4800 (GP) and Loco Pilot Mail Express to Rs. 5600 (GP).
These Grade pays if allotted will however narrow the difference of loss incurred in various pay commissions.

2. Rate of kilometer (Running Allowance)

A committee constituted to formulate the rate of running allowance has done as great injustice to running staff by ignoring well established 28 years old formula recommended by Running Allowance committee 1981, and was still continuing. The rates of travelling allowance newly recommended are based on grade pay i.e. Rs. 340 rate of TA for the employees having grade pay of Rs. 4200 and more, & Rs. 210 for the employees having less than Rs. 4200 grade pay. Now Honorable President of INDIA had already approved the 30% of pay as pay element in the running allowance & therefore the running allowance for LP should be formulated based on the rate of TA of Rs. 340 and for ALP It should be based on TA rate of Rs. 210.

Therefore we demand that the running allowance formula should be implemented in true spirit & the calculation should be as per the formula of RAC 1981.

3. Arrears of Running Allowance

Pay commission recommendations are being implemented with effect from 1.1.2006, as 30% of our pay is treated as pay element in running allowance & therefore increased running allowance arrears with effect from 1.1.2006 and from 1.8.2008 should be paid correcting the formula of rate of running allowance.

According to the calculations as per the existing RAC 1980 the kilometer allowance for Loco pilot is Rs. 195.60 from 1.1.2006 to 31.8.2008 and Rs. 287.75 from 1.9.2008.
For ALP Rs. 149.65 with effect from 1.1.2006 to 31.8.2008 and Rs. 232.90 with effect from 1.9.2008.
Therefore the arrears due out of increased running allowance should be cited as above and the arrears may kindly be paid to the running staff.

HOER (Hours of Employment Regulation)

Though the HOER is due for its revision and it was assured long back that judiciary committee will review the HOER but even after a lapse of two years of this assurance, nothing is done. On the contrary present HOER is flouted freely on whims and fancies of officers.
The well established 16 hours home rest after performing 8 hours duty to the drivers is denied at many places and offices have twisted the rules to their taste and compelling the drivers to come breaching their head quarter rest on the threat of DAR action.
In spite of the several assurances on the floor of parliament that vacancies of safety categories will be fulfilled and safety categories will not be asked to perform more than stipulated duties. The fact remains contrary to this stand and today in almost all depots about 25% post are vacant in the driving cadre. Even the post of leave reserves are either reduced or kept vacant which results adversely and running staff is not getting leave to fulfill his social obligations. Even at many places weekly OFFs are denied or prolonged in the name of acute position.
In spite of parliamentary standing committee report of Railways recommending 8 hours duty for loco running, 12 to 14 hours running duties is taken from running staff which is hazardous to the safety.

In spite of the ruling of regional labour commissioner Bangalore that excessive duties should not be taken from drivers even if he desires. The present administration is not at all bothered about the rest of the drivers before his commencing the duty & thus duties are continuously allotted without ensuring the quantum of rest driver has taken. No doubt this over hour work gives a handful salary to the driver but it is at the cost of safety as well as his health.
We demand that the vacancies should be filled in and driver’s rest to be ensured before assigning him new duties in the interest of safety at least.
The running staff is performing 365 days of duty without taking any calendar rest. As a human being running staff also caries social obligations which he is unable to fulfill because if his daily attendance. Where as the ministerial staff are getting more than 120 days holiday in a year. Therefore the quantum of casual leaves of running staff should be increased to 20 day from present 11 days.

Signal passing and signal overshooting should be differentiated:
Signal passing at “ON” position means danger signal passing by driver; this is the serious most crimes supposed to be in the life span of driver. Driver by virtue of this post occupies the leading position in the engine in train operation and naturally every human being is afraid of this life. And therefore no driver willingly passes the Red signal. After passing Red signal accident can happen which can claim the driver’s own life and that is the reason no driver can afford to pass Red signal willfully.
There are several other reasons beyond the control of driver which can result in passing of signals. i.e. poor brake power of the train; inadequate signal sighting; causing of his distraction of mind due to trespassers and some times his own misjudging of braking distance. This becomes attitude of administration now a days that signal passing should be treated as most serious crime come what may be the reason and the person involved should be drastically punished (Remove from service).

Many a times driver able to stop his train just immediately after the passing the Red signal and does not result either in any loss to the railway property or an accident took place but the driver is forced to go home under punishment. We demand that where the train is stopped overshooting a Red signal and there is no loss to the Railway property, such incidents should be treated as overshooting of signals and should not be viewed seriously. Where the driver failed to stop the train short of red signal and continuously passes two such signals or causes accident or cause damage to the railway property should only be treated as signal passing case and in such case if no contributory factors are established he may be given punitive penalty.

Issues confined to Motormen grievances:

In addition to the grievances in general as cited above the grievances of motormen are very peculiar grievances and hence required to be remedied

a. One man handling Job: All the means of transportations in the world are manned by more than one man as assistant may it be either in Rail as assistant driver, in road transport, cleaner as assistant to the driver, in airways, co pilots to assist the pilot, in water ways the different assistant captains to assist the main captain of the ship whereas in all the metropolitan cities lakhs of commuters are transported by suburban services solely under one man handling and that is motorman.
All that strain which is to be shared by the assistant is required to be looked into by motormen. There is no body to assist him in the uneven event or even to call out the signals, caution orders and thus he remains through out on the mercy of his faith. The lakhs of commuters are relaxing in their seat keeping the faith on the motormen who is working without assistant and therefore we demand that in the fast moving transportation the assistant driver should be given to the multiple unit trains at least keeping the safety into consideration. Suburban section has started with 30 km of distance & has gone up to 130 km at a stretch which naturally requires the assistant to the main driver.

Apart from the usual duties of assistant drivers one most important duty is entrusted to him and that is in the event of driver becoming incapacitated, the assistant driver shall stop the train and will prevent accident. In case of signal man working of motormen no assistant is provided to perform this most important duty in the name of DMH handle whereas DMH handle itself had proved faulty many a times and thus the safety aspect has a wide open space to float. And this is the reason the assistant driver is to be provided in the local EMU trains.

b. Computation of kilometers earned
Motormen is treated at par with the passenger driver whereas actually the distance motorman is required to cover is very less in comparison to the passenger drivers but more strenuous than the passenger drivers.
The method of computing the kilometers is on hourly basis from the years together so to say when the local services were manned by 6 to 8 coaches. Now the number of coaches increased from 6 to 15. In the name of augmentation and automatic signaling territory system a motormen is required to pass at least 4 times more than what he was doing before 20 years. The number of halts is increased in many folds by the way of increasing station and by introducing the automatic signaling system. The extra precaution which are required to be seen are working of AWS system working of computer technology, dynamic working, increased speed to 100 kmph from 65 kmph, number of commuters also increased many folds is undoubtedly warrant the revision of computation of kilometerage earned by a motormen. The computation of kilometerage is on hourly basic as on today i.e. 5 hours and more working 150 km, 4 hours working 130 km, less than 4 hours is 120 km.
All the taxation that is mental and physical has increased 4 folds than the normal which was existing 20 years back. We demand that the computation of kilometerage should be revised 2.5 times than the existing.
The waiting duties are paid 15 km an hour which is too less to minimum guaranteed kilometers and as such it should be made 40 km an hour.

Night duty and its allowance:
In the railways, night duty from night duty allowance is 22:00 hrs to 6:00 hrs, whereas night duty of them motormen are looked into, we find that at several occasions it is in minutes though he remains awake throughout night. For e.g. a motormen finishing his duty at 22:45 hrs and is again available at 3:45hrs to start his train. That means at about 23:00 hrs after finishing his first trip he goes to running room for sleeping and again required to get up at 2 o’clock and after finishing morning requirements he is to make himself available at 2:45 hrs. During this period it is nit possible for a normal man to undertake fast sleep and remove his fatigueness. During this period several of his colleagues on adjoining cots in the running room are joining him and some others are getting up to become ready to leave the running room. These all moments continuously goes on disturbing his sleep if at all he has and the concept of 5 hours rest before resuming the duty is totally defeated and he remains awakened throughout though he is paid only for few minutes.
We demand that the stay at running room during night hours should be totally chargeable for night duty as in no way motormen gets rest as it ought to be.

One man handling Job:
In the above Para it is already cited, due to increased pressure, increase in number of coaches, increase in number of halts due to augmentation of sections, assistant drivers should be provided on EMU from safety point of view and this demand is for the last so many years. We demand that keeping the extra pressure of work of assistant driver on motormen it should be compensated by granting an additional allowance of 40% of the pay band and grade pay eligible to assistant drivers till the administration is able to depute assistant driven on the EMU.

Shastri Nagar crossing: MC overrides RITES feasibility report
Manvinder Singh, TNN 19 October 2009, 09:22pm IST

LUDHIANA: Under alleged political pressure, the MC officers seem to have once again strayed from the right track. They have included the
sanctioning of funds for the construction of railway under bridge (RUB) at Shastri Nagar railway crossing in the agenda of the Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) meeting, despite the fact that the project was still under consideration and the MC had requested RITES to check the feasibility of the project.

Earlier, this month, on October 14, the MC officers led by commissioner AK Sinha had held a meeting with the former deputy speaker, Charanjeet Singh Atwal, in which a detailed discussion took place on the proposal of the RUB to be constructed at one of the busiest railway crossings in the city. The officers apprised their higher ups about the feasibility test conducted by RITES a few months back. In its report, RITES had rejected the proposal of constructing the RUB here and had instead stressed upon the construction of a railway over bridge (ROB) at the site.

However, neglecting the report, the MC authorities urged the government body (RITES) to reconduct a feasibility test with new specifications so as to ensure that the RUB gets constructed at the place instead of an overbridge.

The project was still hanging fire amidst all these confusions when some overzealous officers of the civic body in order to appease their political bosses included the construction of RUB at Shastri Nagar, at an estimated cost of Rs 8.89 crore, in the F&CC agenda. However, as the RITES feasibility report is still awaited, the step of including it in the agenda of the F&CC has raised many eyebrows.

Though, the MC officers claim that the step has been taken to facilitate people, sources revealed that the manner in which the MC was showing eagerness to construct the RUB in place of ROB shows that it is under pressure from some politicians, who have vested interest in construction of the RUB instead ROB at the place. Insiders revealed that the building of a senior Akali leader would lose its value if a ROB is constructed at the place and due to this, the MC officers were under constant pressure to get approved the proposal of RUB instead of ROB.

Meanwhile when contacted, senior deputy mayor Praveen Bansal feigned ignorance on the matter. He said though the item was in the agenda, it would be passed only after looking into all the technical aspects of the project.

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Two special trains started to tackle rush
Nidhi Singhi, TNN 19 October 2009, 09:23pm IST

LUDHIANA: To accommodate rush on the occasion of Chhath Puja, the railway authorities have started two special trains on Monday and Tuesday. As
during this period migrant labourers in huge number leave for their hometowns to celebrate the festival with their family members, long waiting lists are observed in the trains.

After monitoring the status of waiting list, the authorities came up with the decision to start two special trains to ease the commotion.

The special train between Ludhiana and Saharasa would be leaving the city station at 9.45 am on Monday and Tuesday. There are 22 coaches in the train and it would reach Saharasa via Ambala, Saharanpur, Sitapur Cantt, Gorakhpur, Chhapra, Sonepur, Hizipur, Muzaffarpur and Samastipur. Apart from this, the authorities are also connecting additional coaches to the existing trains.

Earlier, the railway authorities had directed all the railway officials to submit a daily report on the condition of the waiting lists in trains so that they could arrange for special trains or extra coaches in existing trains. Chhath Puja is one of the biggest festivals in the eastern states, so large numbers of commuters travel to that part of the country during this period.

The rush at the railway station can be gauged from the fact that most commuters prefer to reach the station one day prior to the date of their journey so that they do not miss their trains. “There is hardly any space in the trains for commuters. The authorities should arrange for more special trains,” said Raju, one of the commuters. He said though he would be boarding the train on Tuesday, he reached the station on Monday so that he does miss his train.

While giving the information, GB Singh, divisional traffic manager said that it is for the convenience of passengers travelling in the general compartment that they have started two special trains between Ludhiana and Saharasa. He informed that one train would depart on Monday while another would leave on Tuesday. “In both the trains only general coaches have been provided and general fare would be charged from them,” he added.

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