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     Telugu_times Junior Artist Username: Telugu_times Post Number: 261 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 40.0.40.10 Rating: N/A |
tambi gaallu 11-12 MP's tho anni projects dobbestunnaru >>> I think, thambi's have around 33 MPs. | ||
| Ind2usa Junior Artist Username: Ind2usa Post Number: 78 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 205.174.22.27 Rating: N/A |
Yeah. Vallani thittadam kantey, mana chavatalani thittadam better. YSR guts (no sarcasm) konchem indulo kuda chupistey bavundedhi. | ||
| Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 6170 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 146.18.173.74 Rating: N/A |
tambi gaallu 11-12 MP's tho anni projects dobbestunnaru. Why doesnt our MP's take care of our state. atleast once in 5 yrs they should concentrate on development. Darren style lo --> my balls to Congress MP's ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్రం కొత్త ముఖ్యమంత్రి కోసం ఎదురు చూస్తుంది | ||
| Bazooka Junior Artist Username: Bazooka Post Number: 777 Registered: 01-2008 Posted From: 216.221.240.130 Rating: N/A |
ee sari Congi gallani state lo tukku tuukku ga odagotali lambdi gallu Jai Chiranjeeva | ||
| Basky_indya Junior Artist Username: Basky_indya Post Number: 243 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 144.226.230.36 Rating: N/A |
highlights Union Railway Minister Lalu Yadav presented the Railway Budget for 2008-09 in Parliament on Tuesday. Following are the highlights: Review of performance: 2007-08 * Double digit growth in traffic earnings maintained in first nine months. * Growth in passenger earnings 14%. * Expected growth in goods earnings 14%. * Gross Traffic Revenues 16% higher than the previous year and 2% higher than the Budget Estimates. * Operating Ratio likely to improve from the budgeted 79.6 to 76.3 per cent - best in last four decades. * Return on Capital - an all time high of 21 per cent. * Cash Surplus before dividend expected to be a record Rs.25,000 cr. * Net Revenue expected at Rs. 18,416 cr and surplus after payment of dividend expected at Rs.13,534 cr. Budget estimates 2008-09 * Freight loading target: 850 million tones. * Revenues in Freight earnings to be Rs.52,700 cr; Passenger earnings to be Rs.21,681 cr. * Gross Traffic Receipts to be Rs.81,901 cr - an increase of 12.6 per cent over RE. * Cash surplus before Dividend to be Rs.24,783 cr after making an ad-hoc provision of nearly Rs.5000 cr for anticipated recommendations of the VI Central Pay Commission. Annual Plan 2008-09 * The Annual Plan of Rs.37,500 cr is the largest ever Annual Plan so far. * Thrust areas include enhancement of high density network routes, improvement and expansion of traffic facility and network, construction of flyovers, bypasses and upgradation of goods-sheds. * New Lines - Rs.1,730 cr, Gauge conversion - Rs.2,489 cr, Electrification - Rs.626 cr, Metropolitan Transport Projects - Rs.650 cr. * Track renewal - Rs.3,600 cr, Bridges - Rs. 600 cr, Signal & Telecommunication works -Rs.1,520 cr, Road over/under bridges - Rs. 700 cr and manning of unmanned level crossings - Rs.600 cr. * Passenger amenities - Rs. 852 cr, the highest so far. * Targets : New Lines - 350 kms, Gauge conversion - 2,150 kms, Doubling - 1000 kms. Passenger services Trains * 10 new Garib Raths to be introduced. * 53 pairs of new trains. * Extension of trains : 16 pairs. * Increase in frequency : 11 pairs. * 300 additional services in Mumbai suburban. * Special train from Anandpur Sahib and Patna Sahib to Gurudwara Sachkhand Sahib during tercentenary function of Shri Guru Granth Sahib of Gurta Gaddi. * Special train between Pune and Delhi for Commonwealth Youth Games being held in Pune from 12th-18th October this year. Amenities * Provision of on-line coach indication display board; on-line train arrival departure information board; on-line reservation availability information board. * Provision of discharge-free green toilets in all 36,000 coaches in XI Plan period at a cost of about Rs.4,000 cr. * LHB design coaches for all Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains over next few years. * Provision of LHB coaches with stainless steel bogies in Mail/Express trains. Concessions * Senior citizen concession for women enhanced to 50% from existing 30%. * Free Monthly Seasonal Ticket to girl students up to graduation level in place of 12th standard and for boys up to 12th standard in place of 10th standard. Improvements in ticketing * Termination of queues at ticket counters targeted in two years. * Ticket booking on mobile phones; E-ticket for waitlisted passengers. * Increase in Unreserved Ticketing Systems counters to 15,000 and ATVMs to 6000. Reduction in passenger fares * One rupee discount per passenger for fares up to Rs.50 in non suburban Second Class (ordinary and mail/express) * 5% discount across the board for passenger fares beyond Rs.50 for all non suburban Second Class (ordinary and mail/express). * Increase in discount for travel in new design high capacity reserved coaches. * Reduction in fare - AC-I : 7%; and AC-II : 4% (the reduction will be half for popular trains and during peak period). Freight business Reductions & Concessions * 5% reduction in freight rates for Petrol and Diesel. * 14% reduction in freight rate of Fly-ash. * Liberalisation of Traditional Empty Flow direction incentive scheme * 30% discount on entire traffic in place of incremental traffic booked from goods shed. * Increase in discount on incremental traffic booked from private sidings from 30% to 40%. * 6% freight concession for traffic booked from other States for stations in North Eastern States. New Initiatives * Target for loading fixed at 850 MT in 2008-09. * Blue - Print prepared for High Density Network. * Top priority being given to port rail connectivity projects. * New and dedicated iron ore routes to be upgraded/constructed. * Work on Eastern freight corridor from Ludhiana to Dankuni (Kolkata) and Western freight corridor from Delhi to JNPT to start in 2008-09. * Procurement of Rolling Stock: All time high of 20,000 wagons, 250 diesel and 220 electric locomotives to be manufactured. * New Wagon Leasing Policy and Wagon Investment Scheme formulated to increase availability of wagons in the system. * Discounts for development of bulk and non-bulk goods terminals. Safety & security * Multi-pronged scheme to strengthen railway safety through various automatic devices like anti-collision device etc. * Rail accidents have reduced remarkably despite substantial increase in gross traffic volumes. * Fire resistant material to be used in coaches. * Unmanned level crossings at busy sections to be manned on a fast track basis. * Integrated security plan drawn up through installation of CCTVs, metal detectors etc. Welfare measures Social Welfare * 99% backlog vacancies for SCs/STs filled up in special campaign launched since 2004. * Appointment of candidates from SCs/STs/OBCs exceeded their respective quotas in Group D appointments. * Minorities welfare cells to be opened at Railway Board and Zonal Railways. * One time exercise of appointing Railway Porters as gangmen and to other Group D posts. * Mother-Child Health Express to be run on a pilot basis at concessional fares in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi Foundation for providing medical facilities to mother and child. Staff welfare * Per-capita contribution to Staff Benefit Fund to be increased by ten times from Rs.35 to Rs.350 for 2008-09. * Northern Railway Central Hospital at Delhi to be made centrally air-conditioned. * Two divisional hospitals at Jaipur and Hubli to be upgraded to central hospitals. * A new divisional hospital at Ranchi and an OPD block at Integral Coach Factory to be constructed. * Employees who joined Railways from other agencies/PSUs etc and are eligible for pensionary benefits, would now be eligible for post retirement complimentary passes as per the norms being set. Future vision * Vision 2025 document aims at setting the roadmap for coming 17 years � customer centric and market responsive strategic initiatives. * Information Technology Vision 2012 aims at radical changes in IT applications on a common platform with focus on improvement in operational efficiency, transparency in working ad better services to the customers. * Multi-Departmental Innovation Promotion Group at Apex Level. * Public-Private Partnership schemes to be launched for attracting an investment of Rs.1,00,000 cr over the next five years for developing world class stations, rolling stock ad other logistics. * Commercial use of Railway land by Rail Land Development Authority to give a boost to Railway Revenues. Other important announcements * A new rail coach factory to be set up in Kerala. * A new wagon re-construction unit to be set up at Garkha in Chapra District. * Modernisation and development of Workshops at Jamalpur, Lilluah, Perambur and Ajmer. * Taking over of Mokama and Muzaffarpur wagon factories. * Setting up of a 1000 MW thermal power plant, a joint venture of Indian Rail Bijli Company Ltd. with NTPC, at Nabinagar District of Auragabad, Bihar. Railway Budget 2008-09: Complete Coverage Train travel? Try Rediff Trains FareSearch! Source: Press Information Bureau all india Utter Flop Hero Fans UUUUth President | ||
| Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 6169 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 146.18.173.74 Rating: N/A |
tambi gaallu 11-12 MP's tho anni projects dobbestunnaru. Why doesnt our MP's take care of our state. atleast once in 5 yrs they should concentrate on development. Darren style lo --> my balls to Congress MP's ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్రం కొత్త ముఖ్యమంత్రి కోసం ఎదురు చూస్తుంది | ||
| Basky_indya Junior Artist Username: Basky_indya Post Number: 242 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 144.226.230.36 Rating: N/A |
Lalu cuts 2nd class, AC fares, freight rates Living up to his promise of presenting a people-friendly Rail Budget, with one eye on the general elections to be held due next year, Indian Railways Minister Lalu Prasad tabled a populist budget in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. So keeping the common man in mind, the railway minister has cut passenger fares. He announced a cut of 5% in second class sleeper class train fare; AC-1 train fare down by 7%, AC-2 tier fares down 4%, AC-3 tier fares down by 3%./ Freight rates cut by 5% on petrol and diesel. This could lead to curbing the rising menace of inflation. Presenting his fifth Rail Budget, Lalu addressed complaints relating to rail services and said that better catering and amenities will be provided to rail passengers. He announced more facilities for women and old passengers. He also said that 53 new trains will be started in the coming year, apart from 10 new 'Garib Raths,' which are low-cost fully air-conditioned trains. Lalu Prasad said that the Railways had set up new profit records in 2007-08 attaining a profit of Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion) . Railways profited due to the UPA government's policies, he said. Middle-level and low-level platforms to be upgraded to high-level platforms in several stations to help commuters. Doubling of lines to be given priority. Middle-level and low-level platforms to be upgraded to high-level platforms in several stations to help commuters. Doubling of lines to be given priority. Professional agencies being involved on a pilot basis to ensure cleanliness in running trains. Railways has set aside a budget for modernization in the coming year, he said. Work on automatic signalling to start in new sections. Touch screens at stations across the country. Special benefits for porters, gangmen. Gangmen will man level railway crossings. Licenced porters to be absorbed as Class IV employees. Railways planning smart card-based ticketing system. Railways to bring in led displays in stations on train arrivals/ departures. Electrification of more rail routes. Concession from 30-50% in passenger fares in all classes for woman senior citizen. Free monthly season tickets for girl students up to graduation, boy students up to 12th standard. Mother Child Health Express to be started. 50% concession for AIDS patients. Stainless steel coaches for mail and express trains. Cleanliness drive on Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. CCTvs at all important stations Modular toilets to be introduced in trains. 'Go Mumbai' card to be sold at bus depots. Railways to provide escalators at 50 per cent of the stations in the country. 6,000 automatic ticket sale machines to be put up in 2 years. Railways to talk to foreign companies to design new wagons. By 2010, all coaches will be made of steel. No ticket queues in 2 years, predicts Lalu. Railway tickets to show 'expected time of arrival.' Railways will also issue wait-listed e-tickets. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced that Indian Railways will offer hi-tech services on board and promised television and Internet in trains, and LCD display boards at railway stations. Bomb detecting equipment to be installed at major stations. Metal detectors and baggage scanner to be installed and at major stations. Railways to link all call centres by 2009 for better coordination and monitoring 16,548 tracks to be renewed. Route of 16 trains to be extended. Special train between Delhi and Pune for Commonwealth Games. 560 railway station-platforms to be lengthened to be able to accommodate long trains. Middle-level and low-level platforms to be upgraded to high-level platforms in several stations to help commuters. Railways show a surplus of Rs 68,778 crore (Rs 687.78 billion) in the last four years. Private companies should be allowed to make terminals on railway land, proposes Lalu. Clearance given for western freight corridor from Delhi to JNPT, Nhava Sheva, adjoining Mumbai. E-ticket booking is likely to rise to 300,000 from 100,000 in a year, he said. Rail travel for Ashok Chakra winners in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains to be free. Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains to get more coaches. Express trains to have public address system. Northern railway main hospital in Delhi will be fully airconditioned. Divisional railway hospitals in Jaipur and Hubli will be upgraded. Railways to acquire land for its projects on the lines of National Highways Authority of India. A new rail coach unit to be set up in Kerala. Kerala has offered 1000 acres of land for rail coach factory free of cost. Foot overbridges at all high-level platforms. The railway minister said that operating ratio of the Railways was at 76% and that Rs 49,250 crore (Rs 492.50 billion) invested into new railway projects. Railway plan size increased from Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion) to Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) in the last four years. Productivity of Railway assets has been constantly increasing, Lalu said. Number of passenger trains were increased in the peak season. Railways attained 790 tonne payload target in the year 2007-08, he said. Everybody is happy with our performance, said Lalu. He also added that the Railways had done tremendous work in the year 2007-08. Freight loading estimated to increase from 650 mt to 1100 mt by 2011 New policy for wagon leasing. New line for Ennore Power Station. all india Utter Flop Hero Fans UUUUth President | ||
| Basky_indya Junior Artist Username: Basky_indya Post Number: 241 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 144.226.230.36 Rating: N/A |
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has announced the introduction of 53 new trains and 10 Garib Rath trains to provide better comfort at lower fares. He also proposed journey extension of 16 trains. Besides this, frequency of 11 trains will be increased. New Garib Raths 1. Jaipur-Chandigarh (Tri-weekly) via Rewari-Bhiwani 2. Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Express (Tri-weekly) 3. Varanasi-Delhi (Tri-weekly) 4. Bangalore-Kochuveli(Tri-Weekly) 5. Ranchi-Delhi (Bi-weekly) 6. Jammu Tawi-Kathgodam (Weekly) (in lieu of Nizamuddin-Dehradun Garib Rath Express announced in the Railway Budget 2007-08) 7. Yesvantpur-Puducherry (Tri-weekly) 8. Jabalpur-Mumbai (Bi-weekly) 9. Delhi-Jaynagar (Bi-Weekly) via Patna 10. Pune-Nagpur (Tri-weekly) New Trains 1. Amravati-Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly) 2. Chennai-Tiruchendur Express (Weekly) 3. Hyderabad-Usmanabad Express (Tri-weekly) 4. Bhubaneshwar-Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly) via Sambalpur 5. Amritsar-Saharsa Jan Sadharan Express (Weekly) via Hasanpur 6. Ranchi-Chopan Express(Tri-weekly) 7. Asansol-Mumbai Express via Jasidih (Weekly) with restoration of Howrah-Mumbai Mail via Gaya on all 7 days of the week 8. Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express (Weekly) 9. Kochuveli-Dehradun Express (weekly) 10. Jaynagar-Saharsa Janaki Express (Tri-weekly) via Hasanpur 11. New Dibrugarh Town-Kamakhya Express (Tri-weekly) via Moranhat 12. Machallipatnam-Bangalore Express (Tri-weekly) 13. Surat-Muzaffarpur Express (Weekly) via Azamgarh-Chhapra 14. Amritsar-Kochuveli Express (Weekly) 15. Delhi-Pathankot Express (Tri-weekly) via Amritsar 16. Malda Town-Patna Express (Tri-weekly) via Bhagalpur 17. Indore-Udaipur Express (Tri-weekly) via Ratlam 18. Varanasi-Rameshwaram Express (Weekly) 19. Delhi-Jogbani Link Express (Weekly) 20. Khajuraho-Delhi Link Express (Tri-weekly) 21. Kamakhya-Gaya Express (Weekly) 22. Ramnagar-Delhi Link Express (Daily) 23. Kolkata-Murshidabad Hazar Duari Express (Weekly) 24. Mathura-Chhapra Express (Tri-weekly) 25. Gwalior-Indore Express (Tri-weekly) 26. Udaipur-Delhi Chetak Express (Tri-weekly) via Ajmer-Neem-ka-Thana 27. Puri-Darbhanga Express (Weekly) 28. Yeswantpur-Jodhpur Express (Weekly) 29. Radhikapur-Delhi Express (Weekly) 30. Vasco-da-gama-Patna Express (Weekly) via Konkan railway 31. Paradeep-Bhubaneshwar Express (Daily) in lieu of one pair passenger service between Paradeep and Cuttack. 32. Bilaspur-Pune Express (Weekly) 33. Kendurjharagarh-Puri Express (Daily) 34. Gaya-Chennai Express(Weekly) 35. Balharshah-Mumbai Link Express (Daily) 36. New Dibrugarh Town-Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) via Moranhat 37. Ranchi-Bhagalpur Express (Tri-weekly) via Kiul in lieu of 3405/3406 Ranchi-Bhagalpur Varanchal Express (Bi-weekly via Kiul) 38. Lucknow-Delhi Air Conditioned Express (Tri-weekly) 39. Dehradun-Delhi Air Conditioned Express (Six days) 40. Ahmedabad-Mumbai Air Conditioned Express (Weekly) 41. Chennai-Rameshwaram Express (Daily) via Mayiladuthurai-Karaikudi (after Gauge conversion) 42. Chennai-Tiruchchirappalli Express (Daily) via Mayiladuthurai (after Gauge conversion) 43. Chennai-Salem Express (Daily) via Vriddhachalam (after Gauge conversion) 44. Madurai-Tenkasi Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion) 45. Villupuram-Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion) 46. Mysore-Nanjanagud Town Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion) 47. Ahmedabad-Patan Passenger (Daily) (after Gauge conversion) 48. Dabhoi-Pratapnagar Passenger(Daily) (after Gauge conversion) 49. Hajipur-Phulwaria passenger (Daily) (upon commissioning of new line) 50. Itarsi-Katni Passenger (Daily) 51. Shoranur-Nilambur Road Passenger (Daily) 52. Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur Passenger (Daily) 53. Vasai Road-Panvel MEMU (Daily) Extension of Trains 1. 8611/8612 Varanasi-Ranchi to Sambalpur via Rourkela (Bi weekly) 2. 2677/2678 Bangalore-Coimbatore Express to Ernakulam 3. 4207/4208 Delhi-Raebareli Padmavat Express to Pratapgarh 4. 7405/7406 Tirupati-Nizamabad Krishna Express to Adilabad 5. 3225/3226 Danapur-Darbhanga Express to Jaynagar 6. 2855/2856 Nagpur-Raipur Express to Bilaspur 7. 2691/2692 Chennai-Bangalore Express to Sri Sathyasai Prashanti Nilayam 8. 6733/6734 Madurai-Manmad Express to Rameswaram on one side and Okha on the other 9. 2141/2142 Rajendranagar (T)-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 10. 2409/2410 Nizamuddin-Bilaspur Gondwana Express to Raigarh 11. 4201/4202 Mathura-Lucknow Express to Patna 12. 2083/2084 Coimbatore-Kumbakonam Jan Shatabdi Express to Mayiladuthurai (after Gauge conversion) 13. 1423/1424 Solapur-Bagalkot Express to Gadag (after Gauge conversion) 14. 571/572 Bangalore-Salem Passenger to Nagore (after Gauge conversion) 15. 724/725 Tuticorin-Tirunvelveli Passenger to Tiruchendur 16. 356/357 Dharwar-Gadag Passenger to Bijapur Increase in frequency 1. 2425/2426 New Delhi-Jammu Tawi Rajdhani Express from weekly to daily 2. 2203/2204 Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath from bi-weekly to tri-weekly 3. 2449/2450 Nizamuddin-Madgaon Goa Sampark Kranti Express from weekly to bi-weekly 4. 6513/6514 Bagalkot-Yesvantpur Basava Express from tri-weekly to daily 5. 3403/3404 Bhagalpur-Ranchi Express via Andal from five days to daily 6. 2891/2892 Baripada-Bhubaneswar Express from tri-weekly to six days a week 7. 2151/2152 Lokmanya Tilak (T)- Howrah Samrasta Express from weekly to bi-weekly 8. 2421/2422 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express from bi-weekly to tri-weekly 9. 2947/2948 Ahmedabad-Patna Azimabad Express from weekly to bi-weekly 10. 2431/2432 Nizamuddin-Thiruvanthapuram Rajdhani Express from bi-weekly to tri-weekly 11. 5109/5110 Varanasi-Rajgir Buddh Purnima Express from tri-weekly to daily In view of tercentenary function of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Gurta Gaddi at Nanded, the Railway Minister proposed special trains from Anandpur Sahib and Patna Sahib to Nanded during the celebrations. A special train between Pune and Delhi during Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune in October is also proposed. Railway Budget: 2008-09 Train travel? Try Rediff Trains FareSearch! Source: Press Information Bureau all india Utter Flop Hero Fans UUUUth President | ||
| Telugu_times Junior Artist Username: Telugu_times Post Number: 254 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 40.0.40.10 Rating: N/A |
42 MPs untay nay, manalni delhi lo intha sakkangaa care chesthunnaaru. repu separate avuthey, mana bathuku manipur, mizoram | ||
| Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 6168 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 146.18.173.74 Rating: N/A |
State Congress MP's ni Panda betti... bootulu mingesa.. cheta naa kodukulu asala state ki emanna chestunnara?? emanna antey seperate state ani moragadam leda samaikya andra ani anadam cheeee ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్రం కొత్త ముఖ్యమంత్రి కోసం ఎదురు చూస్తుంది | ||
| Telugu_times Junior Artist Username: Telugu_times Post Number: 252 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 40.0.40.10 Rating: N/A |
Lalloo gaadu, AP ki, malli bocchey icchi untaadu. Last time, no new tracks kadha? mana state ki | ||
| Bazooka Junior Artist Username: Bazooka Post Number: 776 Registered: 01-2008 Posted From: 216.221.240.130 Rating: N/A |
simple gaa ee sari kooda gatha 60 yrs lanee AP ki SANKA sooincharu ee northi kukkaa railway ministers Jai Chiranjeeva | ||
| Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 6167 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 146.18.173.74 Rating: N/A |
Highlights postkondi  motham paper chadavatam kashtamఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్రం కొత్త ముఖ్యమంత్రి కోసం ఎదురు చూస్తుంది |
