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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2015

SPRUCE UP JAMMU RLY STATION

O P Sharma

Jammu Tawi railway station is a major station for visitors, pil- grims and tourists arriving from all parts of the country. It is con- nected with all the major cities by rail links and many trains arrive and depart from here as well.
Located in the Winter Capital of the J&K State, Jammu, which is also known as City of Temples, this premier station was inaugu- rated on October 2 , 1975 (Gandhi Jayanti Day) by then Railway Minister T A Pai in presence of J&K Chief Minister Syed Mir Qasim, Dr. Karan Singh at a well attended function.
This Jammu station, code named as JAT, is well connected to all the major Indian cities and will be linked to the Kashmir valley. The Himsagar Express , second longest running train in terms of time and distance, goes from here to Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu in 70 hours. Presently, it has three platforms and seven tracks meant for the lakhs of passengers. Though it is one of the biggest railway sta- tion in Jammu and Kashmir but it lacks a number of facilities and services. A number of trains connect J&K State with the rest of the country and with passage of time more and more trains will origi- nate, arrive and depart to meet the rush of passengers.

This 40-year young station is rendering good services but still lag behind in proper upkeep, better crowd management, upgraded services and some basic necessary amenities. The overall picture of cleanliness is still not up to the mark despite the swacch Bharat Abhiyan recently launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and promised by the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. At some places, garbage lies on the platforms due to insufficient number of dustbins and skeleton sanitary staff. There is need for more toilet facilities, especially for the ladies. Railway authorities must pay their foremost attention to this task of keeping this station always neat and clean as it presents the first impression to the pilgrims and tourists. There is no parking lots near the platforms as these exist at Railway Station, Hoogli-Kolkata for the facility of passengers. Though VVIPs cars are taken right up to the platform while the common men have to keep their vehicles in the highly paid parking place. Of course, adequatebandobast (arrangements) havetobeputinplaceforensur-

  • Railway passengers waiting at Railway platform for train arrival.
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ing security and safety of the travelling public.
The passengers have to climb up stairs, which is all the more difficult for elderly and disabled persons and so escalators like the ones installed at Railway Stations, Mumbai and New Delhi and few other metro cities. The reservation ticket booking centre needs much innovations and improvements for the convenience of the Aam Aadami . Long queues have to be cut to the minimum by improving the working at the booking windows.
It will be a good idea to install a number of Automatic Ticket Vending
Machines(ATVMs) so that passengers get this efficient service as well. It is all the more essential in view of the heavy rush of passengers, especially during the peak season. The number of boards indicating arrival and departure of various trains must be prominently displayed in this Railway Station premises. Why not install a machine to extend the facility of PNR number inquiry about the status of the tickets or arrival and departure timings of various trains. This will add to the convenience and facility of the passengers and at the same time cope with the rush on the Inquiry Counter. The inquiry centre at the Railway Station must be equipped with modern gadgets to facilitate the passengers to know about the information desired by them. Do deploy more experienced and efficient staff to provide quick and regular services.
It may be noted that at Katra Railway station, the ground floor has esca- plex , should be developed as a model centre with presentable looks having lators, lifts, current reservation, second class booking, train enquiry section, all facilities and efficient services by the Railway staff. Stringent steps should pilgrim guide, tourist assistance, VIP lounge, a fully air-conditioned hotel with be taken for safety as also all sorts of cheating, thefts and over-charging by a shopping lounge, multi-cuisine restaurant, cloak room, waiting hall, a book shopkeepers and transporters, he emphasised . stall, tea stall, toilet blocks, and catering area. The first floor accommodates

A University student Poonam Malhotra, opined that work at reservation

8 retiring rooms and a cafeteria.Ahuge parking place has also been construct- counters need to be streamlined and made more efficient . This service for

  • ed to accommodate cars and passenger buses.
  • thecommontravelersisofutmostimportancenexttocleanliness, basicameni-

A 20-year Prospective Plan for Jammu Railway Station must be drawn up ties fair dealings, safety and due courtesy.

  • by the Railway authorities keeping in view the future needs and requirements.
  • There existed an old station near Bikram Chowk in the city, which catered

With the completion of the railway network to Kashmir valley, Rajouri- Poonch to the only 43 km rail-link between Jammu-Sialkot prior to 1947, but abanand Doda districts the expansion and modernization of this station is need- doned after Partition and Sialkot is now in Pakistan,. The old Jammu station ed. There is scope for construction of more platforms and tracks with the dou- was built in around 1897 but was abandoned in 1947 and entire Jammu and

  • bling lining of Jalandar-Jammu route and many other future requirements.
  • Kashmir went out of the railway map of India. The railway link between this

This writer had interaction with a cross-section of passengers, stallwalas, State and rest of the country was at Pathankot (Punjab) till Jammu Station shopkeepers and many others to know about the facilities and other aspects came up when the Indian Railways laid the Pathankot - Jammu Broad Gauge

  • of Jammu Railway Station.
  • line.

  • Ashwani Kumar Station Master assured of proper up-keep, order and
  • Ayiush Tripathi, a pilgrim to Vaishnodevi shrine express the opinion

that at Jammu station there must be some efficient system at booking coun- efficient services at this important station. He talked of the fast growing travters, transport arrangements and better order on the platforms. He, how- eling public and efforts by all the Railways workers to build infrastructure and
There are several stalls in the concourse and on the suburban platforms serving snacks, chips, bottled water and cold drinks. There are book stalls on the platforms selling newspapers and other reading material. Train timetables arealsoavailableatthebookstalls.Restroomsat theplatformmustbespruced up for the passengers.

  • ever pleaded for keeping the platform neat and clean.
  • provide all sorts of facilities for the convenience to the travelling public.

Answering a question, he said the complaints are attended to promptly and

Shruti Jain, a tourist from Maharashtra, advocated that Jammu Railway

Station should be upgraded as a model and Bullet Trains should be intro- suggestions taken note of for the ongoing process of bettering the Rail servduced at least between Delhi and Jammu. She also demanded various tourists ices comfortable, safe and speedy.
The modern railway station at Katra for pilgrims to the holy Vaishnodevi shrine, which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4 last year, is an example and model for Jammu station to pick up.. The Jammu station has still not lost its importance and end-use because of its utility and services. circuits in this State with un-matching natural charms, famous pilgrim places and heritage sites.
The Jammu Railway Station that is now completing 40 years of service has made much progress but it has still miles to go in serving better the trav-
Arun Gupta, a Jammuite at the platform lamented that Jammu Railway elling public. It has to meet the challenge of making available best possible
Station is losing its importance and adversely affecting business activities. services across the country.
Abhinav Rathore stressed that the entire Jammu Railway Station com-

(Starline Syndicate Service)

Natnusa reels under abject poverty

A rare pucca house in Natnusa village on street road that remained unrepaired and kucha for the past 20-25 years
Kucha unimproved, unrepaired roads in Natnusa

Dry grass and fodder stocked for winter in shed under tin slope roof in Natnusa

get raw material for making brooms from Kandi area near river. Laborers have also arrived. Beggars from other states (particularly southern states) could be seen creating nuisance on traffic lights, city square and roadsides in Kupwara town. most of them (90%) deserve to be in BPL list or included under 'Antodya Ann Yojna' (AAY). Widespread poverty is visible from kutcha houses and shabbiness of living. Households are so unaware that more than 300-400 youth do not have MNREGAJob Cards. Some are unaware about MNREGA; some did not apply for Job Card (though wanted jobs); and some did not get Job Cards. Those who got and are Job Card holders find job for not more than 10-20 days per year vis-à-vis 100 days of guaranteed work as per norm under the Act. In absence of MNREGAfacility made accessible to them, they are forced to work at private construction sites as casual laborers, getting wages not more than

Dr Mohinder Kumar

In Kashmir valley city looks not much different from village in terms of basic amenities. The resemblance is most striking between Kupwara -border city, and Natnusa -big village. Natnusa is bifurcated into Natnusa-A and NatnusaB. The village is located in Kupwara block at distance of 15 km from Kupwara City. It is connected with surrounding seven villages. It is a strange ensemble of prosperity and poverty. The village reflects antithetical coexisting tendencies of development and backwardness, abundance and dearth, richness and raggedness, wealth and wretchedness, plenty and scarcity -typical "centerperiphery" development model: Widespread poverty at periphery and limited economic prosperity at center point. The first characteristic feature one witnesses at first glance by interacting with villagers is that "it is the common land that has saved village". Survival would be difficult "if villagers do not use common land adjoining private agricultural land for family subsistence."
Natnusa village has 10 Mohallas (wards), of which Ward No. 1, 2 and 3
(Avatkulla) are backward; Ward No. 3 (Avatkulla) is most backward. All 90 households of Avatkulla ward are landless and BPL. Though landlessness without economic activity is bound to render a household BPL, ownership of land too is not guarantee for becoming Above Poverty Line (APL). Ownership of land has mixed relationship with poverty and BPLstatus. Land owning farmers can be BPL or APL, depending upon other factors. In Natnusa landless householdsareBPL.Mostoftheland-owninghouseholdstooarepoor.Avakulla ward is totally dependent on wage-labor. In fact, all 575 households living in 10 wards are notified Other Backward Class (OBC).According to Sarpanch,
Floods occur though not so common. Ten years ago "Pohru" nallah faced flood due to which 300 houses in Natnusa were totally damaged. In rainy season, Natnusa "Bahawat nallah" starts overflowing. When both nallahs (Pohru and Natnusa) start overflowing they create havoc. Villagers are critical of official obstacles and insensitivity in the district and block offices. They talk about corruption in delivery of service. People are not aware about ITI Kupwara and ITI Handwara. Only three-four youth from Natnusa have joined courses for industrial training in ITI. There is no veterinary center in Natnusa though village has 600 cows and 1800 sheep-goats. Villagers want that Patwari office which is a critical Village Institution should be set up in village; it is crucial in matters of land, ration card, KCC, etc. Cooperative society of village became defunct 17 years ago due to militancy. It is well known fact that throughout the country normal negative politics has weakened the cooperative structure; militant politics has gone a step further -credit cooperatives and marketing cooperatives in J&K were confused with state departments/ institutions, hence hijacked and destroyed. Borrowers who took loan from cooperative societies considered it as a golden opportunity not to repay loans. Those who had repaid fully felt dissuaded and discontinued their membership of cooperatives. Threats from militants dealt last blow to the existence of once vibrant cooperative structures. Natnusa was also affected.

VILLAGE WEEKLY

Rs.150/- per day. In case, they do not happen to get work, they go to bed hungry. Even apple orchard owners are poor growers hard-pressed under the yoke of advance cash taken from Pre-Harvest Contractors and Commission Agents of wholesale fruit markets of Srinagar, Delhi, etc.
Natnusa has 1000 number of youth. Of these, 500 youth migrate to Srinagar, Delhi and cities of other States in winter season in search of jobs, labor, factory work, etc. Ironically "Bihari" labor and other states' labor in thousands of number has migrated to Kupwara district in search of work, as wage-labor, sellinggoods, asbroommakers, pettyjobdoers, beggars(fromSouthernparts of country), etc. Some of them (100-150) are working in/around Natnusa which is 15 km from Kupwara city. A large number of broom makers from Rajasthan and neighboring region have put up tents on outskirts of Kupwara city. They

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    435 Papers Laid JULY 6, 2004 Railway Budgtl/2004-05 436 (1) "copy of the Notification No. G.S.A. 395 (E) (Hindi (4) Statement (Hindi and English versions) showing and English versions) published in Gazette of India reasons for delay in laying the papers mentioned dated the 2nd July, 2004 bringing the Fiscal at (3) above. Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003 into force from the 5th July. 2004. [Placed in Library. See No. LT 69/04] (2) A copy of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget (Translation} Management Rules, 2004 (Hindi and English versions) published in Notification No. G.S.A. 396(E) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF in Gazette of India dated the 2nd July, 2004 under HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KANT I section 9 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget SINGH): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I lay on the Table a copy of Management Act, 2003. the Daman and Diu Dowry Prohibition Rules, 2003 (Hindi and English versions) published in Notification No. SW/ (Placed in Library. See No. LT 66/04] 603103-041133 in U.T. Administration of Daman and Diu Gazette dated 4th July, 2003 under sub section (3) of THE MINISTER OF POWER (SHRI P.M. SAYEED): section 10 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. I beg to lay on the Table a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (Hindi and English versions) between the [Placed in Library. SH No. L T 70/04] Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited and the Ministry of Power for the year 2004-2005. (Placed in Library. See No.