07 May, 2013
New Delhi trains to breathalyse commuters
Officers of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will use breathalysers to screen travellers in the Indian capital and identify those under the influence of alcohol, said CISF spokesman Hemendra Singh.
If the test "confirms the commuter is drunk, he will not be allowed to board the train" to avoid disturbing other passengers in the often congested carriages, Singh told AFP.
"Drunkenness is an unnecessary nuisance to other passengers. It's uncomfortable if you have to share space with someone who is reeking of alcohol," Singh said.
Also drunken brawls have become a problem on the metro,...
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especially in the late evening, the spokesman said.
Singh said the CISF which is in charge of metro security would only breathalyse people who show signs of being under the influence of alcohol. The scheme will be launched on an experimental basis to start with.
Delhi's rapid mass transit network was launched in 2002. It has proved hugely popular with commuters and has expanded to all parts of the city and suburbs.
The hand-held breathalyser gadgets will generate slips of paper with the names of those whose alcohol levels are found to be high and this will help the CISF build a database of potential troublemakers, Singh said.
New Delhi has already started a programme to breathalyse drivers to crack down on drunken driving and reduce the high number of road accidents each year.

NEW MILESTONES ON PRODUCTIVITY AND OUTTURN OF ECoR WORKSHOP
The Carriage Repair Workshop (CRW) at Mancheswar of East Coast Railway, o­ne of the most modern coach repairing workshop of Indian Railways has achieved the highest ever records in many fields during the month of April 2013 and has improved its performance in every level including number of coaches handled for quick disposal.
During the month, the Workshop achieved highest ever physical outturn of 134 coaches including 26 AC Coaches compared to any months. During the time, highest ever bogie out turn of 200 bogie sets have also done during the period.
The Wheel Shop of the Workshop has produced 902 Wheels during the month which is again a highest ever outturn. Similarly, outturn...
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of 16 coaches by Corrosion Shop has also made history by producing highest ever corrosion coaches.
All the Shops of the Carriage Repair Workshop of East Coast Railway have not o­nly achieved peak productivity of 70% incentive Level but has surpassed the record of January and February 2011.
Shri S. K. Pankaj, Chief Workshop Manager, Carriage Repair Workshop/Mancheswar praised the employees for their outstanding performance and urged to continue their efforts to meet the challenges in every field with all dedication for still better performance in future.

ECoR DRIVE ON CLEANLINESS
9435 PERSONS FINED & RUPEES 621400 COLLECTED
East Coast Railway has taken a massive awareness campaign o­n cleanliness and also imposed fine for the violations. During the cleanliness and anti-spitting drive in ECoR jurisdiction, 9435 persons have been fined so far for spitting and littering in Railway premises. An amount of Rupees 6, 219, 400/-have been collected as fine.
Spitting and littering entails a fine of Rs. 100/- at ‘A1’ Class Stations like Bhubaneswar, Puri and Visakhapatnam, Rs. 50/- at ‘A’ Class Stations like Bhadrak, Brahmapur, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Khurda Road, Palasa, Rayagada, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram and Sambalpur and Rs. 30/- will be charged at rest of the stations under East Coast Railway jurisdiction. The fine may be...
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doubled shortly in a view to stop spitting and littering and can be enhanced upto Rupees 500/-.
In the new Rule 2012 of Indian Railways, no person shall throw or deposit litter in any occupied and unoccupied railway premises or the carriage in authorized places or cook, bath, spit, urinate, defecate, feed animals/birds, repair or wash vehicles, washing utensils/clothes or any other objects or keep any type of storage in any railway premises or paste and put up any posture or write and draw anything in any compartment, carriage of railways, premises thereof without any lawful authority or indulge in defacing railway property in station buildings, platforms, railway tracks and other property belonging to railways including trains shall be punished and will be imposed with fine.