Railway Budget 2011 – Aa vakhte Jamnagar Porbandar Rajkot mate koi navi train nahi

Jamnagar ane aeni aaspass Ni biji important city jevi ke “Porbandar, Rajkot ke Junagadh” ne Hal na Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee na thi koi khas phayado nathi thayo, pan jo hu all overRailway Budget Gujarat ni Vaat karu to e sara News Kahi sakay apart from budget jemke,

Jamnagar & Porbandar Saher: - the Porbandar-Howra and Surat-Jamnagar trains have been extended to Mahuva. The budget also failed to impress people in Saurashtra and Kutch.
For Ahmedabad City: - got a new Duronto Train

For Vadodara City (Baroda) :- did not get a new train upsetting many a Barodians, the promise of setting up a new polytechnic college under an MoU with the ministry of human resources development.

Surat Town: - get benefit of three new trains started between Mumbai, Amdavad and (BhujKachchch), developing city as the world-class railway station.

As per Latest former railway consultant committee member Mr. Harikrishan Joshi, he said that,

"Rajkot-Surendranagar gauge conversion was announced last year and we will get benefit only if the work is completed. On the whole, the budget fails to meet the expectation of people in Saurashtra."

Anand: - budget promised a multi-function complex (MFC) with budget hotels at Anand Railway Station.

Moreover, the new gauge conversion work between Miyagam-Dabhoi-Samlaya proposed to be taken up next year will benefit both passenger and freight traffic as goods train that come from Mumbai side will be diverted from Karjan to Dabhoi to reach Samlaya and thereby they will bypass Vadodara.

The new express trains proposed, include Ahmedabad-Yesvantpur AC Express (weekly), Bhavnagar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly), Bhuj-Dadar Express (bi-weekly), Porbandar-Kochuvelli Express (weekly), Puri-Gandhidham.

Jamnagar City Railway Station News Samachar Gujarat India

With a view to exploit its real estate assets, Indian Railways plans to lease out some of them and aims to rake-in Rs 600 crore through this move this fiscal, a senior Railways official said.

"We plan to lease 15 plots in different metros and Tier 11 cities on long lease this fiscal and hope to net Rs 600 crore through this," Rail Land Development Authority, Member-Finance, F Mehmood, said.

"We have identified a land-bank of 1,900 hectares for development. This will be leased out in phases. We have appointed 15 consultants for this purpose," he said.

Most of the land available for lease is in the eastern region, he said.Leasing its land for residential purposes is not under consideration presently; the official said but added that "if good proposals come, then we may think about it." In the first phase, railway lands in Bandra in Mumbai, Aurangabad (Maharashtra) and Jamnagar City, Gujarat India are among the plots the Railways is planning to lease out to fund its infrastructure development, he said.

Dwarka Jamnagar Tourism News Gujarat India

The Pune Pravasi Sangh has demanded direct trains to Udaipur, Jamnagar City and Dwarka.

The Sangh has also demanded that a direct train to Chennai from Pune instead of Mumbai would benefit passengers in a big way.

These demands were made by Kanubhai Trivedi, president of the Pune Pravasi Sangh Trivedi said the Sangh has a number of plans, especially for long distance travellers.

“Besides the electrification of railways, I will be now pressing for the demands of starting direct trains to Udaipur, Jamnagar and Dwarka.

Secondly, all the trains running to Chennai, which make a stop at Pune, come from Mumbai.

However, thanks to that, the passengers boarding these trains at Pune station either do not get room, or appear on the waitlist, and thus have to suffer a lot.” Trivedi, a crusader for railway commuter’s rights who turns 81 on Tuesday, said.

Jamnagar City Railway Station History – may soon be develop

As we all kathiyavadis know that in Saurashtra Region, City Railway Station play main role for tourism and now It will be prove also by Jamnagar Railway Station which among the oldest in India and a unique cultural heritage of Gujarat — might soon be home to a new hotel or multiplex.

Yes, this news is really true we will soon get old (Junu)Jamnagar Railway Station as new one because the Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA) of the Ministry of Railways has invited applications for pre-qualification bids from real estate developers.

Now if I am talk about History of Jamnagar Railway Station then, was built in 1897 and is known for its Victorian architecture — complete with imperial waiting rooms for the royal travellers — which included the rulers of erstwhile Saurashtra, also facilitated the transport of goods in the region.

The first train journey took place from Jamnagar City to Rajkot City in 1897, in 1922; the station was given the name of Jamnagar Rail with the addition of tracks connecting the last taluka on the western coastline at Okha.

The Indian National Trust of Art and Culture Heritage means INTACH Chairman and princess of erstwhile Jamnagar state Harshadkumari Ba said in her interview that, “for 15 years, INTACH fought to preserve and revive this site, which was inherited by Western Railway, but in vein.” INTACH and the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) had made a couple of proposals to preserve a part of the old building, especially the Darbar Hall, as also make an interpretation zone featuring the art, culture and history of Jamnagar to the Railway authorities.

Harshadkumari Ba also said that, “But the proposal was rejected every time as the Indian Railways authorities did not agree to allot land at the minimal price. The Railways wanted to sell it at the market rate, which was not affordable for INTACH and JMC. But with the Railways inviting tenders, INTACH will make a last attempt to prevent the commercialization of the place. The station was a mode of communication and transport for the various kingdoms in Saurashtra.”