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Kalamassery residents to block movement of trains
Staff Reporter
People demand development of railway station
KOCHI: Residents of Kalamassery will block movement of trains on Tuesday, demanding development of the railway station in the township.
The Thiruvananthapuram-Shoranur Venad Express, which will arrive at Kalamassery at around 10.30 a.m., will be blocked. The protestors, under the Kalamassery Pourasamithi, will reach the railway station in a rally from Premier Junction.
According to pourasamithi office-bearers, Southern Railway is overlooking the needs of Kalamassery.
At a press conference here on Tuesday, they said that the picketing was being organised, as repeated pleas for the development of the station were being neglected.
They said the organisation had been demanding that long-haul trains be allowed stops at the station, as the township was developing fast. Alupuram Zakeer, one among the office-bearers, said Kalamassery was fast becoming an education centre, apart from being an industrial centre.
A number of higher educational institutions, such as the Cochin University of Science and Education, Kochi Cooperative Medical College, Model Engineering College, Rajagiri college, School of Communication and Management Studies, St. Paul's College, an industrial training institute and a polytechnic, were located in Kalamassery. The students in these institutions, as well as employees in factories and industrial units, now had to alight at Ernakulam and, then, reach the township by road.
The office-bearers said Kalamassery should be developed as a satellite city of Kochi, to facilitate further development of the latter.
They wanted comprehensive development of Kochi through Kalamassery.
Mr. Zakeer said the pourasamithi was also demanding a railway line connecting Aluva and Kalamassery to Thripunithura, without touching Ernakulam, so that rail traffic to the two stations in the city could be reduced.
The pourasamithi submitted a memorandum to Southern Railway officials last year. Another memorandum had been submitted to Minister for Railways Lalu Prasad.
The organisation had also staged a dharna in front of Southern Railway Area Manager's office at Ernakulam.
(The Hindu, March 21, 2006)
Kalamassery residents to block movement of trains
Staff Reporter
People demand development of railway station
KOCHI: Residents of Kalamassery will block movement of trains on Tuesday, demanding development of the railway station in the township.
The Thiruvananthapuram-Shoranur Venad Express, which will arrive at Kalamassery at around 10.30 a.m., will be blocked. The protestors, under the Kalamassery Pourasamithi, will reach the railway station in a rally from Premier Junction.
According to pourasamithi office-bearers, Southern Railway is overlooking the needs of Kalamassery.
At a press conference here on Tuesday, they said that the picketing was being organised, as repeated pleas for the development of the station were being neglected.
They said the organisation had been demanding that long-haul trains be allowed stops at the station, as the township was developing fast. Alupuram Zakeer, one among the office-bearers, said Kalamassery was fast becoming an education centre, apart from being an industrial centre.
A number of higher educational institutions, such as the Cochin University of Science and Education, Kochi Cooperative Medical College, Model Engineering College, Rajagiri college, School of Communication and Management Studies, St. Paul's College, an industrial training institute and a polytechnic, were located in Kalamassery. The students in these institutions, as well as employees in factories and industrial units, now had to alight at Ernakulam and, then, reach the township by road.
The office-bearers said Kalamassery should be developed as a satellite city of Kochi, to facilitate further development of the latter.
They wanted comprehensive development of Kochi through Kalamassery.
Mr. Zakeer said the pourasamithi was also demanding a railway line connecting Aluva and Kalamassery to Thripunithura, without touching Ernakulam, so that rail traffic to the two stations in the city could be reduced.
The pourasamithi submitted a memorandum to Southern Railway officials last year. Another memorandum had been submitted to Minister for Railways Lalu Prasad.
The organisation had also staged a dharna in front of Southern Railway Area Manager's office at Ernakulam.
(The Hindu, March 21, 2006)
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