Southern Railway GM orders additional tracks at Mangaluru Central for smoother operations
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Mangaluru: Southern Railway General Manager R.N. Singh has directed officials to make provisions for additional railway tracks at Mangaluru Central station to handle future growth in train traffic and ensure smoother operations.
During an inspection on Thursday, Singh reviewed the progress of several station redevelopment and infrastructure projects under the Palakkad division. According to a report by The Hindu, both Kozhikode and Mangaluru Central are being upgraded as world-class stations, while Kannur, Kasaragod, Mangaluru Junction, and Shoranur Junction are being developed under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme to improve passenger amenities and infrastructure.
The inspection began at Kozhikode, where redevelopment work worth Rs 472.96 crore is progressing rapidly. Singh instructed officials to complete the project within the scheduled timeline. He then conducted a sectional inspection from Kozhikode to Mangaluru Junction, assessing track conditions, bridges, signalling systems, and passenger facilities along the route.
At Vadakara, Singh directed officials to examine the feasibility of setting up a new parking facility near the second entrance to enhance passenger convenience. At Kannur station, where redevelopment work is underway at a cost of Rs 35.63 crore, he recommended design modifications in the circulation area to improve passenger movement and station layout.
Officials informed Singh that 75% of the Rs 32.69 crore redevelopment work at Kasaragod station has been completed, while 97% of the Rs 19.62 crore project at Mangaluru Junction is nearing completion, added the report.
The GM was accompanied by Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager Madhukar Roat, Additional DRM S. Jayakrishnan, and other senior railway officials during the inspection.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
