TELECOMMUNICATION
VIP FUNCTIONS
1)Successfully completed program in c/w ‘Azadi ki Rail gadi Aur Station’ from 18thJuly to 23rd July at Amritsar station. Also, successful video conference in c/w flagging of trains 12904 and 13006 from Amritsar.
Successfully completed program in c/w ‘Azadi ki Rail gadi Aur Station’ from 18thJuly to 23rd July at Khatkarkalan station.
1)Successful completion of ‘Live Broadcasting of Hon’ble PM’s address on 22.10.22’ at UDHAMPUR station in C/w ‘Mission Nyukti’. The equipment’s provided by S&T department for above Program-
a)VC arrangements by providing sufficient Internet bandwidth.
b)Video wall for display – 02 nos.
c)LED TV (55’) for display - 02 nos.
d)Complete PA system arrangements with standby.
2)Successfully completed program in c/w stoppage of train no. 14033/14034 Jammu Mail express at Tanda station and train no. 14609/14610 Hemkunt express at Dasuya station. The equipment provided by Telecom department - Provision of PA system with complete stand by arrangements for same.
Achievements of Telecom department for year 2022-23
VIP FUNCTIONS
1)Successfully completed program in c/w ‘Azadi ki Rail gadi Aur Station’ from 18thJuly to 23rd July at Amritsar station. Also, successful video conference in c/w flagging of trains 12904 and 13006 from Amritsar.
2)Successfully completed program in c/w ‘Azadi ki Rail gadi Aur Station’ from 18thJuly to 23rd July at Khatkarkalan station.
3)Successful completion of ‘Live Broadcasting of Hon’ble PM’s address on 22.10.22’ at UDHAMPUR station in C/w ‘Mission Nyukti’. The equipment’s provided by S&T department for above Program-
a)VC arrangements by providing sufficient Internet bandwidth.
b)Video wall for display – 02 nos.
c)LED TV (55’) for display - 02 nos.
d)Complete PA system arrangements with standby.
4)Successfully completed program in c/w stoppage of train no. 14033/14034 Jammu Mail express at Tanda station and train no. 14609/14610 Hemkunt express at Dasuya station. The equipment provided by Telecom department - Provision of PA system with complete stand by arrangements for same.
CCTV INSTALLATION
1)Installation of CCTV cameras at 06 stations- 10 cameras at every station (Baramulla, Hamre, Pattan, Sadura, Qazigund, Banihal) in Kashmir valley.
2)Installation of UPS for CCTV cameras installed against ISS over FZR division-
a)10 kVA at Ludhiana & Amritsar station.
b)5 kVA at Jalandhar City and Pathankot Cantt.
3)CCTV live recording of Ludhiana, Jalandhar city, Amritsar and Pathankot extended to divisional office.
CONTROL COMMUNICATION ENHANCEMENT WORKS
1)Work for provision of OFC & associated equipment’s over various sections of Firozpur division (BG-616 kms & NG- 163 kms). Out of 779 kms, tender awarded for 719 kms till date. Progress of work is as under-
Total Trenching done till date- 442.62 kms
Total Duct laying till date- 442.62 kms
Total OFC blowing till date- 236.06 kms.
2)Commissioning and installation of new STM, MUX, 48V battery set and charger at Chheharta, Khasa and Attari station of Amritsar – Attari section (26 kms) and following circuit has been commissioned and shifted on OFC media –
a)Chheharta – Section CNL, TPC control, SSDAC, Data logger.
b)Khasa- Section CNL, SSDAC, Data logger.
c)Attari- Section CNL
3)Commissioning of 6-quad cable in Patti- Khemkaran section (34 kms) has been donefor enhancement of control communication Following circuits have been shifted on 6 -quad cable-
a)Emergency socket communication
b)gate communication.
c) UTS of Valtoha station also shifted on quad cable.
4)All OFC equipment’s (STM & MUX) shifted from old microwave building to Station building in C/w with EI work at Bari brahmana station on PTK-JAT section.
5)All telecom Assets shifted from Old ASM room to New ASM room in C/w EI at Nawan Shehar station.
6)New MUX, 48V/25A charger, 48V/42Ah battery set installed at RRI cabin Ludhiana for working of all control circuits & datalogger.
7)OFC (= 110 kms) has been commissioned in Jok Tehal Singh- Abohar section. It includes OFC equipment installation along with Power supply system at 08 stations i.e., Jalalabad, Ladhuka, Fazilka, Khui Khera, Churiwala and Abohar, commissioning of Hotline circuit, UFSBI, HASSDAC & Data logger circuits at these stations and complete system kept under observation.
8)OFC (= 22 kms) has been commissioned in BEAS-Khadur Sahib sectionand kept under observation.
9)New 6-Quad cable laid ( =4 kms) between Jalandhar Cantt- Jalandhar city section for working of UFSBI and HASSDAC for both UP/Down Main line. Also, OFC channels provided for dual operation of UFSBI block and HASSDAC.
10)New 6-Quad cable laid ( =6 kms) between Suranasi- Jalandhar city section for working of UFSBI and HASSDAC for both UP/Down Main line.
BATTERY REPLACEMENT FOR 5W Walkie Talkie Sets
1) Battery replacement for Walkie-talkie sets over the division.
a)Total 1417 nos Walkie talkie sets battery (handed over to Sr. DME/O&F, Sr. DOM/FZR and ART/ARMV) replaced over the division.
POWER PLANT IMPROVEMENT WORKS
1)Details of replacement of various capacities of batteries being utilized for Telecom applications.
| S.no | Location | Battery type | Quantity |
| 1 | CIA ofc room | 48 Volt/ 200 Ah | 01 no |
| 2 | KSA ofc room | 48 Volt/ 200 Ah | 01 no |
| 3 | ATT ofc room | 48 Volt/ 200 Ah | 01 no |
| 4 | BBMN ofc room | 48 Volt/ 200 Ah | 01 no |
| 5 | ASR exchange | 48 Volt/ 300 Ah | 01 no |
| 6 | BRML ofc room | 48 Volt/ 200 Ah | 01 no |
| 7 | QG ofc room | 48 Volt/ 200 Ah | 01 no |
| 8 | KXH OFC ROOM | 48 Volt/ 300 Ah | 01 no |
| 9 | DZA OFC ROOM | 48 Volt/ 300 Ah | 01 no |
| 10 | LDH RRI CABIN | 48 Volt/42 Ah | 01 no |
| 11 | SNL OFC ROOM | 48 Volt/ 120 Ah | 01 no. |
DATA CIRCUITS / RAILNET IMPROVEMENT WORKS
1)Provision of connectivity (b/w Jammu Tawi- Srinagar) of Parcel Management System (PMS) at Srinagar railway station which was inaugurated by worthy MR on 25.03.2023
2)Railnet Connectivity provided at ELECTRIC LOCO SHED Ludhiana from DSLAM system.
3)2 Mbps connection provided between JAT-UHP & UHP-SVDK on railway media and CMS connectivity provided at Udhampur station ASM room.
4)2 Mbps connection provided between JAT-UHP & UHP-SVDK on Railway media and LAN connectivity provided for TMS at Udhampur station goods office.
5)UTS link shifted from Modem to E1/Ethernet convertor in Bari Brahman -Vijaypur section for improved network connectivity.
6)6 Fibre OFC replaced (=300 mtrs) between Electric loco shed and Diesel Loco shed at Ludhiana to reduce Railnet failures.
7)At Jammu Tawi: LAN connectivity for CMS system between Exchange and loco lobby shifted from paired cable to OFC.
MAINTENANCE EFFORTS TO REDUCE FAILURES/ IMPROVING RELIABILITY:
1)New 6-quad cable laid 340 mtrs at Jalandhar city station from Exchange to Power cabin for control circuits.
2)Approx 350 Mtrs overhead OFC from MW building/DZA to OFC room/DZA made underground at Dasuya station.
3)Approx 60 Mtrs 10 Pair PIJF cable laid at LC gate from joint to gate Hut in MRTL-BNGL section. The old cable had many joints and was causing frequent communication failures at the gate.
4)Emergency socket boxes replacement in following sections
a)Makhu-Gidarpindi section (15 nos)
b)Lohian khas–Gidarpindi section (8 nos)
5)Painting of emergency sockets in between Jalandhar city station to Makhu station in C/w Annual GM inspection of JUC-FZR section.
6)Old wiring at 7 Lxing gates i.e LC-116 in Mukerian-Bangala section, Lc no. 122 in Bangala-Mirthal section, Lc no. 141 &142 inn Kandrori-Pathankot Cantt section, LC no. 50,51 & 52 in Bhogpur-Cholang section removed and new wiring done.
7)Rewiring of Lxing gates S-33, C-34 and C-35 in between Manawala- Jandiala section.
8)Old wiring inside 10 LC gates i.e LC NO. 139 & 140 in Kandrori- Pathankot Cantt section, LC NO 134 & 137 in Kandrori -Mirthal section, LC NO 124 & 125 in Mirthal- Bangala section, LC NO 111 in Bangala-Mukerian section and LC no 99,101, 103 in Mukerian-Uchi Bassi section removed and rewiring done to avoid failures.
9)Magneto Hotline at Tunnel no. 23 between Udhampur- Chakrakhwal and tunnel no.25 between Chakrakhwal-Sri mata vaishno devi katra provided with 12V to 5V DC-DC converter instead of 6I cell.
10)OFC channel provided for dual SSDAC Dn main line between Vijaypur- Samba section to reduce failure of Axle counter.
11)New FMS (fibre management system) installed in GHGL OFC room.
12)Quad cable 50 mtrs replaced in HRNR-CHNR SECTION Re pole 45/6- to Re pole 45/8.
13)30 mtrs Quad Cable has been bypassed at newly RUB work going on in section BES-KDSB.
14)75 mtrs Quad cable replaced in JUC-NRO for LHS work at 7/6 km.
15)Rewiring of 10 gates i.e., C-7, S-22, C-23, C-24, C-25, C-27, C-28, C-32, C-36, C-37 in JUC- FZR section.
16)Old wiring inside 14 LC gates i.e., LC No. 126 & 127 in BNGL-MRTL section, LC No. 77, 77A, 80 & 82 KZX-DZA section, LC No. 69, 70 & 71 in TDO-KZX section and LC Gate No. 55, 56, 58, 59 & 63 in CGH-TDO section removed and rewiring done to avoid failures
17)Indoor telecom wiring replaced at ASM rooms of Kandrori, Mirthal & Bangala stations.
18)Standby OFC channels provided for SSDAC (Up & Down Main line) between Kartarpur-Hamira section.
Telecom facility Modification in c/w Railway Electrification
1)SCADA control networking and E1 mapping completed in Banihal- Baramulla section.
2)TPC control Channel mapping and testing over Banihal- Baramulla section completed.
3)All emergency socket communication at SP/SSP/TSS tested over Banihal- Baramulla section.
4)PAE system rewiring done with Shielded cable at Banihal- Baramulla sections of Kashmir Valley in C/w Railway electrification work.
5)PAE system rewiring done with shielded cable at Lohian khas station in C/w Railway electrification work.
6)PAE system rewiring done with shielded cable at Kapurthala station in C/w Railway electrification work.
7)Following E1’s given to RE department for SCADA working in C/w RE work in Jalandhar City-Lohian khas section-
(i)Jalandhar-Khojewala
(ii)Khojewala – Hussainpur
(iii)Hussainpur – Pajian
(iv)Pajian -Lohian khas.
8)Installation and testing of TPC CNL phone at all ASM room with TPC CNL BDGM over Banihal-Baramulla section
Earthing Improvement Work
1)New Earthing provided for following telecom installations over FZR division-
a)New Earthing provided at 28 nos LC gates in Jalandhar city- Lohian khas section.
b)25 Nos of new Earthing provided in JUC-NRO section for gates and halt stations.
c)New Earthing provided for 6- quad cable at 10 nos Stations in Banihal-Srinagar section.
d)New Earth provided for PAE system and OFC equipment’s at Lohian Khas station.
e)New ring earth provided (1 no.) for exchange at Jalandhar city station.
f)Maintenance free earth provided at all LC gates (= 25 nos) between Ludhiana- Nanaksar section and all stations (= 4 nos) between Ludhiana- Jagraon section in c/w Railway Electrification work.
g)Earthing for OFC equipment’s and battery charger provided at 8 stations (Abohar, Churiwala, Khui Khera, Fazilka, Laduka, Jalalabad, GHS, JTH).
Faulty Quad cable Replacement/Insulation Improvement works
1.Total 6-quad cable replaced departmentally - 7.81 kms over FZR div till date for insulation improvement works.
PASSENGER AMENITIES
1)Faulty CGS system made functional at PF-1 at PHAGWARA station.
2)New speakers (5 nos) provided at Lohian khas station.
3)Faulty PA wiring replaced (=250 mtrs) at PF-3 on Pathankot station
Expenditure Control
1)42 Leased line circuits of UTS/PRS hired from BSNL surrendered, thereby saving Rs 11,75,110 /- for 2023-24 and onwards.
2)Rail net for HMIS and other applications has been extended departmentally at Divisional hospital/ Firozpur. All 09 private connections costing Rs. 101850/- per year have been surrendered.
