{"id":5406,"date":"2011-11-20T03:17:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T07:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/?p=5406"},"modified":"2011-11-26T03:05:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T07:05:37","slug":"ser-needs-to-have-a-division-hq-in-odisha-in-rourkela-as-more-than-22-and-growing-of-its-route-kms-lie-in-odisha-and-without-a-proper-voice-from-odisha-ser-has-been-neglecting-and-making-blunde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/5406","title":{"rendered":"SER needs to have a division HQ in Odisha (possibly in Rourkela) as more than 22%  (and growing) of its  route kms lie in Odisha; and without a proper voice from Odisha SER has been neglecting and making blunders in Odisha (work in progress)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please help me fill the missing data in the table below. (The important data we need is the route kms for the red states in Column 2 as those states do not have a division HQ of that zone.)<\/p>\n<table width=\"515\" height=\"340\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Zones, Zone HQ (Route kms from page 13 of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianrailways.gov.in\/railwayboard\/uploads\/directorate\/stat_econ\/Stat_0910\/Year%20Book%202009-10-Sml_size_English.pdf\" target=\"_self\">2009-10 yearbook<\/a>)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>States where the zones lie (Route km break up)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Division HQs and states they lie in<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Central, Mumbai (3905) [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\" target=\"_self\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in\/uploads\/images\/cr_map_new.png\" target=\"_self\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Maharashtra, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Karnataka<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">MP<\/font>.<\/td>\n<td>Bhusawal, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Solapur (all Maharashtra)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eastern, Kolkata (2414) [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\" target=\"_self\">wiki<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.er.indianrailways.gov.in\/\" target=\"_self\">home<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.er.indianrailways.gov.in\/view_section.jsp?lang=0&amp;id=0,1,283\" target=\"_self\">No map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>West Bengal, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Bihar<\/font><\/td>\n<td>Asansol, Howrah, Malda, Sealdah (all West Bengal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>East Central, Hazipur (3628) [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Central_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\" target=\"_self\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>, <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in\/view_section.jsp?lang=0&amp;id=0,1,285\">No map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Bihar, Jharkhand, UP<\/td>\n<td>Danapur (Bihar), Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Mughalsarai (UP), Samastipur (Bihar), Sonpur (Bihar)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ECOR, Bhubaneswar (2572) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Coast_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in\/uploads\/files\/1311230337645-Eco_Map_11_A3.pdf\" target=\"_self\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Odisha (1807.25), <font color=\"#FF0000\">Chhatisgarh (268.50)<\/font>, AP (570.64)=2646.39 [from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in\/uploads\/files\/1311230337645-Eco_Map_11_A3.pdf\" target=\"_self\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Khurda Rd (Odisha), Sambalpur (Odisha), Visakhapatnam (AP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Northern, New Delhi (6968) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/203.176.113.182\/NR\/images\/static\/nrmap.jpg\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Punjab, Delhi, UP, <font color=\"#FF0000\">J &amp; K<\/font>, <font color=\"#000000\">Haryana<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Himachal Pradesh<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, Chandigarh<\/font><\/td>\n<td>Ambala (Haryana), Delhi, Firozpur (Punjab), Lucknow (UP), Moradabad (UP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Central, Allahabad (3151) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Central_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\/uploads\/images\/1298361406046-SYS%202011.jpg\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;UP, <font color=\"#FF0000\">MP<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Rajasthan<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Haryana<\/font><\/td>\n<td>Agra, Allahabad, Jhanshi (all UP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Eastern, Gorakhpur (3667) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Eastern_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ner.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;UP, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Uttaranchal<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Bihar<\/font><\/td>\n<td>Izzatnagar (UP), Lucknow (UP), Varanasi (UP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Northern Frontier, Guwahati (3907) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northeast_Frontier_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/cris-nfr.cris.org.in\/CRIS\/\/uploads\/images\/1297164406761-india-railway-map.jpg\">India map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>WB, Bihar, Assam, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Tripura<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Manipur<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Nagaland<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Mizoram<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Arunachal Pradesh<\/font><\/td>\n<td>Alipurdar (WB), Katihar (Bihar), Lumdig (Assam), Rangiya (Assam), Tinsukia (Assam)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Western, Jaipur (5459) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Western_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in\/uploads\/files\/1296475902054-A4.pdf\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Rajasthan, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Punjab<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Haryana<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Gujarat<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">MP<\/font>.<\/td>\n<td>Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur (all Rajasthan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Southern, Chennai (5098) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Tamil Nadu, Kerala, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Pondicherry<\/font><\/td>\n<td>Chennai (TN), Madurai (TN), Palghat (Kerala) Trichi (TN), Trivendrum (Kerala)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Central, Secunderabad (5803) [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Central_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\" target=\"_self\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in\/cris\/\/uploads\/files\/1306992980568-sysmap_scr2011.JPG\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>AP (4348.4), Maharashtra (1115.8), <font color=\"#FF0000\">MP (70.2)<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Tamil Nadu<\/font> (6.9),&nbsp; <font color=\"#FF0000\">Karnataka<\/font> (268.7) = 5810 <br \/>\n            [from <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in\/cris\/\/uploads\/files\/1306992980568-sysmap_scr2011.JPG\">map<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>Guntakal (AP), Guntur (AP), Hyderabad (AP), Nanded (Maha), Secunderabad (AP), Vijaywada (AP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SER, Kolkata (2631) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Eastern_Railway_Zone,_India\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>West Bengal, Jharkhand, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Odisha (589+)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#FF0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in\/viewsection_opennew2.jsp?lang=0&amp;id=0,1,395\" target=\"_self\">2004 data<\/a>: <\/font><\/font>West Bengal (894), Jharkhand (954), <font color=\"#FF0000\">Odisha (574.6)<\/font><font color=\"#FF0000\"> = 2422.6<br \/>\n            <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>Adra (WB), Charadharpur (Jharkhand), Kharagpur (WB), Ranchi (Jharkhand)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SE Central, Bilaspur (2447) [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_East_Central_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\" target=\"_self\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in\/view_section.jsp?lang=0&amp;id=0,1,285\">no map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Chhatisgrh (891.3), Maharashtra (662.3), <font color=\"#FF0000\">Odisha<\/font> (51.1), <font color=\"#FF0000\">MP (792.5) <font color=\"#000000\">= 2397.3 Total [From a 2005 map] <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#FF0000\"><font color=\"#000000\">But BG distribution is as follows:<\/font><br \/>\n            <\/font>Chhatisgrh (802.3), Maharashtra (482.1), <font color=\"#FF0000\">Odisha<\/font> (51.1), <font color=\"#FF0000\">MP (263.6) <font color=\"#000000\">= 1599.3 <\/font><\/font><font color=\"#FF0000\"><font color=\"#000000\">[From a 2005 map] <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>Bilaspur (Chhatisgarh), Raipur (Chhatisgarh), Nagpur (Maharashtra)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Western, Hubli (3177) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Western_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in\/uploads\/files\/1321346011193-SWR-System%20Map.pdf\" target=\"_self\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Karnataka (2702.6), <font color=\"#FF0000\">Andhra Pradesh<\/font> (224.2), <font color=\"#FF0000\">Tamil Nadu (174.3)<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Maharashtra (27.9)<\/font>, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Goa<\/font> (69.3) = 3198.3 [from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in\/uploads\/files\/1321346011193-SWR-System%20Map.pdf\" target=\"_self\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore&nbsp; (all Karnataka)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Western, Mumbai (6182) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\/downloadfile_2.jsp?filename=1314084001461-Scan_Pic0003.jpg\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>Gujarat, Maharashtra, MP, <font color=\"#FF0000\">Rajasthan<\/font>.<\/td>\n<td>Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Bhavnagar (Gujarat), Mumbai (Maha), Ratlam (MP), Rajkot (Gujarat), Vadodara (Gujarat)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Central, Jabalpur (2965) [<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Central_Railway_Zone_%28India%29\">wiki<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wcr.indianrailways.gov.in\/\">home<\/a>,<a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/203.176.113.182\/WCR\/\/sysmap.htm\">map<\/a>]<\/td>\n<td>MP, Rajasthan<\/td>\n<td>Bhopal (MP), Jabalpur (MP), Kota (Rajasthan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Why it is important that SER have a division in Odisha<\/u>?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As we will show below SER, without a proper representation in Odisha, has badly messed up in Odisha.<\/li>\n<li>SER has neglected stations in Odisha. In particular, it has neglected Rourkela, the second largest metropolitan area of Odisha in many ways. For example, Rourkela is not in the list of world-class stations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>How has SER messed up in Odisha<\/u>?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Rupsa-Bangiriposi conversion to broad gauge has been messed up badly. See page 8-9 of <a href=\"http:\/\/orissalinks.googlepages.com\/cag-2006-maychap_1.pdf\">2006-may-CAG report<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"374\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Screen shot 2011-11-20 at 12_12_38 AM.png\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Screen shot 2011-11-20 at 12_12_52 AM.png\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Alignment of Jaleswar &#8211; Digha line.<\/li>\n<li>The dangling lines<\/li>\n<p>    <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Screen shot 2011-11-20 at 12_28_03 AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"355\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Screen shot 2011-11-20 at 12_28_03 AM.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" size=\"2\" \/>\n<p>Having made the point that SER needs to have a division HQ in Odisha, the best location for such a division HQ would be Rourkela. It would of course need a reorganization of the current division break-up. Below we will give some suggestions on a possible reorganization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please help me fill the missing data in the table below. (The important data we need is the route kms for the red states in Column 2 as those states do not have a division HQ of that zone.) Zones, Zone HQ (Route kms from page 13 of 2009-10 yearbook) States where the zones lie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,12,771,520,19,14,54,519,202,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-direct-address-to-readers","category-district-balasore","category-balasore-baripada-rasgovindpur","category-baripada-bangiriposi-under-constr","category-district-keonjhar","category-district-mayurbhanj","category-rourkela-kansbahal","category-rupsa-jn-baripada","category-ser","category-district-sundergarh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}