LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN CHITTOOR

1.The ICICI Bank started functioning in konga reddy palli.

2.Cafe Coffe Day is coming to chittoor(Near IOC petrol bunk on

Bangalore Highway).

3.Ashok Leyland Showroom and Service Center in Bangalore highway

4.Samsung plaza....coming shortly(work is in progress in high road)

5.Cotton county exclusive showroom opening shortly(Not sure about the location)

6.Muncipal office is very nice....fountains.. realy looking good..

7.Muthhoot Finance people started second branch in the town (Greamspet

opposite to eSeva)

  8. PCR circle is being widened with new footpaths.

  9. New Canara bank ATM coming opp to chandana ramesh shopping mall

  10. Indian bank 3 rd ATM coming opp to old collectorate 

 

  

Initial Members of CRTA

So far so good

Initially the reponse was cold, but slowly mail Id s started pouring in

So here's the list of initial members who joined in the humble beginning of Chittoor Rail Travellers Association

# ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com
# prav.ctr@gmail.com
# chaitu.raghava@gmail.com
# reddysudheerg@gmail.com

# swaroopbalu@gmail.com

# drpsunilkumar@gmail.com

# tscr125@gmail.com  
# vinayak.pavan@gmail.com
# chalapathi_ev@yahoo.com

# kms.gaja@ gmail.com
# nochili.murali@gmail.com

We heartily welcome other chittoreans with a heart for development of their hometown with open hand 

Come join us 

ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com 

Response to the call of CTRA

These are few people who are willing to spare a precious time of atleast 5 mins a month by submitting their names to join 

CTRA or Chittoor Rail Travellers Association.

>prav.ctr@gmail.com :K.S.Praveen Kumar

>tscr125@gmail.com: T.S.Chiranjeevi Rao,  
>vinayak.pavan@gmail.com:Vinayaka
 >chalapathi_ev@yahoo.com:E.Venkata Chalapathi

>drpsunilkumar@gmail.com: sunil

Let us see how many more chittooreans have heart for their hometown. 

All you have to do is to mail me with your mail id or enter it in comments section of this blog

Eagerly waiting for your response,

Your fellow chittorean

ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com

CTRTA

Hi friends,
When I interacted with a railway official from SCR zonal office in
secunderabad , I came across few interesting things.

1. Any individual request/suggestion reg any station doesn't have any
weight reg any admin or policy approvals

2. But if it comes from a responsible community or association of
customers, the request has to be processed and sent to the hqrs with
added note on feasibility and economic viability.

3. Many major cities and towns have such associations.

So friends few of us have decided to go ahead to form an association
called

Chittoor Town Railway Travellers Association
Or
CTRTA.

Any chittoorean who travels regularly in trains, travelled or wishes
to improve railway facilities in chittoor can immediately join this
association.

All you have to do is either mail me at ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com
Or you can enter your email I'd in the comments section.

That's all you will be a member of an responsible association. You
need not attend some meetings or do something else. Everything will be
online and by mails. Railway development is most essential part in the
development of chittoor. So we request you to come join hands.

Even those who want to remain anonymous can do so by just mailing
their email id or entering it in comments section

Suggestions Requested

ONE MORE SMS: ONE MORE REPLY

Hi, 

As I have said few chittoreans who felt the self responsbility started sending SMS es to railway no 8121281212

I am reporting the first among them sent by Praveen of Ctr 

Message : Sir like to know about any plans to introduce or divert train in the route Vellore city- chittoor city-MPL-DMVM soon?

Registration Id : '1006190005'     Phone Number :+919581753170    Time stamp :2010-06-19 11:59:53.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	This subject pertains to Headquarters. However, soon after getting information in this regard,public will be informed.

Lets see how many more to follow 

RESPONSE FROM RAILWAYS.

Friends, 

As I was discussing before, I wanted to takeup the issue of absence of anti skid tiles in our railway station and how the platform edges have become slippery. So I SMSed the railway no 8121281212 and got the due response in a weeks time. Check it out 

Complaint: Sir.,in chittoor station the platform does nt have anti slip tiles.kindly take action

Registration Id : '1006140001'    Time stamp : 2010-06-14 12:14:23.0

S.No	ActionTaken
1	The work will be taken up in due course and as a part of Adarsh station.

So, I want you people also to SMS any issue or problem, or any facility you feel as needed at Ctr station to this no

8121281212

As this no is new and not well known around, they are getting around 20 to 25 SMSes only per day. So every SMS is being promptly attended to, and action taken report is given. This may not be the situation once SMS no increases. 

So hurry up friends. All you have do is SMS from an AP mobile no. No need to call anyone or talk to anyone. A simple SMS is enough to satisfy you that u have done something for Ctr. 

Currently there are many problems in Chittoor(cto)station like:

1. The platform foot over bridge is not extended towards rtc bus station. 

2. Many trains which pass through cto are not stopping at cto, incl rameshwaram-okha exp, yeshwantpur-Howrah exp, kanyakumari-Mumbai exp etc. 

3. Atleast a passenger train betwen cto and chennai. 

4. A second reservation counter will help a lot in easing the congestion

Representation to Railways

If any one of you have been a passenger from chittoor (cto) station, and wants to solve or bring to notice some genuine problem or any facility in Ctr station, you can do it by SMS ing to this no.

 

8121281212

Believe me. This really works and u will have apt response within a week.

 

* presently I request you to SMS to 8121281212about the slippery edge of platform were anti skid tiles are to be provided &

Atleast a passenger train to chennai frm Ctr.

 

Kindly do it friends. Atleast we can feel that we have done something for Ctr. Kindly inform me once you get response. 

ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com

Chittooru Nagara Palaka Samstha / Chittoor Municipal Corporation

(Courtesy: Praveen ks & Kasi)

> As i informed u earlier, Ctr is strongly trying to become a Corporation.Already even before announcement of govt official order, all the municipal vehicles are being painted with CHITTOOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, keep your city clean etc in English or Telugu.
Enjoy the first glimpses of tranformation.

Latest Railway Developments in Chittoor

Friends, 

As you know earlier, our CHITTOOR station has been an A class staion since 2 yrs with annual earning more than 6 crores. But the facilities were not up to the name. 

I continuosly pestered railway authorities reg this thru emails, letters and SMS. Here are some of the responses from railways i got and I would like to share with u. 

1. Regular passengers using our rs might have observed that station name boards are absolutely not present on the platforms except at platform ends. So I wrote to railways and got the reply

 

Complaint: Sir, the station name indication boards are non existent on platforms in chittoor(cto) station. It is becoming very difficult for identifying station in the night from inside train.pls provide them at the earliest.

Registration Id : '1006010008'      Time stamp : 2010-06-01 15:56:44.0

Reply:

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Works for provision of station name indication boards will be taken up in the current year i.e., 2010-11.

2. I have been discussing about the coach guidance boards in this blog. These are well lit boards which indicate the actual position where respective coach will stop, much before the arrival of train. Though tenders were called last may, they were not yet installed in Ctr station. So I took up this matter as a complaint. 

Complaint : Sir, the coach indication boards for which tenders were called last year have not yet been installed at chittoor station. Pls take necessary action

Registration Id : '1005250020'    Time stamp : 2010-05-25 21:34:44.0

Reply:

S.No	ActionTaken
1	Works sanctioned in LSWP. Tender discharged. But works were stalled due to ongoing cover over platform works. Coach  guidance and at a glance info LED boards Will be provided by Nov.10.

So by nov 2010 our station will have much better amenities. 

Some other developmental works taking place in Ctr station are;

3. Cover over platform will be provided fully on platform number 1. 

4. Instead of DMU passengers presently running with 4 bogies, MEMU(main line multiple unit) trains with 7 bogies will be introduced soon. Already test run in this regard is completed. 

5. Cover over platform for 2/3 is going on. But this 2/3 platform will only be partially covered. 

6. Second foot over bridge will be constructed on south side of station. 

7. Rs 3.8 crores have been allotted to chittoor to make it a model station. These funds will be spent on beautification, signages, drinking water, and platform improvement. 

8. But there is one absurd plan to build a water pipeline from siddampalli station to Ctr station. Instead of wasting Money on 12 km of pipeline, they can just drill some borewells on any railway land much nearer to chittoor and better utilize saved Money on other amenities.

   

PS: if any one of you have been a regular passenger from ctr station, and wants to solve or bring to notice some genuine problem or any facility in Ctr station, you can do it by SMS ing to this no.

 

8121281212

Believe me. This really works and u will have apt response within a week. 

* presently I request you to SMS to 8121281212 about the slippery edge of platform were anti skid tiles are to be provided &

Atleast a passenger train to chennai frm Ctr.

 

Kindly do it friends. Atleast we can feel that we have done something for Ctr. Kindly inform me once you get response. 

ctrivenkatesh@gmail.com 

Moment of pride for CHITTOOR

Hi friends,
Another happy news to you all. Infact it's a news which we can take pride in.

The SVCET Engneering college in rvs nagar, chittoor was declared 3 rd among the top engineering colleges in AP. Infact this college stood 30th among top 50 engineering colleges in India. This was declared in a survey conducted by CSR(competion success review-the prestigious journal which every student preparing for civil services reads).

Now an institute getting these highest accolades- isn't it a moment of pride.

Another news is that the chairman of this college- ravuri venkata swami is strongly trying for deemed university status. This might compensate for the lack of a higher education institute in chittoor. This should cover the indifferent attitude of AP Govt which sanctioned 16 universities, happily forgetting that chittoor is also an dist head quarter.

Latest Developments in CHITTOOR

Chittoor : June 1 (courtesy: KS PRAVEEN& G SUDHEER)

1. New SBI ATM started functioning at dargah circle. With this total no of sbi ATMs in chittoor becomes 8.

2. The approach road for railway station is half laid ie on right side. Why other half is left out?

3. The TVS showroom is back in town with the opening of new showroom beside herohonda, near rvc theater.

4. The road widening from kajoor circle to old collectorate circle is about to be finished.

5. The development of reddygunta circle is stalled where a YSR statue is likely to come up.

6. Municipality has sent a proposal to govt for 6 crores to widen all important roads and to provide butterfly lighting.

7. Hyundai has advertised for dealers interested in opening a showroom in Ctr.

8.New johnsons exclusive showroom opened by Balaji homeneeds.