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<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/slideshows/sai/ask-disha/ask-disha-live-business-insider-india-2018/slideshow/66260507.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink"></a> <ul><li><keyword id="6355455" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-railways">Indian Railways</keyword> have plans to build a wall spanning over 3,000 kms to ensure safety of railway lines and keeping people accidentally wandering onto tracks. </li><li>The project is estimated to incur nearly ₹25 billion. </li><li>The wall will be 2.7 metres high to prevent cattle straying and dumping of waste. </li></ul>After the deadly mishap in Amritsar that killed 60 people, Indian Railways is planning to build a 3,000 kms wall that will secure the tracks and act as a safety fence for people, according to media <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/indian-railways-to-build-3000-km-wall-to-guard-tracks-keep-away-people-amritsar-train-accident-5452687/">reports</a>. The Railways has estimated the project to cost nearly ₹25 billion and is pursuing it on priority. The fence will be 2.7 metres high and will be made of concrete cement, said an Indian Express report. The height of the wall is aimed at keeping people away from railway lines for safety reasons and also prevent cattle straying onto the tracks. The height also won’t allow for dumping of waste on the railway lines. Increasing safety concerns. The Commission of Railway Safety has <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/indian-railways-to-build-3000-km-wall-to-guard-tracks-keep-away-people-amritsar-train-accident-5452687/"></a><a href="https://translate.google.co.in/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=hi&amp;u=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/after-amritsar-mishap-indian-railways-will-build-3-000-km-wall-to-guard-tracks&amp;prev=search" data-type="tilCustomLink">reportedly</a> said that railway lines need to be walled to ensure safety for train speeds ranging to a 160 kmph. With increasing concerns over security, vulnerable areas such as the Golden Quadrilateral and its diagonals are also being planned to be walled. Earlier, different zonal railways in India had plans to fence certain problematic areas over 2,000 kms. According to reports, the project was slated to receive ₹6.5 billion from Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh,a special safety fund over the course of five years. The latest project of 3,000 kilometres will cover all the vulnerable areas. Over 49,790 people have been accidentally mowed down by trains in last three years, with a majority of accidents taking place in densely populated regions, <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/indian-railways-to-build-3000-km-wall-to-guard-tracks-keep-away-people-amritsar-train-accident-5452687/">according to</a> reports. Local residents have historically objected to the construction of walls. However, the recent Amritsar incident has put authorities on alert. Over 60 people were accidentally run over by a moving train when a huge group had covered a train track in the are to catch a better view of the local Dussehra festival celebrations. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/how-a-free-travel-insurance-offer-on-the-indian-railways-website-left-data-of-200000-passengers-exposed-to-hackers-for-two-years/articleshow/66604055.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">How a free travel insurance offer on the Indian Railways website left data of 200,000 passengers exposed to hackers for two years</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indian-railways-is-all-set-to-introduce-a-special-train-for-buddhist-travellers-across-globe/articleshow/66243095.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Indian Railways is all set to introduce a special train for Buddhist travellers across globe </a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/slideshows/sai/ask-disha/ask-disha-live-business-insider-india-2018/slideshow/66260507.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Ask Disha is live on IRCTC's website</a>

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Terrorists wearing army uniforms on Monday attacked a bus, a health centre and a police station, leaving five people, including a policeman, dead and several injured in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. 
 The <keyword id="6354416" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Indian-Army">Indian Army</keyword> has launched an operation against the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=militants">militants</a> numbering about five who are holed up in <keyword id="2970347" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Dinanagar-police">Dinanagar police</keyword> station complex. The assailants also targeted a building where the families of police personnel reside and threw grenades, reported news agencies. 
 
The army was called in from Pathankot and the whole area has been cordoned off. 
 
Quick Reaction Teams, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=bomb+squads">bomb squads</a>, heavy police including senior officers have also been deployed in the area which lies close to the Indo-Pakistan border. 
 
Two army helicopters were also pressed into the operation and a gun-battle was on when reports last came in. Though there were reports of a hostage situation, officials were tightlipped. 
 According to police, the attack started at about 5 a.m. when the <keyword id="6389314" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Militants">militants</keyword> first targeted a roadside eatery and took off in a car after killing a person who was sleeping near Dinanagar bypass. 
 
They said that the militants opened fire on a moving bus, in which four passengers were injured. 
 
They also targeted a community health centre adjacent Dinanagar police station, in which a policeman and three civilians including a woman who were present in the premises were killed. 
 
The gunmen later entered the Dinanagar police station and opened fire on policemen there in which five policemen were seriously injured. They then targeted other part of the building where the families of police personnel reside. 
 
Further, five live bombs were found on Amritsar-Pathankot railway track and the train services on the route had been suspended. 
 
Union Home Minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Rajnath+Singh+">Rajnath Singh</a> spoke to Punjab Chief Minister <keyword id="55130" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Parkash-Singh-Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</keyword> and <keyword id="43858" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="National-Security-Advisor">National Security Advisor</keyword> Ajit Doval about the situation. 
 Singh assured Badal of full assistance to tackle the situation. The <keyword id="6359327" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Home-Ministry">Home Ministry</keyword> has also asked <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Border+Security+Force+">Border Security Force</a> to enhance vigil along the entire international border with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Indo-pakistan">Pakistan</a>. 
 
"I have spoken to the Punjab CM, who apprised me of the developing situation in Gurdaspur. Security forces have rushed to the spot," said Singh, who is on his way to Madhya Pradesh. 
 
Parkash Singh Badal summoned an emergency meeting in view of the incident. 
The attackers entered the Dinanagar Police Station and opened fire at the police personnel. Among the injured was Dinanagar SHO Mukhtiar Singh, SSP Gurdaspur Gurpreet, Singh said. 
 
The two sides were locked in a heavy exchange of fire, several hours after the incident, he added. 
 
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New Delhi, May 17 () With a bulk of COVID-19 cases coming from urban settlements, the government has suggested deploying additional manpower in these areas and roping in local political and religious leaders for communicating all aspects of coronavirus disease prevention measures as residents are "more inclined to trust them".It has also decided to identify an "incident commander" in urban settlements, who will be tasked with planning, operation, logistics and finance to implement an Incident Response System. The commander will report to the area municipal commissioner.In a document, the Health Ministry said these settlements in cities have poor living conditions and are often overcrowded, with many people crammed into very small living spaces. And hence physical distancing, isolation and communicating the risk of infectious respiratory diseases -- such as COVID-19 -- to the dwellers could be challenging.So the Urban Local Bodies need to prepare for responding to any possible outbreak.The document, a set of guidelines for preparedness and response to COVID-19 in urban settlements, outlined steps to do it and setting up an Incident Response System and engaging community leaders were part of the measures."Community groups are key to creating awareness on COVID among these populations. Use of local (political, religious and opinion) leaders for communicating all aspects of the COVID prevention and control is vital as dwellers are more inclined to trust them," it said.The trained manpower available on www.covidwarriors.gov.in will be contacted for their readiness to deployment at short notice.The document said a coordination committee will be formed under the leadership of the "incident commander" and would comprise representatives from departments like health, women and child development, elected representatives and NGOs already serving the area. The guidelines called for all risk-communication intervention to address psycho-social and stigma issues, particularly in local languages, and to put up posters outside community toilets and water points, and use of cable TV channels to create awareness.Social media should be used with appropriate messages to target these population and for refuting fake news. Community groups should also popularise adoption of Aarogya Setu application, it said.The document was released on Saturday as Health Secretary Preeti Sudan, Rajesh Bhushan, OSD, Health Ministry, and other senior officers held a review meeting with principal health secretaries, municipal commissioners, DMs and other officials from the 30 municipal areas contributing almost 80 per cent of the country's COVID-19 cases.These 30 municipal areas are BrihanMumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Jaipur, Nashik, Jodhpur, Agra, Greater Chennai, Ahmedabad, Thane, all Delhi MCs, Indore,Howrah, Kurnool, Bhopal, Amritsar, Villupuram, Vadodara, Udaipur, Tiruvallur, Aurangabad, Cuddalore, Greater Hyderabad, Surat, Chengalpattu, Ariyalur, Palghar, Berhampur, Solapur and Meerut.The guidelines further said the surveillance system will be strengthened in these areas and a strict perimeter control will be maintained in containment zones with Section 144 enforced to ensure people remain in their dwelling units.The document acknowledged the disease surveillance system in most cities or towns is not as well organised as in rural areas and this is more pronounced in urban settlements.According to the 2011 Census, there are 2,613 towns/cities with such settlements. Nearly 6.54 crore people reside in 1.39 crore households in these areas, representing 17.4 of all urban population.The Health Ministry has also brought out two updated containment plan documents: one for large outbreaks (15 or more cases), and one for others.According to the plan for large outbreaks, a geographic quarantine or near absolute interruption of movement of people will be applicable to such areas and strict perimeter control in containment zones will be applied with active search for cases through physical house-to-house surveillance.The plan, however, said a number of variables determine the success of the containment strategy through geographic quarantine such as number and size of clusters, effectiveness of geographic quarantine, how efficiently the virus is transmitting, taking into account environmental factors like temperature and humidity, public health response in terms of active case finding, testing of large number of cases, immediate isolation of suspect and confirmed cases and quarantine of contacts. ASK PLB TIR ABHABH

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