1. 1 IT PROJECTS (UNDER CAO/FOIS) PROGRESS AND CONCERNS AUGUST 2006

2. 2 STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION 1. OVERVIEW 2. AREAS REQUIRING BOARD’S INTERVENTION 3. PROJECT SPECIFIC DETAILS

3. 3 OUR TASK - THIS YEAR SoftwareUser/SRS specifications, interaction with field officers and CRIS, testing and field trial. Deployment of hardware and connectivity equipments i) TSS equipment = 4600* ii) Routers = 500* Modems = 1700* pairs Lan Extenders = 1013* pairs V-SATs = 950* Humanware9500 men to be trained Connectivity and power supply Sites = 1151* Terminals = 3984* Site identification and preparation Sites = 1151* Roll outHand holding and commissIoning *Plus issues related to 569 sites, 600 routers, 1200 pairs modems, 187 Lan Extenders, 235 VSATs, 616 terminals & 1400 TSS equipments that were commissioned till last year.

4. 4 GROWTH OF IT PROJECTS ON IR IR’s capital budget for IT is Rs. 273 crore in 2006-07 It is projected to increase to about Rs. 900 crore to Rs. 1200 crore by 2010 – 2011 To make this scale of operation possible, requirement of space and other facilities for CRIS and FOIS organization needs to be significantly increased

5. 5 OUTLAY FOR PROJECTS UNDER CAO/FOIS YEARINVESTMENT (Rs. in Crores) Last 5 years’ average (2001-2006) 26.30 2006 – 2007100 ( approx. )

6. 6 IMPORTANT PROJECTS 1.COA (Control Charting) 2.FOIS (Freight Operations Information System) 3.CMS (Crew Management System) 4.ICMS (Integrated Coach Management System)

7. 7 MAJOR ISSUES NEEDING BOARD’s INTERVENTION CONTROL CHARTING DATA LOGGER - INTEGRATION WITH CONTROL CHARTING (COA) ALL PROJECTS V-SAT – PERFORMANCE & EXPANSION DISASTER RECOVERY SITE WITH STAND BY V-SAT HUB AT SC POWER SUPPLY – CONNECTION FROM AT SUPPLY/STATION GENERATOR POSTING OF OFFICERS - SUITABLE BACKGROUND, THEIR EXCLUSIVE USE FOR PROJECTS, CONSULTAION WITH CAO INTEGRATED BUILDING COMPLEX(CAO & CRIS) – SANCTION ON OUT OF TURN BASIS CMS EDs COMMITTEE - TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCE IN PRACTICE OVER ZONES INTEGRATION OF LOBBIES – BY ZONES BEFORE NOV. ‘06

8. 8 STATUS – CONTROL CHARTING (COA) Pilot project under trial at Madurai and Trivandrum divisions of SR DOMs/SrDOMs visiting TVC/MDU and their reports being sent to CRIS continuously for necessary changes/enhancements Tender for customization of software for IR under finalization in CRIS. Tender for hardware and roll out to 23 divisions also under finalization in CRIS (Phase I) Strategy for roll out – In three phases Phase I – SR, SCR, SWR, CR, ECOR, SECR Phase II – WR, WCR, NCR, NR, NWR Phase III – SER, ER, ECR, NER. NFR (all detail at http://it.indianrail.gov.in)http://it.indianrail.gov.in

9. 9 CONTROL CHARTING (COA) – TYPICAL CHART Chart and Advance Plotting FOISCOISNTESCMS

10. 10 ISSUES – CONTROL CHARTING (COA) Integration with dataloggers (1437 already installed & number growing) Integration with FOIS, COIS, CMS and other public interface systems like NTES, Call centers etc Record keeping of Control chart information – policy for archival

11. 11 IMPACT ON TARGET – CONTROL CHARTING (COA) Board’s target for IR (76 locations/ 284 boards) – Mar 2007 Latest review with CRIS indicates that software and hardware may become available by Dec 2006 Roll out @ 7 locations per month Mar 200721 locations Jun 200742 locations Dec 200776 locations

12. 12 DECISION/ASSITANCE- COA Telecom and C&IS directorates to resolve the issue of supply of data by datalogger vendors to enable development of interface of COA with networked dataloggers Safety and C&IS directorates to help freeze archival policy

13. 13 ISSUES-FOIS V-SAT INSTALLATION AT 214 TMS SITES EQUIPMENTS AVAILABILITY RAILWAY’S INVOLVEMENT CHANGED TRAFFIC PATTERN

14. 14 FOIS TMS Module 524* locations on IR (all details at http://it.indianrail.gov.in)http://it.indianrail.gov.in 214 locations on VSAT 324 locations online covering 376 sites 126 locations printing RR online covering 176 sites Around 1100 PCs and 400 printers supplied so far 668 PCs and 612 printers under supply (within 45 days) *(3 locations of SR – 1 as P2, 1 closed, 1 HOM port location didn’t commission at all.)

15. 15 VSAT – BASIC FACTS ON 21/12/04 BOARD (ML/MT/FC) APPROVED SETTING UP OF RAILWAY HUB & PURCHASE OF VSATs BY IRPMU WITH FOLLOWING FEATURES: 1.MASTER EARTH STATION IN KU BAND WITH AUTOTRACKING 2.200 VSAT TERMINALS WITH DATA & VOICE CAPABILITY 3.SETTING UP OF NMS NETWORK 4.PAYMENT TO DOT FOR COMMERCIAL/CAPTIVE VSAT SERVICES WITH CUG CAPABILITY 5.HIRING OF QUARTER TRANSPONDER 6.AMC WITH OEM FOR MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR HUB & TERMINAL 7.CAO/FOIS TO MONITOR PROJECT & IRPMU TO NOMINATE ONE DY. CSTE EXCLUSIVELY 8.HIRE VSAT WITHIN 3 MONTHS & SETTING UP OF A HUB WITHOUT AFFECTING FOIS TERMINAL

16. 16 TMS VSAT locations 214 TMS locations have to be commissioned on VSATs by IRPMU Railway Board’s target was June 2006. IRPMU’s revised target is Sept 2006 74 VSATs covered upto 17.8.06

17. 17 IMPACT ON TARGET- FOIS V-SAT DEPENDENT TMS SITES(214) WILL TAKE LONGER TO STABLISE RESPONSE TIME ISSUES (1500 vs700 msecs) CHANGE IN HUB FROM VENDOR’S TO OUR OWN (Realignment of each dish)

18. 18 Problems relating to the VSAT Network Response time excessive – timed out if data packet size exceeds 1000 bytes Voice communication yet to be provided Video conferencing facility between CRIS, Railway Board and zonal railway HQs required

19. 19 GENERAL ISSUES- V-SAT HECL CONTRACT - 235 (± 25%) Requirement as of now - 477477 HUB CAPACITY-500 (CAN GO UPTO 1000) TRANSPONDER HIRING ISSUE

20. 20 DECISION/ASSITANCE- FOIS Board’s directive for AT/generator supply from station to TMS site Nomination of 2 Rates Inspectors by each zone to CAO/FOIS for verification of referential database and testing of software changes due to rates circulars

21. 21 STATUS-CMS Detailed estimate of Rs 38.16 crores sanction by Railway Board. 302 lobbies302 lobbies to be covered, out of which 259 are integrated lobbies (presently around 60%). (all details at http://it.indianrail.gov.in)http://it.indianrail.gov.in Target for completion March 2007

22. 22 STATUS-CMS Application under development and testing for Freight module Coaching, shunting and pilot module Suburban module Site Preparation Lump sum amount sanctioned @ Rs 1,31,728 for major and Rs 82,890 for minor lobbies Target for readiness Aug 2006 Terminal Equipment Under vetting Target of Phase I supply - Dec 2006 Datacom Equipment Under vetting. Will be procured through CRIS Training Core group and core implementers will be trained at CRIS Core group identified on all 16 zonal railways Training labs being set up at 5 locations

23. 23 ISSUES - CMS Difference in interpretation of Board’s circulars by zonal railways in calculation of running allowance Integration of lobbies

24. 24 IMPACT ON TARGET-CMS Board’s target – 302 sites by Mar 2007 Latest review with CRIS indicates software and hardware will be available only by Dec 2006. Going by the FOIS and other roll out experience, commissioning of 30 sites per month would be a reasonable target March 2007100 sites (DLI MUMBAI routes - 3) Dec 2007202 sites

25. 25 DECISION/ASSITANCE- CMS Nomination of Committee of ED s of Electrical, Mechanical, Personnel & Finance for practice to be adopted for computation of running allowance and other issues / business reengineering Details of sample issues

26. 26 STATUS-ICMS Enhanced scope  Punctuality Module  Module is being tested on NDLS & MAS  Coaching Stock Management Module  Being implemented in three phases  Software ready and under field trials at Nizamuddin & Chennai  Ready for roll out  Timetabling Module  Time table simulation module’s system requirements under discussion

27. 27 Enhanced scope (contd)  Coaching Stock Maintenance Module  Scope of Mechanical module has been enhanced from capturing of coaching depot maintenance related activities to automation of C&W department  It covers 154 depots & 975 coaching locations.  It covers 331 depots & 973 electrical locations.  Scope of Electrical Maintenance module defines only 8 technical modules developed by NR under MIS projects. It also does not give assessment of hardware & user specifications. STATUS-ICMS

28. 28 ICMS – Coaching Stock Management Module Phase I – 114 terminals at 41 locations Target for implementation 31 st Aug 2006 Phase II - 78 terminals at 34 locations Target for implementation 31 st Oct 2006 Phase III - 128 terminals at 58 locations Target for implementation 31 st Dec 2006 (all details at http://it.indianrail.gov.in)http://it.indianrail.gov.in Training 186 staff from 136 locations trained so far Training labs being set up to take care of additional training needs Equipment Thin clients and printers supplied to all locations Datacom equipment- 57 LAN extenders supplied. Rest under supply 14 locations commissioned – NR-1, WR-9, SECR-3 & SR-1 107 locations have been provided connectivity. Target likely to be met

29. 29 ISSUES-ICMS Freezing the scope of Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Modules – Railway Board Supply of datacom equipment by CRIS & commissioning of 59 VSAT locations 450 pair modemsPO placed. Supply in a month 144 pair LAN extenders Supply completed 112 routersTC negotiation

30. 30 IMPACT ON TARGET- ICMS Three months delay due to supply of UPS and datacom equipment Mar 2007Phase I & II – 192 locations Jun 2007All 320 locations

31. 31 DECISION/ASSITANCE- ICMS C&IS directorate to facilitate freezing of scope for Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Modules in view of dropping of work from MIS C&IS directorate to sanction & release funds for time tabling module.

32. 32 GENERAL ISSUES - INFRASTRUTURE INVESTMENT SPACE-BLDG MANPOWER DISASTER TOLERANCE – VSAT HUB ISSUE

33. 33 GENERAL ISSUES - TRAINING CURRICULAM IN TRAINING INSTITUTES- TRAFFIC,MECHANICAL,ELECTRICAL -MPP DTE’S ROLE ADDITIONALTRAINING CENTERS –5 (DLI,SC,BB,HWH,TPJ)

34. 34 Increase in strength of FOIS and space requirement Year Approx IT budget (Rs. Crore) FOIS manpower (total) Manpower based in HQ Bare seating space (sq m) Support space Training areas, central control room etc. Total space requirement (sq m) 2006- 07300264140420 2101050 2007- 08360317160480 2401200 2008- 09450396200600 3001500 2009- 10540475240720 3601800 2010- 11650572290870 4352175 2011- 128007043601080 5402700

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36. 36 SPACE - CRIS location

37. 37 SPACE – Area with Railways

38. 38 Required facilities for expansion Secure areas in red Restricted areas in orange Open access in green

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