Tree plantation drive was carried out by North Central Railway Women Welfare Organization, Headquarters, Allahabad led by Mrs. Lalita Chaudhry, President NCRWWO and members of the organization at Park No. 01 in Railgaon Colony, Subedarganj. on this occasion, saplings were also planted by the children coming to play in the park regularly.
Besides plantation, new swings were also provided in park & renovated old swing inaugurated. on this occasion, Secretary Mrs. Urmila Ojha, Treasurer Mrs. Nirupama Srivastava, Mrs. Namrata Mishra, Mrs. Satya Lakshmi Valluri, Mrs. Alka Mehta, Mrs. Vijayanti Kumar, Mrs. Supriya Sinha, Mrs. Kavita Talwar, Dr. Mrs. Ritu Agarwal and Geetanjali VermaOther members of the organization were present.
On 09.09.2019 a review meeting held at NCR HQ Subedarganj pertaining to safety and other important issues. Shri Rajiv Chaudhry, General Manager, Shri Arun Malik Additional General Manager, Principal Heads Of different departments attended the meeting while DRMs and their team from Agra , Allahabad and Jhansi joined through video conference.
First safety position on North Central Railway was reviewed. General Manager, Shri Chaudhry said that in case of unusual incidents & accidents etc photographic evidences are very important and revealing photographs needs to be taken. If need be some training of railwaymen entrusted with evidence collection be organised. Shri Chaudhry also emphasised that pathway wherever not available in station yards are required to be provided in phased manner for ease of movement of staff in yards to the points etc. He also added that in future bicycles can also be provided to station staff for ease of movement in yard for locking of points etc as per requirement. During the meeting safety hazard associated with wagon door open on run was discussed and means to mitigate it were reiterated to all three divisions.
For improved fire safety in coaching trains master switch relocation from luggage to guard portion in SLR is an important modification. General Manager emphasized that it is a important modification and directed divisions to complete balance SLRs immediately. Further items of safety action plan of different departments were also reviewed.
General Manager Shri Rajiv Chaudhry expressed satisfaction over items where achievements are as per targets and advised all concerned to make good on shortfall items. Under the safety action plan important items related to safety in train operations are identified pertaining to different departments like track renewals, electronic interlocking , dual detection system, air conditioning of running rooms, air conditioning of locomotive cabs, removal of critical implantation ,Ultrasonic testing , fire & smoke detectors , fire extinguishers in Non AC coaches, interlocking of gates, provision of CBC etc. These items are accorded topmost priority and execution is closely monitored by respective departments as well as safety branch. North Central Railway is installing 02 “Online Monitoring of Rolling Stocksystem” in Allahabad division. These online monitoring of rolling stock systems have acoustic bearing detector and wheel impact detector to detect bearing defects as well as flat wheel in very early stage. once commissioned in Sarsaul up main line and Kanchausi down main line, it will help in very early defect detection to avoid section block and unsafe condition due to hot axle , flat wheel etc.
On infrastructure front, progress of Tundla Non Interlocking was discussed and found to be progressing as per target. After Tundla, Non Interlocking of Govindpuri, NI and RRI modification of Kanpur shall be taken up for execution. General Manager emphasized that weigh bridges must be attended immediately so as down time is minimal. He said satisfactory working of weigh bridge is essential for proper weighment of loaded rake.
