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                                                                 SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

                                      Press Release No. 441  Dt. 10.03.2020

SWR TAKES UP AWARENESS CAMPAIGN o­n PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT COVID-19

 In view of prevailing Global situation, Ministry of Railways joining hands with Ministry of Health and Family welfare has advised Zonal Railways to take precautions so that the contagious Corona Virus (Covid -19) is prevented.

To alert and educate passengers, SWR has swung into action and taken many measures for this awareness campaign.

For the information of passengers, Posters have been displayed at entrance and prominent places in Railway Stations o­n the precautions to be taken to prevent the spread of the said virus.

The posters graphically display the Dos and Don’t to be observed to protect o­neself and others from spread of Corona Virus (Covid -19).  Passengers are requested to frequently wash their hands with sanitizer/soap and water at regular intervals. They are also requested to cover their nose and mouth with handkerchief/tissue when coughing/sneezing. It is advised to consult doctor if there is fever, difficulty in breathing, coughing, all being symptoms of Corona Virus.  The 24x7 help line no.011-23978046 set up by Central Govt. has also been prominently displayed for any assistance.

Announcements are being made in PA system by playing audio clips containing preventive measures to be taken by public.  Video clips issued by Dept of Health and Welfare are also being played in CCTV for the benefit of the public. Educative messages o­n prevention of spread of the virus are also being issued via social media of SWR #cautionyespanickno.

Covid -19 campaign for health education and awareness programme   has been started since last 3 days by distributing handouts and educative materials with the aim of spreading knowledge of the travelling public.  This programme is being conducted every day, with the help of Railway Hospital staff and Divisional health officers and MCC health staff.

A cleaning protocol for Covid 19 has been adopted by SWR; At Railway Stations, areas which come under frequent contact of travelling public/public interface areas such as entrance handrails in coaches, door handles latch, toilet health faucets, water taps etc are being cleaned frequently. Mechanized Cleaning is already being adopted at stations and trains o­n SWR. Fumigation of trains before departure is being done at the pit-lines as per standard protocol. Cleaning has been intensified at catering establishments at Railway stations too.

As a precautionary measure, separate clinics for patients having cough, fever have been formed at Central Hospital/Hubballi, Railway Hospital/Mysuru & Railway Hospital/Bengaluru.  Medical help is also being extended to passengers not feeling well at Railway stations.

Quarantine wards have been created as a preparatory measure,that can be used for treatment of patients infected with the virus.  o­n SWR, 229 Rooms (706 beds) at 7 locations have been identified, sanitized and prepared with Quarantine facilities.  Out of this 216 beds have been isolated exclusively for treatment of suspected Corona Virus victims.  Isolation wards are established at Central Hospital, Hubballi and Railway hospital, Mysuru.  The facility can be used for the general public and in case of necessity State Govt may also use them.

1)Multi Discipline Training Centre, Mysore Division, Ashokpuram, Mysuru

2)Multi Discipline Training Centre, Hubbali Division, Dharwad

3)Diesel Training Centre, Diesel Shed, Hubballi

4)Railway Protection Force Women Barracks, Hubballi Division Goods Shed Road, Hubballi

5)Supervisors Training College, Bengaluru

6)Divisional PWay Training Centre(DPWTC)/ Bangalore Division Bengaluru Cant.

7)Indian Railway Institute for Disaster Management, Bangalore Division, Hejjala, Ramanagar Bengaluru

Items required like masks, gloves, caps, hand-wash sanitizers, aprons etc, to treat suspected cases, have been stocked in sufficient quantities.

SWR has suspended Bio-metric system of attendance being in vogue for marking attendance   till further advice.

Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, GM/SWR has requested travelling public to cooperate with Railway by following instructions to protect o­neself and others and preventing the spread of contagious virus. Shri Singh informed that the essence is in prevention of spreading this virus and basically it is about maintaining personal hygiene.  He also requested public not to panic. 

“Help us to help you, together we can fight Corona Virus.”

                                                               (E. Vijaya)

                                                                Chief Public Relations Office

North Central Railway

Headquarter

Public Relations

Prayagraj

No. 11PR/02/2020Press ReleaseDate: 19.02.2020

GM NCR & NR Sri Rajiv Chaudhry reviewed Safety, Infrastructure and punctuality position. CCTV camera to assist train passing staff installed at Bamrauli

General Manager NCR &NR Sri Rajiv Chaudhry reviewed safety, punctuality infrastructure and other important issues of Agra, Allahabad and Jhansi divisions through video conference. North central Railway is a major passing through Railway and approximately 1000 trains operates per day o­n NCR including Vande Bharat, Gatiman, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Mail Express and different types of Goods train. Owing to extremely high traffic density, need was being felt for long to augment effortsof train passing staff so as no train goes un-observed from any train passing station . Despite high alertness of our train passing staff sometime difficulty was being faced in observing train from both side under current system if other track was occupied by a stationary or moving train obstructing the view of train passing staff.To overcome this problem installation of CCTV camera was planned at entry point of station from both sides and display of such CCTV with station master to observe entering or leaving train o­n a particular station. To gauge efficacy of this system with a view to incorporate suitable changes before large scale implementation o­ne such system has been installed at Bamrauli station of Allahabad division. During video conference it was informed that required changes for proper visibility of train from both side are underway o­n which GM Sri Chaudhry instructed for completing it o­n priority. o­nce this prototype system proven for intended benefits, it will be replicated o­n other stations of NCR which will substantially augment efforts of our train passing staff and itwill go a long way in ensuring safety in train operations.

On punctuality front General Manager said that we are now running 7 to 8 goods trains in UP direction between Bhadan- Khurja and we need to work out improvement in punctuality performance pre and post commissioning of DFC route. He added that this exercise will also help in working out punctuality improvement benefits and additional train running capacity o­nce eastern DFC route is commissioned between Dadri- Pt DeenDayal Upadhyay Jn. which is targeted in the year 2021.

NCR has recently completed major yard remodeling and Electronic Interlocking work at Tundla Jn. GM Sri Rajiv Chaudhry advised that we need to work benefit of this work in terms punctuality improvement in Kanpur-Gaziabad section and ease in train handling capacity at Tundla Jn.

Elimination of manned level crossing is a mission area for Railways and this becomes even more important in sections where railway and DFC tracks are running parallel thus making operation of LC gate extremely difficult.To facilitate safe and detention free rail and road travel, 18 road under bridges are to be constructed jointly by North Central Railway and DFC in Allahabad – Kanpur section within next o­ne year time. Earning and expenditure performance of North Central Railway was also reviewed. GM expressed satisfaction o­n earning of Rs 181 Cr. Through scrap sale till Jan-20 and instructed to make all out efforts to reach goal of Rs. 225 Cr. through scrap sale,which will be best ever earning performance of NCR through scrap sale .