BADAMI

              दक्षिण पश्चिम रेलवे / SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY                प्रेस विज्ञप्ति / Press Release No. 430 Dt: 22.11.2021

I.CANCELLATION OF TRAINS

1.Train No. 12246Yesvantpur – Howrah Express commencing journey from Yesvantpur o­n 23.11.2021 will be cancelled due to want of paring train.

2.Train No. 12864 Yesvantpur – Howrah Express commencing journey from Yesvantpur o­n 23.11.2021 will be cancelled due to want of paring train.

II.The following trains will be cancelled/diverted & rescheduled due to Pre-Non Interlocking/Non-Interlocking and advance work for commissioning of doubling between Hombal - Hole Alur Station. The details are as given below: -

1.Train No. 07331 Solapur – SSS Hubballi Passenger Special commencing journey from Solapur from 23.11.2021 to 27.11.2021 will be cancelled.

2.Train No. 07332 SSS Hubballi - Solapur Passenger Special commencing journey from SSS Hubballi from 23.11.2021 to 27.11.2021 will be cancelled.

III.DIVERSION OF TRAIN

1.Train No. 06238 Sainagar Shirdi - Mysuru Express Special commencing journey from Sainagar Shirdi o­n 23.11.2021 will be diverted to run via Solapur, Wadi, Guntakal and Ballari duly skipping stoppages Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Badami, Gadag, Koppal and Hosapete.

IV.RESCHEDULING OF TRAIN

1.Train No. 11140 Gadag - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Express Special commencing journey from Gadag from 23.11.2021 to 25.11.2021 will be rescheduled at Gadag for 140 minutes.

2.Train No. 11140 Gadag - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Express Special commencing journey from Gadag o­n26.11.2021& 27.11.2021 will be rescheduled at Gadag for 150 minutes.

                                                                             Aneesh Hegde

                                                                                        Chief Public Relations Officer          

            दक्षिण पश्चिम रेलवे/ SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY               प्रेस विज्ञप्ति/ Press Release No. 302 Dt: 28.08.2021

HUBBALLI DIVISION CONDUCTS MOCK DRILL EXERCISE

Hubballi Division of South Western railway organized a Mock Drill o­n 27.08.2021 to check the alertness of Officers & Emergency staff of the Division.

A message was triggered that in the mid-section of Guledgudda Road and Badami, o­n 27.08.2021 at 21:15 hrs.,a road vehicle hit the locomotive of a train and the wheel of locomotive has derailed at LC No.35.

As soon as the message of the incidence was received at the Divisional Control, alert messages in the form of blowing the siren and informing the Officers and emergency staff were transmitted. The Divisional Accident relief train (ART) and Accident Relief Medical Van (ARMV) along with Officers and Staff left from Hubballi, within 20 minutes of receiving  message.   Helpline Desk was also set up.

In order to provide immediate medical relief, 108 Ambulance was  called at the spot and it  reached spot immediately to assist in transferring the injured to the nearest hospital after giving  first aid.State Police and Railway field staff also rushed the spot where the incident is reportedly occurred and reached it within 30 minutes.

The rescue team rushed to the incident spot immediately by ART from Hubballi along with Shri Arvind Malkhede, Divisional Railway Manager;   Shri JogendraYadvendu,Additional Divisional Railway Manager (G); Shri J.S. Rudraswami, Senior Divisional Safety Officer;  Divisional Medical Officer etc. Designated staff having teaching and experience in handling accidents also moved by ART.  Accident Relief Train from Hosapete and Vijayapura and Accident Relief Medical Van from Vijayapura were also moved.  The Divisional Control office was also manned by Shri Vishvas Kumar, Additional Divisional Railway Manager (OP), and Senior Officers for arranging the logistics  to provide instant relief and restoration.  Later,  at 22:30 hrs. it was declared as Mock Drill exercise.

The entire Mock Drill Exercise was meticulously planned and  executed under the direct supervision of  Shri M.A.V. Ramanujan, Principal Chief Safety Officer and Shri Arvind Malkhede, Divisional Railway Manager of Hubballi Division.

Shri Sanjeev Kishore, General Manager, South Western Railway said that such mock drills are conducted at prescribed periodicity to check and hone emergency response of Railway men and system.

The  results of mock drill in terms of turning out ART within stipulated time, reporting of Railway officials  at control office, action taken to arrange medical assistance and coordination among all concerned were upto the mark, he said. 

                                                                                       Chief Public Relations Officer