BORDI

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति/ Press Release No. 245  Dt: 08.10.2020

JAN ANDOLAN CAMPAIGN - CAMPAIGN FOR APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR LAUNCHED o­n SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Jan Andolan Campaign a high intensity campaign driven by peoples participation for dissemination of information throughout the country using all media person was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi by tweeting o­n social media. The campaign emphasis o­n “Unlock with precautions” i.e. appropriate Behaviour to be followed in the post Covid-19. Hon’ble Prime Minister tweeted #Unite2FightCorona!  “Let us always remember: Wear a Mask, Wash Hands, Follow social distancing, Practice “Do Gaj Ki Doori”, Together we will succeed, Together we will win against Covid-19.

From Railway Board, Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry administered pledge to all the General Managers of Zonal Railways to fight against Covid-19 signifying theme of “Jan Andolan Campaign”.

At Rail Soudha, Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, GM/SWR administered the pledge along with Principal Head of the department at the GM’s Conference Hall.  Shri P K Mishra, administered the pledge to the staff o­n the first floor of the Rail Soudha, the Zonal Head Quarters. At the Divisional Level, The Divisional Railway Manager’s of Hubbali, Bengaluru and Mysuru read out the pledge to the Branch officers and Staff of the Division.

On SWR Jan Andolan Campaign was initiated with all Officers and Staff taking a Pledge with the message, Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene. The highlight of this campaign is to reach out this message to each and every citizen and the importance of appropriate Behaviour which is the new Normal.

Posters, Banners, Bill Boards etc in Kannada, Hindi and English were put up at all prominent locations in the Offices of Head quarters and Divisions, Workshops and at Railway Stations so that all members of the Railway fraternity are aware of the new Normal and appropriate behaviour to be followed in the post Covid -19 scenario.  About 500 Officers and Staff in Headquarters and 20,000 officers and staff overall in SWR took the pledge to appropriate behaviour to be followed during unlock and precautions to be taken.

Precautions like maintaining social distance, wearing face masks were followed during the Jan Andolan Campaign.

The campaign is the partnership and concerted effort of Central Govt. Ministries and Departments and the state Govt., along with their attached and subordinate offices, PSUs, private sector industry and business etc. In this way, the campaign seeks to reach out to every citizen of India.

                                                                  Chief Public Relations Officer                                                                 South Western Railway, Hubballi

North Central Railway

Headquarter

Public Relations

Prayagraj

No. 11PR/12/2019/Press ReleaseDate:10.12.2019

GM/NCR Shri Rajiv Chaudhryreviews the Safety, Punctuality & Progress of Infrastructure Related Works during Video Conferencewith Divisions

A video conference of North Central Railway Headquarters held with Agra, Allahabad and Jhansi divisions. In the beginning of the video conference, General Manager North Central Railway Shri Rajiv Chaudhry along with principal head of departments reviewed the safety position o­n Agra, Allahabad and Jhansi divisions. Shri Chaudhry emphasized that all the safety related rules and guidelines should be strictly followed. He said passenger convenience and their safety should be our primary objective. While discussing about the issue of Platform Change of trains,he instructed thatfirstly the platform change be avoided and if it is done in some unavoidable circumstances then sufficient time should be given after announcement and proper announcements about ‘no need to panic’ for passengersbeensured. He also desired that announcements should also be made before arrival of Vandebharat Express o­n stations about the gate closing to avoid any undue person boarding the train and getting stuck inside the train.

While talking about the inspections by officers Shri Chaudhry instructed that the officers should also wear Personal Protective Equipment(PPE) thus to motivate the staff for wearing it. He also desired that the officers and supersvisors should insist the subordinate staff to wear PPE while performing duties. He also desired that while footplating every officer must monitor the movement direction of patrolmen, whether it is as per extant guidelines or not. He further added that during fog loco pilots be instructed to whistle more frequently thus to alert the patrolmen about approaching train. He said we should remain very alert while working in field and ensure all safety measures at worksites. He also discussed about trespassing cases and instructed the divisions to identify the locations and approach the nearby schools for creating awareness among school children. General manager instructed the divisions to conduct a drive to remove all released material lying along the railway tracks. Issues of Crew Link rationalization was also discussed during the project. He further added that along with stopping trains we should also do rolling in and rolling out examinations of run through trains while passing our yards. He also instructed divisions to review the potable water availability for staff working at far-flung locations like level crossings.

While discussing about the progress of infrastructure enhancement works Shri Rajiv Chaudhry said we should stick to targets we propose for completion of works. During the meeting o­ngoing works of issues related to progress of Govindpuri Non Interlocking, Jhansi-Bhimsendoubling, projects of speeding up of Chunar-Chopan Section, DFC related works along with other capacity enhancement projects were discussed in detail.

While talking about punctuality General Manager said though there is improvement in punctuality performance of North Central Railway over last year, but we should make efforts to further improve upon it.