CHICHONDA

General Manager Central Railway inspects Amla-Nagpur section of Nagpur Division

Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti, General Manager, Central Railway conducted the annual inspection o­n Amla-Nagpur section of Nagpur Division o­n 22.3.2022.

The General Manager started from Amla station by inspecting the station yard layout. He also inspected the panel room and Route Relay Interlocking. After inspecting the Crew lobby, he released a signal layout booklet, Self-learning app for Loco Pilots, Happiness Index system and interacted with the o­n duty crew. He inspected the Refreshment room, Waiting room, Station stalls, Booking office, Circulating area and Running room. He inspected RPF barracks and visited the exhibition of arms, ammunition and modern gadgets. At Amla the General Manager also met Hon'ble MLA. The Amla inspection was followed by a speed run test between Amla and Multai.

At Multai, the General Manager inspected Limited Height Subway, Gang unit, Gang hut, Goods shed and Railway colony. He inspected the Garden and carried out plantations of saplings. He also inspected the exhibition of small track machines and 10KW Grid Solar Plant which is another positive step towards green initiative and 150 Litres Solar Water Cooler which will be extremely useful considering the o­nset of summer season. This was followed by inspection of the Wardha Bridge near Chichonda yard and Window trailing inspection till Pandhurna.

At Pandhurna station, the General Manager inspected the S&T counseling centre and Mobile app. He visited the various stalls exhibited viz. the e-Jhalak, a unified dashboard of all departments of Nagpur division and vaccination monitoring system; Pension Reconciliation Module of Accounts department; Hungry for Cargo, Non-Fare Revenue, Parcel and website for divyangjan of Commercial & Operating departments; Rajbhasha; Personnel, Safety, Medical departments etc. He inspected TRD depot and Traction Substation, LED isolation model, Youtube channel Rail Gyan Park for TRD staff training and QR code based equipment history and users depot module. He also met Hon'ble MLA. This was followed by inspection of Curve no 34, Level crossing gate no 282 and a speed run between Katol and Kalmeshwar.

At Nagpur, Shri Lahoti after inspection of the Restaurant o­n Wheels, met the representatives of unions, various associations and the Media. He also gave away the General Manager Awards -2020-21 to deserving railway employees.

Smt Richa Khare, Divisional Railway Manager, Nagpur Division, Principal Heads of Departments and Branch officers from Division were also present during the inspection.

All Covid-19 protocols were observed during the inspection.

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Date: March 22, 2022

PR No.2022/03/36

This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.

Central Railway

Press Release

Strives Hard During COVID19 crisis - Real Champions – Central Railway Construction Department.

Central Railway Construction department has emerged true champions during the nationwide lockdown to fight against COVID19 by way of completing the infrastructure developmental projects going o­n Central Railway jurisdiction.

Central Railway construction department mainly deals with the major works of construction going o­n all over its jurisdiction including 5 Divisions of Central Railway. The works involved preparation and approval of Engineering Scale Plans, Signal Interlocking Plans, Electrical works, General Arrangement Drawings (GADs) of Bridges. Also responsible for communication process with Commissioner of Railway Safety for opening of new lines, supply of sleepers and other track materials for o­ngoing projects from concrete sleeper plants and fittings suppliers etc. and other miscellaneous project related works.

The dedicated team of officers and staff of the construction department rose to the occasion and executed the tasks before them in a systematic manner.

The major works the construction department carrying out during this lockdown period are construction of bridges at Bhatsa and Kaloo, Road over Bridge at Kopari, station work at Dronagiri and Nhavasheva, subway work at Uran station, Electrification works between Teegaon- Chichonda, Badli-Jalgaon 3rd line, Belapur-Seawood-Urandouble line, Yeola-Ankai, Signal and Telecom works at Sonegaon, Wagholi and Chichonda stations etc,

A mammoth task of Launching of girder of Mehakari Bridge o­n Ahmednagar-Beed-Parli Vaijnath new line section 40 kms away from Ahmednagar was started during lockdown. This launching process will take close to o­ne-month period to complete. This section is a difficult terrain to work, which provide connectivity between Ahmednagar and Beed District. This bridge passes over the Mehakari River and hence called Mehakari Bridge, which is o­ne of the biggest bridges o­n Central Railway. It is 15 span bridge with each span length of 30.5 mts. The highlight of this bridge is the height upto which the launching needed to be done was 30 meters.

During launching, all safety precautions and protocols pertaining to COVID-19 were adhered too.

Let us fight together #COVID19

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Date: June 1, 2020

2020/06/01

This press release is issued by Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.