MARIANI JN

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in collaboration with Northeast Frontier Railway launched the “Achhi Aadat (Good Habit) Campaign” to raise awareness among school students about the importance of good hygiene practices. The campaign which was started in NFR from 21^stof February, 2022 continued till 25^th February, 2022. The objective of the campaign was to introduce a simple and practical approach to hygiene and sanitation related issues by promoting hand washing, nail cleaning and other hygiene practices such as wearing mask in a correct way amongst school children. 

“Achhi Aadat (Good Habit) Campaign” was conducted in 15 Railway Schools in N. F. Railway including 10 Railway Schools of Assam (Guwahati - 05, Lumding – 01, Badarpur – 01, Mariani – 01, New Tinsukia – 01, Dibrugah – 01). Similar campaign was also conducted at few other Railway Schools located at Dimapur, Alipurduar, Siliguri, New Jalpaiguri and Barsoi. Masks were distributed among the school children free of cost. All necessary supports were provided by railway authorities in this regard.

The moderators from the team JICA explained to participant students about Achhi Aadat (good habits), the benefits of growing habits, hand washing, nail hygiene, saving water, mask wearing, keeping physical distance. In the 45 minutes to 1 hour Awareness Session, animation film o­n correct washing was also shown. There was also an interactive session. Students were delighted to take part in such initiative.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has launched the “Achhi Aadat (Good Habit) Campaign” in India earlier this year, with the aim to raise awareness among 10 crore people specially children in India, about the importance of hygiene practices for preventing the spread of Covid -19 and other infectious diseases.

In a commitment towards improvement of passenger amenities and make railway stations more commuters friendly, Northeast Frontier Railway has installed lifts and escalators in stations having large footfalls. N. F. Railway has also decided to provide more lifts and escalators to make it easier for passengers to board trains effortlessly.

At present, there are 32 lifts and 22 escalators operating in major stations under five divisions of N. F. Railway. In addition, N. F. Railway is in the process of installing 11 Lifts and 13 escalators in various stations under its jurisdiction.

32 lifts have already been installed in 15 stations include Tinsukia (02), Guwahati (04), New Coochbehar (03), New Jalpaiguri (03), Lumding (03), Katihar (02), Kamakhya (01), Dibrugarh (02), Alipurduar (02), Badarpur (01), Silchar (02), Rangiya (02), New Bongaigaon (02), Kishanganj (02) and New Alipurduar (01) stations. 11 (eleven) more lifts will be commissioned in 06 stations namely Jogbani (02), Purnea (02), Katihar (01), Barsoi (02), New Tinsukia (02) and Mariani (02) stations.

Similarly, 22 escalators installed are operating in 09 stations which include New Jalpaiguri (04), Guwahati (04), New Coochbehar (02), Lumding (02), Kamakhya (02), New Tinsukia (02), Katihar (02), Rangiya (02) and Kishanganj (02) stations. 13 more escalators will be installed in 04 stations namely Katihar (02), Kamakhya (03), Guwahati (06) and Agartala (02) stations.

Lifts and escalators at railway stations have become a necessity in view of the difficulties faced by passengers, especially elderly and differently abled persons in movements across foot over bridges to various platforms at large stations. These facilities will provide easier access to passengers, help in providing them a pleasant experience of train journey and make the railway services more users friendly.