Press Release : CONTINUOUS SANITISATION AND CLEANLINESS DRIVE OF ER IN ALL MAJOR STATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
CONTINUOUS SANITISATION AND CLEANLINESS DRIVE OF ER IN ALL
MAJOR STATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Kolkata September 1, 2020:
As a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID 19, Eastern Railway is continuing intensive cleanliness and sanitisation drive at stations, tracks, yards, coaching depots, compartments of special trains, guard vans, driver cabs, seating benches in the concourse, waiting halls, door handles and differently commonly touched surfaces at stations like Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda, Kolkata Terminal, Azimganj, Rampurhat etc.
Side by side, cleanliness and sanitisation drives are on in all the three workshops including Kanchrapara, Liluah and Jamalpur for making the railway premises safe for staff and passengers.
This cleanliness and sanitisation drives of Eastern Railway at stations as well as in the workshops are viewed as a relentless battle against the spread of COVID 19 and to make railway premises safe for the rail users and staff.
Press Release : ER’S SAFETY & MAINTENANCE WORK DURING LOCK DOWN
ER’S SAFETY & MAINTENANCE WORK DURING LOCK DOWN
Kolkata, June 19, 2020:
ER has taken all out effort to undertake safety and maintenance works on priority during lock down period also. Taking the advantage of lock down, Engineering and Bridge team of ER’s Asansol Division completed launching of 3 nos of 21.5 m girder of Foot Overbridge (FOB) at TELWA station in Sitarampur -Jhajha section by using Road Crane. Traffic cum Power Block was taken for the period from 14:45 hrs to 17:00 hrs on 19.6.2020, during Covid-19 lockdown – 5, without affecting coaching train punctuality. Sitarampur-Jhajha section is a busy section and in normal time Traffic & Power Block for such long time without affecting punctuality was not feasible.
