RURA

As part of Swachh Rail Mission and to empower women with opportunities of livelihood, N.F. Railway has taken a unique initiative wherein a number of Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) have been engaged to keep Railway stations clean in Hailakandi district of Assam. N.F. Railway and Hailakandi District Administration collaborated through signing a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) as part of the initiative to provide better scope for employment and women empowerment.

SHGs like Nabonita SHG, Loknath SHG and Maa Manosha SHG have been engaged to maintain three stations of Hailakandi district namely Panchgram, Hailakandi and Lalabazar railway stations respectively through National Rural & Urban Livelihood Missions. This initiative will augment the employment scope to needy women of the locality.

It is also to mention here that involvement of women SHGs in adoption and cleaning stations will reduce the activities of anti-social elements. Moreover, cleanliness of stations with participation of local SHGs will also result community ownership of the stations. The initiative undertaken by N.F. Railway and Hailakandi District Administration has been a largely successful o­ne and the cleanliness of the stations have increased manifold due to the effort put in by the SHGs.

​Central Railway

Press Release

Lifeline Express-Hospital o­n Wheels inaugurated at CSMT, Central Railway

Lifeline Express-Hospital o­n Wheels was inaugurated by Dr.R Badri Narayan, Additional General Manager, Central Railway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus o­n 29.8.2019.

Shri R C Sarin, Chairman, Impact India Foundation, Shri Prasanna Kumar, Principal Chief Medical Director, Shri S. K. Jain, Divisional Railway Manager, Mumbai Division, Shri Dhananjay Naik, Chief Passenger Transportation Manager, Shri V. K. Mehra, Chief Electrical Engineer (RS), Smt Iti Pandey Chief Commercial Manager(PS), Smt Anjali Sinha, Chief Workshop Manager, Matunga, Shri Shivaji Sutar, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway and other Senior Officers of Central Railway were also present.

Earlier , Dr. R Badri Narayan, Additional General Manager, Central Railway and Shri R C Sarin, Chairman, Impact India Foundation briefed the Press at the Heritage hall of CSMT.

Indian Railways in partnership with Impact India Foundation introduced & launched the Lifeline Express-the world’s first hospital o­n wheels, o­n 16^th July 1991 from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Central Railway with the aim of providing medical care to the poor free of cost in the most remote corners of the country.

The 7 coach train equipped with the state of the art technology has o­n board the most advancedmedical equipments and a dedicated team of medical professionals to treat patients and even perform surgeries.

Central Railway’s Matunga Workshop, where the periodical overhauling of this train is done, has played a significant role in this project.

The Lifeline Express has travelled across 19 states of India, covering 201 rural locations in 138 districts providing medical treatment to 12.32 lakh patients including 1.46 lakh cases of surgery. This includes treatment like, Restored Mobility, Vision, Hearing, Correction of facial deformities, treatment for Epilepsy, Dental problems, Cancer and many more all which are free of cost.

In Maharashtra it has conducted projects at Ratnagiri, Ballarshah and Latur in the past two years.

The Lifeline Express train will now be moving to Sahibganj for its next project.

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Date: August 29, 2019

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