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Eight Central Railway staff felicitated with General Manager’s Safety Award

Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti, General Manager, Central Railway gave away “General Manager’s Safety Award” to 8 Central Railway staff (three from Mumbai Division, two each from Nagpur and Solapur Divisions and o­ne from Bhusaval Division) in appreciation of their alertness during duty, their contribution in averting untoward incidents and ensuring safety in train operations during the month of November 2021, in a function held at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai o­n 6.12 .2021. The award consists of a Medal, commendation certificate, a citation of exemplary safety work and a cash award of Rs.2000/-. 

Shri Rishikesh Kaluram Parnekar, Track Maintainer-IV and Shri Ananta Shankar Lobhi, Track Maintainer-II, Karjat, Mumbai Division while patrolling the Karjat-Lonavala section o­n 30.11.2021, noticed a broken rail head. They immediately alerted the concerned officials thus averting a possible accident.

Shri Pushpendra Meena, Assistant Loco Pilot (Goods), Kurla, Mumbai Division while o­n duty o­n 19.10.2021, noticed a hanging broken door of a passing goods wagon. He immediately alerted the Loco Pilot of the train to stop and with the help of the Guard managed to keep the door back in the wagon, thus averting a possible accident.

Shri Pravin Kumar Prabhakar, Sr. Goods Guard, Nagpur Division, while o­n duty o­n 10.11.2021, noticed a hot axle in the passing goods train. He alerted the next station and the issue was attended to immediately there by averting a possible accident.

Smt.Babita Kumre, Technician-I, Amla, Nagpur Division during a rolling-in inspection o­n 22.10.2021, noticed grease leakage from axle box of goods train. Further examination revealed the temperature of axle box to be 1050 and a broken bearing cup. The wagon was marked sick and a possible accident was averted.

Shri Dadasaheb Mahadev Shinde, Shunting Jamadar, Solapur Division while inspecting a goods train in the yard o­n 12.11.2021, noticed a broken central pivot in o­ne of the wagons. He promptly alerted the concerned officials and the wagon was separated thus saving a possible accident.

Shri Sanjay Chavan, Loco Pilot, Solapur Division while o­n duty o­n a goods train o­n 8.11.2021, heard an unusual sound and stopped the train immediately in the section. Further inspection revealed a weld fracture and the concerned officials were promptly alerted thus saving a possible accident of the next passing train.

Shri Sujit Kumar, Dy. Station Manager, Nagardevla, Bhusaval Division while exchanging signals with passing train o­n 26.10.2021, heard an unusual sound in the 3rd coach and alerted the next station. The cause was found to be flat tyre which was attended to immediately thus saving a possible accident.

Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti, while addressing o­n the occasion said that the awardees have done a commendable job and such 24 x 7 alertness shown by the railway staff for safer working will motivate others and sincerely work towards the safety of passengers.

Shri B.K. Dadabhoy, Additional General Manager and Shri Alok Singh, Principal Chief Safety Officer, Shri Mukul Jain, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Shri Ashwani Saxena, Principal Chief Engineering and other Principal Heads of Departments of Central Railway were present o­n the occasion and Divisional Railway Managers of all the Divisions joined the event virutally.

All covid-19 protocols were followed during the event.

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Date: December 06, 2021

PR No.2021/12/18

In order to clear extra rush, South Central Railway will run o­ne way special train from Secunderabad to Guwahati o­n 5^th December, 2021 (Sunday) as detailed below:

Enroute, this special train will stop at Kazipet, Peddapalli, Mancheral, Balharshah, Gondia, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Jasidih, Jhajha, Kiul, Barauni, Katihar, New Jalpaiguri and New Bongaigaon stations.

This special trains will consist of AC II Tier, AC III Tier and Sleeper Class Coaches.

*This special train will run as fully reserved service