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GENERAL MANAGER, SER, HOLDS A HIGH LEVEL MEETING REGARDING PREPAREDNESS IN VIEW OF CYCLONE “JAWAD”

Kolkata, 3^rdDecember, 2021

Ms. Archana Joshi, General Manager, South Eastern Railway held a high level meeting at Headquarters today (03.12.2021) regarding preparedness of SER in view of Cyclone “JAWAD”. All Principal Head of the Departments attended the meeting. Divisional Railway Manager, Kharagpur attended the meeting through Video Conferencing. General Manager laid stress o­n taking all sorts of precautionary measures to ensure safety of the passengers as well as railway installations. Precautionary measures adopted in this regard are as under:

·Close watch o­n Railway Bridges, Tracks, Yards & Signaling System

·Silt, Vegetation and other obstructions cleared from catch water and side drains

·Close coordination is maintained with State Govt. officials

·All DG sets, diesel pump, earth moving equipments etc. have been kept ready

·Patrolling at vulnerable locations has been started by deputing Patrolmen & Watchmen

·Teams for cutting uprooted tree have been kept alert at critical locations

·Arrangements have been made to stock sufficient quantity of track maintenance reserve materials

·Constant watch is kept over advisories issued by Meteorological Department

·Additional Control Room & Disaster Management Cell of SER to be opened

South Eastern Railway has done preparations and ground work to meet the challenges posed by Cyclone “JAWAD”. SER has taken all steps for early restoration of train traffic and railway track, if affected by Cyclone.

Diesel locomotives have been kept in position for utilization during failure of electricity. SER is keeping constant vigil at all the stations in Howrah-Kharagpur-Bhadrak, Panskura-Haldia, Tamluk-Digha as well as other sections.

Stabled trains are being kept secured to avoid roll down due to high wind velocity.

Apart from the above, SMS is being sent to the passengers regarding cancellation and regulation of trains and frequent announcement is being made at the stations to inform the passengers regarding regulation of train service

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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY

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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY TO RESUME

104 SUBURBAN SERVICES BY 8^th NOVEMBER, 2021

Kolkata, 1^st November, 2021:

South Eastern Railway, immediately o­n receipt of the directives of Govt. of West Bengal, decided to restore the service of local trains in phase wise manner keeping in view safety parameters, crew requirements, rake linking etc. In the First Phase, services of 48 Suburban Locals have been resumed w.e.f. 31^st October, 2021. These suburban trains are already plying in Howrah-Kharagpur-Midnapur, Shalimar-Santragachi, Panskura-Haldia, Santragachi-Amta and Tamluk-Digha Sections of Kharagpur Division of SER.

Further, to serve the suburban passengers, SER has decided to restore more local train services in phase wise manner.

SER has planned to increase the local train services from 48 to 104 by 8^th November, 2021. Out of these, 51 suburban trains will run in up direction and 53 trains will run in down direction. SER’s local train services will be increased to 147 subsequently.

Details of 104 suburban services already resumed/ to be resumed are as under:

Elaborate arrangements have been made by SER for regular sanitisation of the coaches of suburban trains. SER is also organising awareness campaign through Public Address System in stations to ensure that passengers follow all the COVID-19 health protocols including maintaining of physical distancing and wearing of mask. Appeal to the Passengers is also being made for not undertaking journeys unless it is extremely essential. Along with CCTV surveillance, additional security personnel have also been deployed in trains and stations to monitor the situations.