8 Trains from (BSGN)BASUGAON to (PBL)PATHSALA

MR Co-ordination Cell (in short MRCC) under the Ministry of Railways rescued a mentally retarded old man, aged about 65 years from Pathsala Railway station under Rangiya Division of N.F. Railway. The old man was rescued o­n the basis of an information received from a family member.

On the basis of information received from a family member of a mentally retarded old man boarding a train, MRCC quickly came into action and efforts were made for collecting detailed information about the man. After getting requisite details and photograph of the old man, it came into light that the old man boarded a train at Sealdah Station o­n 18^th December, 2022. But he suddenly de-boarded at Kokrajhar station. Later, with the help of Railway Protection Force (RPF) the old man boarded in Lumding Intercity Express but again he got de-boarded at Pathsala Railway station. o­n getting information, MRCC directed RPF officials to search for the old man at Pathsala station. Under the close monitoring of MRCC and with the help of RPF the mentally retarded old man was traced and rescued and later handed over to family member.

The family member of the old man was very much overwhelmed by the quick response given by MRCC and RPF. Family members thanked MRCC, RPF and Indian Railways for their effort in reuniting and rescuing the old mentally retarded person.

The main objective of MRCC under the Ministry of Railways is dealing with and coordinating all the complaints, representations and grievances received by Honourable Railway Minister. 

In what could be a big push towards smoother road connectivity in the State of Assam, the Government of Assam and N.F Railway have jointly identified as many as 24 Road Over Bridges to be shortly taken up for construction, all over the state.

It is to be mentioned that during a meeting held between Chief Secretary, Government of Assam and General Manager, N.F Railway o­n 24^th July the issue of construction of Road Over Bridges jointly by State Government and N.F Railway in various locations all over Assam was attached top priority. Presently PWD/Assam has already awarded tender o­n single entity and cost sharing basis for 2 Road Over Bridges, o­ne each at Basugaon and Lanka for which the Railway component of the fund has already been sanctioned in current budget. At the same time, as many as 7 DPRs are also in advanced state of completion which are likely to be submitted by the State Governments to NFR by August for which railways will propose for out of turn sanction from Railway Board. In addition to this, another 15 number of Road Over Bridges have been proposed during this current year for which DPRs are to be proposed by PWD and sent to the Railways.

It is to be mentioned that for smoothening of road network all over Assam and for the purpose of level crossing for smooth passages of railway track, State Government and N.F Railway has jointly identified 56 number of ROBs which are to be taken for construction all over the State. A mechanism has also been put in place for joint survey of busy level crossings with Train Vehicle Unit (TVU) of more than 1 lakh, to be conducted by NFR with PWD officials. ROBs will be proposed in such locations after assessment of feasibility and submission of drawings by PWDs to the Railways.