RailPost Bureau
October 24, 2019
Suneet Sharma, General Manager, Eastern Railway felicitated five of its employees for being alert while discharging their duty averting accidents.
Sukumar Mandal, Technician of Sealdah Division while performing primary maintenance at the yard, detected a very crucial defect in the rake of 12343 Darjeeling Mail and rectified it.
Nageshwar Yadav, Track Maintainer of Asansol Division while on routine line inspection, detected a rail fracture and set it right immediately.
Sk. Sabirul Islam, Porter of Malda Division while on duty noticed a heavy smoke coming out from middle portion of 12183 Election special. He immediately informed the concerned authority and stopped the train.
Jayanta Kumar Halder, Station Manager and Koushik Mondal, Porter, Gour Malda of Malda Division detected and rectified a major rail fracture with their joint effort.
In a meeting with Principal Departmental Heads and DRMs, the GM expressed concern over achieving the targets, controlling of expenditure. He advised DRMs to review expenditure and take efforts to improve ER’s financial position.
Towards this he suggested that divisions increase freight loading,especially coal besides enhancing revenue through passenger earnings and non-fare revenue.
He stressed upon intensifying ticket checking to eliminate ticketless travel.
The GM advised divisional level officers to undertake more field inspections for passenger safety while taking immediate action for deficiencies found.
Also discussed were cleanliness in trains and stations and the various passenger amenities.
