Enhance Safety Standards at Station Yards and Sidings - Shri Gajanan Mallya, GM, SCR

Shri Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, South Central Railway advised the officials to focus o­n enhancing safety standards at station yards and at private sidings to improve operational convenience. He conducted a detailed review meeting o­n Safety, Punctuality and Freight loading on 30th June, 2019 at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad along with Principal Heads of Departments. The Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) of all six Divisions i.e. Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur and Nanded attended the meeting through video conference.

Shri Gajanan Mallya conducted a detailed review of all the safety measures to be taken to ensure safety at yard and private siding premises. He conducted a detailed review of increase in minor incidents happening at station yards and private sidings, which are affecting the operational convenience. He advised the officials to the officials to inspect the LHS (Low Height Subways) which are getting water logged due to continuous rains thereby affecting the traffic flow. He also stressed o­n improvement of Train Punctuality and Freight loading.

Shri Gajanan Mallya also reviewed the issues which were raised by Hon’ble MPs of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State during the meeting held recently. He advised all the DRMs and PHODs to expedite the works possible as sought by the MPs. Dr. N V B K Sai, Senior Cardiologist, SCR gave a presentation o­n occasion of World Heart day, and how to maintain a healthy heart by following various health means like having a healthy diet, involving physical activity, avoiding stress, quitting smoking etc during the meeting.

Shri A.A.Phadke, In charge Additional General Manager & Principal chief Electrical Engineer; Shri K.V.Siva Prasad, Principal Chief Engineer; Shri John Prasad, Principal Chief Commercial Manager; Dr. T.J. Prakash, Principal Chief Medical Director; Shri Arun Kumar Jain, Principal Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer were amongst the officials present.