Ensure Water Arrangements and Fire Safety Precautions in view of Ensuing Summer Season
Railway facilities reviewed for summer
Hyderabad: Arun Kumar Jain, General Manager, South Central Railway held a detailed meeting on measures to be undertaken in view of the ensuing summer season and safety of train operations on Monday at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad.
Neeraj Agrawal, Additional General Manager, SCR participated in the meeting along with Principal Heads of Departments. Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) of all the six divisions viz., Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur, Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Nanded Divisions joined the review meeting through video conference.
Arun Kumar Jain advised all the divisions to take up necessary measures to ensure adequate water arrangements at stations, trains, railway colonies etc. before the summer season begins. He also instructed to observe all fire safety precautions including fire safety audits, maintenance of equipment etc to prevent any fire incidents in Railway premises during summer.
He advised to review the maintenance of ACs and water coolers in stations and trains, any defects found should be repaired immediately without delay, he said.
The General Manager also held a detailed review on smooth running of train operations. He stated that Safety, Punctuality and Loading are the three most important parameters of Indian Railways and all due effort must be made to maintain the same. He instructed the divisions to examine the delays in some trains and rectify them so as to further improve the punctuality of train operations.
The General Manager reviewed the status of various safety drives being carried out across the zone. He advised the officials to adhere to all guidelines and strictly observe all safety measures to ensure smooth running of trains. He informed the officials to continue carrying out regular safety drives to educate on-field staff to avert untoward incidents or unsafe conditions.
