SAFETY DRIVE ON RAILWAYS
The Railways have
launched a month long safety drive. This follows a direction from
the Chairman Railway Board, Shri R.K. Singh, to all the General
Managers of Zonal Railways asking them to involve officers, supervisors
and cutting edge staff to focus on safe operation of trains and
maintenance of fixed and mobile assets.
Closer monitoring
of drivers and effectiveness of brake power are the central action
points of the safety drive.
Meanwhile, the
Union Minister of Railways, Shri Nitish Kumar has convened a two-day
national workshop on railway safety on July 11 and 12, 2003 here.
The workshop will involve a cross section of ground staff like
station masters, drivers, gangmen, pointmen, loco inspectors,
signalling inspectors and workshop staff at the cutting edge of
rail safety.
The workshop
will deliberate on ways and means to contain and reduce train
accidents involving causalities. Besides, it will deliberate on
infrastructure maintenance, operation practices, rescue and relief
systems, training and upgradation of skills and other internal
and external factors affecting rail safety.
