Railways Monsoon Safety Drive in Samastipur | Patna News – Times of India
Patna: Keeping in tune with the recent directives of the Railway Board to strictly follow monsoon safety guidelines, the Samastipur division of the East Central Railway (ECR) has launched an intensive monthlong safety drive to prevent mishaps on tracks.
Samastipur divisional railway manager (DRM) Vinay Srivastava told this newspaper on Tuesday that the drive aims to provide foolproof safety to the passengers during the journey and ensure smooth running of trains.“The safety drive, which will continue till August 31, involves all senior officials and safety staff to personally visit and inspect all vulnerable places to examine track fitness and signalling system in the division,” he said, adding that the safety team has been asked to report about any shortcomings or steps taken to improve safety measures.
Under the new guidelines, the safety officials concerned have been asked to inspect each crossing point on the tracks which often causes derailment in case of a minor fault. “The railway technical experts are imparting training and counselling to field staff to get themselves abreast of the new advanced technical methods,” the DRM said.
The railways will also hold safety workshops for the safety staff during this period. “We have started ‘footplate’ inspection (travel in locomotives with loco pilots) to assess the track condition at night,” Srivastava said.
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