Railway staff told to take all monsoon precautions

Secunderabad: South Central Railway (SCR) General Manager Gajanan Mallya conducted a detailed review o¬n safety, punctuality and freight loading on Tuesday at Rail Nilayam. He was speaking to principal heads of departments and Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) of all six Divisions i.e. Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur and Nanded through video conference.

The General Manager extensively reviewed the safety aspects in the zone, including monsoon precautions, in view of signal and engineering failures during the o¬nset of monsoon season.

He instructed the officials to accord priority for monsoon precautions and to intensify the monsoon patrolling at all vulnerable areas to ensure safety of the track and make action plans. o¬n the punctuality aspect, the GM advised all the Divisional Railway Managers to monitor it personally and draw an action plan to attain optimal punctuality duly ensuring safe working.

Mallya also reviewed the progress o¬n the implementation of e-office and Unique Medical Identity Card (UMID) registrations by employees and pensioners. He also advised all the DRMs to generate income from non-fare revenue with introduction of themes like rail display networks at stations, advertisements in coaches, publicity through video walls at platforms etc.