RAILWAYS TO ORGANISE TWO-DAY NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SAFETY
The Union Minister
of Railways Shri Nitish Kumar has convened a two-day workshop
on railway safety involving ground staff like station masters,
drivers, gangmen, pointmen, loco inspectors, loco staff, signalling
inspectors, workshop staff and across section of all staff relating
to safety on railways.
To be held here on
July 12 and13, the five major Unions of Indian Railways, such
as Federation of Railway Officers’Associations (FROA), National
Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), All India Railwaymen Federation
(AIRF), Indian Railway Promotee Officers’ Federation (IRPOF),
and Railway Protection Force Association (RPFA) will participate
in the brain storming workshop.
The workshop will
deliberate on ways and means to contain and reduce train accidents
involving casualties. Besides, it will deliberate on infrastructure
maintenance, operation practices, rescue and relief systems, training
and upgradation of skills and other strenuous factors affecting
rail safety. The discussions will be in addition to seminars conducted
by zonal railways on the White Paper on railway safety placed
in the Parliament by the Minister of Railways Shri Nitish Kumar
in April this year.
The findings of the
workshop and seminars would help the Government formulate a Corportate
Safety Plan as recommended by the Khanna Committee . The proposed
plan together with the Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF) would
be the standing guide to the railway employees to maintain high
standards of safety and prevent accidents involving casualties.
