A tragic incident will have impact on people in more ways than one. After the Masaipet tragedy in Medak district three years ago that claimed the lives of innocent children, some sympathised with the victims’ families while some expressed outrage at the administration for being negligent. But Khaja Nizamuddin Shakeer, a student of Zaheerabad Minority Boy’s School, has reacted differently by designing a sensor-based railway gate.
It took him about two weeks to design the structure that cost him about Rs. 1,200. “The gate closes automatically once the green signal is given for the train. It functions based on the sensors fitted with the signal system as well as the railway gate. It will open only after the train leaves the station,” he told The Hindu . He felt that there were several unmanned railway crossings in the State that needed sensor gates. Syed Siraz, the teacher who guided Nizamuddin Shakeer on his project, said they were unable to display the sensor system as it would cost more, and was a difficult task to finish in a short time, but the idea is to avoid such tragedies at unmanned railway crossings.
Nizamuddin Shakeer’s model was one among the exhibits presented at the two-day State-level Science Exhibition held at Minority Residential School at Kasipur in Sangareddy recently. His model bagged the first prize.
“Along with Nizamuddin Shakeer’s model, the model on organic pesticide by B. Kanaka Raju bagged the first prize at the science exhibition,” said Jyothirmayee, school principal.
