Top priority to safety, says SCR AGM

Additional General Manager of South Central Railway John Thomas stressed upon according top priority to safety and cleanliness on the railway zone in view of the prevailing weather conditions during monsoon season.

Ensuring cleanliness

At an intensive review meeting on ‘Safety and Cleanliness’ on Monday at Rail Nilayam, in Secunderabad along with principal heads of departments besides the Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) of all six divisions - Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur and Nanded - who attended the meeting through video conference, Mr. Thomas instructed the Divisional Managers to intensify the field-level inspections to attain visible improvement in cleanliness at all the important stations and of all trains.

Review with officials

He also instructed the officials to inspect all the stations and depots under their jurisdiction and take proper remedial actions immediately to rectify the issues related to safety.

Additional General Manager reviewed all the safety aspects and instructed the officials to avoid short cut methods in attending the asset failures and advised them to focus on signal and loco failures which have impact on mobility of trains and improves the safety.

He instructed the officials to take corrective action without delay to ensure safety.