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Why deadly Balasore train accident should serve as an amber signal for Indian Railways
In the devastating triple train accident in Odisha’s Balasore recently, which claimed 288 lives and injured more than 1,000 people, the Coromandel Shalimar Express, running at 128 kmph, and the YesvantpurHowrah Superfast, at 126 kmph, were nearing the speed limit of 130 kmph. Though speed won’t be a subject of inquiry — as none of the trains was overspeeding — this deadly episode should be seen as an amber signal to the transport behemoth that it must continue its journey carefully, and speed up only with safety gears on.
Train runs over three gangmen in Uttar Pradesh
Senior officials have rushed to the spot and a probe has been ordered, northern railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar said.
Why Indian Railways is procuring new dress and tools for its gangmen
The railways will be spending Rs 8,000 more on each person on the ground. The new goods will have to meet specifications mentioned by the Indian Railways.
Didn't join railways to build seniors' house: Trackman makes appeal to Piyush Goyal
Since the minister's order, around 10,000 Group-D railway employees, including gangmen and trackmen, have been removed from the houses of seniors and put back into safety and maintenance work, officials say.
1.5 crore apply for 90,000 railway jobs
Railway ministry had issued a notification for around 63,000 jobs in D category that includes gangman, and another notification for hiring 26,500 persons.
Indian Railways ties up with NSDC to train children of trackmen in vocational courses
The scheme for imparting skill development to these children has already been approved by the Prime Minister's Office, where recently, a presentation was made by senior railway officials.
In possibly world's biggest recruitment drive, Railways starts hiring 90,000 workers
The move to provide jobs to around one lakh youth seems to be aimed at blunting the criticism that enough jobs were not being created under NDA govt.
Over 1 lakh railways jobs for high school graduates to engineers
There has been criticism that job creation in the country is not in sync with economic growth, and this move could come as a saviour for the government ahead of the general elections next year.
Railways mulls rewards, incentives, bonuses to boost employees morale
Railways, which has 13 lakh employees, is now mulling a change in the criteria for promotion of employees to see if they can be further rewarded for good performance.
Railways sends employees for first foreign pleasure trip
In a first for the national transporter, 100 non-gazetted workers of South Central Railway flew to Singapore and Malaysia for a six-day vacation on January 28, said a statement.
Railways to cut down recruitment process from 2 years to 8-9 months
With over two lakh vacancies in the national transporter, general managers of 16 zonal railways had requested Ashwani Lohani, Chairman Railway Board, to cut down the process which usually takes around two years.
Railways may shorten recruitment process from 2 years to 6 months
Hit by severe staff crunch, Railways is mulling shortening the process by introducing online tests among other steps.
Karnataka Budget 2017: Drawing attention to Bengaluru's contract workers
Contract pourakarmikas, unlike regular workers, do not get proper wages for the work they do and are denied benefits.
Now, gelatin sticks found on rail track near Taloja station
Nagrale said a case would be registered against unidentified persons under the Explosive Substances Act and Railways Act at Taloja police station.
Railways suspect sabotage in train derailments
"In 45 cases of derailment this year, the sabotage angle cannot be ruled out," Railway Board Member (Traffic) Mohd Jamshed said here.
Railway needs comprehensive action plan for safety issues:Government official
The official suggested that there should a mechanism for frequent check-up of railway tracks, recruit of gangmen and regular safety audits of railways.
Did someone damage Railway tracks in Kanpur ahead of Modi’s Jan 1 rally? CBI probing
The December 28 accident made the railways brass jittery as it took place on the busy Delhi-Howrah route, considered one of the safest in India and used by elite trains such as the Rajdhanis and Shatabdis.
Railways review safety preparedness in 6 zones
"There has been some concern about safety issues in these zones. More such reviews will follow," the official said.
Railways to equip gangmen with safety device 'Rakshak'
Besides Rakshak, supervisors of gangmen are also being provided walkie-talkie to monitor their deployment and train movement.
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