Press release given after GM office Dharna on 14.03.13

                                            PRESS RELEASE:

On 10.07.2011 Kalaka mail accident near Fathehpur resulting death of 71 passengers and injured 264, along with many accidents which caused a bad image to Railways. To check the growing number of rail accidents, the Railway Minister, Mr Dinesh Trivedi, on 16.09.11 announced the setting up of a high-level Safety Review Committee.

The committee, comprising experts in technical and high-end technology-related fields, will be headed by Dr Anil Kakodkar, former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission. Dr N. Vedachalam of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Prof Sanjay Dhande, Director, IIT- Kanpur, and Mr G.P. Srivastava, Director E&I Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Mr E. Sreedharan, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, as members. They Submitted their report on 17.02.2012, which along with many other suggestions emphasize the need of eradicating the Level Crossing Gates and Filling up of Vacancies. “The Committee recommend that all the vacancies of supervisors and staff in safety category are filled up in a time bound manner say within 6 months by leveraging IT based recruitment systems.”

Committee find  Vacancies in LP  7832, Motorman 568, Shunters: 1679, Assistant LP: 7040 and total Vacancies 1,26,304.

On 22.05.12 16591 humpi Express rammed with Stationary goods train at  Penukonda killed 25 passengers caused serious discussions on Railway safety. AILRSA South, South Western and South Central Zones jointly organized a Commissioner of Railway Safety march on 07.06.2012 and submitted a detailed memorandum to CRS.

Railway Board convened a meeting on 12.06.2012 at New Delhi and circulated suggestions containing 58 recommendations to reduce Signal Passing At Danger (SPAD) cases.

Please visit: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mec_engg/downloads/Traction/2012/SPAD_meeting.pdf

Now AILRSA demands the Management to implement their own recommendations.

The Dharna at Hubli on 14.03.2013 in front of General Manager office’ Welcome by Sri. Sarguna Nathan presided by Sri SD Arnold, Zonal President AILRSA and inaugurated by Sri MS Venkatesh Murthy, General Secretary NREU. The program was addressed by  Sri C. Sunish, General Secretary, AILRSA, Sri, Sri AM.Khan, All India Insurance Employees Union Sri R Surendran Bangalore , Sri Donal Raj Hubli , Sri R Saravanan Mysore Sri KT Achari Hubli etc.

A representation met General Manager Sri Anil Kumar Mital and submitted a memorandum; he informed that the memorandum will be forwarded to Railway Board for favourable actions.