Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Two committees formed for fire safety audit in Railways

The Southern Railway has informed the Madras High Court that it has constituted two committees for a comprehensive fire safety audit on railways.

The Southern Railway has informed the Madras High Court that it has constituted two committees for a comprehensive fire safety audit on railways.
These included material used in coach construction and maintenance, checks against carrying inflammable materials on trains, availability of fire extinguishers and training of manpower in handling fire and fire safety equipment, it said before the first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice P Sathyanarayanan. 
This was stated by T Venkatasubramanian, Chief Rolling Stock Engineer, Mechanical Department, in an affidavit before the First Bench. 
The affidavit was in response to a PIL filed by social activist Kannan Govindarajulu.
The petitioner sought a direction to the Railway Ministry to improve safety of passengers in running trains by providing fire extinguishers and implement augmented first aid in phases. He cited various fire mishaps in the recent past and sought a direction to the Railways to improve safety measures. (Source: Security Today) 
On a notice from the first bench, a detailed reply affidavit was filed by Railways, which the bench recorded. The bench noted that the counter was filed, listing steps taken to provide extinguishers and implement augmented first aid facilities in trains and said it showed the various steps taken and that some are in progress and then closed the petition.

Related Posts:

  • Labour movement from Belgium Strike notice at Caterpillar Belgium 07.03.2013  Trade unions at Caterpillar in Belgium stand united in face of Caterpillar’s announcement that it intends to lay off 1,400 workers at its plant in Gosselies. … Read More
  • Labour movement in Brazil 50,000 Brazilians march for labour rights 07.03.2013  The march organized by Brazil's trade union centres and social movements highlighted the need to strengthen the internal market in order to make progress on … Read More
  • Hindi Notice matter for GM office Dharna on 14.03.13 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE ML MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 … Read More
  • Chinese Railway in Ethiopia Chinese railway in Ethiopia to replace historic French line Sunday, 10 March 2013  Posted by Muhammad Iqbal … Read More
  • Labour movement in New York Trade unions are battling in New York for the status of women 07.03.2013  Union women from around the world are gathered in New York for the United Nations’ 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women … Read More

0 comments:

Welcome To AILRSA....

Visitors

1221945

Admin Area

Blog Archive

AILRSA 1970 - . Powered by Blogger.

Are You Satisfied with 7th Pay commission ?

Popular Posts

Recent Posts

Text Widget

Followers

-------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------