Hon’ble Tiruppur Member of Parliament declares open the second entry to the Tiruppur Railway station, inaugurates the Solar Power Plant and inspects the Tiruppur station

As part of the activities by Salem Division, Southern Railway, in the Customer Facilitation Fortnight observed by Indian Railways from 26.05.2015 to 09.06.2015, the second entry to the Tiruppur was declared open by Smt V. Satyabama, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Tirupur today (09.06.2015). This second entry has a passenger waiting hall for the use by rail passengers. The second entry to the station was constructed at a cost of Rs.40 lakhs. She also inaugurated the Solar Power Plant installed in the Tiruppur junction. The on-grid type 3 kVA capacity Solar Power Plant has been installed at a cost of Rs.3.13 lakhs and is capable of producing 11-13 units of electricity per day. The solar plant was one of the green energy initiatives by the Salem Division and is the third one in the series of Solar Power Plants installed in Stations, after Athur and Salem Junctions.

Smt. A. Visalakshi, Hon’ble Mayor, Municipal Corporation of Tirupur, Sri G.Govindaraj, District Collector, Tirupur, also accompanied the Hon’ble Tirupur MP during her visit to Tirupur Junction.

During the discussions with Shri Shubhranshu, Divisional Railway Manager, Salem Division, Smt V. Satyabama, Hon’ble MP, enquired about the stoppage of booking of parcels at Tiruppur junction. Shri Shubhranshu clarified that as per rules, parcels cannot be booked in trains which stop less than 5 minutes in a station and in accordance with that rule, parcel booking has been regulated. He, however, assured Hon’ble MP that already discussions were held with the Tiruppur traders and it was advised to them to pool booking of parcels, so that Special Parcel Trains can be operated from Tirupur, on fixed dates, under DRM’s powers.  When the demand from the public for construction of a second Foot Over Bridge (FOB) and setting up of a Vegetarian Refreshment Room (VRR) at Tirupur was discussed, DRM assured that it would be looked into. 

For a request by the District Collector for setting up of a pharmacy in Tiruppur Junction, DRM clarified that medicines could be supplied only against a physician’s prescription or otherwise a doctor should be available round the clock if such a pharmacy is set up, which is not practicable.  However, he assured the District Collector that steps will be taken to set up a emergency medical care centre in Tirupur junction, with the help of the local hospitals.

Later, Smt. V. Satyabama, Hon’ble MP, inspected the Tirupur junction, along with the Hon’ble Tirupur Mayor, Tirupur District Collector, Shri Shubhranshu, DRM, and other Salem Division Officials. Sri K.P. Damodaran, Sr. Divl. Commercial Manager, Sri. Ma. Vignavelu, Sr. Divl. Engineer/Co-ordination, Sri P. Kamban, Sr. Divl. Financial Manager, Sri V. Babu, Sr. Divl. Signal & Telecommunications Engineer, Sri Ajay Jaiswal, Divl. Mechanical Engineer, were present on the occasion.