Inauguration of New Railway Institute Building in West Railway Colony, Salem

 

 L-R: Sri K.P.Damodaran, Sr.Divl.Comml. Manager, Sri S.Rangarajan, Sr.Divl. Elec. Engineer (Partially hidden), Sri Ma. Vignavelu, Sr.Divl. Engineer, Co-ordination, Sri Ramachandran, Asst. Divl. Engineer & Shri Shubhranshu, Divl. Railway Manager, Salem

The new Railway Institute Building for the use by the employees of Salem Division, situated in the West Railway Colony, behind the Salem Junction, was inaugurated by Shri Shubhranshu, Divisional Railway Manager, Salem, today (05.12.2015).  The Institute with capacity for seating of about 500 persons, at a time,  has facilities to hold official functions such as meetings, conferences, etc. that can be used for ceremonial occasions/family functions such as marriage, etc., by the railway employees. The utility Hall of the Institute can be booked for functions by general public also on payment basis, for which the rates will be fixed soon. However, the priority will be given to the railway employees and the rates will be concessional. The new building has been constructed at a cost of Rs.96.26 lakhs. In future, a separate kitchen area, dining area and a garden have been planned to be added to the new building.

Later, while interacting with the media persons on the occasion, Sri Shubranshu, stated that the Railway Board has given positive signal for the Salem Division’s proposal for introduction of a day time express train service between Salem and Chennai Egmore, via Vridhachalam, and added that the train will be launched soon.  He mentioned that the Southern Railway is operating special trains from and to Chennai with a view to help stranded passengers to move out of Chennai and also enable the help reach them. He further stated that once trains were able to reach Chennai Central by tomorrow afternoon, in the event of the waterlogging comes down, then, regular services may be resumed in a phased manner. He said that Salem Division has sent 32 wagons of construction materials with 90 engineering officers & staff, for restoration works to Chennai Division and additional support will be provided if required. There is a lot of demand from the NGOs in the Salem Division area for transporting relief materials to the Chennai residents affected by floods and once passenger train services start running, Salem Division will consider transporting them to Chennai free of cost, he added.