Seminar on Safety Conducted by Salem Division, Southern Railway

Sri Hari Shankar Verma addressing the gathering

  Sri Rajkumar delivering the welcome note

 Sri Chandrapal addresses the gathering 

Sri G.V.L.Satyakumar, delivering his key note address. Sri Rajkumar (middle) and Sri Chandrapal look on.  

A section of the gathering 

With a view to operate the trains safely with enhanced focus on maintenance of assets, such as locomotives, coaches, tracks, etc., Indian Railways has taken up the task of educating its work force at the grass root levels, that will reduce the incurrence of rail mishaps.  As part of this mission, Seminars focusing on safe train operations are being conducted all over Southern Railway.

In such a seminar conducted at Salem Division today (20.01.2017),  Sri G.V.L. Satyakumar, Executive Director, Railway Board, participated as the Special Invitee and interacted with officers, supervisors and staff of Salem Division.  The Seminar was attended by Sri Hari Shankar Verma, DRM, Sri Chandrapal, ADRM, and other officers of Salem Division. Officers in charge of various Branches such as Mechanical, Electrical, Operations, etc., submitted presentations on safety aspects of their individual branches during the Seminar.

While addressing the participants, Sri Satyakumar said that accidents are not just one time occurrence, but are results of chain of events like failure to check, failure to maintain, failure to follow set norms, etc. He called upon the grass root level railway staff such as track maintainers, signaling staff, and others to focus more on maintenance and operation practices. He said that failure to keep vigil and inspect on regular basis, will have an impact on punctuality of trains also.  By looking the system as a whole and not in parts, and by plugging the deficiencies effectively, the goal of safety in train operations can be achieved together, he felt.

During his address, Sri Hari Shankar Verma said that Salem Division is taking up all precautious inspections and preventive maintenance seriously with a view to achieve the goal of zero accidents. He also said that if each and every person take up their role seriously and perform their duties accordingly, there would be no scope for errors.

Earlier, Sri S. Rajkumar, Sr. Divisional Safety Officer, Salem, welcomed the gathering. Sri M. Prabhakaran, Sr. Divl Electrical Engineer, rendered the note of thanks.