As part of the Electrical Safety Awareness Campaign from 28.03.2017 to 31.03.2017, being undertaken by the Electrical Branch of Salem Division, Southern Railway, a Safety Propaganda Van (Safety Rath) was flagged off from Salem Division Office premises by Sri Hari Shankar Verma, DRM, today (28.03.2017), in the presence of Sri Chandrapal, ADRM, Sri M. Prabhakaran, Sr. Divisional Electrical Engineer, and other officers & staff of Salem Division. DRM also released the safety propaganda materials. The van will be travelling all over Salem Division, to interact with general public and rail passengers, distribute pamphlets, distribute Geometry boxes to school children carrying safety messages, and carry out audio visual propaganda.
The Electrical Branch staff have planned to meet about 1,00,000 people, distribute 10,000 pamphlets, 2500 Calendars with safety messages in Tamil, English and Hindi, and distribute 1000 geometry boxes with safety messages to school Children, to educate them and warn of the risks involved in getting near the railway electrical installations and the resultant electrocution and also on safe usage of the level crossings.
Speaking on the occasion, Sri Hari Shankar Verma said that Salem Division believes in the theory of ‘Prevention is better than Cure’ and educating the rail and road users on the safety front would save the loss of lives and damage to property. He further said that it was most unfortunate that 2 lives were lost by electrocution in the year 2017 in Salem Division, one during the Jallikattu agitation in Salem Market Station and the other one at the Mettur Dam Station, when they tried to board the top of the coach and wagon. He added that educating children on safety as part of the moral education would help them in the long run and lauded the efforts of Electrical and Safety Branches of Salem Division, in this front.
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