RailPost Bureau
November 2, 2019
Fifteen railway employees of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) who were extremely alert in discharging their duty were felicitated by the General Manager NFR at its headquarters in Maligaon (Guwahati) on Friday. Each of them received a cash award of Rs. 3, 000 along with a certificate issued by the GM NFR.
Their achievements are as follows:
Nirmal Kumar Sinha, Station Master / Panjipara under Katihar division while performing duty on 01.09.2019 noticed smoke coming out from one wagon of a goods train. He immediately informed all concerned and the fire was extinguished by using fire extinguisher at Gaisal station. Thus a probable accident was averted due to his alertness.
Charan Singh, Constable/RPF under Katihar division while while performing duty at Barsoi station on 07.09.2019 noticed smoke coming out from coach number 09701. He immediately informed all concerned and the problem was rectified and thus a probable accident was averted.
Abhisek Kumar, Helper/C and W under Rangiya division while performing rolling in examination at Rangiya station on 11.09.2019 detected broken Coil Spring in AC coach of Train No. 15653 DN. He immediately informed his senior supervisor and the problem was rectified. Due to his alertness a probable mishap could be averted.
Anil Ch. Roy, Technician/II/New Coochbehar and Swapan Mitra, Asst/CandW/ New Coochbehar under Alipurduar division while performing rolling in examination at New Coochbehar detected major defects in one coach of 15910 up. The defects were attended and rectified thus a probable accident was averted due to their alertness.
Duryodhan Reddy, Driver and Dhanushdhari Kumar, Asst. driver under Alipurduar while working by 13150 Dn On 22.09.2019 suddenly noticed one big wild elephant crossing the Railway track at KM 71/9-8 between Nagrakata– Chalsa station at about 05-36 pm. They immediately applied the emergency brake to control the train and saved the elephant. Due to their alertness the elephant was saved as well as a probable mishap was averted.
Balram Kumar, Track Maintainer/IV under Katihar division while performing patrolling duty detected rail fracture at Km 20/3-4 in up main line duty between Chatterhat – Nijbari station. He immediately protected the track and informed all concerned. The track was rectified and a probable mishap was averted.
Sew Kumar Kahar and Jagadish Kalita both Track Maintainer under Lumding division while performing night patrolling duty on 25.09.2019 detected problems in railway track. Without losing time, they immediately protected the track and informed all concerned and train running was suspended. Due to their alertness a probable accident could be averted.
Bidya Moni Singha, Technician/III under Rangiya division while performing duty on 27.09.2019 at about 10-50 pm noticed brake binding problem in one coach of a container carrying train. He immediately informed all concerned and the train was stopped and the problem was rectified. Due to his alertness a probable mishap was averted.
D.P. Sinha, Driver and Mahesh Bhushan, Asst. driver under Alipurduar while working by train No.55467 Up on 27.09.2019 and passing at KM 19/4-5 between Gulma – Sivok stations suddenly noticed a herd of 05 to 06 nos. of wild elephants crossing the Railway track at about 07.50 am. They immediately applied the emergency brake and managed to stop the train just near the moving elephants. Thus they saved the lives of elephants as well as a probable mishap was averted.
Sourav Chakraborty, Driver under Alipurduar while working by train No.75715 Up on 28.09.2019 and passing at KM 32/2-3 between Sivok – Bagrakot stations suddenly noticed one big wild elephant crossing the Railway track at about 06.00 am.He immediately applied the emergency brake and to stop the train. Thus his prompt action saved the life of an elephant as well as a probable mishap was averted.
Kajal Roy, Track maintainer/IV under Katihar division while performing patrolling duty detected rain cut fracture at Km 198/4-3 in up main line duty between Samsi – Bhaluka Road station. He immediately protected the track and informed all concerned. The track was rectified and a probable mishap was averted.