New Delhi, Oct 27, 2022, By Special Correspondent

New Delhi, Oct 27: The Ministry of Railways has directed Zonal Railways to launch a month-long safety drive from October 28 to remove any gap in maintenance of fixed assets, locomotives and rolling stock and strengthening safety on Indian Railways. 

Safety continues to be the foremost priority of Indian Railways and is accorded the greatest consideration, an official release said, adding that during the drive, it will be ensured that extant procedures are being conformed and monitoring of human factors are done.

The Railway Board has directed all Zonal Railways to ensure that officers in Headquarters and Divisions carry out thorough inspection and ensure correction of deficiencies found during inspections within the drive. 

At least one officer from the headquarters must be on inspection each day during the drive in each Division. Also, each major section of each division must be under Night Foot Plate Inspection by an officer. All sections of Divisions are to be inspected by DRMs/ADRMs. General health of fixed assets is to be examined.

Directives for this mega Safety Drive from Railway Board includes regular patrolling of all tracks and monitoring on day to day basis, surprise checks at stations to ensure proper operational practices are being followed and no safety system is being bypassed. 

Besides, gate, station and other operating staff shall be encouraged to be vigilant.