71 INSEPTEMBER 2011
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Issue# 71 Free Monthly news bulletin – for internal circulation September 2011
Email: [email protected] Contact: 9003141464, 9003149076,9003149659.
Chief Editor: K.Ravi, SSE/Shop80
Associate Editors:
M.A.Jaishankar, SSE/M&P
A.R.S.Ravindra, SSE/WS
K.Sudhir, SSE/Shop41 Treasurer:R.Mehalan, Ex-SSE/IT-ICF
Shell Offices:V.Ramesh, SSE/Project
S.K.Satishkumar, SSE/M&P
K.Sekar, OS/Engg
N.Jeganivasan, OS/P4
N.Ganesh,SSE/MPO/S
N.Vijayan,Ch Typist/Plant
S.Ghatikachalarao,SSE/WS
N.Devaraju, SSE/Plant
S.N.Vivekanandan, OS/P9
Shell Shops: P.Baskaran, SSE/40
A-shed: T.Gurunathan, SSE/40
B-shed: A.V.Gopalakrishna, SSE/22
Shop 24,25,26: P.Chandran, SSE/42
D&L-shed:R.Shanmugam, SSE/13
40,J,E: R.Lakshminarayanan, SSE/40
Stores: V.Annamalai, OS/SD
RT,RPF: R.Kasim, JE/48
11,23,41,TS:R.Jegathiswaran,SSE/41
Insp: J.Ananthakumar,SSE/42
Progress: M.Saravanan,SSE/PCO
CMT: G.Sivakumar, CMS-1
Electrical:D.T.Vijayaraj,SSE/45
Fur Offices:Elamurugan.N,SSE/MPO
Accts: Sudharsan.MN,SSO/Accts
PlgF,TS: G.Muthukrishnan,SSE
Stores:V.V.Mahadevan,OS/P8
Fur Shops:R.Sundarrajan,SSE/30
30: Bipinkumarkarn, SSE/30
31,32,34: P.Satyanarayana, JE/34
33,CMT,38:D.R.Suresh,SSE/33
80,81,37:D.Santhakumar,SSE/80
88: K.S.Rajakumar, SSE/88
Elect: M.Devaraj, SSE/85
36,54: A.Srivijayan,SSE/54
Progress:D.Baskar, SSE/PCO
TTC: J.Selvakumar,SSE/TC
D&D: Sabapathinathan.M,SSE/D&D
Hospital: RajuBalaji, Ch.OS
Web: K.Chandran, Webmaster/IT
Advisors:
S.Muthukumar,PE/PL/S
B.Chandrasekaran,WM/A/S
R.Velu, Ex-PE/PL/F-ICF
T.R.Ravichander,SME/I/F
The Independence Day was celebrated at ICF on 15.08.2011. Shri Vijay
P.Meshram, COS/ICF, unfurled the National Flag and inspected the parade. While
addressing the gathering of officers and staff, Sri Vijay P.Meshram mentioned that
last year, ICF has turned out 1503 coaches which is an all time record production
and 43,551 coaches have been produced up to July 2011 by ICF since its inception.
He also told that ICF has been sanctioned a project of `250/- crore for
manufacturing technologically upgraded coaches of Stainless Steel Shells & High
Speed Bogies and increase in capacity from 1500 coaches to 1700 coaches. The
new Bogie facilities & Shell manufacturing facilities are likely to be completed by
March & August 2013 respectively. He also stated that with the manufacture of
DEMUs for export market through RITES, ICF has embarked on manufacturing
stainless steel DEMUs which would be further adopted for DEMUs on Indian
Railways. He also told that 4.6 crore units of electricity have been generated
through the windmills installed by ICF in Tirunelveli District till the end of May
2011. In the Financial Year 2010-11, ICF has generated 2 crore units of electricity
and met 80% of its electrical energy requirements from this green energy.
Shri Kul Bhushan, took charge as Member Electrical and ex-
officio Secretary to the Government of India on 16.08.11.
Prior to this he was GM/CR. He has worked as Adviser
Electrical (Rolling Stock) in Railway Board, Dy. CEE, CESE,
ED/RB(Dev), DRM/Katihar, and CEE/RCF.
Shri Arvind Kumar Vohra took charge as Member Staff and
ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India on 16.08.11.
Prior to this he was GM/ECoR. In addition, he was DG/RSC.
He has rendered his expertise in preparation, planning,
procurement and execution of World Bank and Asian
Development Bank financial projects over Indian Railways
From
ICF Staff Club
AG129/18,VII Main Rd
AnnaNagar, Chennai40
To
Sri.R.N.Lal, Addl Member/Electrical visited ICF on 30.08.11
Congratulations
Sri.K.B.Siddharth, S/o.Sri.K.N.Babu,Dy.CME/D-II has
received Gold medal and cash award from Prof. M.S.
Ananth, Former Director, IIT Madras for "Best Outgoing
Student" during the first convocation of IIIT D&M held
at IIT Madras on 05.08.11. Siddharth is the first batch
student of B.Tech D&M at IIIT D&M currently
functioning at IIT Madras Campus. He has joined 2 year
MS program in Mechanical Engineering (Fuel cell
specialisation) at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
Congratulations
Ms.K.R.Varsini, D/o.M.Kumaravel
Physiotherapist, ICF Hospital, has
secured I position in the Brain&
Brawn event conducted by the
Vivekananda Educational Society.
STAFF OUTFLOW – LAST MONTH
Sl Name S/Shri Design Mode 1 K.Venkatamurthy SSE/11 C.R
2 V.Kothandapani SrTech/14 C.R
3 J.Siddaraju SSE/29 Transfer
4 H.Thuasiram Tech-2/45 Transfer
5 S.Rajaguru CG-2/22 Resigned
STAFF INFLOW – LAST MONTH
Sl Name S/Shri Design Shop 1 K.Venkatasundarrao Mali GM’s Office
2 S.Devistamilselvan Mali GM’s Office
3 K.N.Puveender Trackman Engineering
OFFICIAL POSTINGS Name S/Shri/ Smt Previous Present
D.K.Tete CME/QA CME/QA+CPM
PERSON OF THE MONTH
Fur - April ’11: G.Balakumar, Tech-1/33
Shell – April ’11: M.Alagiri, Tech-1/22
Fur – May ’11: P.K.Purusotaman,Tech-2/80
Shell - May’11: D.Sivaraj, SrTech/41
Fur - June ’11: S.Rajendran, Tech-2/85
Shell - June’11: K.Saibaba, SrTech/26
Fur - July ’11: G.Dhanasekaran, Tech-1/30
Shell - July’11: L.Balaji, Jr Progressman
WE DEEPLY MOURN THE SUDDEN DEMISE OF THE
FOLOWING EMPLOYEES
1 A.Soloman sahayaraj Inspector/87
2 G.Baburaj Tech-3/40
3 S.Rajupillai Tech-1/0
4 T.Rajashekaran Tech-2/21
5 T.K.Balaji Helper/54
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EMPLOYEES RETIRING THIS MONTH
1 GOPAL .J Tech1/FGL 13
2 JEYAN.N Helper 15
3 MANOHARAN.R SrTech/FGL 20
4 JAGANNATHAN.S SrTech/Weld 20
5 GOPI MOHANAN .K Tech1/Weld 21
6 MEYYAPPAN.R JE 22
7 ARJUNAN.R Helper 23
8 KAMALANATHAN .R Tech2/FGL 26
9 THANGAM .M Tech1/FMW 40
10 APPAVU.K Tech2/FMW 40
11 AROCKIAM .Y Tech3/Weld 40
12 MUNUSWAMY .P Tech1/Elec 45
13 GOPAL.S SSE 48
14 JANAKIRAMAN .S SrTech/Elec 28
15 ARUNACHALAM .V SrTech/Carp 30
16 SANDANAM.G Tech3/Carp 30
17 JAYARAMAN .M Tech1/FGL 33
18 KUTTIAPPAN .T Tech1/Paint 36
19 GANESAN.N Tech1/Elec 39
20 MARIA KULANDAI
NATHAN .A Tech2/Elec 39
21 KRISHNAN.C SrTech/Paint 54
22 DEENADAYALAN .V
K Tech1/Paint 54
23 DURAI .S Tech1/Paint 54
24 JAYASEELAN .I Helper 80
25 VIJAYAKUMAR.R C&MS CMTS
26 MEENAKSHI .AR ChOS Stores
27 PARANDHAMAN .D SrTech/Carp Stores
We wish them A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL RETIRED LIFE
ICF SPORTS Tournament Achievement by
State level Kabaddi
Tournament at Pallavaram
ICF Team winner
State level Kabaddi
Tournament at Tirupur
ICF Team Runner
Sr National power lifting
championship at Bhilai
Sri P.Raja represented
Tamilnadu and secured
Siver medal in 120 Kg
category
CIRCULARS: AC35: For school passes, the reasonable validity period
for undertaking journeys on the passes may be decided by
the pass issuing authority in each case depending upon the
requirement of occasion.
AC36: Amendment of rule 18 of Railway Services
(conduct) rules, 1966. (transaction in respect of movable
property)
AC37: Muslim employees, who observe fast and are
required to travel a long distance to their residence for
Iftar, may be allowed to leave office early, wherever
feasible.
AC38: rates of festival advance shall increase by 25% wef
01.01.2011.
Last date for submission of application:
Selection for Ex-cadre posts in AWTI = 21.09.11
Asst loco pilot by RRB = 12.09.2011
Award for ICF staff from Southern Railway
On 26-08-2011, at Loco works/Perambur, Sri. Inbarasu,
CWM, gave awards to ICF and Southern Railway
employees for meritorious service in resurrection of the
oldest Steam Locomotive in the world (EIR-21). The
following employees from Shop41/ICF have been
awarded in the function for manufacturing Connecting
rods which was an essential part in EIR-21 steam
locomotive.
Sri.V.R.Venkata Subramanian, S.Chithambaram, SSEs,
K.Anantha Subramanian, Balaguruvaiah, JEs,
S.Sreedharan, A.Senthil Kumar, Technicians and
M.R.Vijaya Kumar, Helper.
During the function CWM/Loco appreciated the work
done by ICF employees. Also, he praised that the
Connecting rods manufactured by ICF were superior to
original and saved Lakhs of rupees to Railways.
Setting up of Power Plants by Railways
Railways to set up four bio-diesel esterification plants for
production of bio-diesel. Further, solar photovoltaic (PV)
modules and wind mill power plants are generally
provided based on the availability of adequate sunlight,
required speed & density of wind techno commercial
considerations and availability of fund. The first two bio-
diesel esterification plants are being set up at Raipur and
Tondiarpet. The locations for the remaining two plants are
under finalization. Solar PV modules and wind mill power
plants are likely to bed operational within next two-three
years time subject to availability of fund.
Separate Sports Cadre to be created in Railways
The Ministry of Railways is considering to create a
separate sports cadre for further giving impetus to sports
in Indian Railways. This was announced by the Hon’ble
Minister of Railways, Shri Dinesh Trivedi while speaking
at a programme organized to felicitate the Arjuna and
Dhyanchand awardees of Indian Railways. 1/4th of the
awardees for the prestigious National Sports Awards this
year are from the Indian Railways. On this occasion, the
Minister also announced a cash award of Rs. 5 lakh each
to all the Railway players who have won the National
Sports awards. He also assured that other incentives like
promotions etc. will also be looked into in case of these
award winners.
Railways earns kudos from CAG
In the 743-page CAG report on the Commonwealth
Games, the government auditors have mentioned that all
the major activities relating to the makeover of New Delhi
Railway Station were completed before the Games and
within the budget.
Electronic Devices for Ticket Checking Staff in Trains
Electronic devices in the form of Hand Held Terminals
(HHT) have been provided to the Ticket Checking Staff in
about 11 pairs of trains as a pilot project. These devices
are used for marking passengers as turned up/not-turned
up, giving information on vacant berths availability to
passengers at stations and on the website, facilitating
greater transparency in the on-board allocation of berths
and system accountable of ticket checking transactions.
Bio-Toilets by Sri Gaurav Kumar Singh, DyCME/Designs
In order to avoid manual scavenging, Indian Railways and
DRDE have developed bio-toilets to be fitted in coaches.
ICF has proposed to fit 44 nos. of bio-toilets in the
coaches. The salient features of bio-toilets are:
1. The Retention Tank is made out of AISI 316 grade
stainless steel.
2. The system has pneumatically-operated flapper valve
arrangement.
3. It has a liquid solid separator so that the solid wastes
are collected in the tank separately for effective bio-
digestion.
4. It has a PLC based flapper valve which will
automatically open after every 10th flush to ensure
trouble free operation.
5. It ensures that any trapped materials like bottles,
napkins are dropped to the ground by opening flapper
valve.
6. In addition to the above, a manual wire rope
arrangement is provided to facilitate opening of
flapper valve in case of no power and air. This
manual wire rope arrangement can be locked so that
it can be connected and used as a “conventional
discharge” to ground toilets in case of any blockage
or malfunctioning of bio-toilets.
7. The bio-digester developed by DRDE will be filled
in Retention Tank. Approx.200 lts/Tank.
8. The construction of Retention Tank is so designed to
ensure complete bio-digestion of fecal matters.
9. The system has provision for effective cleaning of
toilet bowl and wall protectors.
10. It has a predetermined quantity of water used for
flushing (approx. 2.5 ltrs.)
11. The outlet diameter of pan is 100 mm.
12. The flapper valve will retain water column to prevent
any foul smell from the Retention Tank.
13. It is proposed to fit this in MAS-Guwahati Express
rake, T.No.15630 / 15629.
14. It has a chlorination chamber to treat the water before
letting it in the ground.
15. Retention tank has 7 chambers which are
interconnected by slits / tubes in the partition wall.
16. It is based on anaerobic system.
17. Pressurised water is used for flushing the system for
effective cleaning.
18. It is planned to provide 2 lavatories / coach
(diagonally opposite)
Working model of Bio-digester (anaerobic)
Lavatory discharge from Pan/Commode
______ Flapper valve
in normally Closed
condition
Through `P’ trap
Goes to liquid - solid separator
Liquid Solid
Goes to Chamber -2 Goes to Chamber-1
Bio-Digestion
Chambers are interconnected through slits / tubes
Chlorination chamber (last)
Treated liquid discharged to the ground
Chambers are interconnected through slits in the partition
walls/Bent pipes
After bio-digestion, liquid is passed through chlorinated
chamber, which after treatment will be let to the ground.
Tank – Full view
Tank – Internal View
Flapper Valve
Mounting Arrangement
Chlorination chamber arrangement
Wire rope arrangement Liquid solid separator
Comparison of CDTS –Vs- Bio-toilet (DRDE type)
CDTS Bio-System toilet
Fecal matter is discharged
(untreated) to the ground
In this, fecal matter will be
treated and discharged after
bio digestion and chlorine
treatment.
One flapper valve and one
slider valve are provided
Only one flapper valve is
provided
No wire rope arrangement
for converting into open
discharge toilet
Wire rope arrangement is
available for converting the
toilet into open discharge
toilet.
There is no liquid solid
separator.
The liquid – solid separator
will ensure enough time for
bacteria to react with fecal
matter.
There is no provision to
prevent water bottles
entering CDTS tank
The `P’ trap will prevent
water bottles entering
Retention Tank.
It pollutes the environment. It will not pollute the
environment.
IR gives James Bond license to thrill
The world's most famous secret agent, James Bond (with
actor Daniel Craig) will have to make some changes in his
action plan in India, when he jumps from a speeding
motorbike onto the roof top of a moving train and while
on the run, will jump from one moving to train top to
another. But the earlier plan to show both the moving
train tops crowded with travellers, will have to be done
away with, to comply with conditions put out by the
railway ministry.
One of the conditions for allowing the shoot is that they
cannot show India or Indian Railways in bad light and the
assurances will have to be given in writing. The film will
be viewed across the world where it will seem as if all
trains here have people traveling on roof tops, which is
not true. Also, traveling on the roof of a train is prohibited
by law and that cannot be encouraged. The shoot will
happen in Goa and in January next year.
Railway officers to monitor upkeep of trains
For ensuring better upkeep and maintenance of trains,
North Central Railway has launched Own Your Train
Scheme (OYTS). Under the plan, senior railway
authorities would be allocated trains. They would monitor
the upkeep of coaches and the facilities being provided to
passengers. Complaints would be forwarded to the
department concerned of Railways for action.
Under the OYTS scheme, officers of senior administrative
grade would be allocated a particular train for monitoring
its maintenance and upkeep. The officers would also
inspect the facilities being offered to passengers, like
include cleanliness of coaches and toilets, availability of
water in the toilets, timely and correct display of the
reservation charts, quality of bedrolls, condition of pests
and rodents, if any, prepare a report and send it to the
department concerned for action.
ICF SECOND UNIT Ravichandran.T, SSE/Project.
ICF has experience in manufacturing of different types of
coaches. But in-house manufacturing of fully stainless
steel coach was not achieved during past due to various
reasons like space, infrastructure facilities etc.
ICF’s dream has come true when our honorable Railway
Minister pronounced for “Modernization and expansion of
ICF by installing second unit to manufacture a large
number of technologically upgraded coaches with
increased production capacity from 1500 to 1700 coaches
per year” in the 2010-11 budget speech. The
announcement has two benefits for ICF.
1. Creation of facilities for manufacturing of LHB
coaches with FIAT in ICF.
2. Increasing the production capacity further to 1700
coaches per annum.
Location of 2nd unit
The existing shell division is land-locked on four sides
and hence further expansion is not possible. Moreover,
shell division does not have green field area for installing
the new technology machinery for LHB & FIAT bogie
manufacturing. The conversion of existing shell division
for manufacturing LHB shells without disturbance to
existing production belt is not possible.
Hence, installing the 2nd unit in a new location
has become inevitable. Fortunately there is around 42
acres of vacant land which belongs to ICF & Southern
Railway available in between Furnishing division and
Anna Nagar. The location is best suited for new division
since movement of the shells manufactured in the new
division to Furnishing division can be done through
existing traversers in Furnishing division. As per the
direction of the Railway Board the complete land has
been taken over by ICF for new project. Location is
shown in Fig-1
Project Proposal
Based on the various guidelines given by Railway Board
and experience of RCF in manufacturing LHB coaches for
the past 10 years, the detailed project proposal has been
initiated by ICF for sanction. The project was proposed at
a cost of Rs 271.17 crore. The project proposal was tabled
in the parliament during the winter session of 2010 and
Railway Board has communicated the sanction during
September 2010. Some of the works proposed in the
project have been reduced and Railway Board sanctioned
the project for the cost of Rs 220 crore and finally the
detailed estimate was sanction for Rs 249.58 crores.
Sl.No Description Cost
1. Original proposal Rs 271.07 crore
2. Abstract sanction Rs 220.00 crore
3. Detailed estimate sanction Rs 249.58 crore
Objective of the project
� 300 LHB shells with FIAT bogie to be
manufactured in the new unit.
� The stainless steel roof and side wall complete to
be manufactured for division requirement of 300 LHB
shells. ( no outsourcing ).
� Increase the ICF capacity to manufacture 1700
coaches per annum.
The new division should be self-sufficient and will not
depend on existing shell division except for wheel and
axle manufacturing facilities.
Various Facilities planned
CIVIL
The new division will have 3 bays for manufacturing
shop. Each bay is 20m wide and 350m long, followed by
50m long open gantry. (This shed will be the longest bay
in ICF).
The second and third bays are connected by transfer bay
for movement of roof, side wall from 2nd bay to 3rd bay.
Dedicated store area for 5000 sq.m with crane facilities
for unloading/loading the heavy items.
Service building 60m x 5m.
Separate Road with sufficient width from New Avadi road
for easy movement of 2 feet trailers and vehicles.
New Shed 25m x 72m for garnet blasting plant in
Furnishing division near Shop-54.
Stand for cycles, scooters and four wheeler parking area.
RPF post, watch tower etc.
Wide gate opening for easy movement of lengthy trailers.
Extension of traverser from Furnishing division to new
unit for movement of LHB shell to Furnishing division.
MECHANICAL.
BAY-I (FIAT Bogie manufacturing bay)
The complete FIAT bogie manufacturing will be carried
out in this bay.
All the facilities required for manufacturing bogie frame
and bolster from raw material to assembly are available in
this bay.
The vital Machines planned in this bay are:
Laser cutting Machine
Machining center for Bogie Frame
Machining Center for bogie bolster.
Shot blasting plant for bogie bolster and frame.
Welding robot for bogie frame and bolster fabrication.
Load testing machines.
Jigs and Fixture [as per the LHB design ] for bogie frame,
bolster and other sub-assemblies.
Manipulators for bogie frame and bolsters.
This bay is provided with 10Ton cranes. The crane
movement is possible from open gantry to other end of
shed i.e 400mts.
BAY-II (Roof and Side wall manufacturing bay)
This is the dedicated bay for manufacturing 100% of
stainless steel roof and side wall required for 300 LHB
coaches.
The vital machines planned in the bay
Laser cutting Machine.
Laser cutting and welding machine.
Robotic spot welding machine for side wall and roof
fabrication.
Manipulators for side wall complete welding.
Stretched leveling tack welding fixture for side wall.
Tack welding fixture and inspection stand for roof.
This bay is provided with 10 ton EOT crane for
movement of material including completed roof, side
wall.
This bay is connected with third bay through 30mt
transfer bay for movement of completed roof and sidewall
to 3rd bay i.e shell assembly bay.
The transfer bay will be provided with track and winch for
movement of materials.
BAY-III (Shell assembly bay)
This dedicated for manufacturing under frame, shell
assembly including provision for wheeling and magnetic
skin tensioning.
The vital machines planned in the bay
Jigs and fixtures for under frame manufacturing.
Jigs and fixtures for body shell manufacturing.
Skin tensioning equipment - 4 sets.
Wheeling facilities.
Tractor welding facilities.
Layout is shown in Fig-2.
OTHER FACILITIES
Garnet blasting plant for stainless steel coaches.
Bulk storage system for 02, CO2, Argon and BMC gases.
The manifolds are around 100 to 150m away from shop
floor.
Leak test facilities for completed shells.
Compressor room.
ELECTRICAL
Separate sub-station for the new division.
DG set backup.
Installation of Bio-Toilets in Trains
Indian Railways has installed bio-toilets in train coaches
with a view to developing designs suitable for Indian
Railways conditions. Approximately, 130 bio-toilets have
been installed in coaches on Indian Railways and are
under trial. Various technology options including bio-
toilets are under different stages of trials. It is not possible
to finalize long term action plan at the moment as the
technology development cycle has not matured as yet.
MODE OF EXECUTION.
The project is planned to execute through
COFMOW & RITES for early completion of the work.
COFMOW: The manufacturing facilities for
LHB shells including civil, mechanical and electrical
works will be carried out by COFMOW. 1st tender has
been already floated. The work is expected to be
completed by 2013.
RITES: M&P for FIAT bogie manufacturing will
be procured through RITES. Almost 6 tenders have
already floated. The work is expected to be completed
during early 2013.
ICF: Some of the peripheral activities including
construction of shed for FIAT bogie bay will be carried
out by ICF. As on date around 3 tenders have been floated
for these works. It is expected that ICF portion will be
completed during 2012.
FURNISHING
DIVISION
SITE FOR NEW LHB
DIVISION
APROCH
ROAD
MRS
MAIN
ENTRANCE
LOCATION OF NEW
DIVISION
Fig 1 - Location of New Division
SERVICE
BUILDINGG
5m X 60M
SUB-STATION
6m X 60M
GAS MANIFOLD
5Rooms
DG Set
Shed
WATCH TOWER
4NOS
Roof
Leak
test
LAYOUT OF LHB DIVISION
Fig 2 - Layout of New Division
Metro smart cards for school kids
The inauguration of Bangalore metro services on the 7.5
km reach one first phase between Byappanahalli and M G
Road is expected on 15.09.11. Bangalore will become the
third Indian city after Kolkata and Delhi to operate the
metro. Schools can write to BMRCL office to buy
contact-less smart cards for schoolchildren to use Metro
Rail from Byappanahalli to cricket stadium. These cards
would be sold at `50 and with a validity of 10 years.
Duties of Senior Supervisors traveling in a train involved in accident
-A.Prabukumar, CTI/TTC
� Shall remain in charge of the accident site till a
senior officer takes over.
POINTS TO CHECK
� Protection to the train
� Check whether information about details of
accident has been conveyed.
� Preservation of proofs, about accident to ascertain
cause of accident.
� No object must be disturbed in case of sabotage
� Condition of the track
� Condition of rolling stock
� Position of block instruments, relay room, signals,
points, levers, indicators, key, position of
switches in the panel if accident is in station area.
� Maintain constant communication with control
regarding assistance required, extent of damage.
BE COURTEOUS TO PASSENGERS
� Rly servants on train /at site shall volunteer
themselves to render assistance and report to
TS/TTE/Guard of the train
� TS/TTE/Guard collect all railway servants and
form 3 or 4 group
� One group shall assist the guard and driver and
the other groups may be directed to assist in
rescues injured / entrapped passengers.
Installation of GPS Based Information System on Trains
Northern Railway has planned to provide Global
Positioning System (GPS) based Electronic Display Board
and Voice Announcement System is one rake of New
Delhi-Guwahati Express. It will provide real time
information like speed of running train, name of next
stopping station etc. to the passengers in coaches.
Eastern Railway has planned to install GPS based
Passenger Information System in Howrah-New Delhi
Rajdhani Express. There is no provision for voice
announcement in this system.
RDSO has also undertaken a GPS based Research &
Development project where electronic display boards
have been provided in 5 coaches of Kanpur-New Delhi
Shatabadi to display real time train running information
like speed of running train, name of next stopping station
etc. There is no provision for voice announcement in the
system. The project in Northern Railway is targeted to be
commissioned in financial year 2011-12 and that in
Eastern Railway by 30.09.2011.
World's longest sea bridge in China
China has opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge -
which is 26.4 miles long and links China's eastern port
city of Qingdao to the offshore island Huangdao. This
road bridge is 110ft wide and is the longest of its kind.
Role of supervisor in safety A.Baranibas, Safety Officer
• Set a good example
• Maintain good relations with workers
• Put safety on the top of your list
• Be sure of your safety consciousness
• Know safety methods, process and safe procedures
• Develop capacity to detect and correct the hazards.
• Have knowledge in using safety equipment
• Be patient in solving safety problems
• Use the positive personal approach
• Counsel, instruct and educate employees regularly.
Safe steps in Manual Material Handling
� Prepare for the lift by warming up the muscles
� Stand close to the load and face the way you intend to
move
� Use a wide stand to gain balance
� Be sure you have a good grip in the load
� Keep arms straight
� Tighten abdominal muscles
� Touch chin into the chest
� Initiate the lift with body weight
� Lift the load as close to the body as possible
� Lift smoothly without jerking
� Avoid twisting and side bending while lifting
Indian Railways to go LNG way for savings
Railways has decided to gradually opt for liquefied
natural gas on a large scale as part of its effort to reduce
diesel consumption, green house gas emissions and ensure
major operational savings. The Indian Railways and the
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) have signed an MoU to
explore the potential of LNG in a substantial manner in
locomotives, factories and workshops.
The induction of LNG in railways is likely to be in a
phase-wise manner. It will begin with industrial uses in
factories to usage in diesel multiple units and then in
mainline diesel locomotives. Railways is currently
dependent on refined petroleum products such as high
speed diesel for locomotives and furnace oil in workshops
and factories. At the moment, the transport behemoth uses
approximately 250 crore litres of high speed diesel for
locomotives annually.
Free Meals during Late Running Rajdhani/Shatabdi
Railways have decided that whenever any
Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto Express trains are running late
from their scheduled time by more than two hours, meals
would be provided, including packaged drinking water,
free of cost as per the service timings to the passengers
on-board of these trains irrespective of sector-wise service
provided for its normal run subject to practical feasibility.
This facility is only provided in all Rajdhani/ Shatabdi/
Duronto Express trains where catering charges are
included in the ticket fare