SCR for renewed focus on COVID-19 safety regulations

Speeding up vaccination for the frontline employees reminiscent of reserving and ticket checking employees, loco-pilots, guards and safety personnel, and common sanitisation of station premises and trains had been some areas highlighted by South Central Railway (SCR) General Manager Gajanan Mallya throughout a video convention with the zone’s high officers on Tuesday.

He additionally reviewed the infrastructure accessible at railway hospitals and instructed officers to step up the services if the scenario calls for.

Mr. Mallya burdened the implementation of preventive measures to include the unfold of coronavirus and guarantee protected journey to the passengers, and therefore, officers needs to be extra vigilant on follow-up motion and adopting strict tips. He additionally highlighted the necessity for educating passengers on carrying masks correctly whereas on journey, frequent washing of arms and following distancing norms at mass-contact areas

Sufficient variety of sanitisers at work locations reminiscent of crew reserving lobbies, workshops and coaching institutes and many others. needs to be offered. Employees ought to comply with safety tips at workplace and houses to stop virus unfold, he added.

Notices needs to be pasted at station premises/places of work to limit the entry of pointless individuals, he stated, and known as for intensive drives to be performed in opposition to smoking in trains and on railway premises. Violators could also be booked below related provisions of Railways Act or Tobacco Act as per latest directions from the Railway Board, knowledgeable an official spokesman in a press launch on Tuesday.