The official said that this recruitment will be valid till 30.9.2023. The contract of ex-servicemen will be terminated in a phased manner.
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Railway Board has decided to recruit more than 20700 ex-servicemen as gang men to take care of railway crossings across the country. Ex-servicemen will be recruited on a contract basis.
The Railway Board issued orders in this regard to all 17 Zonal Railways on April 3. These recruitments will be done against the vacant posts of gangmen.
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A senior railway official told that a maximum of 20719 gang men posts will be recruited in all 17 zonal railways. Zonal Railways will execute this recruitment process. He informed that the maximum number of ex-servicemen will be recruited for 3330 posts in Western Railway.
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After this, the recruitment will be done in Southern Railway where 2724 ex-servicemen will be recruited and 117 in the Eastern Railway.
The official said that this recruitment will be valid till 30.9.2023. The contract of ex-servicemen will be terminated in a phased manner.
It should be noted that Railways is recruiting for more than one lakh vacant posts in Group D category. Railways announced this in 2019, but the recruitment process could not be completed due to the corona pandemic.
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