Chairman and CEO of Railway Board, Satish Kumar, on Friday reviewed the progress of the Special Campaign 4.0. A high-level meeting was held via video conferencing from the Railway Board’s office.
Braj Mohan Agarwal, director general/Safety of Railway Board, emphasized on sensitizing the crews to achieve zero signal passing at danger (SPAD) during his inspection of Sealdah division today.
The director general (safety) of Railway Board, Braj Mohan Agrawal inspected the stretches between Esplanade and Howrah Maidan of Green Line and Esplanade to Mahanayak Uttam Kumar of Blue Line.
She has been associated with the Railway Board as additional member, Staff since May, 2023 and as principal executive director/Staff from February, 2022 to May, 2023.
Earlier, the Railway Ministry had ordered a high-level inquiry headed by the Commissioner Railway Safety into the horrific rail crash.
The Railway Board decided to review the safety standards for train operations during inclement weather.
The Agniveers will be recruited for non-gazetted posts including Level-1 and Level-2 of the Railways.
More than 2.7 crore railway reservations on the waiting list were canceled during the financial year 2022-23.
In the general budget of 2017-18, the Centre made a special provision of one lakh crore rupees for setting up the National Rail Safety Fund (RRSK).
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.
