Railway engineers held a discussion with Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain on passengers’ safety during his visit here on Saturday.
All India Railway Engineers’ Federation president Sanjib Kumar, East Coast Railway Engineers’ Association president Bobin Mohanty and finance secretary SB Satpathy talked to the Minister and submitted a memorandum to him.
They apprised the Minister about the Railway Board’s January order debarring Junior Engineers and Senior Section Engineers from becoming office bearers of labour unions so that they can concentrate more on passengers’ safety.
The team told the Minisster that that due to pressure of labour unions, the Railway Board took such a decision.
They urged the Minister to implement the repeated recommendations of safety committees and recognise the All India Railway Engineers’ Federation so that they can concentrate more on passengers safety, and accidents would be reduced.
The Minister assured the engineers to consider their demands.
