Gm, NORTHERN RlY INSPECTS SHRIMATA VAISHNO DEVI KATRA-PATHANKOT RAIl SECTION
General Manager, Northern Railway Vishwesh Chaube conducted an extensive inspection of Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra-Pathankotrail section on Sunday. He was accompanied by Vivek Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Northern Railway Firozpur , Principal Head of Departments & Senior Divisional Railway Officers. Carrying out an extensive inspection of Shrimata Vaishnodevi Katra railway station, Chaube inaugurated Pit lighting in Washing line besides new facilities like air-conditions for the Running Rooms. He also took part in the tree plantation ceremony at the station. On his onward inspection program, the General Manager undertook an inspection of Tunnel T-23 on the Shrimata Vaishnodevi Katra-Udhampur section and inaugurated the lED lighting there. The tunnels in the section are equipped with automatic fire detection and gas based automatic fire suppression systems. Going over the station premises at the next halting station at Udhampur station, the General Manager inaugurated the renovated Running room and inspected the Route Relay Interlocking system at the station. He also inspected targeted track sections inspecting the track structures viz. points & crossings, curves, switch expansion joints etc. on the Manwal-Sangmeshwar,Manwal-Ramnagar sections and interacted with the track maintenance teams. He also took an over-view of the railway colony at Manwal. The General Manager participated in a Speed Trial on the Jammu Tawi-Sambha section andinspected traction sub-station at Manwal.
DR SK Acharya, CMD, NlCIl dedicates paver block road at Auroville Foundation
Dr Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD, NlCIl has dedicated a new road/walkway, parking area and pedestrian way laid under CSR initiatives of NlCIl at Visitors Centre, Auroville, Pondicherry on February 10, 2018. Considering the request of the Auroville Foundation, NlC India ltd. has laid the paver block road for a length of 950 meters, a parking facility with an area of 2350 sq.m and a pedestrian way with the length of 140 Mtrs at a value of 1.1 crores under its CSR activities. Dr SK Acharya in his address said, NlCIl management as part of its organization’s motto Creating wealth for Wellbeing” it has taken this opportunity to serve Auroville Foundation, which is practicing and promoting sustainable, environmental, social and spiritual living among human kind with the concept of an ideal township devoted to an experiment in human unity. R Vikraman, Director (HR), NlCIl felicitated the senior officials of CSR and employees from NlCIl present during the function. Srinivas Murthy, Under-Secretary, Auroville Foundation, Carel Thieme, Nicole, Working Committee thanked the NlCIl management for showing generosity and giving full encouragement by providing infrastructure facilities to the concept of Auroville - an ideal township devoted to an experiment in human unity. Every day, hundreds of visitors from all over India and the world come to visit Auroville, “the City the Earth needs” which was founded by the Mother of the Aurobindo Ashram almost 50 years ago, on February 28 1968. Men and women from 54 nations have settled permanently in Auroville where they work towards realizing the goal of Human Unity as envisioned by the Mother.