The Engineers' Day was celebrated by the East Coast Railway Engineers Association (ECoREA) on Thursday at the Railway Institute, Mancheswar here to commemorate the 161st birthday of Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvarayya.
Tributes were offered to Visvesvarayya by Er Jual Oram, Chairperson, Standing Committee on Defence, and Er Bishweswar Tudu, Union Minister of State of Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs.
In a symposium titled "Developed India-2047: Role of Railway Engineers", ECoREA general secretary BP Dash said the railway engineers need to work harder to develop infrastructures of the Indian Railways at par with the developed countries.
Dash also drew the attention of Minister Tudu and MP Oram to the long-pending grievances of railway Senior Section Engineers and Junior Engineers for allowing Gr B Gazetted status and justified pay structure.
Tudu said engineers’ role is vital for building a developed India by 2047. He assured to take the grievances of railway engineers to appropriate authorities for their early redressal.
Oram opined that the Railway Supervising Engineers’ Associations should be recognised by the railway administration.
ECoREA vice-president D Sahoo offered a vote of thanks to the dignitaries and Smruti Panda conducted the meeting as anchor. The ECoREA also celebrated the Engineers’ Day at Visakhapatnam, Vijiyanagaram, Rayagada, Khurda Road, Angul and Sambalpur.