Due to the Covid pandemic, the East Coast Railway Engineers Association (ECoREA) celebrated Engineers’ Day in virtual mode to commemorate birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvarayya on Tuesday.
A webinar was conducted on the topic “The pandemic and engineers of East Coast Railway”.In beginning, association general secretary Bishnu Prasad Dash welcomed guests and members. Thereafter, a tribute to Sir Visvesvarayya was given through video and a power-point presentation was made by Dash describing role of railway engineers during pandemic. Chief guest ECoR Additional GM appreciated hard work by railway engineers despite difficult situations.
He insisted on members to not compromise with safety work at any cost which is directly related with public life. Guest of honour Principal Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer S Manga V praised works done by railway engineers without fearing pandemic. Guest of honour Principal Chief Engineer US Uikey advised engineers not to reduce time of maintenance for safety-related works. Guest of honour Chief Planning Director advised members to follow all instructions given against Covid.
Secretary Dash placed four major difficulties faced by railway engineers during pandemic such as transport facilities to sites, separate rest houses for railway engineers, stopping anti-social threats at sites. etc.