The East Coast Railway Engineers’ Association (ECoREA) conducted its 10th annual general meeting here on Sunday. During the meeting a seminar on ‘Punctual and Safe Indian Railways’ was held.
Chief guest and Additional General Manager of East Coast Railway Rajeev Sharma stressed on improvement of safety and adherence to the standard operating procedure.
Guest of honour and Principal Chief Engineer ECoR Laxmi Narayan said that the higher standard work should be followed so that there would be less maintenance with better punctuality.
Another guest of honour and Chief Workshop Manager MK Poddar said new technology should be followed to achieve both safety and punctuality.
All India Railway Engineers’ Federation president Sanjib Kumar stressed on giving all facilities and privileges to the employees, including engineers, looking after safety. Joint secretary general of federation Viswanadham advocated for zero maintenance.
President of ECoREA Bobin Mohanty said top priority should be given to safety. If safety is maintained properly then there would be no loss of punctuality.
During first session of general meeting, the engineers unanimously conveyed thanks to the Railway Minister and the Railway Board Chairman for having formed a committee to give justice to railway engineers soon.
More than 250 engineers from East Coast, South Eastern, South Central and East Central Railway zones attended.