RDCIS to create pool of experts: Nirvik Banerjee
In his first zoom meeting on Wednesday with around 42 General Managers of RDCIS, Nirvik Banerjee, ED, RDCIS resonated the imminent thrust areas for the R&D Centre. Recently conferred the prestigious ‘Chairman Award of Excellence for R&D’ due to his innovations with products at IISCo, he underscored the responsibility of creating a pool of experts at National level joining hands with key stakeholders for modern day steel making. In line with corporate goals of SAIL & Ministry of steel, cost reduction and product commercialization would be the key issues of tomorrow. Also SAIL shall have a single window for NABL accreditation with RDCIS as the nodal agency. A graduate in metallurgy from NIT, Durgapur, Banerjee joined SAIL in the year 1986. Recipient of GS Tendulkar Award of NMD, Bhubaneswar, he represents SAIL in Ministry of Steel initiative for intensive use of steel in Housing Sector.
Paradise distributes ‘essentials’ at Vatsalya Dham
Paradise Society on June 01, distributed essential items among the needy children of Vatsalya Dham in Ramgarh district. The essential items included dry ration, soaps, oil, toothpaste, tooth-brush and medicines, sanitiser bottles and masks among other things. The total project cost was around Rs 50,000. The institution Vatsalya Dham has been established under the provisions of Juvenile Justice Act for orphaned and kids without shelter (6-18 years of age), who require care and protection. The children here are enrolled in the nearest government school and those who are special (specially abled) are provided with a special kind of upbringing and education. Between 2017 and 2021, so far 115 children have been registered here.
Additional coach for return of girls from TN
In the second wave of corona infection, some women labourers of Jharkhand were trapped in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, they were not getting a confirmed berth in the train to come from there. The Transport Department, Government of Jharkhand informed the Divisional Railway Manager, Ranchi and the Divisional Railway Manager, Chennai and requested that all women labourers should be given confirmed berths for women sisters. With the efforts of Divisional Railway Manager, Ranchi, Neeraj Ambastha, train number 03352 Alappuzha - Dhanbad special train was provided with confirmed berths to all the working women by installing additional coaches in collaboration with Divisional Railway Manager Chennai and they are being brought to Jharkhand. Left Alappuzha on Wednesday and will reach Dhanbad on Friday.
SER caters to 12 different states with LMO
South Eastern Railway has already moved 180 Oxygen Express Trains with a total 12912 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to 12 different states and Union Territories for treatment of Covid affected patients. Till noon of 02.06.2021, South Eastern Railway has despatched to LMO in three main loading points under SER’s jurisdiction, Tatanagar has despatched 6207 MT, Rourkela 4614 MT and Bokaro 2089 MT of LMO. Today, 2 Oxygen Express Trains have originated from SER jurisdiction. One train left Rourkela for Guntur, Andhra Pradesh with 83.45 tonnes of LMO while another train left Tatanagar for Sanatnagar, Telangana with 120 tonnes of LMO.