ECR GM felicitates TSTMO successful students
Under the auspices of Bihar Mathematical Society and East Central Railway, a function was organized to felicitate the successful candidates in the Talent Search Test in Mathematical in Patna on Saturday. In this Olympiad, 110 successful candidates were awarded for classes 6 to 12. Apart from this, District Education Officers, Mathematics Specialist, Member, Bihar Teacher History Manager and other distinguished guests were included in the online training for Olympiad. In this function, General Manager of ECR Lalit Chandra Trivedi was present as the chief guest. The GM said that expected cooperation will be given from the ECR side to increase mathematical interest through the society. All the scholars of the society need to come forward to do this charitable work. Dr. Vijay Kumar Joint Secretary Bihar Mathematical Society informed that in Talent Search Test in Mathematical Olympiad, the first three out of 15 successful candidates from each class of classes 6 to 12 were awarded with Gold, Bronze and Silver Medals along with Citation and Cash Prize and 12 successful candidates from each class were awarded with the citation.
Several projects completed by ECR in 2020-21
The year 2020-21 was full of achievements for East Central Railway. In spite of the global epidemic Covid-19, under the leadership and guidance of Lalit Chandra Trivedi, General Manager, ECR, in all areas such as new lines, gauge conversion, doubling and electrification of ECR to strengthen the infrastructure. Many tasks were completed. During the year, the work of new line/doubling /gauge conversion rail projects was completed. As a result of rapid electrification of railway blocks, in the year 2020-21, about 311 route kms were electrified. Also, 78 kms of new railway tracks were laid besides commissioning of several new rail bridges. A distance of 93.5 kms rail routes underwent doubling during the year. In the matter of implementation of e-office in view of Covid-19, ECR, in June 2020, securing second position in Indian Railways, adopted cent percent paperless work culture in Headquarters, Hajipur and all the five divisions.
Rise in Performance of RDCIS, SAIL
Undeterred by the wave of COVID-19 pandemic, engineers and scientists of RDCIS, a corporate R&D Unit of SAIL registered a top-notch performance in FY 20-21 by completing 103 no. of projects successfully, which is much higher as compared to that of last year. Also higher were the Centre’s Intellectual Property Rights record with 11 no. of patents and 6 no. of copyrights. The Publication and presentation in different International and National journals were 126. Addressing in the year-ending review session, Shri Ajay Arora ED I/C RDCIS congratulated the entire team of RDCIS for such sterling performance and encouraged them to perform better in the coming year.
Sloth bear kills woman in PTR
Sloth bear took the life of a 62 year old woman in the jungle of the Palamu Tiger Reserve today. She was badly mauled by the bear. Deputy Director South division Mukesh Kumar said the victim is identified as Thunki Devi who had gone to the jungle to collect dry wood and seeds when a sloth bear attacked her. Mukesh Kumar said the bear pulped her head, tore apart her scalp and made her bleed profusely. Kumar said she was first given primary treatment in Netarhat from where she was rushed to RIMS Ranchi where near the Piska More she succumbed to her severe injuries caused by the sloth bear.