In a attempt to keep global epidemic Corona virus at bay Ranchi Rail Division of South Eastern Railway (SER) begun massive cleanliness drive at all stations falls under its purview including Ranchi and Hatia.
Senior Public Relation Officer, Suhas Lokhare informed amidst outbreak of Corona Virus the SER has taken several precautionary measures to keep it bay. Following the instructions of Ranchi Division Rail Manager, Niraj Ambasth a massive cleanliness drive is going on at all stations falls under purview of Ranchi Rail Division including Ranchi, Hatia and others, he added.
“At first stage of the drive the railway removed curtails from the passengers bogey and stopped providing blankets and others. Special drive is being going on to keep the places clean which easily frequently come in contact with the traveling people. Areas such as entrance handrails in coaches, door handle latch, toilets health faucets, water taps and others are being cleaned regularly to prevent the virus to spread,” said Lokhare.
Other cleansing steps included fumigation of trains before departure at the pit-lines and intensified cleaning at catering establishments of railway stations. The Indian Railway has also stocked up on masks, gloves, caps, hand sanitisers and aprons. Railway also suspended bio metric attendance for all its employees.
Apart from these a 50 bed isolation ward is being established at Railway Protection Force (RPF) barrack hospital along with all facilities included dedicated toilets to admit Corona virus infected patients. Similar arrangements have also been made at Railway Hospital at Hatia with eight beds isolated ward in which four beds allocated for male patients and four beds allocated for female patients.
Meanwhile, the SER has also decided to cancel trains. According to information provided Ranchi Rail Division Manager office, Howrah Puri Garib Rath will be cancelled on March, 26, 25 and 26 and Puri Howrah Garib Rath will be cancelled on March 23, 25 and 30. Howrah Puri Shatabdi Express will be cancelled on March 20 and 31, similarly Puri Howrah Shatabdi Express will be cancelled on March 20 and 31. Ranchi Patna Express will be cancelled on March 21 and 28 while Patna Ranchi will be cancelled on March 22 and 29. Bhubneshwar Dhanbad Garib Rath will be cancelled on March 20, 22, 27, 29 and 31 while Dhanbad Bhubneshwar Garib Rath will be cancelled on March 21, 23, 25, 28, 30 and April 1. Bhubneshwar New Delhi Duranto Express will be cancelled on March 25 and New Delhi Bhubneshwar Express will be cancelled on March 26.