In a bid to ensure smooth and safe movement of trains, the Indian Railways has introduced a system of periodic counselling for Train Managers and Section Controllers on their duties and responsibilities.
The move comes days after the devastating train accident involving the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, Yeshwantpur-Howrah Express and a goods train at Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Balasore Division of South Eastern Railway on June 2, 2023, which left 288 passengers dead and more than 900 injured.
While the exercise of providing counselling to Station Masters and Pointsmen is already in place in all zones, the Railway Board on June 8 wrote to General Managers of all Zonal Railways to treat the matter as “most urgent” and launch a regular programme for train running staff on “specific safety and movement issues”.
