After the tragic June 2 rail accident in Odisha’s Balasore, Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw conducted a three-hour meeting on June 17 at the Divisional Railway Manager’s (DRM) office, Northern Railways, New Delhi to review safety works.
Mr. Vaishnaw instructed the officers and staff present to ensure the safety of train movement, and emphasised that it should not be compromised during monitoring of train movements at the Control Office, Deepak Kumar, the Chief Public Relations Officer, Northern Railway, said.
Mr. Vaishnaw inspected each Control Office, Section Controls, Coaching Control, Freight Control, Engineering Control, Carriage and Wagon Control, Signalling and Telecom, Traction Distribution and Supervisory Controls as well as the Data Acquisition Department.