सांतरागाछी में सफलता पूर्वक नॉन इंटरलॉकिंग कार्य संपन्न होने से ट्रेनों का संचालन सुगमता से: डीआरएम श्री वी. सोमन्ना, माननीय राज्य मंत्री (रेलवे एवं जल शक्ति) ने थिम्मराजनहल्ली में औद्योगिक केंद्रों के लिए नई रेलवे कनेक्टिविटी का निरीक्षण किया

श्री वी. सोमन्ना, माननीय राज्य मंत्री (रेलवे एवं जल शक्ति) ने तुमकुर – चित्रदुर्ग – दावणगेरे नई रेलवे लाइन परियोजना के अंतर्गत निर्माणाधीन थिम्मराजनहल्ली रेलवे यार्ड का निरीक्षण किया। उन्होंने कहा कि प्रस्तावित थिम्मराजनहल्ली गुड्स शेड, CBIC-TITL इंडस्ट्रियल पार्क को रेलवे कनेक्टिविटी प्रदान करेगा। यह माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी की व्यापार करने में आसानी बढ़ाने और लॉजिस्टिक लागत घटाकर औद्योगिक उत्पादन को बढ़ावा देने की प्रतिबद्धता का एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा है।

माननीय मंत्री ने कहा कि उद्योगों को गति शक्ति कार्गो टर्मिनल स्थापित करने के लिए पूर्ण समर्थन दिया जाएगा और उन्होंने औद्योगिक नेताओं से इस पहल में सहयोग करने का आह्वान भी किया।

चेन्नई – बेंगलुरु औद्योगिक गलियारे (इंडस्ट्रियल कॉरिडोर) के अंतर्गत, तुमकुर के वसंत नरसापुरा में एक औद्योगिक केंद्र विकसित किया जा रहा है। माननीय प्रधानमंत्री ने 2023 में इस परियोजना के पहले चरण की आधारशिला रखी थी। इस पहल से लगभग 90,000 रोजगार के अवसर सृजित होंगे और ₹7000 करोड़ का निवेश आकर्षित होगा।

श्री सोमन्ना ने यह भी कहा कि रेलवे क्षेत्रीय औद्योगिक विकास को पूर्ण समर्थन देने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है और उन्होंने औद्योगिक नगर को रेलवे कनेक्टिविटी देने की योजना का भी अवलोकन किया।

World Hypertension Day Observed at Central Hospital, South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach, Kolkata

On the occasion of World Hypertension Day, Central Hospital, South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach, Kolkata, organized a special awareness program and health check-up session for its healthcare staff. The event focused on raising awareness about hypertension and promoting regular monitoring of blood pressure among medical professionals. A total of 75 doctors, nurses, and hospital staff participated in the program, which included a comprehensive health screening using a special body composition analyzer. This advanced device provided detailed data including BMI, body fat percentage, water content, and muscle mass, helping participants gain better insight into their health status.

The awareness session featured valuable inputs from senior medical professionals.

Dr. B. N. Jha, ACHD, Cardiologist, spoke about the importance of measuring blood pressure regularly and accurately, stressing that proper BP control is essential for living a longer, healthier life.

Dr. Anjana Malhotra, PCMD, addressed the significance of managing stress in the workplace and appealed to all staff members to undergo regular blood pressure check-ups.

Dr. Sreekumar, Medical Director, conveyed the message that hypertension being a silent disease in the onset should be detected and treated early since it is a major risk factor for end organ damage .

Adding to the discussion, Dr. P. K. Majumdar expressed concerns over the complications associated with uncontrolled hypertension. Dr. Priyanka Mandal discussed how hypertension specifically affects women, drawing attention to the need for increased awareness among female healthcare workers.

Dr. Mukta Mondal advice healthcare professionals to take care of owm health admist taking care of health of the society. Concluding the session, Dr. A. Bera spoke about the necessity of routine health check-ups for all healthcare professionals, reinforcing the importance of preventive care in the medical field.

The hospital staff expressed satisfaction with the session and showed great enthusiasm for the initiative. The program not only provided essential health insights but also motivated staff members to take proactive steps in managing their health. In his closing remarks, Dr. Jha shared a memorable message for all: “Keep distance from tension to avoid hypertension.” The event marked a meaningful observance of World Hypertension Day on 17th May and reaffirmed the S E Railway central hospital’s commitment to the well-being of its healthcare professionals and community.

NI WORK COMPLETION AT SANTRAGACHI

The Construction Dept./SER & The Kharagpur Division has successfully completed the non-Interlocking in connection with the yard remodeling and commissioning of Electronic Interlocking with 533 Routes at Santragachi Junction on 18.05.2025.

The railways had undertaken the work of yard modelling in phased manner. 13 days Pre to Pre NI was carried out from 30th April 2025 to 12th May 2025. 5 days Pre NI from 13th May 2025 to 17th May 2025 and on 18th May 2025, i.e. the final day, the Final work of Non Interlocking & commissioning was taken up during a complete traffic block of 7 hours.

The rigorous development work involved hundreds of man-hours of installation and testing. Generally, work of this nature and magnitude, involving major yard remodeling, is commissioned by resorting to non-interlocked working for several days, resulting in severe disruption of railway traffic and public inconvenience from cancellation and late running of trains. To avoid such situations, innovative planning was done for commissioning the work by taking well planned traffic blocks during the 18 days of the development work, thereby ensuring bare minimum traffic disruptions and passenger inconvenience. It speaks volumes of the planning and preparation by the South Eastern Railway.

The commissioning of the new Electronic Interlocking has integrated

Two (02) additional platforms at Santragachi

Platform Extension of the existing platforms so as to accommodate full length coaching trains and elimination of Diamond crossings.

Elimination of the surface crossing of the line from the railway bridge at Sankrail towards Santragchi, resulting in easing out the traffic movement in the down line in SANTRAGACHI – ANDUL section.

To ensure highest level of availability and flexibility, this EI has been provided in a distributed manner with the interlocking distributed over 6 zones interconnected with highly reliable Optical Fibre Cables (OFC). Facility has been provided for the setting of routes and clearing of signals from electronic Video Display Unit (VDU) using “Mouse & Key Board”.

With the commissioning of EI system at Santragachi Junction the movement of trains over South Eastern Railway will get eased up considerably and result in improved punctuality of Mail/Express trains and increase in average speed of the trains. Also, with the increase of platforms and extension of the existing platforms, Mail/Express trains can be more easily admitted to the platforms which were earlier accommodating only suburban trains due to length constraint.

Today, on the final day of the NI work, Shri Rajeev Shrivastava, CAO(Construction)/GRC and Shri K.R. Chaudhary, DRM Kharagpur along with the divisional and HQ officers were present at Santragachi Station for commissioning of the new Electronic Interlocking.