New Delhi, September 08, 2023: Kolkata Metro Railway, India’s first Metro built by Indian Railways on 24th October 1984, has been serving as a lifeline for Kolkata, the city of Joy for nearly 40 long years. In Kolkata Metro Railway, the power to Metro Rake is supplied to rolling stock at 750V DC through steel […]
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Self-propelled railway track scavenging vehicle can replace manual scavenging
New Delhi, April 7, 2021: A self-propelled railway track scavenging vehicle may soon replace manual scavenging and cleaning that is still practiced to remove human waste lying on railway tracks. Despite the ban on manual scavenging since 1993 in our country, men and women are seen removing excreta on the tracks with brooms and metal plates. […]
First Aid emergency care and medical facilities by Indian Railways available at all Railway Stations and in all passenger trains
Ministry of Railways is providing the First Aid emergency care & medical facilities at all Railway Stations and in all passenger carrying trains for which Medical Boxes containing wide range of medicines, dressing materials, consumables, oxygen cylinder and delivery kit. The above mentioned items are available with the Train Superintendent/Guard and Station Master/Station Superintendents as […]