Central Rly ropes in Amitabh Bachchan for safety campaign

Press Trust of India  |  Mumbai 

Film megastar has been roped in by Central Railway to appeal to passengers to follow railway safety rules, a said today.

"He shot sequences for a short film asking passengers to follow safety rules, to not cross tracks and to use foot overbridges," said D K Sharma, general manager, CR.

"In the short film, the film legend tells passengers not to cross tracks as someone is waiting for them at home," said

He informed that a few short films, featuring and directors and Nishikant Kamat, have already been screened on

also said that today chaired a meeting in which the Railways as well as other agencies discussed their monsoon preparedness.

He said that CR was "fully prepared" for the monsoon and 60 pumps had been provided, including two with a capacity of 1000 cubic meter per hour.

These two pumps have been installed at Kurla and Sion, he said.

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First Published: Tue, May 29 2018. 23:00 IST