PATNA: Railway employees have started working in double shifts at its in-house manufacturing workshops in each division of the East Central Railway (ECR) to produce more masks, sanitizers and disinfectants to fulfil the needs of railway hospitals and other frontline staff.
They have prepared 31,000 face masks, 33,000 litres of sanitisers and 8,255 bottles of disinfectants till Monday to cater to the needs of each division of ECR, its chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said on Monday. “At a time when obtaining these items from open market has become difficult in the backdrop of nationwide lockdown, railways has no choice but to make arrangements on its own from precautionary point of view,” he said.
Lauding the efforts of ECR employees in facing the Covid-19 challenges, Kumar said Dhanbad division has prepared 4,639 and Danapur division 1300 masks, followed by Samastipur (1100), Sonepur (7018), Pt Deendayal Upadhyay (3200) and Haranut coach maintenance workshop in Nalanda district (2000).
According to Danapur divisional railway manager (DRM) Sunil Kumar, railways has been put on full preparedness by the Railway Board to tackle Covid-19 challenges more effectively in the state. “Apart from making normal face masks, railways has also prepared 7350 disposable masks to cater to the needs of health workers while it has prepared 140 N95 masks for railway doctors,” he said, adding railway workshops have also made 870 washable masks for its frontline sanitary staff.
Railways is also providing face masks and sanitisers to each loco pilot of goods trains, cabin men and other station staff working at different places in Danapur division. “Washing pit staff of Danapur, Patna and Rajendra Nagar have been given protective gears to take care of themselves against the deadly infection,” the DRM said.
According to the CPRO, ECR has also made 269 personal protection equipment (PPE) so far for railway doctors and nursing staff. “ECR superspecialty hospital at Karbigahiya in Patna, five divisional railway hospitals and health units located at different places need these masks and other protective gears. Even indoor patients undergoing treatment in the divisional railway hospitals at Danapur, Pt Deendayal Upadhaya, Dhanbad, Sonepur and Samastipur are being provided with masks from safety point of view,” he said.
They have prepared 31,000 face masks, 33,000 litres of sanitisers and 8,255 bottles of disinfectants till Monday to cater to the needs of each division of ECR, its chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said on Monday. “At a time when obtaining these items from open market has become difficult in the backdrop of nationwide lockdown, railways has no choice but to make arrangements on its own from precautionary point of view,” he said.
Lauding the efforts of ECR employees in facing the Covid-19 challenges, Kumar said Dhanbad division has prepared 4,639 and Danapur division 1300 masks, followed by Samastipur (1100), Sonepur (7018), Pt Deendayal Upadhyay (3200) and Haranut coach maintenance workshop in Nalanda district (2000).
According to Danapur divisional railway manager (DRM) Sunil Kumar, railways has been put on full preparedness by the Railway Board to tackle Covid-19 challenges more effectively in the state. “Apart from making normal face masks, railways has also prepared 7350 disposable masks to cater to the needs of health workers while it has prepared 140 N95 masks for railway doctors,” he said, adding railway workshops have also made 870 washable masks for its frontline sanitary staff.
Railways is also providing face masks and sanitisers to each loco pilot of goods trains, cabin men and other station staff working at different places in Danapur division. “Washing pit staff of Danapur, Patna and Rajendra Nagar have been given protective gears to take care of themselves against the deadly infection,” the DRM said.
According to the CPRO, ECR has also made 269 personal protection equipment (PPE) so far for railway doctors and nursing staff. “ECR superspecialty hospital at Karbigahiya in Patna, five divisional railway hospitals and health units located at different places need these masks and other protective gears. Even indoor patients undergoing treatment in the divisional railway hospitals at Danapur, Pt Deendayal Upadhaya, Dhanbad, Sonepur and Samastipur are being provided with masks from safety point of view,” he said.
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