North Central Railway holds training sessions on Covid-19 pandemic

Rajiv Mani | TNN | Apr 21, 2020, 18:52 IST

Mandatory refresher training sessions have been conducted for the running staff with requisite safety, operational and troubleshooting skills for safe and efficient train operations

Mandatory refresher training sessions have been conducted for the running staff with requisite safety, operati...Read More

PRAYAGRAJ: Amidst nationwide lockdown, the authorities of North Central Railway (NCR) are maintaining essential freight and parcel train operations and at the same time holding training and workshops for keeping its staff abreast with the latest knowhow about Covid-19 pandemic.
"We are fighting against this pandemic on many fronts with collective efforts including establishing Covid hospital wards, isolation coaches, inhouse production of face cover, sanitizer, PPEs etc and at the same time holding training sessions across the zone to observe necessary social distancing protocols", said chief public relation officer (CPRO) of NCR, Ajeet kumar Singh.
Keeping limited knowledge on novel coronavirus in view, training of medical personnel on Covid-19 related issue has been taken in mission mode wherein a total of seven such programs were organised for doctors and paramedics and a total of 215 personnel have been trained, he added.
Likewise, mandatory refresher training sessions have been conducted for the running staff with requisite safety, operational and troubleshooting skills for safe and efficient train operations. “Accordingly, 81 diesel crew and 40 electric crew are imparted refresher training through online means in structured way and online evaluation is also planned after completion of training program”, said Singh. These training programs coordinated by training institutes at Jhansi and Kanpur are being continued to cover all due staff.
Signal and Telecom (S&T) department has been leading the way in conducting web based seminars for officers, staff and supervisors of NCR involving experts in field of signaling. This include refresher courses on safe maintenance of rolling stock for technicians through video conferencing app, several web based trainings, seminars etc. are being conducted regularly by National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) Vadodara and different central training institutes of Indian Railways to equip officers and staff of all streams with requisite knowledge during the lockdown period, informed CPRO.