DLW resumes production as 48-day lockdown ends

Varanasi: Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), a production unit of Indian Railways, started production of locomotives on Saturday after a 48-day closure due to lockdown in the wake of CIVID-19 outbreak.
DLW chief public relations officer Nitin Mehrotra said that the production activities have been started with necessary precautions and as per the protocol of lockdown. The services of only 33% employees living in DLW township are being taken in production activities.
He said that in view of the COVID-19 pandemic all employees were made to download the Arogya Setu app in their mobile phones, and all of them have been given face masks. The workshop timing has been divided into two shifts with strict following of social distancing norms. Each employee undergoes thermal scanning at the entrance. Besides, proper arrangements of sanitization and handwashing have been made at various places in the workshops.
As per the guideline of the ministry of home affairs and instructions of the district administration, the working timings have been fixed from 7.30 am to 12.30 pm for first shift and from 1.30 pm to 6 pm for the second, he said.