65th annual rly week award function held

PRAYAGRAJ : The 65th annual railway week award function was organised at the North Central Railway (NCR) headquarters on Wednesday. In the function, awards were given to 170 officers and employees for outstanding work by General Manager NCR Rajiv Chaudhry.

The newly established zonal video surveillance control centre was also inaugurated in the NCR headquarters by the GM. Through this central control centre 24x7 monitoring of 24 stations of NCR, equipped with CCTV can be done. This integrated system will be helpful in enhancing passenger safety.

Choudhry said in 167 years of its journey, Indian Railways has made a continuous and active contribution to the overall development of the country.

“Human resource is the most important resource and occupies the top and most important place in any organisation. The contribution of all Railway men and women in adverse conditions is very important in taking the Indian Railways on the path of development,” he said.

Running shields, trophies and other awards were given to all the divisions, workshops, units, stations, hospitals etc. of NCR. In view of Covid-19 situation except for HQ awardees, all awards to the railway personnel working in divisions and other units and running shields were given through virtual medium.

Jhansi division bagged shields of best division, best accounts office, work horticulture shield, rail track shield, construction department efficiency shield, electric loco shed shield, traction distribution shield, inter divisional medical shield, freight operation shield, safety shield, passenger safety shield, scrap mobilization shield, public relations and comprehensive improvement shield.