Fourday DRM Cup volleyball tournament to begin today

Safety audit, inspections conducted at rly. stations

A fourday DRM Cup volleyball tournament, organised by the East Coast Railway Sports Association (ECoR SA)—Waltair, will be held at the Waltair Railway Volleyball ground from March 21 (Thursday).

Railway Manager & president ECoRSA Saurabh Prasad released a poster for the tournament in the presence of ADRM (Operations) Manoj Kumar Sahoo, Sports Officer/ E.Co.RSA Pravin Bhati, Joint Sports Officer B. Avinash, Senior Divisional Engineer (Coordination) A.K. Moharana, and ECoRSA general secretary Reddy Srinivas.

The matches will be organised day and night under the floodlights at the Waltair Sports Complex in the city. Eight teams representing various States and organisations will be participating in the Women’s and Men’s categories . The inaugural function will be held at Railway Stadium on

DRM Saurabh Prasad, left, releasing the poster of DRM Cup volleyball tournament in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.

Thursday.

The teams participating in the Men Teams would be KIIT University/ Bhubaneswar, DB Club/ Chennai, East Coast Railway / Visakhapatnam, Sports Authority of India, / Yanam, St. John’s College/ Chennai, East Godavari, Srikakulam and Prakasam district teams. Women Teams included KIIT University/ Bhubaneswar, Jeppiaar University/ Chennai; Chennai College/ Chennai, and NBP Trust/ Vijayawada.

Divisional Railway Manager Saurabh Prasad conducted a Divisional Safety Audit at level crossings at Sivalingapuram railway station on Wednesday.

He checked the registers at the gate to ensure proper documentation.

He also conducted a safety inspection of level crossing gate KK 17 between Shrungaravarapukota and Boddavara and inspected the Boddavara railway station to check safety in train operations and facilities, reviewed the yard layout, and interacted with frontline station staff.

The safety audit was also conducted at the Sivalingapuram Station yard.