Sanjay Jaiswal, chairperson, parliamentary committee on estimates and other members of the committee including 11 Members of Parliament have held a meeting with Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway & Northeast Frontier Railway at Kolkata.
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has installed ‘Thick Web Switch Point’ machines with clamp-type locking at 31 stations across its zone to enhance safety features during November 2024.
Additionally, six individuals were apprehended for their alleged involvement in the smuggling operation during this crackdown.
Indian railways have also cancelled the operations of four trains for May 5 and May 6 following violence in the state.
Ticket checking teams under the supervision of senior commercial officers of NF Railway organised several ticket checking drives during the period from January to July 2022, and recovered Rs. 35.71 crore in fines, the NFR said today. During the period from January to July, 15213 ticket checking drives were conducted over NF Railway.
The services of passenger and freight trains were disrupted in the second week of May, 2022 in the wake of landslides and water logging due to incessant rains.
Passenger uses alarm chain to get down at Farakka bridge.
Equipment like rechargeable torch, fog signal, and tricolour hand signal lamps are also being used, while a patrolman is sometimes also provided with a GPS tracking device to monitor movements for effective patrolling.
NFR general manager Sanjive Roy, who reviewed the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) infrastructure today, said they would like to resume the services with the joy rides.
A similar drill was also conducted at Tinsukia and Katihar on 28 and 29 June, respectively, Mr Bhattacharyya said.
