Western Railway: Kovid relief team preparing railwaymen to protect against third wave. Rail Hunt

  • In the first attempt of its kind in the zone, the tips being told by reaching the railway workers

Ahmedabad. In the last two waves of the global epidemic of Corona, railway workers and their families in Ahmedabad division have suffered a lot of loss of life and property. Looking at the global events, even the third wave of corona cannot be ruled out. Keeping this in mind, Senior DME, Abhishek Kumar Singh under the direction of Ahmedabad DRM Deepak Kumar Jha has formed a Kovid Relief Team in collaboration with DME UC Shukla.

This is the first effort of its kind in the entire Western Railway. Keeping in mind the possible third wave of corona in the coming times, the Kovid Relief Team is meeting the employees and informing them about the precautions to be taken and the steps to be taken in case of infection. As part of the campaign being run for the awareness, the Kovid Relief Team met the railway employees on July 5 at 11.00 am at ROH Depot Vatva and made them aware.

DME Ahmedabad UC in Kovid Awareness Camp. Shukla and CCR Vatva Lobby Sanjay Suryabali, Pharmacist, Vatva Kunal besides SSE C&W, ROH Vatva Rahul Parmar were present. A large number of employees present welcomed the team and listened carefully to their suggestions. This campaign is being run by Ahmedabad Divisional Mechanical Department. Sanjay Suryabali, Joint Divisional Minister of WREU Ahmedabad, who was included in the team, told his experience colleagues in the Kovid period, how Corona distanced loved ones from their loved ones. In the hospital, how people kept fighting for life every moment. In such a situation, in the coming times, what measures should we take to protect us so that we do not have to face that difficult situation. For this, he also told the necessary preventive and precautionary measures to the railway workers.

It is known that during the first and second transition period of Corona, Joint Divisional Minister of the union Sanjay Suryabali went ahead and played a cooperative role. When the helpless and sick people were taken to the hospital, along with giving their support for their treatment, they also got necessary help from the railway administration.

All procedures along with verification for compassionate appointment, DRM approved

The Corona period has distanced loved ones from us. Many railway workers families have been affected by this. In such a situation, WREU had requested the DRM in the PNM meeting to expedite the process of compassionate appointment to provide immediate help to the victim’s family. The union told the DRM that generally the process of verifying the educational qualification of the candidate is lengthy and until it is not done the other process of appointment cannot proceed.

This will delay the grant of compassionate appointments due to death during the Corona period. Divisional Minister Dinesh Panchal had suggested to the DRM that along with the process of document verification, other process including the examination of appointment should also be completed so that there is no delay in the appointment. WREU Ahmedabad Joint Divisional Minister Sanjay Suryabali told that the DRM has accepted the union’s proposal. Now orders have been given to complete all the process of appointment on the condition of verification of documents. The benefit of this will be relief to the families suffering from Corona.

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