Konkan Railway Company Restricted (KRCL) has taken up drainage and infrastructure upkeep, monsoon patrolling, carried out operational changes and enhanced communication programs to make sure unhindered practice operations, thereby guaranteeing passenger security throughout the monsoon season.
About 730-km KRCL community from Roha in Maharashtra to Thokur close to Mangaluru in Karnataka passes by way of tough terrain comprising coastal and mountainous areas that pose challenges by way of operational security. To beat these challenges, the company has been adopting a Monsoon Timetable between June 10 and October 31 whereby trains run at decreased speeds.
Konkan Railway Company Restricted personnel clearing harmful timber alongside its 730-km community from Roha in Maharashtra to Thokur in Karnataka in preparation for the monsoon.
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As part of its routine monsoon preparations, KRCL repeatedly executes a number of geo-safety and operational works. Intensive cleansing of catch drains and inspection of cuttings had been undertaken following which incidence of boulder falling on tracks and soil slips have decreased significantly, in line with KRCL.
It has deployed 672 personnel to patrol the community throughout the monsoon whereas round the clock monitoring is ensured at susceptible areas the place trains run at decreased speeds.
KRCL has positioned BRN-mounted excavators at strategic areas whereas Rail Upkeep Autos are stationed at Veer, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Rajapur Highway, Kudal, Verna, Karwar, Bhatkal and Udupi to attend to trace restoration.
Tower wagons are stationed at Mangaon, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Kankavali, Karmali, Karwar and Udupi for fast emergency response. Self-propelled Accident Reduction Medical Vans, geared up with operation theatre and emergency medical help, are on stand-by at Ratnagiri and Verna. An Accident Reduction Prepare is stationed at Verna. In conditions the place the water degree on tracks exceeds 100 mm, practice providers will probably be quickly suspended till the water recedes.
Konkan Railway Company Restricted personnel strengthening gabian partitions alongside its 730-km community from Roha in Maharashtra to Thokur in Karnataka in preparation for the monsoon.
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KRCL has offered cell phones to security personnel and walkie-talkie to loco pilots and guards to allow easy communication amongst its personnel. Emergency communication sockets are put in at each 1 km alongside the path to facilitate speedy contact between patrolmen, watchmen, loco pilots, guards and different subject employees in case of an emergency.
LED alerts for improved visibility, self-recording rain gauges at 9 stations, flood warning programs at three bridges, and Anemometers at 4 areas to observe wind velocity are a number of the know-how upgrades on the KRCL community.
