SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, February 16: The agitation by the East Central Railway Karmchari Union (ECRKU) finally paid dividends as the management of East Central Railway (ECR) shifted the AC & Train Lighting branch to the electrical department from the mechanical department.
ECRKU Dhanbad Rail Division media in-charge Nil Kamal Khawas said the ECR issued a notification on Tuesday.
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ECRKU additional general secretary cum Dhanbad Rail Division Permanent Negotiating Machinery (PNM) in-charge Md Ziauddin said that the Union had been requesting the management for a long time to revert the AC& |Train lighting branch to the electrical department from the mechanical department.
“It was a major issue, and ECRKU president DK Pandey and general secretary SNP Srivastava had raised it in every meeting with the general manager. Finally, the long pending demand has been fulfilled,” said Md Ziauddin.
Notably, the AC & Train Lighting branch was in the electrical department and was put under the mechanical department. But in 2019, at the request of the Federation, the Railway Board reverted to the electrical department.
Railway Board notification
Despite the Railway Board notification, the ECR management did not put the AC & Train Lighting branch under the electrical department till February 12, 2024. The AC& Train Lighting branch staff are concerned with inspecting and checking passenger train coaches and goods train compartments.
ECRKU Dhanbad Railway Division senior leaders Netaji Subhash, Somen Dutta, NK Khawas, BK Dubey, JK Saw, Chandan Shukla, PK Sinha, BB Singh, Indramohan Singh, BK Saw, Parmeswar Kumar, Rupesh Kumar hailed the notification. They lauded the top leadership for this success.
