Konkan Railway all set for monsoon

Konkan Railway all set for monsoon

May 24: Konkan Railway is gearing up for the onset of monsoon season in Konkan region. All its planned safety works on its route from Kolad to Thokur have been completed. Special attention has been paid to catch water drain cleaning and inspection of cuttings. Large scale geo- safety works executed along the line in last 13 years have significantly reduced incidences of boulder fall and soil thus ensuring a safe running of trains.
No major disruption of train services has occurred due to boulder fall during monsoons in last 6 years. Konkan Railway will conduct monsoon patrolling as per provisions of Indian Railway Permanent Way Manual to ensure safe running of trains. About 630 personnel will patrol Konkan Railway route during monsoon. Vulnerable locations will be patrolled round the clock and stationary watchmen will be deployed for 24 hours at critical locations and Speed restrictions will be imposed at such locations. BRN mounted excavators have been kept ready at designated points for quick movement in emergency. Loco drivers have been told to run trains at reduced speed of 40kmph in case of heavy rainfall which limits visibility. Self-propelled accident relief medical van with provision of OT and providing emergency medical aid are on standby at Ratnagiri, Verna with accident relief train.
Mobile phones have been provided to all safety category staff to contact central control in emergency. Both loco pilots and guards of trains have been provided with walkie-talkie sets as well as every station on Konkan Railway is equipped with 25 Watt VHF base station. This enables wireless communication between train crew as well as train crew and station master. Emergency Communication sockets have been provided at a distance of 1 Km.
This enables the patrolmen, watchmen, loco pilots, guard and other field maintenance staff to contact station master and train controllers during any emergency situations in train operations. Satellite phone communication has been provided in accident relief medical van for emergency contact when ARMV is ordered in service. All main signal aspects on Konkan ordered in service. All main signal aspects on on Konkan Railway are now replaced with LED for improving signal visibility.