One of the team members during a sanitisation drive
BALANGIR: At a time when people are fearing treading outdoors, a group of youths from Titilagarh have volunteered to sanitise the houses of those infected by Covid-19 free of cost. The work was started by Narasingha Singh (35) and his friend Prahallad Majhi a year ago, after Narasingha failed to convince the district administration to sanitise the house of a friend, whose father succumbed to the dreaded virus.
They started off with the help of one agricultural sprayer and a bottle of sodium hypochloride solution. His mother, wife and two children appreciated his social work and assisted him in need. More friends joined in and this team of six now sanitises 10 to 15 houses in the town every day, apart from attending to their professional duties.
East Coast Railway plans measures to reduce deaths on tracks
Several deaths are being reported and many are getting injured after falling down from running trains and dashing with trains besides suicides and run over cases.
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The ECoR had recorded 2.8 pc decrease in deaths on track in 2019 as compared to 2018. (Express Illustrations) By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has geared up to initiate measures to prevent untoward incidents and deaths on railway tracks at sensitive locations in its three divisions in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Trespassing is the prime contributory factor to unusual incidents leading to deaths. Several deaths are being reported and many are getting injured after falling down from running trains and dashing with trains besides suicides and run over cases.
As many as 1,265 people have been killed in five years after trespassing into railway lines.
A total of 4,380 people have lost their lives due to different reasons in the ECoR area during the last five years.
Apart from this, many death cases have been reported after falling down from running train and dashing with trains, falling into platform gap, suicide knock down and being run over.
As many as 546 people have been killed after falling from trains between 2016 and October 2020.
Around 50 people have lost their lives after hitting poles during this time period.
A total of 25 people were killed after falling into gaps between trains and platforms in the last five years.
Railway traction power transmission projects fast-tracked in Odisha ANI | Updated: Jan 26, 2021 06:09 IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 26 (ANI): Railway Traction Power Transmission Projects in Odisha have been put on fast track with Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra reviewing the progress and resolving the ground level issues in a high-level meeting held on Monday in digital mode from Lok Seva Bhawan.
Conducting a project wise review, Mohapatra set timelines for completion of each project and asked Odisha Power Transmission Corporation (OPTCL) to adhere to the timeline.
Further, Mohapatra asked the Principal Secretary, Energy to take a month-wise review of the work-schedule in coordination with concerned departments for expeditious implementation.
BHUBANESWAR: Chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Monday reviewed Railway traction power transmission projects on digital mode from Lokseva Bhawan here and set timelines for completion of each project.
Taking a project wise review, Mohapatra has asked Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) to adhere to the timeline. He also asked energy secretary NB Dhal to take a month wise review of the work-schedule in coordination with concerned departments for expeditious implementation.
OPTCL supplies 132 KV or 220 KV power to railway feeders from where the railways take power as per requirement of the trains through power conversion sub-stations. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) was urged to expedite the issue of no objection certificates for Belpahar transmission tower. Railways were asked to complete construction of their power conversion sub-stations in pace with power supply projects of the OPTCL.