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- Ballarshah FOB incident, high level committee will investigate
Nagpur: Divisional administration has lost sleep due to the incident of slab falling of FOB at Ballarshah station under Central Railway Nagpur Division. On the other hand, taking the incident seriously, there will be SAG level i.e. Senior Administrative Grade investigation. Apart from the divisional management, a team of senior officers of the zone level is also involved in this level. A female passenger has died in the incident. It is being told that currently 10 passengers are being treated in various hospitals. Even though the number of injured was limited to 20 to 25, but the said accident has raised many questions on the functioning of the Railways. On the other hand, the FOB built at the Mumbai end of Nagpur station also needs constant monitoring.
Did you start getting the result of work pressure?
Only Indian Railways has the strongest communication system after the Indian Defense Department. Here the information of every second remains in the record. Corporate culture has started in Railways in the last few years. Many posts have been abolished and retrenchment of railway workers is going on. In such a situation, the pressure of work on the available railway workers is increasing. Those who cannot bear this pressure, they are directly being advised VRS. Many incidents like divisional train derailment have happened in the last few months before the slab of FOB fell in Ballarshah. Now there is a discussion among the railwaymen in the inside that the results of the unbearable pressure of work due to less manpower have started coming.
reform work on war footing
On the other hand, Central Railway Nagpur Division worked on a war footing to repair the broken portion of the FOB so that passengers do not have to cross the tracks to move from one platform to another. Apart from the damaged part, the remaining parts of the FOB are also being thoroughly examined. According to the information, soon the FOB of the entire circle can be investigated.
Iron rod in the slab started coming out
On the other hand, iron rods fixed in the slab of the second FOB built at the Mumbai end of Nagpur station are visible. In many places these sticks have left the cement. Some pieces of cement are in the process of falling at some places. These pieces will fall on the head of the passenger present on the platform or on the OHE wire. It is worth mentioning that by joining the iron angles made by the Railways and the Army, strong FOBs are made. However, cement slabs are used to walk on them. It is not fit to bear a lot of weight. Despite this, heavy cement mortar is made and tiles are put on them. The slab prepared for the already limited weight gets additional load. Similar view is visible at the said FOB of Nagpur station. Some day even a small stick coming out of the slab will leave no stone unturned to bring down the entire bridge along with it.
