Mission Smile: Surgery camp inaugurated at SER central hospital

Kolkata: A Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery Camp was inaugurated on 15th March 2019 in the Central Hospital, South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach by P. S. Mishra, General Manager, S E Railway in presence of renowned doctors attached with “Mission Smile”.

“Mission Smile” is a Medical Charitable Trust, which provides free, life-changing surgeries to the children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other deformities.  S E Railway Central Hospital, Garden Reach in collaboration with “Mission Smile” and  “Love Without Boundaries” are conducting Free Cleft Lip & Cleft Palate Surgeries on an around 100 children and young adulators of Kolkata and adjoining districts from 15th to 21st March 2019. This medical mission after successful completion of this medical camp will celebrate the achievement of 100th Medical Mission in India.

Photo Caption: A child having cleft lip is being examined by a doctor before Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery at  S E Railway Central Hospital, Garden Reach.

P S Mishra, General Manager, S E Railway while inaugurating week long  Surgery Programme said that it is a mission with missionary zeal and a true smile for the children who have been suffering from a cleft lip. General Manager encouraged the doctors of S E Railway Central Hospital and other doctors of “Mission Smile” and “Love Without Boundaries” for this noble mission to make India cleft free.  General Manager also assured that all possible medical help and support would be provided for such noble mission on part of S E Railway.

Photo Caption: A child is being examined by the doctor for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery at S E Railway Central Hospital, Garden Reach.

Dr. Anjana Malhotra, Sr. DMO and Specialist in Plastic Surgery led the team of experts from the fields of plastic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, anesthesiology, pediatrics, dentistry, speech-language pathology and nursing who come together from various parts of India and abroad. The prominent national and international personalities who are serving tirelessly to endeavor the noble cause are Dr. Ram Kumar Venkateswaran of Mission Smile, Mr. Donald White, Trustee, Love Without Boundaries, Colonel Shivaji Samaddar, COO, Mission Smile etc.

SER generates record revenue from scrap sales surpassing RlyBd’s target

Kolkata: South Eastern Railway has surpassed Scrap Sale target set by Railway Board of Rs. 240 crores on 4th March i.e 26 days ahead of the target date.  South Eastern Railway is the 2nd Zone in Indian Railways to achieve this feat. SER is targeting to become “SCRAP FREE ZONE” by the end of this Financial Year.  South Eastern Railway has been able to sell scrap worth Rs. 240.58 crores during the financial year 2018-19 as on 4th March 2019. This is 40.03% higher than the total sale of the last Financial Year.

Total 29,470 MT of Engineering Scrap (which includes Scrap Rails), 12,638 MT of other Ferrous Scrap, 1,700 MT of Non-Ferrous Scrap, 536 Nos. of condemned Wagons, 225 Nos. of condemned Coaches and 7 Nos. of condemned Diesel Locomotives have been disposed of so far in the current financial year.  South Eastern Railway is working on Mission Mode to become scrap free Railway.

Photo Coverage: A 2-day Photography Competition-cum Exhibition organized by Engineering Department of South Eastern Railway concluded on 08.03.2019. As many as 98 photographs on various subjects from the participants of S.E.Railway, E. Railway and 4 divisions of SER were showcased in this Exhibition. Viewers’ eyes were feasted with the photographs of unexposed beauty of nature. Photographs displayed were not only for looking but these were the ways of feeling, touching and loving. Photographers were awarded for their best creations.

Approval of 3rd line between Narayangarh & Bhadrak on SERailway

Will help generate direct employment for about 37.2 lakh man-days

Total estimated cost of this project is Rs. 1,866.31 cr. & will be completed by 2023-24

Will help generate the additional optimum capacity to cope up with the existing as well as additional traffic

Capacity utilization on Narayangarh-Bhadrak section is 138%. The third line will help reduce this congestion

Kolkata: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the construction of a 3rd railway line between Narayangarh in West Bengal & Bhadrak in Odisha of 155 km length. At a total cost of Rs. 1,866.31 crore it is slated for completion during the year 2023-24.

The construction of the third line will help create the capacity to cope with existing as well as additional traffic. The busy section between Narayangarh and Bhadrak is mainly used for the movement of coking coal to steel plants as well as the movement of export ore from the areas of Chakradharpur to several ports. Therefore, this 3rd line will help in easier movement of coal. This will help steel plants, power plants as well as the export industry, which will boost the economies of Odisha and West Bengal, and entire East India.

The third line will ease congestion on this route. Narayangarh – Bhadrak section forms a part of the Howrah-Chennai trunk route. The present utilization (with maintenance block) of the section between Narayangarh & Bhadrak is to the tune of 138% as per Line Capacity Statement 2014-15. Over and above the heavy freight traffic, the route has to accommodate 47 pairs of coaching trains including high-speed trains like Bhubaneswar Rajdhani, Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto, Howrah-Puri Duronto, Sealdah-Puri duronto & Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express. This makes it highly congested.

The project will also help generate direct employment for about 37.2 lakh man-days during construction and has the potential to generate indirect employment as well.