The Hindu : Goldenrock workshop bags Rs.6-cr. order

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Sunday, Mar 10, 2002

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Goldenrock workshop bags Rs.6-cr. order

By Our Special Correspondent

TIRUCHI MARCH 9. Amid international competition, Goldenrock Workshop, Tiruchi, has bagged an order from Indian Railways for manufacture of three diesel-fired steam engines for the 80-km long Darjeeling-Silugiri narrow gauge track, passing through Ghoom station situated at a height of 7607 feet. The track laid in 1881 was considered an engineering marvel.

The Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, Goldenrock railway workshop, R. Nagarajan, presiding over the Safety Week celebrations today, said the order was worth about Rs. six crores, and the workshop would design the engine and deliver the same within two years. The workshop had already designed the diesel-fired steam engine for the Nilgirs Mountain Railways.

The Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, S. Rathinam, lauded the record-breaking performance of the workshop, where out of a total of 13 million mandays last year, only 787 were lost due to accidents. The number of accidents had come down to an all-time low of 20 last year, as against 37 the previous year.

According to R.Srinivasan, Chief Safety Officer, most of the accident victims were above 40 years, and accidents occurred in the first two hours when all-important works were taken up or during the fag end of day, when workers were tired.

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