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Satphones for rly. zones, divisions

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI APRIL 3. All the 16 Zonal and 67 Divisional headquarters of the Railways have been equipped with satellite phones for use in emergency situations, including accidents.

They can also be used by stranded passengers to communicate from the site of accident to their relatives, friends and kin for assistance or to convey their well-being.

In addition, five walkie-talkie sets to the crew of all trains and 25 W VHF sets at stations on important routes have been provided to enable the crew to communicate with each other and with the nearest station master during emergencies.

These telecom safety aids are to be extended all over the Railways gradually to strengthen its safety and to make rail services more responsive, caring and user-friendly.

`Good performance by units'

The Railways has claimed that all its production units performed well during the period from April 2002 to February 2003, with two of them exceeding the target.

The Rail Wheel Plant (earlier known as Wheel and Axle Plant), Bangalore, produced 92,750 wheels exceeding the target of 91,913.

It produced 39,021 axles exceeding the target of 37,115.

Similarly, Diesel Component Works, Patiala, re-built 66 diesel locomotives against the target of 64.

The Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, and Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, just met the targets.

The CLW rolled out 60 electric locomotive against the target of 60, DLW 89 diesel locomotive against the target of 89 and RCF 836 coaches against the target of 836.

However, the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, fell short of target.

It produced 782 coaches against the target of 797 for the period.

The shortfall was caused on account of ongoing development of sources and equipment for the prestigious Jan Shatabdi rakes, which would be made up in the coming months.

In February 2003, a total of 1,384 wagons were produced as against the target of 1,400.

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