‘Lockdown Yadav’, ‘Corona Kumari’ are some of the names given to new-borns New Delhi: Good news from Shramik Specials or Train of Fortune as over 30 babies were born on board since the beginning of May, providing some of the migrant workers a tinge of joy amid all the odds they are facing trying to…
Railways to open reservation counters in phased manner
May 23, 2020First 100 pairs of trains to operate from June 1 Mysore/Mysuru: Railways have decided to open reservation counters to purchase advanced reservation tickets in a phased manner. To begin with, booking counters in important stations across Indian Railways were opened from May 22. On Mysuru Division, PRS counters at the following Stations are open for…
SWR Ticket Checking Staff provide ration kits to licensed porters, house-keeping staff
May 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another show of humanitarian concern for the licensed luggage porters and station house-keeping staff, badly affected because of the cancellation of passenger-carrying trains, ticket checking staff of South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, have pooled their resources to provide ration kits to about 97 persons who depend on train services for their…
‘Shramik Special’ chugs from Dakshina Kannada to transport migrant labourers to Bihar
May 13, 2020Social distancing maintained during boarding with all passengers wearing face masks Mysore/Mysuru: The first ‘Shramik Special’ train from South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, with 1,428 migrant labourers belonging to Bihar onboard, started at 14:30 hrs yesterday (May 12) from Kabakaputtur Railway Station in Dakshina Kannada District. This train has been scheduled as per the…
SWR converts 320 Railway Coaches into COVID Care Centres
May 8, 2020Transformed coaches to be placed at 14 Stations including Mysuru Hubballi: Engineers, technicians, workers and supervisors of South Western Railway (SWR) have successfully converted 320 air-conditioned train coaches into Isolation Wards, providing a clean, sanitised and hygienic surroundings for COVID-19 patients to comfortably recover. The target set by the Railway Ministry to SWR was 314…
Ration kits distributed to porters and house-keeping staff at City Railway Station
April 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, in collaboration with South Indian Bank, Mysuru, distributed about 80 ration kits to the licensed luggage porters and contractual house-keeping staff at Mysuru Railway Station on Apr.17 as they have been deprived of their livelihood on account of nationwide lockdown and complete suspension of passenger-carrying trains. On two…
Woman power to the fore during a pandemic
April 12, 2020Railways leads the campaign Mysore/Mysuru: The total and unprecedented suspension of passenger services by the Indian Railways, for the first time in its history spanning over 165 years, stands as a testimony to the resolve and commitment of the world’s fourth largest Railway system and the single largest State-owned employer to unitedly fight the scourge…
DRM urges all members of Railway family to install ‘Arogya Setu’ Mobile App
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Aparna Garg, Divisional Railway Manager (SRM), South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru, has exhorted all members of the Railway family, including pensioners, to download ‘Arogya Setu,’ the Mobile App launched by the Union Health Ministry recently. This App helps users identify whether they are at a risk of COVID-19 infection. Garg stated that Mysuru Division…
SWR comes in aid of needy people
April 7, 2020Bengaluru: The Hubballi Division of the South Western Railway (SWR), along with the IRCTC, has reached out to the needy people serving them with provision of food packets, ration package and other essential items. Staff, officers and their families have joined hands to feed the hungry. The Division has done commendable work during the crisis…
Mysuru Railway Division works overtime to convert coaches into Isolation Wards
April 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Engineers, technicians, workers and supervisors of South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, are working overtime to convert train coaches into Isolation Wards, providing an ingenuous, clean, sanitised and hygienic surroundings for COVID-19 patients to comfortably recover. A team of 60 to 75 persons are working in two shifts every day to convert coaches into…
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