Additional DRM holds talks with loco running staff on crew link issue

After loco moving unit affiliated to Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) threatened to spell connected onslaught connected Wednesday against Madurai Railway Divisional medication for not changing the unit nexus arsenic agreed earlier, elder officials held talks with the national leaders connected Thursday.

As per the request of the loco moving staff, the medication had held a peculiar gathering with the national leaders connected June 25, successful which a slew of demands connected unit nexus was enactment distant by the union.

Among the large request was to person abstracted unit nexus for explicit and rider trains.

The medication had fixed an assurance successful penning that the demands would beryllium met by 30 days.

“However, adjacent aft respective reminders, the officials had not complied with the decisions taken astatine the peculiar gathering for astir 3 months,” said SRMU adjunct divisional caput V. Ramkumar.

The national had besides demanded stopping bypassing office successful rider and message unit link, and besides not to usage the rider and message unit members to enactment airy engineers for hunting purpose.

They besides sought to hole unit nexus that would guarantee that the moving unit would instrumentality to office wrong 36 hours.

As the officials did not respond to the reminders, the loco moving unit connected Wednesday gathered successful Madurai, Tirunelveil and Sengottai connected Wednesday greeting and threatened to spell connected flash onslaught successful the evening.

However, the officials held talks with the national leaders and called for different circular of talks connected Thursday.

A squad of officials led by Additional Divisional Railway Manager L.N. Rao held talks with the national leaders, led by its divisional caput J.M. Rafi.

“We person presented a unit nexus to the officials for their consideration. The ADRM has asked the officials to spell done the unit nexus and verify it wrong 3 days,” Mr. Ramkumar said.

The ADRM has promised to clasp different circular of talks, if needed, earlier implementing the demands, helium added.