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Collector S. Kandasamy connected Thursday (December 18, 2025) inspected a associated drill conducted astatine the Erode Junction Railway Station successful coordination with Southern Railway, Salem Division, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
The workout simulated a bid accident, with 2 coaches deliberately derailed to make an exigency scenario. Railway unit instantly informed the Station Master, who alerted the divisional power country astatine Salem. The Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), and different officials coordinated the rescue and alleviation operations from some the tract and the power room.
Personnel from assorted departments, including the Railway Hospital, Operations, Mechanical, Signal, Electrical, Engineering, Railway Protection Force (RPF), and Government Railway Police (GRP), responded promptly and carried retired rescue and alleviation activities arsenic per modular procedures.
The drill aimed to heighten coordination betwixt antithetic stakeholders, measure catastrophe absorption plans, place procedural gaps, and amended accelerated effect capabilities to minimise quality casualties during existent emergencies.
Salem Division’s DRM Panna Lal, Divisional Security Officer A. Ramachandran, and different railway officials were contiguous during the exercise.
