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Southern Railway’s Palakkad Division was conferred with the coveted Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar, on with a bid of apical show shields, successful designation of its efficiency, innovation and wide excellence during the 70th Railway Week Celebrations 2025.
Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Madhukar Roat successful a connection present said among the galore accolades, the part emerged arsenic the victor of the General Manager’s Overall Efficiency Shield, the highest honour bestowed upon immoderate part of Southern Railway. The part besides secured respective different large awards successful assorted functional domains — Engineering Efficiency Shield, Mechanical Efficiency Shield, Personnel Efficiency Shield, Manpower Planning Efficiency Shield, Work Study Efficiency Shield, Rail Madad Performance Shield and Electrical Energy Conservation Shield.
Train No. 22638 – West Coast Express was recognised arsenic the Best Maintained Train successful Southern Railway Zone. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Further adding to the division’s achievements, Train No. 22638, Mangaluru Central-MGR Chennai Central West Coast Express, maintained astatine the Mangaluru Depot, was recognised arsenic the Best Maintained Train.
Mr. Roat said the grant highlights the meticulous attraction standards, method excellence, and cleanliness practices astatine Mangaluru Coaching Depot. In addition, Palakkad Junction Railway Station was adjudged the Best Kept Station, securing the Inter-Divisional Cleanliness Shield for its exemplary upkeep, rider amenities and sustained cleanliness nether continuous monitoring and teamwork.
The DRM besides spoke astir assorted developmental and cleanliness initiatives presently nether mode crossed the division. Under campaigns, namely, Swachhata Hi Seva 2025, Swachhata Pakhwada and Special Campaign 5.0, the Palakkad Division has taken important strides successful biology sustainability and presumption cleanliness. Thousands of volunteers, NGOs and students actively participated successful cleanliness drives, histrion plantation programmes, and discarded absorption initiatives. More than 33 tonnes of integrative discarded was removed during caller cleanliness campaigns, implicit 22,000 sq m of country was cleaned and 4,430 metre of drainage were desilted.
The part besides organised aesculapian check-up camps for cleaning unit astatine large stations, nether the Safai Mitra Suraksha Shivir initiative.
The shields were presented by the General Manager, Southern Railway.
