NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JAN 20
Southern Railway’s Commercial branch on Monday announced that it has won Silver in SKOCH Awards under the category of Excellence in Response to COVID-19, a release said.
For participation in the SKOCH Award competition, exhaustive documentation was filed by Southern Railway detailing various activities undertaken in response to COVID-19.
A presentation was also made elaborating Southern Railway’s well-devised strategies and multifarious efforts during COVID-19 involved in running of 507 Shramik specials, freight services and timetabled parcel services for transportation of essential commodities, Special trains to important destinations, refurbishing coaches into isolation facilities, in-house making of PPEs, hand sanitizers, masks, and various innovative prototypes.
The valiant fight put up by the Medical branch of Southern Railway in saving precious lives affected by COVID-19 was also enlisted as part of the documentation, the release added.
Further, Southern Railway’s Rail Dandora App also entered the finals and bagged 4th place in SKOCH awards under the category of Excellence of Governance.
Recently, RailMadad, the grievance redressal portal of Indian Railways had won the Gold in SKOCH award under the category of Excellence in Governance.
