The CR, in its Mumbai office, has started staggered timings for its employees since November 1, said CR manager Rajnish Goyal.
To eliminate rush during peak hours and prevent incidents of passengers falling off crowded local trains, the Central Railway (CR) has written to over 350 organisations, urging them to implement staggered office hours.
The CR, in its Mumbai office, has started staggered timings for its employees since November 1, said CR manager Rajnish Goyal.
“We, as heads of our departments, organisations, institutions, schools, colleges, hospitals, corporate houses and other such entities must have experienced cases of losing our employees or their loved ones during rail travel on the suburban network. Employees, who certainly would have been an asset to our organisation. Losing life or limb of any member of a family in an accident has an extremely adverse impact on the entire family. The situation becomes particularly serious if that member happens to be the sole earning member or the homemaker of the house. In addition to the loss of life or limb, the super dense crowd at stations and in trains make the journey particularly tiresome and difficult to undertake. It has its effect on the productivity of the employee,” the letter reads.
In the last seven years, while nearly 150 new local train services have been added, the number of commuters is also increasing by the day.
Additionally, in the letter, the CR pointed out that “together, we all can contribute our bit by taking some workable decisions on this issue as a mission”. “As an immediate measure, I request you to kindly stagger working / office hours in such a way that at least a part of your workforce is not needed to undertake suburban journey in peak hour. This will go a long way in bringing down deaths, injuries, and failures apart from making the journey more pleasant,” it said.
Source : The Indian Express
