Dimapur, March 7 (EMN): For the first time in the history of Indian Railways coaching depot, Guwahati is engaging an all women gang for maintenance of coaches.
A press release issued by the NF Railways Maligaon on March 7 mentioned that with the increase in number of trains from the Guwahati station, there is an increased need towards the maintenance of the incoming coaches in the pit-line.
The pit line is said to be the maintenance facility in any coach maintenance depot for the cleaning and maintenance work of the coaches once a train reaches its termination station. The Depot has a coach holding of about 1300 and its activities are spread over Kamakhya, Paltan Bazaar and New Guwahati with a total of 6 pit-lines and 2 sick-lines and a staff of about 1000 technicians. Out of which 200 are said to be women.
Due to the need for increasing maintenance capacity of the pit-line at Guwahati, a project is said to have been taken up in the month of February this year to develop a maintenance gang with only ladies staff. 20 ladies of Technician grade were selected in the depot as a pilot and they were given classroom training over the various concepts of maintenance involved in a train pit-lines.
This is said to be the first time in Indian Railways that a pure ladies maintenance gang has been engaged in any pit-line of a coach maintenance depot.
The group is said to be starting the maintenance work after completion of the training on March 8 on the occasion of the International Women’s Day.
