Following the massive triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore district, the South Eastern Railways (SER) shunted out five top of🌟ficials.
The list of the transferred offic🌊ials also included those who were responsible for operations, safety and signalling.
Although the South Eastern Railways (SER) claimed that the transfers were 'routine' in nature, the decision has been considered as a fallout from the triple train crash, which c🎉laimed 292 lives.
The 🧸train tragedy wa♏s the worst rail accident in three decades in the country.
All about the transfers
According to PTI, the Railway Board😼 transferred Kharagpur Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Shujat Hashmi and the SER zone's Principal Chief Signal and Telecommunication Engineer PM Sikdar, Principal Chief Safety Officer Chandan Adhikary, Principal Chief Security Commissioner DB Kasar, and Principal Chief Commercial Manager Md Owais, news agency PTI reported.
According to the Railway Board ordeಞr, Kharagpur DRM Hashmi is replaced by KR Chaudhari, chairman of the Railway R⛦ecruitment Board, Ajmer.
Principal Chief Signal and Telecommunication Engineerꦇ Sikdar hꦍas been transferred to North Central Railway as an officer on special duty
Chandan Adhikary has been sent to the Northeast ♏Frꦆontier Railway.
Principal Chief Security Commissioner Kasar, who is the security custodian of all r꧙ailway assets and structures, including track and fixtures, rolling stock, signalling gears and railway buildings an🃏d establishments, has also been transferred.
Principal Chief Commercial Manager Owais has been tra💞nsferred to Northeast Frontier Railway and posted as Chief Administ🌜rative Officer
Previously, nearly within a forntight since the train ac🅰cident, SER zone's additional general manager, Atulya Sinha, was transferred as well.
Among the zone's top officials, General Manage♏r Archana Joshi continues in her post. She is due to retire soon, an official was quoted by PTI as 𝓡saying.
Odisha train tragedy
Three trains including the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah ౠSuperfast Express and a goods 𒆙train were involved in a collision near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Balasore on June 2.
The section comes under𓆉 the Kharagpur division of the South ꦿEastern Railway.
Interference with the interlocking system, which is an automated signalling systꦉem, is being seen as the major cause of the 🅰accident.
