Timely Special Measures taken by SCR for Smooth Handling of Rush of RRB Exam Candidates at Secunderabad Station

Thousands of Candidates arrived at Secunderabad/Hyderabad from different parts of the Country, to attend an examination conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board, Secunderabad for the posts of Assistant Loco Pilot and Technicians today 20th July, 2014 at various examination centres in the Twin-Cities.

As many of these candidates, after completion of their exam were travelling back, there was a huge rush to board express trains towards various destinations. In order to handle this extra rush of RRB traffic smoothly and to ensure hassle free travel to bonafide rail users, South Central Railway has taken several measures and senior officers led by Sri Ravi Prasad Padi, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Secunderabad Division camped at Secunderabad Station to coordinate and monitor the situation.

The steps taken to ensure smooth movement of traffic include running of Special trains from Secunderabad to Santragachi which left at 3.30 pm today with exclusive General Second Class accommodation and a Special train from Secunderabad to Patna which is scheduled to depart at 10.00 pm today with Sleeper Class and General Second Class accommodation. In addition, one extra General Second class coach was attached by Visakha Express, Padmavathi Express and Dakshin Express too.

Security was strengthened at Secunderabad station by posting additional Railway Protection Force and Ticket Checking personnel at all entrances of Secunderabad Railway Station and in trains. A fortress check was organised with 70 TTEs to ensure that o­nly authorized passengers enter the Station premises and travel by trains. Besides operating all Booking Counters at Secunderabad, ATVM Facilitators were also deployed to issue General Tickets. Inspectors were entrusted with the task to ensure that no inconvenience is caused to rail users and to handle crowd management. Frequent announcements were made at the station, requesting the unreserved passengers not to board the reserved compartments and announcements were also made about running of special trains from Secunderabad to Patna.

All these special measures helped in minimising the inconvenience to the bonafide passengers and also clearing the huge rush of passengers from stations without any unusual occurrence.