Railways conduct safety audit in Mysuru

A team of railway officials drawn from different departments completed a review and safety audit of railway assets including tracks, signal and communication equipment in the Mysuru division, on Frida

A team of railway officials drawn from different departments completed a review and safety audit of railway assets including tracks, signal and communication equipment in the Mysuru division, on Friday.

With a view to ensuring implementation of prescribed rules and guidelines for safe operations of trains and to identify generic short comings, a multi-disciplinary team of officers led by Alok Tiwari, Principal Chief Safety Officer from South Western Railway Headquarters conducted the safety audit inspection on Mysuru -Yeliyur section on Friday and Saturday, a release said.

The team from the Electrical, Mechanical, Operations, Safety and Signal & Telecommunication departments inspected major and minor bridges at Srirangapatna, points and crossings at Naganahalli and Pandavapura stations , level crossing gates and traction sub-stations on the Mysuru-Bengaluru double line.