Union Minister of Railways & Coal, Piyush Goyal distributed awards to winning stations of Station Beautification competition in Rail Bhawan today. This innovative competition was organized among Zonal Railways in December 2017. Balharshah & Chandrapur Railway Stations of Central Railway have been awarded the first prize while Madhubani station of East Central Railway & Madurai station of Southern Railway were the co-winners of the second prize. Gandhidham station of Western Railway, Kota station of West Central Railway & Secunderabad station of South Central Railway were joint winners of the third prize.
Mr Goyal also felicitated the artists who participated in this initiative by giving them cash awards and appreciation certificates.
Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain, Chairman, Railway Board, Ashwani Lohani and other senior officials were also present.
1st Prize: Balharshah & Chandrapur Railway stations (Central Railway) – Rs.10 Lakhs.
2nd Prize: Madhubani Railway station (East Central Railway) & Madurai Railway station (Southern Railway) – Rs. 5 Lakhs.
3rd Prize: Gandhidham Railway station (Western Railway), Kota Railway station (West Central Railway) & Secunderabad Railway station (South Central Railway) – Rs. 3 Lakhs.
Goyal also launched the Bridge Management System (IR-BMS). This is a web-enabled IT Application for meaningful assimilation, analysis and dissemination of information related to various activities like Bridge Master Data, works Data, Inspection/Monitoring and Maintenance of the bridges of Indian Railways. Three technical booklets viz. Ultrasonic Testing Pamphlet, AT Welding Pamphlet, Flash Butt Welding Technical Pamphlet were also unveiled by the Minister.
