September, 2016 issue of Integral News
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September, 2016 issue of Integral News
+ From: ICF Staff Club frAG129/18,VII Main Rd To AnnaNagar,Chennai-40 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Issue# 131 Free Monthly News Bulletin – for Internal Circulation September 2016 Email: [email protected] Contact: 900 314 1464, 9539, 9659, 9731, Rly 46490, 47661 Chief Editor: K.Ravi, SSE/Shop80 Associate Editors: M.A.Jaishankar, SSE/Proj A.R.S.Ravindra, SSE/Proj Treasurer: R.Mehalan, SE/IT Shell Offices: R.Thilak, Tech-3 S.K.Satishkumar, SSE/Proj K.Sekar, Ch.OS/Engg N.Jeganivasan, Stores Inspector N.Ganesh,SSE/MPO/S S.Ghatikachalarao,SSE/WS N.Devaraju, SSE/Plant V.Sasikala, OS/PB B.Jayalalitha, Accts Asst Shell Shops: P.Baskaran, SSE/40 A-shed: R.Nagarajan,, SSE/10 B-shed: A.V.Gopalakrishna, SSE/22 Shop 24,25,26: N.Ravikumar, SSE/26 D&L-shed:P.T.Sreevalsan, SSE/13 40,J,E: R.Lakshminarayanan, SSE/40 48,RPF: R.Kasim,SSE48 11,23,41,TS:R.Jegathiswaran,SSE/41 Insp: J.Ananthakumar,SSE/42 Progress: P.K.Panda,SSE/PCO CMT: G.Sivakumar, CMS-1 Electrical:D.T.Vijayaraj,SSE/45 Stores : K.Sundar, OS/J-ward/SD Fur Offices:Harikumar.NV,SSE/MPO Accts: Sudharsan.MN,SSO/Accts PlgF,TS: G.V.Ramesh,SSE/TS/F Stores:V.Annamalai,OS/P7 Fur Shops: R.Sundarrajan,SSE/30 30: Bipinkumar Karn, SSE/30 32,34: P.Sathyanarayanan, SSE/PC32 33:D.R.Suresh,SSE/33 37, 80,81,82:D.Santhakumar,SSE/80 88,CCO: K.S.Rajakumar, SSE/88 Elect,CMT,IOW: M.Devaraj, SSE/85 36,54: R.M.Chandrasekar,SSE/54 Progress:D.Baskar, SSE/PCO RRM, Colonies : A.Srivijayan, SSE54 LHB/19 : R.Shanmugam, SSE TTC: J.Selvakumar,SSE/TTC D&D: Sabapathinathan.M,SSE/D&D Hospital: Raju Balaji, Ch.OS Web: P.Krishnakanth, Webmaster/IT 74,Tele,Union: D.N.Ramesh,SSE/Proj Advisors: S.Muthukumar, Dy CME/SR B.Chandrasekaran,SME/D-II K.N.Mohan, PE/PR/S R.Srinivasan, APE/PR/F 70th Independence Day was celebrated in a grand manner at ICF GM Administrative building lawns on 15.08.2016. Shri S.Mani, General Manager/ICF, unfurled the national flag and accepted the guard of honour given by the RPF contingents. While addressing the gathering, GM highlighted ICF‟s achievements and future plans. Shri S. Mani, General Manager / ICF, participated as Chief Guest in the Valedictory Function of Annual District Rally and standard judging competition, by Bharat Scouts and Guides, at ICF District Headquarters on 15.08.2016. General Manager distributed prizes to the competition winners. The 70th Independence Day celebrations were held at ICF with great enthusiasm. Shri S.Mani, General Manager, ICF, unfurled the National Flag and accepted the Guard of Honour given by the RPF contingents. Addressing the gathering, GM mentioned that ICF had achieved a record production of 2005 coaches in its last production year and has set a target of 2486 coaches for the current production year (2016-17). ICF has switched over to a new technology of making stainless steel coaches and has planned to turn out 404 LHB design coaches in this production year. He further mentioned that in the coming days, keeping pace with the new technology, ICF will be manufacturing special coaches announced in Railway Budget, like Deen Dayalu and Antyodaya, which will have a lot of passenger amenities inbuilt. ICF is also planning to manufacture two state-of-the-art tourist coaches for IRCTC, which will have transparent roof for tourists to enjoy the scenic beauty of the tourist spots while on travel. ICF has been given the target to manufacture 881 self-propelled coaches for the current year and also has plans to produce these coaches with energy-efficient, 3-phase propulsion system. Earlier, Railway Protection Force contingents presented a colourful march past and Guard of Honour to the General Manager, ICF. A large number of ICF officers, office bearers of unions/associations and employees were present on the occasion. Integral News September 2016 is sponsored by staff of Furnishing Division: office of the CWE, CMM, Planning, Accounts, MPO & CBS. „AIEMA Sourcing Fair 2016‟, was organized by Amabttur Industrial Estate Manufacturer‟s Association at AIEMA Convention Centre, Ambattur, on 19th and 20th August. ICF participated in this fair and displayed various components for developing new vendors. Shri L.C. Trivedi, CME/ICF, inspected the ICF stall at the fair and also held discussion with the officials of AIEMA. As part of Independence Day celebrations, the children of GEMS school were distributed sweets by ICFWO. Independence Day was celebrated inside Furnishing Factory. Sri M.E.Srinivasan, DyCME/F, hoisted the flag. Shri Jagadhish Prasad, CMM / Shell, transferred to MCF as COS, was given a farewell by officers on 13th August. A special drive was conducted from 1st to 31st August, to increase the usage of Hindi in day-to-day official work. Various competitions were conducted. CME inaugurated the ICF district rally and standard judging competition of scouts and guides on 14th Aug. CME administered pledge on Sadbhavana Diwas, 20.08.16 Shri J.Deepan Chakravarthy of ICF has won Bronze medal in Commonwealth Chess Championship held at Srilanka. Selvi Kaavya Dharshini, Daughter of Shri N.Baskaran, Asst Chief Cashier, studying +2 in Kendriya Vidyalaya, secured Two silver medals at Tamilnadu state shooting championships held at Coimbatore, from Aug 3 to 7, in 10 meter Air Riffle category. She got 5th place in the competition conducted by school games federation of India. She also secured silver in national tournament conducted between KV schools. I.C.F. Silver Jubilee Nursery and primary School celebrated 70th Independence day with high spirit. New Library “BOOKS ON WHEELS” was inaugurated by school‟s chairman Shri.D.P. Dash CEE / QC&C / ICF and Dr. Avanjali Dash. Exhibition on “Life Style, Science & Technology and Sports during Pre & Post independence of INDIA” was inaugurated by Dr. Avanjali Dash who appreciate the efforts put in by the kids, teachers and parents. Shri. R. Aaivu CPO / ICF secretary appreciated the team work in organising the exhibition and opening of new library. The exhibition was open from 0900 to 1500 hrs for the public. As part of 70th Independence Day celebrations by South Colony welfare Association, a friendly cricket match was conducted on 15th August. Automatic smoke and heat detection alarm fitted in SCN 5747 at lavatory end. On 5th August, Rly Board instructed to display tricolor national flag on all diesel locomotives as per the layout and dimension prescribed. In RWF, sculptures made of railway scrap have been installed, and many of the walls and pedestrian areas are covered with paintings by the RWF staffers, their children, and NGOs and well-known artists. PERSON OF THE MONTH June ‟16: Shell N.G.Louis Christopher Harmony in birthday Celebration All the buds, staffs and sub-staff of ICF Silver Jubilee Nursery and Primary school who blossomed in the month of August celebrated their birthdays together in a fantabulous manner on August 31st by planting saplings in the school campus. They pledged to look after their saplings with due care and responsibility. It is instigated the concept of “GO-GREEN” among the young minds. Tech-3/shop14 June ‟16: Fur P.Tamilselvan SSE/Designs July ‟16: Fur E Maheswari, Tech-1/Sh32 CIRCULARS AC08: Gazette notification of VII CPC AC09: RS (RP) Rules, 2016, schedule for revised scale of pay. AC10: implementation of VII CPC recommendations – statement of fixation of pay. OFFICIAL POSTINGS Name S/Shri/ Smt R.Mohanraja Nitin Dhimole Jagdish Prasad V.Kalyanasundaram T.Dilip Kumar Varghese Joshua K.T.Dominic Hanuman Prasad Meena R.B.Parashar V.M.Govindarajan R.Ravindran P.R.Subrahmanian Previous ADRM/MAS SECR CMM/Shell DyCC&M Training DyCME/Shell PE/PR2/S WM/LHB SEE/M SEE/Comng AME/I/S SME/I/F Present CPO/ICF CMM/S MCF/RaeBareil ly DyCME/Shell DyCME/D2 Training +WM/LHB Leave SEE/Comng SEE/M +SME/I/F Sick The post of Secretary to GM, which was being operated as DyCME /Technical Coordination, is re-designated as Secretary/ ICF. EMPLOYEES RETIRING on 30th September ’16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Jagadeeswaran Haribabu Ramsankar Usha Kiran Babu Ramaswamy Satyanarayana Venugopalan Raghu Ponnusamy Venkatesu Subramanian Kothandan Govindan Rajarajan Kumar Ponnusamy Dakshinamurthy Jayakumar Ganesan APE J.E Tech-1 Tech-1 Sr.Tech Sr.Tech Sr.Tech SSE J.E Sub-Inspector Tech-1 Sr.Tech J.E Sr.Tech Tech-1 Tech-1 SSE Tech-1 Sr.Tech Sr.Tech 10 13 14 20 21 41 Plg/S Engg RPF 30 30 30 32 32 36 36 54 80 85 We wish them A Happy & Peaceful Retired Life Last Date for submission of application: Publicity Inspector: 05.10.16 Employees‟ holiday camp to Goa: 17.09.16 We deeply mourn the sudden demise of the following staff 1 2 3 B.Vijaya B.Ramesh D.Vinayagamurthy Helper/Shop-11 Helper/Shop-18 Tech-2/Stores A session on “Energy saving techniques and electrical safety” was conducted by TANGEDCO on 12th August from 1500 hrs to 1630 hrs at AWTI. Special camp was organsied for renewal of ID card from 8th to 10th August at Workers canteen/ Fur. Training programme and discussions on “GreenCo rating” for officers and supervisors were held at D&D on 26th and 27th August. Festival advance is discontinued till further orders from Railway Board. Exam for selection of JE/M- PQ will be held on 24th Sep Officers of ICF have started wearing uniform (shirt). The text TEAM ICF has been printed on the top of shirt pocket. Willingness has been obtained from supervisors also. It will be worn once or twice a week on designated days, the days will be announced. Cost is Rs.400 for half sleeve and Rs.450 for full sleeve. It is purely on a voluntary basis. From Aug 22, the Regional Rail Museum of ICF has been renamed „Chennai Rail Museum‟. Till further orders, GP in the 6 CPC scale shall continue to be the basis for gradation and related entitlement of all kinds of passes and PTOs. Southern Railway employees cooperative society (Urban bank) paid dividend to the members on Aug 29&30. Wrestler Ms.Sakshi Malik, working in Northern Railway, has won bronze in women's 58kg freestyle in RIO Olympics. She is the first female wrestler from India to win an Olympic medal. Her coach Mr. Kuldeep Malik is also working in NR. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech said that Railways is expanding the rail network in the country faster. "Earlier, 1500 km line was commissioned in the last 10 years while today we have succeeded in commissioning 3500 km line in two years". Wi-fi technology of state-run Centre for Development of Telematics (CDOT) has been approved by Indian Railways. Most of the equipment installed in Indian telecom network are imported. Approval of C-DoT wi-fi equipment will help deployment of indigenously made gears. From Sep 6 to Oct 10, Passing-through trains connecting Alappuzha, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Yeshwantpur and Bengaluru with Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Barauni, Muzaffurpur, Korba, Shalimar and Guwahati will not touch Chennai Central. Instead, the trains will halt at Perambur. The Chennai Central– Howrah express will depart from Chennai Beach. IRCTC has introduced a service 'Wedding on Wheels' under which it will host weddings aboard luxury trains. Minister of Railways inaugurated Hourly booking of Retiring Rooms; Single person accountability for all facilities on trains-along with single nodal officer for monitoring, travel insurance for passengers, on 1st Sep. Shri Ashwani Kumar Upadhyaya, a 47-year-old Indian Railways IRTS officer of 1997 batch, posted at CRIS, has recently won an award for his innovative idea of developing caterpillar trains -- a network of lightweight, elevated train coaches that will run at speeds up to 100 km/hr and will take passengers even to the residential areas. Bent knee leg lift Exercise: STEPS : PHYSIO PAGE MOVE… TO REMOVE…! Physio.Kumaravel.M Sr. Physiotherapist/ RH/ICF Physiokumaravel.m@ gmail.com Ph 9003149269 BACK EDUCATION FAQ’s FROM READERS & PATIENTS LOW IMPACT EXERCISE FOR ELDERS’ BACK PAIN: BACK THIGH MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISE : STEPS : STARTING POSITION: • Lie on your back with arms at sides comfortably. • Bend the right leg and wrap a small towel at back of the thigh. • Pull the knee towards the chest and then slowly straighten the knee until comfortable stretch is felt on back thigh muscles. • Hold for comfortable gradual slow stretch counts 5 ..7…10. • Return to relaxed original position and repeat the same steps on other side. • No of stretch repetition 1 to 3 times on each side alternatively once or twice a day. Note: Opposite leg of the stretched one should be flat on the floor and the stretching should not be in jerky manner ! STRENTHENING /SPINAL STABILISATION EXERCISES Stomach muscle contraction exercise: STEPS : Starting position : • Lie on your back with knee bent and feet flat on the floor with relaxed abdominal muscle. •Keep one hand below the low back and other one over the abdomen to feel the contraction of the muscle. •Gently pull the stomach and tighten the abdominal muscles by pressing the back downwards. •Feel the tightening of the abdominal muscles and hold the gentle contraction 5…7...10 counts. •Return to relaxed origin, repeat after a little gap. •No of progressive repetitions 3 to 5 times. • Lift and maintain the leg straight as much as possible and hold for a few counts (5..7…10 ). • Return to the origin and repeat • As above in the same on the other leg after little gap. relaxed posture. • No of repetition 3 to 5 times on each side alternatively. Starting position : Progressive exercise : Straight Leg Raising exercise (SLR): STEPS : • Slowly raise the leg as possible without bending the knee joint. • Comfortably hold for 5…7…10 counts gradually without straining Starting position : much. •Lie on your back with leg extended • Return to starting position and repeat the same on opposite side. straight. • No of repetition 3 to 5 times on each side alternatively. • Note: Once you master the initial procedure, go for SLR exercise. Curl up exercise : STEPS : • Slowly lift the shoulder up from the floor with support the neck with hands. Starting position : •Relaxed supine • Hold this posture with minimal lying with clasped strain and count 5…7...10 counts. hand behind the • Return to relaxed origin and repeat after a little gap. head. • No of repetitions: 3 to 5 times. • Note: Don‟t pull up the head while lifting the shoulder. Buttock muscle tightening : STEPS : •Bring the buttocks close and tighten the buttock muscles. •Feel the muscle work and hold for brief period 5..7…10 counts. Starting position : •Lie on stomach with relaxed extended legs resting your forehead on the floor • Return to relaxed origin and repeat . •No of repetitions: 3to5 times. Half Push up Exercise : Bridging exercise STEPS : STEPS : Starting position : • Lie on stomach with flat palms on either side of head with bent elbow and forearm on the floor. •Lift yourself on your elbows and gradually lift up your chest off the floor. • Feel the muscle work at low back and retain the position progressively for 5…7…10 counts. •Return to relaxed starting position and repeat after little gap. •No of repetitions 3 to 5 times. •Note: keep the lower of the body on floor well, while doing this procedure. Starting position : • Comfortable hook lying position. • (Note: While on start hook position, keep both heels as close as to buttocks) Relaxation : STEPS : Progressive push up exercise : •If you are doing regular practice and have flexible back, go for this progression. STEPS : Starting position : •Lie on stomach with relaxed extended legs with your forehead resting on the floor as in the picture. •Lift the left leg without bending the knee, few inches ( 2” to 3”) off from the floor. •Hold for 5..7….10 counts. •Return and repeat the same on the right side . •No of repetitions: 3 to 5 times on each side (Note: Don‟t tilt the back while lifting leg ) Buttock muscle strengthening exercise: STEPS : Starting position : • Lie on one side with slightly bent lower leg and maintain the back in neutral position •Lift the upper leg slowly few inches (approx 8 to 10 inches ) off from the floor without bending the knee. •Count in mind and hold for 5…7…10 counts •Return to relaxed starting position repeat after brief gap. •Roll over to other side and repeat the same procedure on the other side. • Gradual strengthening and repetition 3 to 5 times on either side. •Slowly raise the buttocks off the floor. •Hold for 5..7….10 counts. •Return and repeat after a little gap . •No of repetition 3 to 5 times . Starting position : • Lie flat on the back. •Keep the arms a little away (approx 10 to 15cm) from the body with palms in face up position. •Place the feet slightly apart from each other comfortably. •Keep the back and head in straight line. •Close the eyes and breathe naturally and rhythmically. • To obtain maximum relaxation, stay in this position 1 to 3 minutes or 25 to 30 breaths. • While winding up the position, turn on comfortable side and get up slowly. “Rest is the best medicine”. But it is not a good idea to simply rest and wait for back pain to subside. Too much rest also causes certain type of back pain and worsens the existing low back pain. Prolonged rest decreases the muscle strength and minimises the flexibility of the back. Hence, regular exercise is the prompt idea to relieve the back pain by stretching and strengthening back muscles. The exercises narrated here are general pattern of exercises to relieve the back pain in elders with common degenerative cause. If it is not possible to do all exercises at one stretch, do the stretching exercises with warm up practice in the morning and strengthening procedures in the evening session. Whenever you are going for exercises, start with warm up and conclude with relaxation. Keep ever in mind “Activity is often the best medicine for back pain”. Be active as much as possible and be free from back pain always ! Wait for further steps to move….. ENERGY CONSERVATION IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT INNOVATIONS under development by S.Rajendran Design of equipment for coach movement inside Fur: by Sri S.RAJENDRAN, Tech-1/Shop85 Cost approximately Rs. 2,00,000/ Concept by Shri.V.Kalyanasundaram, Dy.CME/Shell Waiting for CAD drawing Ph:8056250489 Energy conservation in an industrial environment is different from that in a domestic environment. In a household, the benefits of energy savings are directly enjoyed by the family, whereas in an industry, the employee who implements energy conservation techniques may not be benefitted directly. Hence, more innovative methods with minimum human intervention need to be deployed in an industry to reap maximum energy savings. Some of the methods that can be deployed in an industry are discussed below. Speed breaker indicator for vehicles such as Two wheelers and Four wheelers Solar powered emergency light in Fur. Low cost (Approx Rs.32000 per shed) Trouble-free Advance fault indicator Auto SMS to officer concerned Water level indicator & controller 1.A common pattern easily understandable by all employees should be followed in positioning control switches for lights, fans, air circulators etc. The access to the switch boards should not be obstructed by dumping material/scrap items. High safety Low cost (approx Rs300 per number) Maintenance-free INNOVATIONS in IDEA Stage 2.All air circulators shall be provided with auto cut-off switches which will switch off the fan after a session time like 3 or 4 hrs. Improved passenger facilities in coaches 3.Thermostat settings in AC, Geyser, Water cooler etc. shall be kept at optimum level, and its healthy functioning shall be ensured through periodical checking. 4.Energy consumption for lighting load, fan load & machinery load shall be monitored separately for each section and concerned employees should be rewarded suitably for energy savings in their area against some set norms. 5.Machine operators shall be educated to switch off the control supply after operation as it consumes considerable energy in the long run. For this purpose, power switches should be positioned in an easily accessible location. 6.Wherever day shift working is in vogue, solar panels with online inverters could be used as an alternate economic source of energy. 7.Whenever a load test is conducted on power sources like battery, alternator etc., the output power generated can be used for feeding regular loads through suitable regulators/inverters. 8.Motion sensors should be used in office cabins and toilets to turn off power devices when not used. Similarly, power supply to computers and other office equipment shall be turned off during non-working hours. 9.Timers shall be used in water coolers and geysers to turn them off during weekly holidays. Prior indication of electrical fire in coaches Already developed and implemented Solar powered Coach number indication board & Reservation chart light for Southern Railway. Solar powered PFT for ICF Reverse indication for coaches at BBQ Hooter at shop30 using remote for shunting staff In order to create and promote awareness about the facility, IRCTC has come out with a novel scheme of distributing free meals (standardised Indian Vegetarian meal) to 100 passengers (one meal per PNR) per week (every Friday) in Chennai Central railway station starting from 19th August for a period of one month for passengers who have booked e-tickets. All MPs and former MPs will soon be given a unique identity to help them book train tickets and end any “misuse” in multiple bookings. MR said in Lok Sabha till now, a Member of Parliament can at the same time make multiple bookings in different trains bound for different destinations and there is no mechanism to find out in which train the MP actually travelled. Indian Railways will do away with the practice of deploying guards at the rear-end of coaches of goods trains as it is installing a new system to ensure all coaches and wagons remain intact when a train is in motion. The end of train telemetry (EoTT), a device that aims to establish communication between the locomotive driver and the last vehicle of the train, will be fitted in the last coach or wagon of a train. 10.Awareness programmes on energy conservation shall be conducted periodically for departmental staff as well as contract labourers, as facilities are used by both. Railway Board has floated expression of interest for introduction of Maglev, a second generation high speed train in India, which is running in China, Japan, Germany and South Korea at present. Such steps with participation of all concerned will help in forming an organisational culture which will be followed by future generations also. To book your meal online: download mobile app “Food on Track” or Log on to www.ecatering irctc.co.in or SMS “Meal <space> PNR” to 139 or Dial 1323. The Wuppertal Suspension Railway The Wuppertal Suspension Railway (German: Wuppertaler Schwebebahn) is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany. Its full name is "Electric Elevated Railway (Suspension Railway) Installation, Eugen Langen System". It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world and is a unique system. Designed by Eugen Langen to sell to the city of Berlin, the installation with elevated stations was built in Barmen, Elberfeld andVohwinkel between 1897 and 1903; the first track opened in 1901. The Schwebebahn is still in use today as a normal means of local public transport, moving 25 million passengers annually. The suspension railway runs along a route of 13.3 kilometres, at a height of about 12 metres above the river Wupper between Oberbarmen and Sonnborner Straße (10 kilometres) and about 8 metres above the valley road between Sonnborner Straße and Vohwinkel (3.3 kilometres). At one point the railway crosses the A46 motorway. The entire trip takes about 30 minutes. The Wuppertal Suspension Railway operates within the VRR transport association and accepts tickets issued by the VRR companies.