| Guided Media Tour Conducted to Coaching Maintenance Depot, Secunderabad |
Jet cleaning of a Coach
Interior cleaning of Berths
A Bio-Toilet fitted to a Coach
Wheel lathing machine at work to shape a wheel
Wheel lathing machine at work to shape a wheel
Bio Toilets are seen fitted to Coach
Air Bag Techlonogy is used for lifting a Coach
A Bogie of a Coach is taken for maintenance
Coach maintenance Machine Room
The efficacy of the Bogie is tested before put into use
Men and Woman at work checking under carriage of a Coach
Shri M Amerandra, Chief Rolling Stock Engineer, SCR is seen addressing the Media
The Media Personnel from Twin Cities of Hyderabad / Secunderabad were taken on a Guided Media Tour to visit “ Coaching Maintenance Depot” Bhoiguda, Secunderabad today ( 11thJune, 2013).
Shri Gagan Deep, Sr. Divisional Mechanical Engineer (Carriage & Wagon), Secunderabad Division and Shri K. Sambasiva Rao, Chief Public Relations Officer, SCR guided the Media persons into the Coaching Maintenance Depot and explained the activities. The Media personnel were first shown various maintenance activities which are carried out to make ready a train for its next run, such as Safety checks, mechanized cleaning of coaches, rodent cleaning , replenishing passenger amenity item in the coach etc on the pit lines. Next, the Media personnel were shown the state-of-the-art LHB Coach which is being newly introduced in some identified trains and were given a first hand information about the salient features of the Coach. They were also shown the Bio-Toilet, an indigenous invention, and its working.
Later, Shri M. Amarendra, Chief Roling Stock Engineer, SCR, explained the working of Coach Maintenance Depot, Bhoiguda, salient feature of LHB Coaches and Bio Toilet through a Power Point presentation and inter acted with the Media personnel.