Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Escapades of the wild rogue elephant after leaving Chittaranjan Township
please read the post incident report about the entry of the wild elephant in Chittaranjan Township. After leaving the township, the wild elephant strayed towards Andal near Asansol. There, it broke into the tents of a circus . It broke the fences and the rope and freed a female elephant named Savitri. Savitri then escaped into the woods with this stud. After enjoying conjugal life for a brief period of 15 days, Savitri was finally captured and brought back to the circus. The wild elephant continued its solitary journey to the jungles of Bankura.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Existing Security System over Indian Railways
The existing security system over Indian Railways has three principal players, with overlapping spheres of responsibilities: -
1) Government Railway Police. - It is part of the state police entrusted with the task of maintenance of law and order over railway premises and prevention, detection and prosecution of offences under various penal acts. At present, the GRP has strength of 36,000 personnel all over India. IR pays 50% of the expenditure incurred on GRP to the state Govt.
2) Civil Police: - In some of the states, the jurisdiction of GRP is confined to the station limits. The civil police who discharges the responsibility of crime control and maintenance of law and order looks after the railway premises outside station area and in the block section. In addition, the criminals and subversive elements targeting the railway system come from and disappear into the civil areas under the jurisdiction of civil police. Hence any planning for security of the railway system must include the civil police within its ambit.
3) Railway Protection Force-The RPF is the security wing of IR. Earlier it was entrusted with the task of protection and safeguarding of Railway Assets. It has been given additional responsibility of prevention of crime against passengers and passenger areas by amendments in Railways Act and RPF act with effect from 1st July 2004. RPF has taken up train escorting and station guarding subsequently.
The areas of responsibilities of these agencies have been found overlapping as said earlier. The GRP lacks resources and modern equipments and is not found responsive and accountable. However, Railway security breaches have of late become national and international headlines. Indian Railways needs a responsive, accountable and effective security system to meet the challenges posed by the terror strikes.
1) Government Railway Police. - It is part of the state police entrusted with the task of maintenance of law and order over railway premises and prevention, detection and prosecution of offences under various penal acts. At present, the GRP has strength of 36,000 personnel all over India. IR pays 50% of the expenditure incurred on GRP to the state Govt.
2) Civil Police: - In some of the states, the jurisdiction of GRP is confined to the station limits. The civil police who discharges the responsibility of crime control and maintenance of law and order looks after the railway premises outside station area and in the block section. In addition, the criminals and subversive elements targeting the railway system come from and disappear into the civil areas under the jurisdiction of civil police. Hence any planning for security of the railway system must include the civil police within its ambit.
3) Railway Protection Force-The RPF is the security wing of IR. Earlier it was entrusted with the task of protection and safeguarding of Railway Assets. It has been given additional responsibility of prevention of crime against passengers and passenger areas by amendments in Railways Act and RPF act with effect from 1st July 2004. RPF has taken up train escorting and station guarding subsequently.
The areas of responsibilities of these agencies have been found overlapping as said earlier. The GRP lacks resources and modern equipments and is not found responsive and accountable. However, Railway security breaches have of late become national and international headlines. Indian Railways needs a responsive, accountable and effective security system to meet the challenges posed by the terror strikes.
Be Proud We are Indians
BE PROUD WE ARE INDIANS
FACTS TO MAKE EVERY INDIAN PROUD
Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
Vinod Khosla
Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today’s computers run on it)?
Vinod Dahm
Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world’s No.1 web based email program)?
Sabeer Bhatia
We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
You may know some of the following facts. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
01. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
02. India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented ‘zero.’
03. The world’s first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
04. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
05. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
06. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
07. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word “Navigation” is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
08. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan’s works dates to the 6th Century, which is long before the European mathematicians.
09. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.
10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India.
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).
16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
Quotes about India.
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein.
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.
If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
French scholar Romain Rolland.
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih.
(Former Chinese ambassador to USA)
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS. BUT,
if we don’t see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow. I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.
Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
FACTS TO MAKE EVERY INDIAN PROUD
Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
Vinod Khosla
Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today’s computers run on it)?
Vinod Dahm
Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world’s No.1 web based email program)?
Sabeer Bhatia
We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
You may know some of the following facts. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
01. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
02. India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented ‘zero.’
03. The world’s first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
04. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
05. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
06. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
07. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word “Navigation” is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
08. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan’s works dates to the 6th Century, which is long before the European mathematicians.
09. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.
10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India.
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).
16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
Quotes about India.
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein.
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.
If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
French scholar Romain Rolland.
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih.
(Former Chinese ambassador to USA)
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS. BUT,
if we don’t see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow. I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.
Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
Monday, July 07, 2008
A wild rogue elephant enters the Industrial Township of Chittaranjan, West Bengal
Post incident report: Emergency response-dealing with a wild rogue elephant in Chittaranjan township reg.
On 26.08.2007, a wild rogue elephant strayed into Chittaranjan Township. The details of the incident in chronological order are as under: -
· At around 0645 hrs, Sr.Commandant received the information through his driver that one wild rogue elephant has entered the CHITTARANJAN Township chased by 200-250 villagers of Jamtara district who were chasing it by sounding of drums etc.
· That the elephant had strayed from its herd two days back and after that had gone on rampage killing one old woman and destroying substantial property in Phulberia village of Dist Jamtara, Jharkhand.
· The elephant was spotted near street 1D of Township when information poured in.
· Sr.Commandant immediately informed his subordinates to move to the spot, informed police and then informed Deputy General Manager/CHITTARANJAN LOCO WORKS at around 0700 hrs.
· The villagers left CHITTARANJAN LOCO WORKS after leaving the elephant here at around 0730 hrs.
· Deputy General Manager immediately started contacting forest officials, spoke to the DFO and requested for mobilization for forest officials.
· PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER was fortunately in ASANSOL. On the instructions of Deputy General Manager, he contacted and mobilized forest officials. Assistant Range Officer with his staff with equipments like shotgun, searchlights (02 nos) etc started from ASANSOL by a vehicle sent by Deputy General Manager from CHITTARANJAN.
· Forest officials from Rupnarayanpur office also started for CHITTARANJAN at around 0900 hrs.
· Meanwhile, the elephant had taken shelter in a grove beside a water body near Karnail Singh Park.
· By 0930, Deputy General Manager, Sr.Commandant and PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER were on the spot. The place was crowded by onlookers and media persons. The RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE personnel were trying to keep them at bay.
· The forest officials told that they will only operate after sunset. They requested CHITTARANJAN LOCO WORKS administration to arrange for crackers in sufficient quantity.
· Deputy General Manager meanwhile drafted the alert message to be circulated through cable network as well as through mobile public address system.
· A vehicle sent to bring forest officials with mashals etc broke down near Dabur more.
· Sr.Commandant immediately told INSPECTOR/RPF/TM to mobilize resources locally and arrange for 40 mashals.
· Seeing the crowd, Sr.Commandant gave instructions to mobilize additional force and make available Walkie-talkies in sufficient number.
· Sr.Commandant also instructed his subordinates to make available searchlights (03) in charged condition at 1600 hrs.
· The crowd was kept at a distance from the beast. However, due to curiosity of the onlookers, RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE found it very difficult and had to chase the crowd frequently.
· At 1630 hrs forest officials started lighting crackers. Agitated, the elephant moved from the location and came on the road.
· Deputy General Manager, Sr.Commandant, PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, forest personnel, RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE personnel and some enthusiastic residents pursued the elephant. The plan was to direct the elephant towards the route that it had taken while making entry.
· The plan went haywire as the elephant turned and charged towards the pursuers twice.
· Meanwhile the darkness fell. Mashals were lighted.
· The elephant climbed the hillock near the Karnail Singh Park and moved towards Simjuri.
· It was difficult to locate the elephant in dark. However, two RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff kept the officials posted regarding the movement of the elephant.
· Deputy General Manager, Sr.Commandant and PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER kept pursuing the elephant helped by RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff in sizeable numbers.
· The forest staff declined to move since topography was unknown to them and they could not do much in darkness.
· By 2000 hrs, stock of mashals exhausted. But the team succeeded in directing the animal towards Ajoy River bed in Simjuri.
· By 2130 hrs, again received information that the animal had resurfaced behind Treatment Plant. Meanwhile, Sr.Commandant instructed Inspectors under him to draw weapons only to be used for self defense. Sr.Commandant himself drew a pistol.
· The animal was pursued again towards a nullah behind the treatment plant. It was thought that now the animal would leave CHITTARANJAN.
· At 2200 hrs information was received that the animal was spotted near Children Park. It created panic since the animal was now moving towards crowded areas.
· The animal was then pursued and it moved from Children Park to loco park, GM office gates, GENERAL STORES DEPOT, Plant Park damaging boundary walls, fencing wires and gates.
· At 0125, the situation was reviewed by Deputy General Manager and Sr.Commandant. It was felt that the team was tired, short of resources and was no longer able to control the movement of the animal. It was decided to call off the operation for the day.
· Sr.Commandant made back up arrangements for the night by deploying a tracking team that will keep track of the animal and inform the security control about it from time to time. Keeping in view the busy traffic in the morning, Sr.Commandant deployed additional RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff to block movement of people all around the area in which the elephant was located.
· Deputy General Manager kept the GM informed about the developments all along. In consultation with the GM, he decided to close the railway schools next day in view of the emergency.
· The operation was suspended at 0145 hrs.
· The tracking team kept track of elephant during the night. It moved from GENERAL STORES DEPOT towards Fatehpur and took shelter in the grove near river bed behind the Treatment Plant.
· The morning started normally since the animal was cornered in an uninhabited area. Sr.Commandant sent reinforcement to the place since crowd of curious onlookers had started gathering there.
· Meanwhile the GM/CHITTARANJAN LOCO WORKS took up the matter with the Principal Conservator of Forests/West Bengal. Sensing the seriousness, DFO started for the spot.
· It was planned to push the elephant towards village Bhaga (Jharkhand) all along the river bed without allowing it to stray into colonies.
· However, again the forest officials declined to start operation before sunset.
· Frustrated, Sr.Commandant told RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff to keep the elephant confined to the river bed by sounding canisters, drums etc. He also asked to chase the onlookers away.
· At 1245 hrs, Sr.Commandant was informed that the crowd had swelled to unmanageable proportions and RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff on duty were finding it difficult to exercise crowd control. Immediately, Sr.Commandant ordered for reinforcement and moved to the spot.
· The elephant probably irritated by the sound of drum/canister beating as well as the noise caused by the onlookers, plunged into the river at 1350 hrs and swimmed across within 02 minutes.
· Sr.Commandant ordered two RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff to keep track of the movement of the elephant across the river in Jharkhand. They left on a motorcycle immediately.
· Sr.Commandant arranged for damaged tyres from GENERAL STORES DEPOT. Deputy General Manager by then had mobilized civil defense workers. RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE and civil defense both together spread the tyres along the river bed and started fire to scare the elephant in case it wanted to come back.
· The RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE tracking team kept track of movement of the elephant till it had crossed two villages and crossed Ajoy River again at another location. During its journey, it caused massive damage to crop and houses of villagers. When it became apparent that it would not return to CHITTARANJAN, the tracking team was asked to come back.
· Thus, an emergency caused by the elephant was successfully managed.
Good Work:
The crisis was properly handled by contribution from every member of the team. Deputy General Manager and Sr.Commandant were the officers handling the crisis assisted by PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER and ASC. The RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE personnel involved fought fatigue and stayed focused on the job at hand through out. Drivers of the vehicles were all along present on duty. The employees involved risked their lives at times when the elephant charged and came perilously close. At one moment, it was about to attack the team when the Asst Ranger had to fire at it. The team should be commended in recognition of the good work done. Some local residents also helped the team by their tireless efforts.
On 26.08.2007, a wild rogue elephant strayed into Chittaranjan Township. The details of the incident in chronological order are as under: -
· At around 0645 hrs, Sr.Commandant received the information through his driver that one wild rogue elephant has entered the CHITTARANJAN Township chased by 200-250 villagers of Jamtara district who were chasing it by sounding of drums etc.
· That the elephant had strayed from its herd two days back and after that had gone on rampage killing one old woman and destroying substantial property in Phulberia village of Dist Jamtara, Jharkhand.
· The elephant was spotted near street 1D of Township when information poured in.
· Sr.Commandant immediately informed his subordinates to move to the spot, informed police and then informed Deputy General Manager/CHITTARANJAN LOCO WORKS at around 0700 hrs.
· The villagers left CHITTARANJAN LOCO WORKS after leaving the elephant here at around 0730 hrs.
· Deputy General Manager immediately started contacting forest officials, spoke to the DFO and requested for mobilization for forest officials.
· PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER was fortunately in ASANSOL. On the instructions of Deputy General Manager, he contacted and mobilized forest officials. Assistant Range Officer with his staff with equipments like shotgun, searchlights (02 nos) etc started from ASANSOL by a vehicle sent by Deputy General Manager from CHITTARANJAN.
· Forest officials from Rupnarayanpur office also started for CHITTARANJAN at around 0900 hrs.
· Meanwhile, the elephant had taken shelter in a grove beside a water body near Karnail Singh Park.
· By 0930, Deputy General Manager, Sr.Commandant and PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER were on the spot. The place was crowded by onlookers and media persons. The RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE personnel were trying to keep them at bay.
· The forest officials told that they will only operate after sunset. They requested CHITTARANJAN LOCO WORKS administration to arrange for crackers in sufficient quantity.
· Deputy General Manager meanwhile drafted the alert message to be circulated through cable network as well as through mobile public address system.
· A vehicle sent to bring forest officials with mashals etc broke down near Dabur more.
· Sr.Commandant immediately told INSPECTOR/RPF/TM to mobilize resources locally and arrange for 40 mashals.
· Seeing the crowd, Sr.Commandant gave instructions to mobilize additional force and make available Walkie-talkies in sufficient number.
· Sr.Commandant also instructed his subordinates to make available searchlights (03) in charged condition at 1600 hrs.
· The crowd was kept at a distance from the beast. However, due to curiosity of the onlookers, RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE found it very difficult and had to chase the crowd frequently.
· At 1630 hrs forest officials started lighting crackers. Agitated, the elephant moved from the location and came on the road.
· Deputy General Manager, Sr.Commandant, PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, forest personnel, RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE personnel and some enthusiastic residents pursued the elephant. The plan was to direct the elephant towards the route that it had taken while making entry.
· The plan went haywire as the elephant turned and charged towards the pursuers twice.
· Meanwhile the darkness fell. Mashals were lighted.
· The elephant climbed the hillock near the Karnail Singh Park and moved towards Simjuri.
· It was difficult to locate the elephant in dark. However, two RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff kept the officials posted regarding the movement of the elephant.
· Deputy General Manager, Sr.Commandant and PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER kept pursuing the elephant helped by RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff in sizeable numbers.
· The forest staff declined to move since topography was unknown to them and they could not do much in darkness.
· By 2000 hrs, stock of mashals exhausted. But the team succeeded in directing the animal towards Ajoy River bed in Simjuri.
· By 2130 hrs, again received information that the animal had resurfaced behind Treatment Plant. Meanwhile, Sr.Commandant instructed Inspectors under him to draw weapons only to be used for self defense. Sr.Commandant himself drew a pistol.
· The animal was pursued again towards a nullah behind the treatment plant. It was thought that now the animal would leave CHITTARANJAN.
· At 2200 hrs information was received that the animal was spotted near Children Park. It created panic since the animal was now moving towards crowded areas.
· The animal was then pursued and it moved from Children Park to loco park, GM office gates, GENERAL STORES DEPOT, Plant Park damaging boundary walls, fencing wires and gates.
· At 0125, the situation was reviewed by Deputy General Manager and Sr.Commandant. It was felt that the team was tired, short of resources and was no longer able to control the movement of the animal. It was decided to call off the operation for the day.
· Sr.Commandant made back up arrangements for the night by deploying a tracking team that will keep track of the animal and inform the security control about it from time to time. Keeping in view the busy traffic in the morning, Sr.Commandant deployed additional RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff to block movement of people all around the area in which the elephant was located.
· Deputy General Manager kept the GM informed about the developments all along. In consultation with the GM, he decided to close the railway schools next day in view of the emergency.
· The operation was suspended at 0145 hrs.
· The tracking team kept track of elephant during the night. It moved from GENERAL STORES DEPOT towards Fatehpur and took shelter in the grove near river bed behind the Treatment Plant.
· The morning started normally since the animal was cornered in an uninhabited area. Sr.Commandant sent reinforcement to the place since crowd of curious onlookers had started gathering there.
· Meanwhile the GM/CHITTARANJAN LOCO WORKS took up the matter with the Principal Conservator of Forests/West Bengal. Sensing the seriousness, DFO started for the spot.
· It was planned to push the elephant towards village Bhaga (Jharkhand) all along the river bed without allowing it to stray into colonies.
· However, again the forest officials declined to start operation before sunset.
· Frustrated, Sr.Commandant told RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff to keep the elephant confined to the river bed by sounding canisters, drums etc. He also asked to chase the onlookers away.
· At 1245 hrs, Sr.Commandant was informed that the crowd had swelled to unmanageable proportions and RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff on duty were finding it difficult to exercise crowd control. Immediately, Sr.Commandant ordered for reinforcement and moved to the spot.
· The elephant probably irritated by the sound of drum/canister beating as well as the noise caused by the onlookers, plunged into the river at 1350 hrs and swimmed across within 02 minutes.
· Sr.Commandant ordered two RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE staff to keep track of the movement of the elephant across the river in Jharkhand. They left on a motorcycle immediately.
· Sr.Commandant arranged for damaged tyres from GENERAL STORES DEPOT. Deputy General Manager by then had mobilized civil defense workers. RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE and civil defense both together spread the tyres along the river bed and started fire to scare the elephant in case it wanted to come back.
· The RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE tracking team kept track of movement of the elephant till it had crossed two villages and crossed Ajoy River again at another location. During its journey, it caused massive damage to crop and houses of villagers. When it became apparent that it would not return to CHITTARANJAN, the tracking team was asked to come back.
· Thus, an emergency caused by the elephant was successfully managed.
Good Work:
The crisis was properly handled by contribution from every member of the team. Deputy General Manager and Sr.Commandant were the officers handling the crisis assisted by PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER and ASC. The RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE personnel involved fought fatigue and stayed focused on the job at hand through out. Drivers of the vehicles were all along present on duty. The employees involved risked their lives at times when the elephant charged and came perilously close. At one moment, it was about to attack the team when the Asst Ranger had to fire at it. The team should be commended in recognition of the good work done. Some local residents also helped the team by their tireless efforts.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Why we always curse others??
The other day, I saw a man on a busy railway platform. He was chewing tobacco and spitting indiscriminately. It so happened that when he took his seat in the crowded train, he found his seat full of litter. He started cursing aloud about the lack of cleanliness in indian railways, about how the government has stopped working, about the government employees not doing their duties. He forgot that as a responsible citizen, it was his duty not to throw litter on the platform. We always think that some body else failed in his duty while first of all it was us who forgot our duty. The day when we performed our duty before blaming others will be the day when a permanent tag of a developing nation will fade and India will enter the league of the developed nations.
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