Railway Ministry Declines Request to Restore Signal, Telecom Member Post

The railway ministry has declined a request from a maintainers union to recreate a signal and telecom member post dissolved in 2020.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI:

The union had written to the Prime Minister's Office through its grievance portal on September 24, 2024 and urged that a separate member (S&T) post would serve the interest of the signal and telecom staff which feels alienated at present. In the letter, Alok Chandra Prakash, general secretary of Indian Railways S&T Maintainers' Union (IRSTMU), highlighted that the post of Director General (S&T) was upgraded to Member (S&T) on April 16, 2019. However, almost after a year and a half on September 8, 2020, it was replaced with a new post of Member (Infrastructure).