October-2018

Durga Pooja and Vijaya Dashami festival

Vijaya Dashami festival was celebrated in

DLW Township on 18th October at DLW Stadium,

which was attended by huge crowd. The programme

started on that day with the offering of Poojan & Arti

to Bhagavan Shri Ram, Sita & Laxman by chief

guest Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, other

officers and office bearers of Vijaya Dashami Samiti.

On this occasion depicting the various characters of Ramleela, children of DLW family

enacted the excerpts from the epic Ramayan as well as beautiful & attractive fireworks and burning

of effigies of Ravan, Kumbhakaran & Meghnad were also displayed.

On this occasion officers, employees, their

families, friends as well as civil authorities of

Varanasi including distinguished persons of the city

were present in a large number.

Durga Pooja was also celebrated in Community

Hall and Shiva Kali Mandir at DLW Township with

traditional gaiety and religious fervour. On this

occasion, Maa Durga idols were installed in tastefully decorated Pandals. During the Navaratri,

Maha-Sasthi, Maha-Saptami, Maha-Astami and Maha-Navami puja and other rituals were

performed with great enthusiasm. The festival

concluded with the immersion of Maa Durga idols in

Ganga Sarovar. On this occasion different colourful

cultural programmes were also organised at

Community Hall and Shiva Kali Mandir. During the

Vijaya Dashami and Durga Pooja festival DLW R.P.F.,

Civil Defence, St. Johan's Ambulance Brigade, Scouts

& Guides and other social service organisations also

extended their co-operation in seating arrangement, tracing out and handing over of the missing

children to their parents and control the gathering.

Meeting of Town Official Language Implementation Committee

Half yearly meeting of Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC) was heldon 11th October at Technical Training Centre Auditorium. It was presided over by Smt. RashmiGoel, General Manager & President, Town Official Language Implementation Committee, Varanasi.

Heads/representatives of various central govt. departments and autonomous organisationsattended this meeting. Discussing the guidelines of Parliamentary Official Language Committee,Smt. Goel suggested the members to study the prescribed questionnaire carefully and identifyingthe lapses to remove them.

On this occasion, GM Smt. Goelhonoured the TOLIC member offices by givingthem shields and certificates for theircommendable performance in promotingRajbhasha in official works. In which, DieselLocomotive Works got first place, followed byDivisional Railway Manager, North EasternRailway and Textile Testing Laboratory(Central Silk Board) on second and thirdplaces respectively. In Central Govt.Undertakings/Corporations category, LifeInsurance Corporation of India got first place,followed by All India Radio and Doordarshanon second and third places respectively. Whereas, Banaras Hindu University, Cantonment Boardand Directorate general of mine security bagged Inspiration award in Central Govt. officescategory.

Earlier, Mukhya Rajbhasha Adhikari & Vice-President TOLIC welcomed the Heads andRepresentatives of member offices and threw light upon the activities of TOLIC and DLW in the fieldof Rajbhasha promotion. On this occasion, representative of Hindi Council Shri J.N.Roy as well asother Heads/Representatives of various central govt. departments and autonomous organizationsexpressed their views and put valuable suggestions for the promotion Rajbhasha. VaristhaRajbhasha Adhikari and Member Secy./TOLIC conducted the whole programme efficiently.

Various programme organized at DLW on the occasion of 150 th Birth Anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi

150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was

celebrated as the National Cleanliness Day at Diesel

Locomotive Works by all officers, employees and their

family members on 02nd October, 2018. On this

occasion, Smt. Rashmi Goel, General Manager along

with all HODs, officers, Staff Council members and

employees took part in Special Cleanliness Drive at

Cinema Hall premises.

To mark the occasion, General Manager Smt. Rashmi Goel along with all HODs, officers,

Staff Council members and employees sapling plants

on the premises of Cinema Hall.

On the occasion of National Cleanliness Day,

massive cleanliness drive was launched at whole DLW

premises by DLW officers & employees. Railway

Protection Force as well as the volunteers of Civil

Defence, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade and Bharat

Scouts & Guides also took active part in this drive.

In this addition, People were made aware through street plays and puppet shows at the

places of Gumti Market, Sabzi Market, Surya Sarovar etc presented by the artists of DLW Cultural

Association. As well as, Shramdan work was done by

official, artists, employees and local citizens at

defferent places.

It is mentionable here that, under the directive

of Ministry of Railways, Government of India,

“Swachhata Hi Seva-Pakhwada” was organized on the

entire Indian Railways from 15th September to 02nd

October. In this scenario ‘Swachhata Awareness’ on

15th September, ‘Swachh Samwad’ on 16th & 18th September, ‘Swachh Station’ on 18th & 19th

September, ‘Swachh Railgadi’ on 20th & 21st September, ‘Seva Diwas’ on 22nd September, ‘Swachh

Parisar’ on 23rd & 24th September, ‘Swachh Ahar’ on 25th & 26th September, ‘Swachh Neer’ on 27th &

28th September, ‘Swachh Prasadhan’ on 29th September, ‘Swachh Competition’ on 30th September

and ‘Review/Briefing’ on 01st October were organized at DLW.

September-2018

Vishwakarma Puja

As in past, the poojanotsav of the god of the craft, art and creation Lord Vishwakarma was

celebrated this year too at Diesel Locomotive

Works on 17th September. On this holy occasion,

decorating their shops and workplaces tastefully

with flowers and colourful paper clippings, DLW

employees installed beautiful and attractive

portraits of Lord Vishwakarma there. They offered

pooja and aarti to Lord Vishwakarma with

performing proper rituals.

On this occasion, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer along with other HODs, officers, their

family members and friends visited various shops in the workshop area and other workplaces in the

township, where employees welcomed them with enthusiasm. Offering poojan and aarti to Lord

Vishwakarma, they actively participated in Pujanotsav

and received Prasad.

It is remarkable that to contribute at a

large in the clean ganga campaign, this year also

DLW family installed the portraits of Lord

Viswakarma in place of clay idols at

Vishwakarma Poojanotsav as per previous year.

On this occasion, a large fair was visible at DLW premises and workshop, where DLW

officers, employees, their families & friends enjoyed the fair as well as witnessed and offered

poojan to the beautifully decorated attractive tableau of Lord Vishwakarma in various shops at

workshop and township.

Rajbhasha Pakhwada Samaroh

Under the auspices of Diesel Locomotive Works Rajbhasha Department, RajbhashaPakhwada Samaroh was organised from 01st to 14th September with variety of programmes. TheMain function of the fortnight long programmes was a seminar on "Hindi Bhasha Aur HumaraSamaaj" held on 14th September at Technical Training Centre auditorium. On this occasion, theguest speaker Dr. Ram Kirti Shukla, Ex. Professor,English Department, Banaras Hindu University saidthat Hindi is the language of our soul. The voice ofIndian soul is expressed in Indian languages only.We have to try that Indian languages do not forget

its tone by becoming over influenced with English.

Lauding the use of Hindi in the Railways he saidthat do the administrative and office work in theconceivable language with assimilating the wordsof all languages, So that interaction with the publicmay be feasible.

On this occasion, presiding over the seminar, Principal Chief Material Manager said thatHindi is our language. We are committed to ensure the cent-percent compliance of Rajbhasha Hindi

in administrative work. Today's requirement is thisthat we include the Official Language Hindi in ourdaily routine and fully assimilate it. We have toemphasize writing simple and convincing Hindi andshould not depend on translation.

Earlier, Principal Chief Material Manager alsoawarded to officers and employees for winningvarious Hindi competitions, as well as for doingexcellent and maximum work in Hindi.

Earlier, welcoming the guests and speakers in seminar Mukhya Rajbhasha Adhikari focussedupon the fortnight long programmes and said that in the era of globalisation, not only in India butthroughout the world our Rajbhasha Hindi has been hoisting its flag, which assure us that thefuture of Hindi is safe.

The programme started with the lighting of lamp by Principal Chief Material Manager alongwith guest speaker Dr. Shukla and Mukhya Rajbhasha Adhikari Shri Pandey jointly. On thisoccasion, HODs, officers and employees were present in a large number. Citing the messages ofMinister of Home Affairs and Minister of Railways on the occasion of Hindi Diwas VarishthaRajbhasha Adhikari conducted the whole programme efficiently and also proposed the vote ofthanks at the end.

The fortnight long programme were included Symposiums for supervisors and nodal officers,Quiz Competitions of officers and employees, Technical Seminar on Safety, Indian LanguageSeminar, Hindi poetry-story reciting seminar, Inspection, desk training and inspiration etc.

August-2018

Communal Harmony Day

Communal Harmony Day was observed on 20th August at DLW. On this occasion, Shri Bimal

Rautji, Principal Chief Material Manager administered the Communal Harmony pledge to the

officers and employees. S/Shri J.N.Pandey,

Principal Finance Advisor, Y.B.Shahare, Chief

Marketing Manager, R.R.Prasad, Chief Quality

Assurance Manager, Sanjay Rastogi, Chief

Material Manager/Headquarter, G.K.Meena,

Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts

Officer/TOT, Nitin Mehrotra, Deputy General

Manager cum Secy. as well as other officers

and employees took the pledge in a large number to maintain communal harmony and peaceful

co-existence in the society without any distinction of caste, creed, area, religion and language.

Member/Traction, Railway Board held review/coordination meeting with DLW, CLW &

DMW

Shri Ghanshyam Singh, Member/Traction, Railway Board held review/coordination meeting

with Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW),

Varanasi, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works

(CLW), Chittaranjan and Diesel Loco

Modernisation Works (DMW), Patiala at Diesel

Locomotive Works GM's Conference Hall on

16th August, 2018. In the review/coordination

meeting, he discussed in detail about the

steps to be taken for increasing in the

production of electric locomotives.

On this occasion, Member/Traction emphasised on sharing of material and the technical

information related to the production of electric locomotives.

In the meeting officers of DLW viz S/Shri, Suneet Sharma, PMCE, Bimal Rautji, PCMM,

J.N.Pandey, PFA, Sudhir Ranjan, PCEE, Anupam Sharma, EDME/Traction, Railway Board, Ramesh

Kumar, Chief Administrative Officer/R, DMW, Rajnish Bansal, Chief Planning Officer, DMW, Ram

Prakash, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer/D&D, CLW and Shri A.K.Goswami, Director, Electrical

Engineering/RS, Railway Board were present.

Earlier, Member/Traction Shri Singh

went round the workshop along with PCME

Shri Sharma and other officers. During the

visit of workshop, he took keen interest in the

progress of conversion of HHP diesel

locomotives to Electric Locomotives and

inspected the under manufacturing 2 X 6000

HP WAG-11 locomotive and expressed

satisfaction over the progress.

Independence Day Celebration at DLW

72nd Independence Day was celebrated on 15th August,

2018 at DLW Stadium with the presentation of colourful cultural

programme by the children of DLW based schools. The

programme started with the hoisting of National Flag by Principal

Chief Mechanical Engineer Shri Suneet Sharma, followed by the

inspection of parade of Railway Protection Force, St. John’s

Ambulance Brigade, Civil Defence, Bharat Scouts, Guide, Cubs,

Bulbuls and Inter College Scouts & Guides. On this occasion,

focussing upon the contribution and sacrifices of freedom fighters

for the independence of the country Shri Sharma highlighted the

production and other activities of DLW including achievements of

all the departments of DLW.

In this function, chief guest Shri Sharma distributed the prizes to the meritorious students

of DLW Inter College. Shri Sharma also distributed the needed equipments to the DIVYANG

employees and their DIVYANG dependents. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, PRO proposed the vote of

thanks at the end of the programme and Shri Amlesh Srivastava conducted the whole programme.

The programme concluded with the distribution of fruit packets to the indoor patients of

DLW Central Hospital by chief guest Shri Sharma, members of DLW Women's Welfare

Organisation, principal officers and members of Staff Council.

July-2018

All India Railway Protection Force Badminton Championship

Under the auspices of DLW Railway

Protection Force All India RPF (Gazetted and Non-

Gazetted) Badminton Championship was organised

from 24th to 28th July at Badminton Hall of DLW

Officer's Club. It was inaugurated by Shri Pradeep

Kumar Singh, Principal Chief Personnel Officer by

introducing with the participating players and

announcing the opening of the championship.

The championship concluded on 28th July with

the announcing of closure of tournament by Shri

Suneet Sharma, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer.

Shri Sharma also gave away prizes to the winner &

runner team as well as individual participants. In this

Championship, on the basis of maximum points South Western Railway was declared Champion

and Central Railway got runner-up.

At the end of the championship, Shri

Kamleshwar Singh, Assistant Security Commissioner

proposed the vote of thanks and Shri Amlesh

Srivastav conducted the programme.

57 Officials & Jawans of Host NER (DLW, RPF Affiliated) including SWR, NWR, WR, EcoR,

SCR, NR, NCR, CR and RPSF participated in this championship.

Renewal of "Quality", "Environment", "Health and Safety" certificates of DLW

Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi has got renewal, with the newer version, of the three

important certificates. After been audited by auditors of M/s LMS Certification Pvt., Lucknow from

26th to 28th June, DLW has received the new version along with renewal of Quality Management

System - ISO 9001:2015, Environment Management System - ISO 14001:2015 and Health &

Safety Management System - OHSAS 18001:

2007. The above three certificates will remain

valid till June-2021. These certificates will help

establish confidence of customers in the

quality of products of DLW and will also be

helpful to DLW for export of its locomotives.

General Manager Smt. Rashmi Goel made all the three certificates public in a simple

ceremony on 04th July. Expressing her views she described this it as a reward for the collective

efforts of officers and employees. On this occasion, all HODs and officers were present in this

meeting.