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MECHANISM OVER EAST COAST RAILWAY

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Grievances for looking after the Public Grievance Cases at Zonal level.

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COMPLAINTS / GRIEVANCES REDRESSAL 
MECHANISM OVER EAST COAST RAILWAY 
 
 
A. East  Coast  Railway  has  set  up  complaints  Redressal  System  with  
the  overreaching objective of improving the quality of public service 
delivery in its jurisdiction. ‘Public Grievance Redress’ requires a good 
grievance redress system operating in a manner that leaves the citizen 
more 
satisfied 
with 
how 
the 
organization 
responds 
to 
complaints/grievances  with    ‘Excellence  in  Service  Delivery’.  Further,  
assessment  is made periodically for tuning up the PG Cell and go for   
system development in order to keep  pace  with  the  emerging  social  
media  like  Twitter  and  Face  Book.    Regular interaction with all 
Departments and Divisions are held with an aim   for identifying focus 
areas of improvement for them to have better service delivery system.  
 
B.  HQs Level:–  Public  Grievance  Redressal  Machinery  has  been  set  up  
in  East  Coast Railway  to provide  high  level  satisfaction  to the  Rail  
Users.  Addl.  General  Manager who has nominated as a Director of 
Grievances for looking after the Public Grievance Cases at Zonal level. 
Dy. General Manager and Deputy Secretary (Public Grievances) assist 
him to redressing the cases timely. A Public Grievance Cell has been set 
up to look after these Public Grievance cases.  
 
C. Divisional Level:  – To ensure smooth functioning of the machinery at 
the Divisional level, each Divisional Headquarters of East Coast Railway 
has a Divisional Public Grievances Cell. Addl. Divisional Railway Manager 
of the Divisions is the Director of Public Grievances mechanism of the 
Divisions. To assist him, Sr. Divl. Commercial Manager / Divl.  Commercial 
Manager  is  the  in-charge  of  Divisions.  The  names  and telephone 
numbers of the Addl. General Manager of Zonal Headquarters and Addl. 
Divisional Railway Managers of all the Divisions of East Coast Railway are 
available at important stations, Railway Time Tables, website etc. 
 
D. Sources of the complaints received:–  Lodging  of  complaint  can  be  
registered  at different stations. Enquiry cum Reservation offices, Goods 
Shed, Parcel Offices, Refreshment Rooms, Catering Stalls. Complaint-
cum-suggestion books are available with Guards of trains carrying 
passengers  including  Mail/Express  Trains  and also with the Conductors   
and  Pantry  Car  Manager  of  the  trains.  After  enquiry/investigation   
is completed by the concerned Department, reply is given to the 
complainant. 
 
E. Lodging of complaints by the General Public:–User-friendly Public 
Grievance portal called Centralized Public  Grievance Redress and  
Monitoring System  (CPGRAMS) has been in use through the website 
of pgportal.gov.in which facilitates public to lodge their complaints and to 
receive replies through it. After due examination of the matter by the 
department concerned, replies are sent to the complainant by that 
grievance redressal authority through CPGRAMS. Complaints are also 
received in PG Cell of General Manager’s  office    through dak  and  e-
mail,  which  are up-loaded  in CPGRAMS  Portal locally for quick 
transferring and solving of the cases by the concerned PG Officials at

their level early. Replies/ reports have been up-loaded in CPGRAMS 
portal for verifying at this end. Complaints  are also acknowledged and 
after necessary enquiry/investigation replies are sent to the complainants. 
Adding this, other sources through which complaints/grievances  received 
are from (i) President  of India, (ii) Grievances  Cell of Prime   Minister’s   
Office,   (iii)  Department   of  Administrative   Reforms   and  Public 
Grievances,  (iv)  Department  of  Pensioners  &  Pensioner’s  Welfare  (v)  
Directorate  of Public Grievances (DPG) and(vi) Railway Board through 
CPGRAMS portal or through dak. These complaints are also registered 
and sent to the concerned units and after investigation replies are sent to 
the compla

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