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| Circular number | No.2001/Safety-I/23/4 |
|---|---|
| Date | 2006-07-03 |
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | ticket-checking |
Revised Policy on ‘Drunkenness on duty’ In case results of the alcohol test are positive then the staff concerned should be
Drinking
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.2001/Safety-I/23/4 New Delhi-110001
27th November, 2001.
The General Manager(Safety)
All Indian Railways.
Sub: Revised Policy on ‘Drunkenness on duty’.
Board has approved the revised policy on drunkenness in order to make it more effective
for controlling drunkenness amongst staff, particularly safety categories. Revised Policy is sent
herewith as annexure. Railways are directed to get these policy booklets printed and implement the
revised policy on their system.
Necessary changes in concerned manuals shall be made by Ministry of Railways and will be
advised in due course.
Please acknowledge the receipt.
Sd/-
(Indra Ghosh)
Executive Director(safety)
Railway Board.
CC to all Federations
Safety(A&R) Branch for processing the modification in the concerned G.R.
DG/RDSO for early standardization of State- of-Art Breathalyzers.
DG/Health for processing necessary changes in Medical manual.
AM Commercial for making necessary amendments in Railway
AM Staff
Drinking
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DRUNKENNESS ON DUTY – A SAFETY HAZARD
(Revised Alcohol Policy for Indian Railways)
1.
Aim of the Revised Policy:
(i)
Ensuring that staffs who are having a drinking problem are identified.
(ii)
Protect the health and welfare of staff by offering counselling and rehabilitation to
those with alcohol related problems.
(iii)
Prevent risks to staff, passengers and the general public from abuses of alcohol by
staff in Safety critical posts.
(iv)
Prevent the damaging effects of alcohol on optimum operational efficiency.
(v)
Take up with staff who are incorrigible and are a danger both to themselves as also
to the system.
2.
General Aspects of Revised Alcohol Policy:
(i)
A booklet should be got printed by all Zonal Railways briefly explaining the revised
alcohol policy of Indian Railways, its aims and objectives, along with its benefits
both for the staff as also for the organisation as a whole.
(ii)
It should be made applicable to all categories of Staff. However, for the present, for
overcoming logistic problems, it is proposed to introduce it only for those categories
of staff connected with train running.
(iii)
The train running staff who would be covered under the Revised Alcohol Policy in
Phase-I are as follows:
(a)
Drivers/Motormen/Asst. Driver/Guards.
(b)
ASMs/SMs.
(c)
Pointsmen / Leverman/ Cabinmen/ Switchmen.
(iv)
However in first phase it is to be introduced for the running staff as they are directly
involved in train running and their mistake may cause a serious accident which is
detrimental to safe running of passengers.
(v)
The running staff viz driver, Asstt Driver shall undergo breathalyser test both at the
time of signing-on and Signing off as per Railway Board instructions.
(vi)
The Station /yard staff and other categories of staff will be subjected to Sample test
/ Surprise test by supervisors and officers carrying portable breathalysers.
(vii)
Officers should keep a list of all Senior Supervisors working under them who are
habitual of drinking.
(viii)
Similarly, Senior Supervisors should keep a list of all staff working under them that is
habitual of drinking.
(ix)
All such staff who is short-listed would now form the target population. They must
be divided into two categories as Chronic or Habitual depending on the severity of
their drinking habits.
(x)
The idea is that each level ‘N’
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