Minister inspects Yesvantpur Coaching Depot facility, reviews its overall performance

Bengaluru: V. Somanna, Union Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti, recently inspected the Yesvantpur Coaching Depot, during which he reviewed various maintenance facilities available at the facility and assessed its overall performance.

He also reviewed the activities carried out under the ongoing Special Cleanliness Campaign.

The Yesvantpur Coaching Depot is one of the key maintenance units under South Western Railway and maintains 41 rakes and holds 909 coaches.

The depot undertakes primary and secondary maintenance of trains, as well as attention to platform turn-around trains. The depot also carries out Intermediate Overhauling (IOH) of both ICF and LHB coaches, ensuring high standards of safety and comfort for passengers.

Somanna also visited the Horse Sculpture created in the depot garden under the Waste-to-Art initiative of the Swachhata campaign.

The impressive 11-foot-tall sculpture, made entirely from scrap such as nuts, bolts, washers, metallic ropes and springs was designed and fabricated in-house by the depot staff.

The Minister lauded the creativity and dedication of the staff involved in this eco-friendly initiative.

Interacting with the media, he highlighted that the special campaign was launched across Indian Railways from October 2 to 31, with a focus on ensuring cleanliness in offices, stations and trains.

Awareness programmes were also conducted as part of this campaign to encourage public participation in maintaining hygiene and cleanliness.

He appreciated the efforts of the officers and staff of the Yesvantpur Coaching Depot for their commendable work in maintaining coaches to provide safe, clean, and comfortable travel for passengers.

The inspection was attended by Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Bengaluru, Parikshit Mohanpuria and Praveen Kataraki, Additional Divisional Railway Managers, Dharmendra Seervi, Senior Coaching Depot Officer, Yesvantpur, and Anurag Singh, Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer and Senior Divisional Environment and Housekeeping Manager.