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ALLAHABAD: To create awareness among people regarding the safety measures to be undertaken at railway crossings, North Central Railway (NCR) has launched a mobile video van. NCR general manager Alok Johri flagged off the mobile video van at a function organized at NCR headquarters at Subedarganj on Tuesday.

Johri said the mobile van is a novel step undertaken by the safety department of NCR and steps would be taken for involving more number of people in the awareness drive. He expressed hope that through the awareness drive, we can directly interact with the public which would result in minimizing the number of accidents at railway crossings.

He also praised the joint effort of safety department and the public relations department in creating awareness among the people.

NCR chief safety officer RS Verma said most of the railway accidents occur near railway crossings and they can be minimised by creating awareness among the people. He said the awareness drive through the mobile van is the first ever in the country undertaken by the NCR. NCR chief public relations officer Sandeep Mathur alos mentioned the utility of the safety awareness drive.

The mobile van is equipped with the latest of the art audio visual system which would be used for creating awareness among the people. It has a LED TV and the sound system which would be used for giving message to the people. A team of NCR safety department will accompany the van and disseminate information among the public about the safety measures to be taken at the railway crossings. Initially, the van will spread awareness in the Naini-Jhansi belt and later in the Allahabad division. Later, it will go to the Agra division.

It will create awareness among the people at the railway crossings, adjacent villages, petrol pumps, schools and market areas covering the North Central Railway.

During the programme, various heads of department, divisional railway manager of Allahabad division of NCR Harendra Rao and senior officers of safety department and public relations office were also present.