Title - North Central Railway general manager takes stock of Allahabad junction

ALLAHABAD: The North Central Railway general manager Alok Johri inspected the Allahabad Junction on Sunday. He laid emphasis on repair of foot over bridges and the planning for the proposed escalators to be installed at Allahabad Junction.NCR public relation officer Amit Malviya said the inspection started at 10am. Johri first inspected the various foot over bridge and the stairs. He then went to the site of proposed escalators and discussed the planning of the same with senior officials. He instructed the officials to conduct a detailed survey of the foot over bridges and the landing of stairs. He also instructed the officials to take suitable steps to see that the landing of stairs meets the passengers requirement.While inspecting the layers of these stairs, the GM instructed the officials that if the layer of these stairs have become unequal than the needed grinding be done and needed repair be taken. He also instructed the officials to remove the channel gate, located at Civil Lines side, so that more space can be created for smooth flow of passengers while coming from foot over bridge joining platform number 1 to 10, said Malviya.The GM also discussed at length the progress of work regarding preparations of Maha Kumbh. He instructed the officials that work should be expedited so that the work shall be completed before the targeted schedule time of completing the work.