Maligaon, Nov 5: The “Vigilance Awareness Week-2020” was observed throughout Northeast Frontier Railway from 27th October to 2nd November 2020. The theme for this year was “VIGILANT INDIA, PROSPEROUS INDIA”.
As part of the “Vigilance Awareness Week”, various programmes were organized. The week commenced with a pledge taking ceremony on 27th October, 2020 at N.F. Railway, HQ, Maligaon, N.F. Railway HQ (Construction), Maligaon and at various offices of Divisions and Construction units.
At Zonal head quarter, the pledge was administered by Shri Sanjive Roy, General Manager/NFR and in the Divisions by respective Divisional Railway Managers. An E-Vigilance Bulletin was also released digitally on this occasion by GM/NFR and many activities were organised online by observing the COVID-19 protocols.
As part of the programme a “Sangosthi” was held at Zonal HQ on 29.10.2020 on the theme “Vigilant India, Prosperous India” and controlling corruption through “Paradigm shift” and “Attitudinal change”. All Principal Head of departments, Divisional Railway Managers, Branch Officers of divisions and Construction unit participated in the seminar through webinar.
An interactive session through webinar also organised on 27th October with Principals and staffs of 40 Kendriya Vidyalayas of this region (i.e. Assam – 07 KVs, Nagaland – 06 KVs, Manipur – 09 KVs, and Arunachal Pradesh – 18 KVs) in the presence of Shri B. Lakra, Chief Vigilance Officer/NFR as the Chief Guest which was coordinated by Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tinsukia region.
In order to create awareness amongst the masses regarding ill effects of corruption various messages were posted on the official Facebook and Twitter handles of N.F. Railway. Digital posters and quotes were also displayed in different Railway Stations. SMSs in Hindi and English were also circulated among Railway employees from 27th October to 02nd November 2020 to create awareness.
Essay and Drawing competition were also organised on the topic “Vigilant India, Prosperous India” among the trainees in Supervisors Training Centre, New Bongaigaon and Zonal training centre, Alipurduar Jn and also among the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Maligaon and Railway Higher Secondary School, Maligaon to create awareness about ill effects of corruption.
A short film titled was prepared during the Vigilance Awareness Week focussing on false promises given by touts and job racketeers for securing job in Railways either through influence or by use of unfair means. The film was displayed at prime locations in N.F. Railway HQ, major Railway Stations and uploaded on social media like Facebook, Whatsapp etc.
