OCTOBER-2015

Newly built Employees’ Club and Renovated Works Canteen inaugurated at DLW

To provide hygienically cooked, healthy and toothsome food to DLW employees onsubsidised rates, DLW Works Canteen is renovated and equipped with modern cooking facilities. It

was inaugurated by General Manager Shri Ashok Kumar Haritby unveiling the plaque and cutting the ribbon on 19th

October. To make food in clean and healthy environment, anew design of modular kitchen equipped with Aata KneadingMachine, Potato Peeler Machine, Dishwashers, modern gassystem, hot water facility from Solar Water Heater andGeyser, modern exhaust system and fresh air washers isestablished in this Canteen. Apart from this, Dining Hall of theCanteen is alsorenovated and equipped

with Steel Furniture and TV with dish facility to take food inclean and pleasant atmosphere. Besides this, Canteen is alsoproviding trolley service of Tea, Coffee, Snakes and Sweetsto the employees in workshop.

In addition to provide facilities to the employees,newly built Employees’ Club was also inaugurated by GeneralManager Shri Ashok Kumar Harit by performing rituals andcutting the ribbon. In style of Officers’ Club, DLW

administration has built this Employees’ Club in 6840 sq ftarea. In this Employees’ Club multipurpose TV and Gamesroom for entertainment, table tennis room, playing card andchess room, multipurpose hall of 2520 sq ft, Pantry, StoreRoom, separate toilet facilities for women and men etc. arealso provided. Any employees can take membership of thisClub on subscription of ` 30 per month.

On this occasion,Smt. Sumitra Harit,

Chairperson, Smt. Anuradha Singh, Vice-Chairperson &members of DLW Women’s Welfare as well as S/Shri AshokKumar Singh, CME, Yogesh Asthana, CEE, A.K.Sharma, CQAM,J.N.Pandey, FA&CAO, Arjun Tabiyar, CPO, S.K.Jain, CMM/HQ,V.R.Mishra, CMM/Eng. P.Ananth, CME/M, R.R.Jha, CMgM,Dr.S.S.Negi, CMO, S.K.Sagar, CPM/Mod., R.B.Yadav, CE,S.K.Katiyar, CME/Plant along with other officers, Staff Councilmembers and employees were present in a large number.

DLW Stall at International Railway Equipment Exhibition

The 11th International Railway Equipment Exhibition (IREE)-2015 was organised by theConfederation of Indian Industries in association with Indian Railways from 14 to 16 October, 2015

at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Japan Quality Railways wasthe major partner country of the exhibition. The exhibitionwas followed by seminar as well as and buyer-seller meetfor interacting with the representatives of Indian Industriesto develop and supply the rolling stock components andequipments to meet Railway's requirements.

DLW as well as other production units of IndianRailway participated in this exhibition along with ZonalRailways and various Railway equipment manufacturingunits from public

and private sectors like Daulat Ram, SAIL, BEML, BharatForge, Bhilai Engineering Corp. Ltd. and so many foreigncompanies like M/s EMD, ABB, Siemens, CromptonGreaves etc. also displayed their products and activities inthis exhibition. DLW also established a beautiful stall in theabove exhibition and highlighted its products and the factsfrom manufacturing to export of Diesel Locomotives tovarious countries like Tanzania, Vietnam, Sri Lanka,Bangladesh, Sudan, Angola etc. Shri Ashok Kumar Harit,General Manager inaugurated the DLW Stall on 14th

October, in presence of S/Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, CME,Anil Kumar Sharma, CQAM and A.K.Singh, CDE. The well planned decoration attracted visitors towatch the exhibition of DLW's working through Pictures, Translides, Loco models and Documentaryfilm on DLW with great treat. The working model of High Horse Power WDP4D locomotive at DLW

stall was the centre of attraction for the visitors and thedisplayed loco components which are to be get developedby the industry were of great importance for the vendors,supplying railway equipments. All the interesting aspectsof DLW have been vividly explained at IREE-2015.

During the three day exhibition, large number ofvisitors visited the DLW stall. Visiting the Stall theyappreciated the decoration theme and sequence ofdisplayed exhibits and put their valuable remarks in thevisitor book.

Durga Pooja and Vijaya Dashami festival at DLW

Vijaya Dashami festival was celebrated in DLW Township on 22nd October at DLW Stadium,which was attended by huge crowd. The programme started on that day with the offering of Poojan& Arti to Bhagavan Shri Ram, Sita & Laxman by Shri AshokKumar Harit, General Manager accompanied by Smt.Sumitra Harit, Chairperson, DLW Women’s WelfareOrganisation, Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, Chief MechanicalEngineer, Shri Arjun Tabiyar, Chief Personnel Officer andoffice bearers of Vijaya Dashami Samiti.

On this occasion depicting the various characters ofRamleela, children of DLW family enacted the excerpts from

the epic Ramayanas well as beautiful& attractive fireworks and burning of effigies of Ravan, Kumbhakaran & Meghnad were also displayed. On this occasion officers, employees, their families, friends as well as civil authorities of Varanasi including distinguished persons of the city were present in a large number.

Durga Pooja was also celebrated in Community Halland Shiva Kali Mandir at DLW Township with traditionalgaiety and religious fervour. On this occasion, Maa Durga

idols were installed in tastefully decorated Pandals. During the Navaratri, Maha-Sasthi, Maha-Saptami, Maha-Astami and Maha-Navami puja and otherrituals were performed with great enthusiasm. The festivalconcluded with the immersion of Maa Durga idols in GangaSarovar. On this occasion different colourful culturalprogrammes were also organised at Community Hall andShiva Kali Mandir. During the Vijaya Dashami and DurgaPooja festival DLW R.P.F., Civil Defence, St. Johan'sAmbulance Brigade, Scouts & Guides and other socialservice organisations also extended their co-operation inseating arrangement, tracing out and handing over of themissing children to their parents and control the gathering.

National Cleanliness Fortnight

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, National Cleanliness Fortnight was organized from 02nd

to 15th October at Diesel Locomotive Works. To mark the occasion, a cleanliness oath ceremony

was also held on 03rd October at Reception Hall of DLW Administrative Building. On this occasion,

Shri Ashok Kumar Harit, General Manager administered the cleanliness pledge to the officers and

employees to be aware of cleanliness, every year 100 hours i.e. 2 hours per week to contribute for

SRAMDAN to keep clean our locality, village, street & workplace and make extensive publicity for

cleanliness mission etc.

On this occasion, S/Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, CME,

Yogesh Asthana, CEE, Anil Kumar Sharma, CQAM, Arjun

Tabiyar, CPO, V.R.Mishra, CMM/Eng., J.N.Pandey, FA&CAO,

R.B.Yadav, CE, S.K.Sagar, CPM/Mod as well as other

officers and employees took the pledge in a large number.

During the fortnight, wide SRAMDAN were made by the whole DLW family at Workshop,

Administration Building, Hospital, Technical Training Centre, Township and around the area.

SEPTEMBER-2015

Financial Commissioner, Railway Board visited DLW

Smt. Rajalakshmi Ravi Kumar, Financial Commissioner, Railway Board visited Diesel

Locomotive Works on 21st September. On this occasion, she went round the workshop and

inspected various shops including Heavy Machine Shop,

Heavy Weld Shop, Loco Frame Shop, Loco Assembly Shop

etc. along with Shri J.N.Pandey, FA&CAO, Shri N.S.Pangtey,

FA&CAO/TOT, Shri A.K.Sharma, CQAM, Shri K.B.Sahay,

CME/P and other officers. During the inspection she

witnessed the manufacturing process and driver cab of

WDP4D locomotive no. 40261. On this occasion, Smt.

Rajalakshmi also discussed various financial aspects in connection to locomotive manufacturing

with the accompanying officers.

Earlier, on reaching the workshop Smt. Rajalakshmi was given a grand guard of honour by

RPF personnel. She also planted sapling in workshop premises.

After the inspection, Smt. Rajalakshmi held a meeting with General Manager Shri Ashok

Kumar Harit and HODs. In which CQAM Shri A.K.Sharma put up a power point presentation

containing production, achievements, ongoing projects as

well as future planning of DLW. Speaking on this occasion,

Financial Commissioner expressed her happiness over

the development of infrastructure in DLW and

reduction of production cost of locomotive by ` 01 – 02

crore. She said that during the next 5 years,

infrastructure of Indian Railways would be developed

with the cost of ` 8.5 lakh crore and the Railways has targeted to load 1.5 billion metric

tonnes goods and in this direction, the high horse power locomotives of DLW would play

an important role.

Vishwakarma Puja

As in past, the poojanotsav of the god of the craft, art and creation Lord Vishwakarma was

celebrated this year too at Diesel Locomotive Works on 17 th September. On this holy occasion,

decorating their shops and workplaces

tastefully with flowers and colourful paper

clippings, DLW employees installed beautiful

and attractive portraits of Lord Vishwakarma

there. They offered pooja and aarti to Lord

Vishwakarma with performing proper rituals.

It is mentionable here that to contribute at a large in the clean ganga campaign,

this year, DLW family has taken a decision to install the pictures of Lord Viswakarma in

place of idols at Vishwakarma Poojanotsav. DLW is firm determined to continue the

implementation of this historic decision in future also.

On this occasion, Shri Ashok Kumar Harit, General Manager along with S/Shri, Ashok Kumar

Singh, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Yogesh Asthana, Chief Electrical Engineer, A.K.Goel, Controller

of Stores, A.K.Sharma, Chief Quality Assurance Manager, J.N.Pandey, Financial Advisor & Chief

Accounts Officer, Arjun Tabiyar, Chief Personnel Officer, K.B.Sahay, Chief Mechanical

Engineer/Production, S.K.Jain, Chief Material

Manager/Loco, Dr. S.S.Negi, Chief Medical

Officer, S.K.Katiyar, Chief Mechanical

Engineer/Plant, Manish Kumar Gupta, Dy.

Genral Manager & Chief Public Relations

Officer, other officers, their family members

and friends visited various shops in the

workshop area and other workplaces in the

township, where employees welcomed them with enthusiasm. Offering poojan and aarti to Lord

Vishwakarma, they actively participated in Pujanotsav and received Prasad.

On this occasion, a large fair was visible at DLW premises and workshop, where DLW

officers, employees, their families & friends enjoyed the fair as well as witnessed and offered

poojan to the beautifully decorated attractive tableau of Lord Vishwakarma in various shops at

workshop and township.

Rajbhasha Saptah Samaroh

Under the auspices of Diesel Locomotive Works Rajbhasha Department, Rajbhasha SaptahSamaroh-2015 was organised from 09th to 15th September with variety of programmes. The Mainfunction of the week long programme was a seminar on "Vigyan Evam Proudyogiki Prasar MeinHindi Ki Bhumika" held on 15th September at Technical Training Centre auditorium. On thisoccasion, taking instances of popular Hindi phrases the guest speaker Dr. Siddha Nath Upadhyay,Ex. Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University said that Hindi and other

Indian languages make close human relationships.He stressed on the need of promotion andpopularise the Hindi language through the removalof disparities and including the subjects related tosocial concern in Hindi. Delivering the lecture inthe seminar another guest speaker Dr. A.K.Agarwal, Ex. Head, Computer EngineeringDepartment, Banaras Hindu University said thatHindi is the most widely spoken language of theworld. The importance of Hindi is increasing, as it

is the National Language of Indian Republic and India is emerging as the financial power in theworld. Besides, in different states, where, there are other regional languages, Hindi is used asmedium language.

On this occasion, presiding over the seminar, Shri AshokKumar Harit, General Manager said that in fact, science andtechnology could not be popularise, until it is not available in thecommon man language. Hindi is the only language which isknown to majority of people. So the efforts are needed to getavailable maximum literature of knowledge-science in Hindi. Weshould keep in mind that for such type of work we use simpleand colloquial words of Hindi. Earlier, Shri Harit also gave awayawards to the officers and employees for winning various Hindicompetitions, as well as for doing excellent and maximum work in Hindi.

Earlier, welcoming the guests and speakers in seminar ShriArjun Tabiyar, Mukhya Rajbhasha Adhikari focussed upon theweeklong programmes and said that Hindi is the youngestlanguage amongst other languages. He also emphasised on theuse of popular colloquial words of other languages in Hindi.

Earlier, the programme started with the lighting of lampby GM Shri Harit along with guest speakers Dr. Upadhyay, Dr.Agrawal, CME Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, CDE Shri YogestAsthana, COS Shri A.K.Goel and Mukhya Rajbhasha Adhikari

Shri Arjun Tabiyar jointly. On this occasion, S/Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, CQAM, J.N.Pandey,FA&CAO, V.R.Mishra, CMM/Engine, S.K.Sagar, CPM/Mod., Dr. S.S.Negi, CMO as well as otherofficers and employees were present in a large number. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, VaristhaRajbhasha Adhikari conducted the whole programme efficiently and at last he proposed the vote ofthanks.

The weeklong programme included Quiz Competitions, Indian Language Seminar etc.

Teacher’s Day celebration at DLW

In lieu of birth anniversary of Ex. President of India Sarvapalli Dr. Radhakrishnan (05 th

September), Teacher’s Day was celebrated on 04th September at Officer’s club. On this occasion,

congratulating the teachers and para-teaching staffs of various schools, run by DLW Women’s

Welfare Organisation, Smt. Sumitra Harit, Chairperson, DLW

Women’s Welfare Organisation honoured them by presenting

mementos.

Earlier, Smt. Harit as well as Smt. Sangeeta Sagar,

Secy. and other office bearers of the organisation lighted the

lamp and garlanded the picture of Dr. Radhakrishnan. On this

occasion expressing their views Smt. Harit, other office bearers, principals and teachers of various

schools focussed upon personality and works of Dr. Radhakrishnan.

To mark the celebration, a brief cultural programme and games were also organized on this

occasion. Smt. Sangeeta Sagar, Secy. of the organization welcomed the guests as well as

principals and teachers of the schools. While, Smt. Gunjan

Tripathi, Incharge, Bal Niketan school conducted the whole

programme efficiently. Smt. Rimjhim, Incharge, Bal Niketan

school conducted the event of games and the vote of thanks

was proposed by Smt. Shikha Jain, Joint Secy., DLW Women’s

Welfare Organisation. In the function all officer bearers and

members of DLW Women’s Welfare Organisation as well as

teachers and staff were present in a large number.

Shri Krishna Janmastami

Under the auspices of Shri Krishna Janmastami Puja Samiti, Shri Krishna Janmastami was

celebrated at Diesel Locomotive Works Rangshala from 05th to 07th September. The celebration

started with the performing of retuals and offering pooja and aarti to Bhagawan Shri Krishna by

chief guest Shri Ashok Kumar Harit, General Manager and

Smt. Sumitra Harit, Chairperson, DLW Women’s Welfare

Organisation. On this occasion guest of honour Shri Asha

Ram Yadav, Dy. Director/Audit along with Shri Ashok

Kumar Singh, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Shri Yogesh

Asthana, Chief Electrical Engineer, Shri Arjun Tabiyar, Chief

Personnel Officer, Shri Manish Kumar Gupta, Dy. General

Manager, Shri Jitendra Srivastava, Sr. Security

Commissioner, members of DLW Women’s Welfare Organisation other officers and employees were

present in a large number.

The celebration included Havan, Poojan and chanting of veda mantras by the students of

Panini Kanya Mahavidyalaya. On this occasion, a colourful cultural variety programme including |

Jagran Puja was also presented by Anil Orchestra Jagran Group, Bhelupura.

On 06th September, second day prominent singer Varsha Tiwari presented Bhojpuri songs.

Followed by wrestling (Kushti Dangal) programme on third day 07th September. Shri Ashok Kumar

Singh, CME was the chief guest of both the 2nd and 3rd day programmes. Shri A.K.Sharma, CQAM

was the guest of honour in wrestling programme. A programme of folk songs (Birha) was also

presented by prominent folk singers Usha Mangeshker and

Ram Ashish Yadav on 3rd day evening 07th September.

On this occasion, Sarveshwar Mandir at RPF Barrack

was also tastefully decorated and illuminated with attractive

colourful lights, where the devotees viewed the tableau of

Bhagawan Krishna and offered pooja to them in a large

number.

AUGUST-2015

Inauguration of Renovated Health Club

Shri Ashok Kumar Harit, General Manager inaugurated the renovated Health Club on 26 th

August, 2015, running under the auspices of Diesel Locomotive Works Sports Association.

Performing rituals he unveiled the inauguration plaque and cut

the ribbon of Health Club along with Smt. Sumitra Harit,

Chairperson, DLW Women’s Welfare Organisation as well as Shri

Ashok Kumar Singh, Chief Mechanical Engineer &

President/Sports, Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, Chief Quality

Assurance Manager & General Secy./Sports.

It is mentionable here that the Health Club located behind DLW Cinema Hall is well

equipped with modern and latest facilities for meditation, yoga, and physical exercises as

meditation hall with peaceful ambiance, rolling machine,

treadmill, cross trainer, elliptical, spinner bike, butter fly,

vertical press/end let, functional trainer, inner and outer thigh,

leg curls/leg extension, bicep curls/tricep extension, ab crunch

back extension machine, etc.

On this occasion Smt. Anuradha Singh, Vice-Chairperson,

DLW Women’s Welfare Organisation as well as members along with S/Shri A.K.Goel, COS, Yogesh

Asthana, CEE, Arjun Tabiyar, CPO, J.N.Pandey, FA&CAO, S.K.Jain, CMM/HQ, R.B.Yadav, CE,

A.K.Singh, CDE, P.Ananth, CME/M, S.K.Sagar, CPM/Mod., Sanjay Katiyar, CME/Plant, N.S.Pangtey,

FA&CAO/TOT, Manish Kumar Gupta, DGM, Md.Shahid, Sports Officer, other officers, Staff Council

members and employees were present in a large number.

Communal Harmony Day at DLW

Communal Harmony Day was observed on 21st August at DLW. On this occasion, Shri Ashok

Kumar Harit, General Manager administered the

Communal Harmony pledge to the officers and

employees. S/Shri A.K.Singh, CME, A.K.Goel, COS,

Yogesh Asthana, CEE, Anil Kumar Sharma, CQAM, Arjun

Tabiyar, CPO, K.B.Sahay, CME/P, V.R.Mishra, CMM/Eng.,

N.S.Pangtey, FA&CAO/TOT, R.B.Yadav, CE as well as

other officers and employees took the pledge in a large

number to maintain communal harmony and peaceful co-

existence in the society without any distinction of caste, creed, area, religion and language. Shri

Pravin Kumar, Dy.CPO conducted the programme.

In this connection, officers and employees in

different Shops at Workshop area, Stores/Depot and

other Offices inside the Workshop, Hospital and work

places of Colony area as well as Teachers and Students of

DLW Inter College, Central School, St. John’s School and

Bal Niketan also took communal harmony pledge.

Special Discussion Meeting of Nagar Rajbhasha Karyanvayan Samiti at DLW

Nagar Rajbhasha Karyanvayan Samiti (NRKS) held a special discussion meeting on 18th

August at Hall of Fame. Speaking on this occasion, chief guest Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, Secy.-

Rajbhasha, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India said that since time immemorial Varanasi city

has been a centre of attraction for its glorious history of Hindi literature. Expressing satisfaction

over the progress review report of NRKS, he said Hindi is a

very easy language. He appealed the member offices to

popularize the same and apprised above the recent software

that can help to resolve the problem coming in computer-

generated works.

Presiding over the meeting Shri Ashok Kumar Harit,

General Manager & President, Nagar Rajbhasha Karyanvayan

Samiti, Varanasi focussed upon the activities NRKS and said that in the last meeting, member

offices were awarded with the Shields and Certificates by the Samiti for their commendable

performances in the field of Rajbhasha. Shri Harit also apprised about the achievements of DLW in

Rajbhasha and said that recently “Premchand Hindi Library” at DLW has been computerised.

Probably, this is the very first library, which is equipped with e-granthalaya software and having

barcode. Despite this DLW is organizing various programmes and bringing out magazine to make

the Rajbhasha practically dynamic. Shri Harit also assured of cent-percent compliance of the

implementation of Rajbhasha Adhiniyam by all member offices.

Earlier, welcoming Shri Srivastava, Secy.-Rajbhasha, Ministry of Home Affairs as well as

representatives of member offices, Shri Arjun Tabiyar, Mukhya Rajbhasha Adhikari and CPO threw

lights upon the contribution of Varanasi in the progress of Hindi literature. While, Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Singh, Varistha Rajbhahsa Adhikari and Member Secy,/NRKS focussed upon the activities of NRKS

through presentation.

On this occasion, Dr. Markandey Ram Pathak, Registrar,

Banaras Hindu University, Shri Santosh Shukla, ADRM, NER, Dr.

Bijendra Singh, Director, Vegetable Research Project Office,

Varanasi, Dr. Devraj Singh, Registrar, Central Tibetan Institute,

Shri Ram Prakash Maurya, Dy. Commissioner of Income Tax,

Income Tax Office, Shri R.K.Verma, Joint General Manager,

Indian Airport Office, Shri R.P.Ram, Dy. General Manager,

District Telecom Office, Shri R.B.Patel, Dy. Director, All India Radio, Shri Rohit Kumar, Zonal

Manager, Food Corporation of India, and Shri Sudhanshu Shekher, Sr. District Manager, Life

Insurance Corporation of India also expressed their views and put-up the progress report of Hindi

of their departments.

On this occasion, Shri Kumar Pal Sharma, Dy. Director in Charge (Implementation),

Northern Region, Rajbhasha as well as representatives of various central govt. departments and

autonomous organizations were presence in a large number. The programme concluded with the

vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Varistha Rajbhasha Adhikari and Member

Secy./NRKS.

69th Independence Day was celebrated on 15th August, 2015 at DLW Stadium with the

presentation of colourful cultural programmes by the children of DLW based schools. The

programme started with the hoisting of National Flag, followed by

the inspection of parade of Railway Protection Force, St. John’s

Ambulance Brigade, Civil Defence, Bharat Scouts, Guide, Cubs,

Bulbuls and Inter College Scouts & Guides by General Manager

Shri A.K.Harit. On this occasion, focussing upon the contribution

and sacrifices of freedom fighters for the freedom of the country

Shri Harit highlighted the production and other activities of DLW

including achievements of all the departments of DLW.

On this occasion, chief guest Shri Harit honoured the

President Certificate recipient cadets of Scouts & Guides by

handing over them President

Certificates as well as he gave away the prizes to the meritorious

students of DLW Inter College, who received maximum marks in

Inter, High School and Primary examinations. Shri Harit also

distributed useful equipments to the handicapped employees and

handicapped dependents of DLW employees.

The programme concluded with the distribution of fruit packets to the indoor patients of

DLW Central Hospital by Shri Harit along with Smt. Sumitra Harit, Chairperson, DLW Women's

Welfare Organisation, members and principal officers. On this

occasion chief guest Shri Harit also inspected the training center

of Bharat Scouts & Guides at Community Hall premises. The

programme wound up with the plantation of saplings at Surya

Sarovar by General Manager Shri Harit as well as Smt. Sumitra

Harit, Chairperson, DLW Women's Welfare Organisation &

members, HODs, officers Staff Council Members and employees.

Independence Day Celebration at DLW