NJO REACHOUT NEWS LETTER
NJO REACH OUT is nothing but you and us.
The fifth issue for the year 2007 and twenty-first from inception is in your hands. NJO REACH OUT wishes those NJO staff whose birthdays and wedding anniversaries fall during May 2007.
The Indian Railway is 152 years old. The month of April is the birth month of Indian Railways. To the amazement of the world railway communities, IR continues to make strides in the transportation business. While world over, the railways are found to be loss making, the Indian Railways is probably the only railways system to make huge profits due to the determination of the dynamic Railway Minster Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav ,the dedication of the 14 lakh employees and officers and the massive patronage by the traveling public and the industrial and commercial houses. The first railway line in India covering a 34 kilo Meters between Boribunder( Bombay) and Thane was opened to traffic on 16th April ,1853. A small seed was sown on April 16, 1853 when three locomotives SULTAN, SAHIB and SIND hauled a small passenger train of 400 and odd passengers on joy ride from Bombay to Thane. This marks the Railway Week Celebrations India. In the South, the first railway line was opened on 1st July, 1856 between Vyesarpaudy and Walajah Road (Arcot) a distance of 101 kilo Meters. Today the Southern Railway is 90 % BG railways system and marching ahead to achieve the highest point of efficiency.
The French Railway Company SCNF Alstom Transport and the French Railway Infrastructure have made the trial run of their prototype train that travels at the speed of 574.8 KMPH. The block and chrome train with three double-decker cares named the V150 bettered the previous record of 515.3 kmph set in 1990 by the French fast train. If this train travels in India,,,,,
Route Kms Time Route Kms Time
Chennai – Delhi
2190
3 Hrs
Mumbai-Hyderabad
790
1 Hr
Chennai-Hyderabad
715
1
Hyderabad-Bangalore
685
1
Mumbai-Delhi
1930
3
Hyderabad-Ernakulam
1568
2
Mumbai-Bangalore
1204
2
Hyderabad-Delhi
1678
2
Mumbai-Chennai
1283
2
Hyderabad-Howrah
1592
2
The FA&CAO/MAS Railway week award function was held at the Auditorium, Railway Hospital due huge number of recipients. There were 173 awardees including some gazetted officers from all over the accounts offices of the Southern Railway. SHRI S RAGHURAMAN, FA&CAO/Western Railway was the Chief Guest. Besides, Dr S Ram Mohan, FA&CAO/MAS, Smt Vijaya Kanth, FA&CAO/Cn/MS, Smt Sujatha Jayaraj, FA&CAO/Cn/MS Shri M Jeychandren, FA&CAO/S&W/PER , Shri Vijayaraghavan, FA&CAO/G/MAS, Shri B N Rao, FA&CAO/T/MAS and a host of officers and staff participated in the function. The chief guest extolled the prime status enjoyed by the Southern Railway at the Railway Board. Any change at the all India level used to be consulted with the Southern Railway as the efficiency and the acumen of the railway is well known all over the Indian Railways. The position could be sustained due to the hard working staff of Accounts Dept of Southern Railway. He encouraged the staff to strive more so that the number of awardees would be double in the coming years.
The FA&CAO/S&W/PER awards were distributed on 28th April 2007 at the meeting hall of COS/PER by Shri M Jeychandren FA&CAO/W&S/PER. He congratulated the staff for their meritorious service and encouraged them so that they could receive FA&CAO/MAS and GM and Railway board awards in the coming years. Awardees were from the office of Sr AFA/W&S/GOC and Sr AFA/W&S/GOC besides from NJO/PER.
Besides these awards, many staff from the Workshop Accounts Office were honored with the awards from CWM/CW/PER, CWM/LW/PER, CEWE/PER and DY CE/EWS/AJJ
The COS/PER Railway Week Awards were distributed on the 27th April by Shri Surendra Singh COS/PER. many staff of COS/PER and other stores offices and depots from all over the Southern Railway received the awards on that day. It is indeed a proud moment in the life of these awardees, as the public honoring of meritorious awards would serve as a great encouragement for them as well as to those who could not get awards.
NJO REACHOUT congratulates all the staff of NJO/PER both Accounts and Stores branches staff who are honored with Railway Board awards, GM awards, FA & CAO /MAS awards, COS/PER awards, FA &CAO/S&W/PER awards and the awards issued by CWM/CW/PER, CWM/LW/PER, CEWE/PER, DY CE/ES\WS/AJJ. Special mention must be made about that staffs who are awarded with the Railway Board awards and GM awards. Smt Aruna Mohan Sr CA was honoured with GM award for the year 2006-07.
Selvi A Saveetha d/o Shri T V Avoodiyappan AA, Wages Section Smt A Rahtinam BSNL, Chennai was married with Selvan S Mathan, s/o Smt Radha Sankaranarayanan, Indian Bank, Kadayanallur, Tirunelveli & Shri M Sankaranarayanan, Pandyan Grama Bank, Idaikal, Tirunelveli at Rama Mandiram, Nangainallur, Chennai 61 on Sunday 29th April 2007. Many staff and Officers from NJO/PER and from other offices attended the marriage on the forenoon and the reception in the evening. It was a feast to the eyes to see many of the staff together after a long time. Shri Rama Subramonia Pillai, DY FA&CAO/W and other officers attended the function.
DATE WITH ANTIQUITY: Shri K R Balakrishnan, retired AAO (1986) visited this office for obtaining post retirement complementary pass. He is settled in Jawahar Nagar, Chennai. He was born in Hubli where his father worked AEN. He joined the railways in 1945. He is 79 years old and his wife is 75 years old. She retired as Head Mistress in the Corporation School. His son Devanesan is employed in a call center at Royapettai and his grand daughter has appeared for the X exams. He has been blessed well by God and he is very much contented in life. NJO REACHOUT wishes him many more years of healthy and active life.
Obituary:
Mother of Shri V Ashok, Junior Steno, passed away at the age of 75, in the RH/PER, on the 8th April 2007 after a prolonged sickness. Three sons and one daughter survive her. NJO REACHOUT offers heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prays for her soul to rest in eternal peace.
Father of Shri R Ravichander Sr SO (A), now in the office of Sr DFM/MAS and previously Sr SO (A)/Pension in NJO/PER passed away at Chennai, at the age of 78, on the 16th April after a brief illness. NJO REACHOUT offers heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prays for his soul to rest in eternal peace.
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
One day a young boy named Phillip was swimming in his wealthy parents’ swimming pool in England. Suddenly he lost balance and was struggling to keep from drowning. He let out a powerful cry for help. No one was in the vicinity. However, Alex, the gardener’s son heard his cries for help but for whose help Phillip could have very well drowned under the water. Alex came running and he jumped in and rescued Phillip after a struggle. Philip’s parents were so grateful and they asked the gardener and his wire how they could repay their son Alex for having saved their son. The parents said that Alex wished desperately that he could have an education, because he very much wanted to become a doctor. Phillip’s grateful family arranged for Alex to continue his education and the year passed the young man indeed became a doctor. Meanwhile Phillip also grew up and become in important figure in politics. One day he lay critically ill in a hospital. No medicine helped and it seemed he would certainly die. Dr Alex was called in. he and his fellow researcher had just discovered an amazing substance that was powerful in curing certain cases of the same illness. Dr Alex prescribed this medicine to the sick man. To the amazement and relief of everyone, Phillip recovered. He said to Dr Alex”it is not often that a man’s life has been saves twice by the same person’.
View your Newsletter in the Internet: http://www.gracemugil-pothigai.blogspot.com/
Staffs are encouraged to contribute to the newsletter. It is intended to bring a community spirit among the staff of NJO/PER. Any event in the office and personal profiles of exception may be sent for inclusion.
NJO REACH OUT is nothing but you and us.
The fifth issue for the year 2007 and twenty-first from inception is in your hands. NJO REACH OUT wishes those NJO staff whose birthdays and wedding anniversaries fall during May 2007.
The Indian Railway is 152 years old. The month of April is the birth month of Indian Railways. To the amazement of the world railway communities, IR continues to make strides in the transportation business. While world over, the railways are found to be loss making, the Indian Railways is probably the only railways system to make huge profits due to the determination of the dynamic Railway Minster Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav ,the dedication of the 14 lakh employees and officers and the massive patronage by the traveling public and the industrial and commercial houses. The first railway line in India covering a 34 kilo Meters between Boribunder( Bombay) and Thane was opened to traffic on 16th April ,1853. A small seed was sown on April 16, 1853 when three locomotives SULTAN, SAHIB and SIND hauled a small passenger train of 400 and odd passengers on joy ride from Bombay to Thane. This marks the Railway Week Celebrations India. In the South, the first railway line was opened on 1st July, 1856 between Vyesarpaudy and Walajah Road (Arcot) a distance of 101 kilo Meters. Today the Southern Railway is 90 % BG railways system and marching ahead to achieve the highest point of efficiency.
The French Railway Company SCNF Alstom Transport and the French Railway Infrastructure have made the trial run of their prototype train that travels at the speed of 574.8 KMPH. The block and chrome train with three double-decker cares named the V150 bettered the previous record of 515.3 kmph set in 1990 by the French fast train. If this train travels in India,,,,,
Route Kms Time Route Kms Time
Chennai – Delhi
2190
3 Hrs
Mumbai-Hyderabad
790
1 Hr
Chennai-Hyderabad
715
1
Hyderabad-Bangalore
685
1
Mumbai-Delhi
1930
3
Hyderabad-Ernakulam
1568
2
Mumbai-Bangalore
1204
2
Hyderabad-Delhi
1678
2
Mumbai-Chennai
1283
2
Hyderabad-Howrah
1592
2
The FA&CAO/MAS Railway week award function was held at the Auditorium, Railway Hospital due huge number of recipients. There were 173 awardees including some gazetted officers from all over the accounts offices of the Southern Railway. SHRI S RAGHURAMAN, FA&CAO/Western Railway was the Chief Guest. Besides, Dr S Ram Mohan, FA&CAO/MAS, Smt Vijaya Kanth, FA&CAO/Cn/MS, Smt Sujatha Jayaraj, FA&CAO/Cn/MS Shri M Jeychandren, FA&CAO/S&W/PER , Shri Vijayaraghavan, FA&CAO/G/MAS, Shri B N Rao, FA&CAO/T/MAS and a host of officers and staff participated in the function. The chief guest extolled the prime status enjoyed by the Southern Railway at the Railway Board. Any change at the all India level used to be consulted with the Southern Railway as the efficiency and the acumen of the railway is well known all over the Indian Railways. The position could be sustained due to the hard working staff of Accounts Dept of Southern Railway. He encouraged the staff to strive more so that the number of awardees would be double in the coming years.
The FA&CAO/S&W/PER awards were distributed on 28th April 2007 at the meeting hall of COS/PER by Shri M Jeychandren FA&CAO/W&S/PER. He congratulated the staff for their meritorious service and encouraged them so that they could receive FA&CAO/MAS and GM and Railway board awards in the coming years. Awardees were from the office of Sr AFA/W&S/GOC and Sr AFA/W&S/GOC besides from NJO/PER.
Besides these awards, many staff from the Workshop Accounts Office were honored with the awards from CWM/CW/PER, CWM/LW/PER, CEWE/PER and DY CE/EWS/AJJ
The COS/PER Railway Week Awards were distributed on the 27th April by Shri Surendra Singh COS/PER. many staff of COS/PER and other stores offices and depots from all over the Southern Railway received the awards on that day. It is indeed a proud moment in the life of these awardees, as the public honoring of meritorious awards would serve as a great encouragement for them as well as to those who could not get awards.
NJO REACHOUT congratulates all the staff of NJO/PER both Accounts and Stores branches staff who are honored with Railway Board awards, GM awards, FA & CAO /MAS awards, COS/PER awards, FA &CAO/S&W/PER awards and the awards issued by CWM/CW/PER, CWM/LW/PER, CEWE/PER, DY CE/ES\WS/AJJ. Special mention must be made about that staffs who are awarded with the Railway Board awards and GM awards. Smt Aruna Mohan Sr CA was honoured with GM award for the year 2006-07.
Selvi A Saveetha d/o Shri T V Avoodiyappan AA, Wages Section Smt A Rahtinam BSNL, Chennai was married with Selvan S Mathan, s/o Smt Radha Sankaranarayanan, Indian Bank, Kadayanallur, Tirunelveli & Shri M Sankaranarayanan, Pandyan Grama Bank, Idaikal, Tirunelveli at Rama Mandiram, Nangainallur, Chennai 61 on Sunday 29th April 2007. Many staff and Officers from NJO/PER and from other offices attended the marriage on the forenoon and the reception in the evening. It was a feast to the eyes to see many of the staff together after a long time. Shri Rama Subramonia Pillai, DY FA&CAO/W and other officers attended the function.
DATE WITH ANTIQUITY: Shri K R Balakrishnan, retired AAO (1986) visited this office for obtaining post retirement complementary pass. He is settled in Jawahar Nagar, Chennai. He was born in Hubli where his father worked AEN. He joined the railways in 1945. He is 79 years old and his wife is 75 years old. She retired as Head Mistress in the Corporation School. His son Devanesan is employed in a call center at Royapettai and his grand daughter has appeared for the X exams. He has been blessed well by God and he is very much contented in life. NJO REACHOUT wishes him many more years of healthy and active life.
Obituary:
Mother of Shri V Ashok, Junior Steno, passed away at the age of 75, in the RH/PER, on the 8th April 2007 after a prolonged sickness. Three sons and one daughter survive her. NJO REACHOUT offers heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prays for her soul to rest in eternal peace.
Father of Shri R Ravichander Sr SO (A), now in the office of Sr DFM/MAS and previously Sr SO (A)/Pension in NJO/PER passed away at Chennai, at the age of 78, on the 16th April after a brief illness. NJO REACHOUT offers heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prays for his soul to rest in eternal peace.
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
One day a young boy named Phillip was swimming in his wealthy parents’ swimming pool in England. Suddenly he lost balance and was struggling to keep from drowning. He let out a powerful cry for help. No one was in the vicinity. However, Alex, the gardener’s son heard his cries for help but for whose help Phillip could have very well drowned under the water. Alex came running and he jumped in and rescued Phillip after a struggle. Philip’s parents were so grateful and they asked the gardener and his wire how they could repay their son Alex for having saved their son. The parents said that Alex wished desperately that he could have an education, because he very much wanted to become a doctor. Phillip’s grateful family arranged for Alex to continue his education and the year passed the young man indeed became a doctor. Meanwhile Phillip also grew up and become in important figure in politics. One day he lay critically ill in a hospital. No medicine helped and it seemed he would certainly die. Dr Alex was called in. he and his fellow researcher had just discovered an amazing substance that was powerful in curing certain cases of the same illness. Dr Alex prescribed this medicine to the sick man. To the amazement and relief of everyone, Phillip recovered. He said to Dr Alex”it is not often that a man’s life has been saves twice by the same person’.
View your Newsletter in the Internet: http://www.gracemugil-pothigai.blogspot.com/
Staffs are encouraged to contribute to the newsletter. It is intended to bring a community spirit among the staff of NJO/PER. Any event in the office and personal profiles of exception may be sent for inclusion.
