Railways withdraws circular
JUNE 15, 2019 00:00 IST
UPDATED: JUNE 15, 2019 06:18 IST
Chennai Central constituency MP Dayanidhi Maran submitting a petition to Southern Railway GM Rahul Jain.
Dr. Ramadoss said the number of Hindi-speaking employees was steadily on the rise in Southern Railway. It had become a routine for officials at the booking counters, most of whom were North Indian staff, to issue tickets to wrong destinations due to the communication gap. Mr. Vaiko condemned the circular saying that the move was nothing but an attempt to impose Hindi on the people of Tamil Nadu.
Maran meets GM
Chennai Central DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran met the Southern Railway General Manager (in-charge) Rahul Jain and expressed concern over the developments.
“The GM told me that the circular was wrongly issued and agreed to withdraw it immediately. The issue relates to overcrowding of a Station Master’s room in the Madurai division that led to a communication gap resulting in two trains coming on a collision course on the same track. Instead of rectifying the issue of overcrowding, this circular on the language of communication was issued...it has now been withdrawn and status quo prevails,” Mr. Maran told The Hindu .
In his memorandum, Mr. Maran urged the General Manager to take steps to use Tamil as well for official communication in the State, as it would in no way hamper communication or affect clarity of instructions.
AIRF working president N. Kanniah wrote to the Principal Chief Operations Manager stating that the circular had caused widespread resentment among employees who felt that it was a backdoor attempt to impose Hindi on them.
When All India Service officers posted to a State cadre had to learn the local language to communicate with the people, it was strange that the railways was trying to force the employees in Tamil Nadu to communicate in English or Hindi.
JUNE 15, 2019 00:00 IST
UPDATED: JUNE 15, 2019 06:18 IST
Chennai Central constituency MP Dayanidhi Maran submitting a petition to Southern Railway GM Rahul Jain.
Dr. Ramadoss said the number of Hindi-speaking employees was steadily on the rise in Southern Railway. It had become a routine for officials at the booking counters, most of whom were North Indian staff, to issue tickets to wrong destinations due to the communication gap. Mr. Vaiko condemned the circular saying that the move was nothing but an attempt to impose Hindi on the people of Tamil Nadu.
Maran meets GM
Chennai Central DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran met the Southern Railway General Manager (in-charge) Rahul Jain and expressed concern over the developments.
“The GM told me that the circular was wrongly issued and agreed to withdraw it immediately. The issue relates to overcrowding of a Station Master’s room in the Madurai division that led to a communication gap resulting in two trains coming on a collision course on the same track. Instead of rectifying the issue of overcrowding, this circular on the language of communication was issued...it has now been withdrawn and status quo prevails,” Mr. Maran told The Hindu .
In his memorandum, Mr. Maran urged the General Manager to take steps to use Tamil as well for official communication in the State, as it would in no way hamper communication or affect clarity of instructions.
AIRF working president N. Kanniah wrote to the Principal Chief Operations Manager stating that the circular had caused widespread resentment among employees who felt that it was a backdoor attempt to impose Hindi on them.
When All India Service officers posted to a State cadre had to learn the local language to communicate with the people, it was strange that the railways was trying to force the employees in Tamil Nadu to communicate in English or Hindi.
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