DYFI activists protest delay of trains on western line Read more: DYFI activists protest delay of trains on western line

DYFI activists protested against the delay of trains on the Western Railway (WR) line near the Andheri, Mira Road and Vasai stations.

They demanded that railway officials and motormen resolve their issues as lakhs of commuters were being affected. After an inquiry by officials, motormen have been following speed limits, thus causing delays.

"Following a meeting convened by officials to investigate the issue of motormen speeding to make up for delays, motormen are now following the rules, thus causing delays," said Shailendra Kamble, who was protesting at Andheri station.

Several activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) protested against poor railway services and the delay of trains on the Western Railway (WR) line near the Andheri, Mira Road and Vasai stations .

The protesters demanded that the railway officials bury the hatchet with the motormen and end the rivalry that is causing delays on the WR line. Some of the other demands included the speeding up of Virar car shed construction.

"Last month, senior railway officials convened a meeting to investigate the issue of speed limits. Following this, the motormen, who would earlier make up for the delays by breaking the speed limits, started going by the rule book and following all the prescribed limits. This is clearly causing the delay and affecting commuters," said an agitated Shailendra Kamble, who was protesting at Andheri station.
(Source : The Times of India)

DYFI opposes SBI move to reappoint retired officers

The DYFI took out a march to the Local Head Office of the State Bank of India in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday in protest against the bank's move to reappoint retired hands.

I.B. Satheesh, State secretariat member of the DYFI, who inaugurated the march, deplored the reappointment of retired hands at a time when the number of the educated unemployed was swelling. It amounted to the implementation of the Centre's recruitment policy through the back door, he said.

Mr. Satheesh charged the Centre with trying to privatise the public sector undertakings under it when States, including Kerala, were strengthening the PSUs under them. As part of it, the Centre was abolishing posts, refraining from inviting applications for permanent posts, resorting to contractual appointments even in essential services and reappointing retired hands.

Mr. Satheesh held the Centre's policy squarely responsible for the increase in unemployment.

(Courtesy : The Hindu)