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AIRF has taken up the initiative to keep the railway employees mentaly healthy

AIRF organizes ‘Wellbeing’ seminar on mental health of railway employees

New Delhi: The All India Railwaymen’s Federation is not only concerned about the mental health of Indian Railway employees but has also taken up the initiative to keep the railway employees mentaly healthy in association with ITF.

For this, 125 first responders have been prepared through a special training across the country, who will not only find the reasons for their stress with the employees but will also help them to reach the mental health counsellor.

For this purpose, AIRF organized a ‘Wellbeing’ National Seminar from 6th to 7th September 2022 in T. N. Bajpai Memorial Hall, New Delhi.

Inaugurating the ‘Well Being’ program, Railway Board Chairman V. K. Tripathi said that while medicine is fine, it is important for railway workers to consider the causes of stress themselves. He said that I believe that the work of a railway employee is very sensitive, so if he remains under any kind of stress, then it will definitely affect his work. He also said that we also need to consider eliminating the causes of stress in advance, for this yoga and meditation should also be adopted in regular basis.

AIRF General Secretary, Shiva Gopal Mishra while addressing the program said that today when the railway employee goes to work, he goes with great joy, but when he comes back, he remains irritable, so it may be that the working hours or then be troubled by the problems of the workplace.

GS/AIRF Shiva Gopal Mishra addressing the Wellbeing seminar.

During the Corona epidemic, when the railway employees used to take the train, their entire family used to be upset, anyway, during that time they used to get bad news every day, in such a situation, not only the railway employees but the whole family used to live under stress.

There have been incidents like suicide in many places. This is the reason why AIRF has decided that we will now also work on the mental health of the employees. He said that by dividing the country into four parts, we have prepared 125 first responders through special training, now through them we will try to reach every railwaymen who is under stress.

For this, a toll free number will also be started soon, through which we can also directly counsel the employees and their families.

Dr. Syed Asif Altaf, Coordinator of Well Being Program at ITF, shared his experiences and gave detailed information on mental health. He said that no matter how healthy you are physically, no matter how many facilities you have, working condition is also good, but if you are not mentally healthy then it is natural to have a bad effect.

He said that this problem is not only seen in India but in many countries of the world. All India Railwaymen’s Federation has taken this issue seriously, it is a good thing and starting.

Lisa Hazarika of ITF, who helped AIRF in preparing the first responder, said that unless we accept our problem, it will not be possible to solve this problem. We do not understand the problem of mental health early, by the time we are prepared for it, it is too late. The good thing is that today AIRF is not only discussing this but is also ready to work.

Railway Board DG/RHS, Dr. Prasanna Kumar said that I have been to many places, I am seeing such an effort for the first time. This is a commendable work, he said that the truth is that today 20 percent of the population is affected by such disease, in such a situation there is a dire need for their identification and proper counseling. He said that based on the feedback of the first responder, we will also try to move forward in this direction.

General Manager, Northern Railway, Ashutosh Gangal said that since a large number of railway employees do safety related work, especially the running staff, their stress seems natural. He expressed confidence that through this program such employees will definitely get some relief.

The program was presided over by Dr. N Kanhaiya, President, AIRF. He said that the Federation has accepted this program as a challenge, we all will do our best to make it a success.

Working President JR Bhosale, Treasurer Shankarrao also addressed the program. PED Deepak Peter, CMD Dr Sugandha Raha, Dr. Ashish, SrDMO BN Tiwari, PCPO Pramila H Bhargava, Zonal General Secretaries Mukesh Galav, Mukesh Mathur, PK Patsani, Ashish Biswas, Amit Ghosh, Women Convenor Praveena Singh were mainly in the Well Being program. Many people including Youth Coordinator Preeti Singh were present.

NRMU Delhi Division had a special contribution in the successful organization of the program.

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