Railway week celebrations from April 10-16, 2004
Indian Railways will celebrate the Railway Week, as usual, from April 10-16, 2004 to commemorate the advent of Railways in India on April 16, 1853 from Mumbai to Thane.
During the Week, there will be functions by Zonal Railways, wherein the General Managers will be giving away awards and shields to Railway employees and various units of the Zonal Railways for their exemplary performances. Besides, senior officials of Zonal Railways will travel in different classes of trains and interact with passengers to see for themselves the availability of passenger amenities and how best these could be improved.
There will be a function to celebrate the Railway Week in the Ministry of Railways, wherein the Chairman, Railway Board will give away awards and shields to various personnel and branches in the Railway Board for their outstanding performances and as a measure for enhancing the productivity of the employees.
The Central Function, wherein the Union Minister of Railways gives away awards and shields to individual railway employees and Zonal Railways for their outstanding performances in the preceding year, slated to be held on April 13, 2004 at Kolkata, has since been postponed to be held there at a date to be fixed later after the completion of the General Elections, 2004, when a new Government is in position.