New Delhi, April 6 The Railway Board has urged signal maintainers and telecom technicians across all railway zones and divisions to provide their feedback regarding challenges in the job following a rise in new joinees leaving the job.
Zonal railway officials said that following the Board’s request, they have asked the respective departments to communicate and encourage technicians to apprise the Board of their day-to-day challenges so that it helps senior officials take decisions to address the issue.
Indian Railways Signal and Telecom Maintainers' Union (IRSTMU) said that the attrition rate among newly-joined technicians is quite high due to rising work pressure leading to mental stress and inability to cope with it.
“Roughly 50 per cent of all new joinees in the signal and telecommunication (S&T) cadre leave the job after working for a few months due to several reasons,” Alok Chandra Prakash, General Secretary, IRSTMU, told