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Disaster Preparedness: - C.Rly has five A-Class ART’s (with 140 Tonne break down cranes) and six B-Class ART’s with MFD/Lucas re-railing equipments.
- Besides, there are 6 Road Mobile ART’s.
- There are 11 ARME Scale – 1, 2 of which are self propelled (KYN & NGP).
- There are 14 ARME Scale – II.
- The details of locations of ART/ARMe’s target time for turning them out, and inspection schedule/.Mock Drills are given in Zonal Disaster Management Plan – 2010.
- Mock Drills of ART/ARME’s are being carried out regularly.
- The Disaster Management Act 2005 has widened the definition of disaster by including all those unfortunate events, which require co-ordination and the assistance from outside Railway also.
- C.Rly. has tied up with NDRF Battalion, Talegaon (near Pune).Their capabilities include dealing with following kinds of disasters;
I. Radiological disasters
II. Chemical & Biological disasters
III. Floods
IV. Earthquakes
V. Building collapse, etc.
- NDRF have 78 inflatable boats, and well trained deep divers, which can be of great help in case of train accidents, involving a river or a lake, etc.
- C.Rly has recently got 54 ART personnel (5 Officers and 49 staff) trained for 2-weeks (06.12.2010 – 17.12.2010) at NDRF, Talegaon.The staff were drawn from Mechanical, Electrical, Engineering and Medical Departments, working on ART/ARME’s from all 5 Divisions.
Source : Central Railway / Indian Railways Portal CMS Team Last Reviewed on: 25-03-2011 
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