Thiruvananthapuram: Division bagged efficiency shields for security, signal and telecommunication, personnel and electrical energy conservation in the 66th Railway Week award distribution of Southern Railway held here on Thursday. Two gazetted and 15 non gazetted staff of the division received GM’s individual awards. K P Bimin (athletics) and B Aneesh Babu (aquatics) of the division were awarded for their outstanding performance in sports.
The Railway Week is held in commemoration of the first train run on Indian soil on 16th April, 1853, from Bori Bunder to Thane.