Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Dibrugarh Workshop Improves Coach Maintenance, Safety and Green Operations
Dibrugarh Workshop repairs and checks railway coaches and goods wagons.
It has recently completed more overhauling work than its prescribed targets.
The workshop is also being upgraded to handle more maintenance.
Workers received special helmets that help protect them during hot welding tasks.
These helmets also make the work more comfortable.
Old solar panels from a condemned railway coach were placed on the new canteen.
The solar energy charges battery-powered trucks used on platforms.
A senior railway official inspected the workshop and nearby stations.
He asked staff to maintain high standards for safety, quality and passenger facilities.
Dibrugarh Workshop exceeded prescribed targets for Periodical Overhauling of coaches and wagons.
Infrastructure upgrades are underway to refurbish LHB coaches and expand overhauling capacity.
The workshop conducts detailed inspections and Intermediate Overhauling of coaches and goods wagons.
Two PAPR-equipped welding helmets were provided to staff performing prolonged hot-work activities.
Recovered solar modules now power battery-operated platform trucks at the workshop’s new canteen.
- Who
- Northeast Frontier Railway, Dibrugarh Workshop staff and General Manager Chetan Kumar Shrivastava.
- What
- The workshop improved overhauling output and introduced infrastructure, safety and renewable-energy initiatives.
- When
- The General Manager’s inspection took place recently; the articles provide no specific date.
- Where
- Dibrugarh Workshop under Tinsukia Division, along with railway stations in Tinsukia Division.
- Why
- To expand maintenance capacity, improve rolling-stock safety and availability, protect workers and reduce the workshop’s carbon footprint.
- Workshop
- Dibrugarh Workshop, under Tinsukia Division of Northeast Frontier Railway
- Maintenance output
- Periodical Overhauling outturn for coaches and wagons improved against prescribed targets
- Infrastructure
- Augmentation is underway for LHB coach refurbishment and higher POH capacity
- Safety equipment
- Two Pro Air Welding Helmets with Powered Air-Purifying Respirator systems were provided
- Green initiative
- Solar modules recovered from a condemned Camp Coach were installed on the new canteen rooftop
- Solar use
- Generated power charges battery-operated platform trucks
- Inspection
- General Manager Chetan Kumar Shrivastava reviewed workshop and station operations