Shocker at Indian Railways: Staff meant for safety check working as domestic help
Senior officials were found to have employed trackmen as domestic help in their homes, a NR spokesperson said. These offcials have been suspended by Northern Railway. A TV channel showed how the men who were supposed to be engaged in safety work on the tracks were doing menial jobs at the homes of senior officials
Soon after taking over, both Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal as well as Chairman Railway Board Ashwani Lohani had ordered around 30,000 staff used as domestic help back to work. Image source: Reuters