In violation of service rules, motormen of Western Railway (WR) suburban trains have shown unwillingness to groom new recruits as train drivers. “Motormen have refused to train the new staff. They have informed the administration that motormen will impart training on the condition that they would not be responsible for any untoward incident,” said a senior official at WR. “Had their seniors taken the same stand, they would never have become motormen,” the official added.
In fact, it was in accordance with their demand to fill motormen vacancies in the suburban section of Mumbai division immediately that the WR filled almost all vacancies in Mumbai division. Filling of vacancies was a major demand of motormen during their agitation in January, when they said they were overworked due to staff shortage.
At present, 70 motormen are under training and of them, 45 have completed a year of training at the institute at Mahalaxmi workshop. Now they have to train under the supervision of seniors.
The motormens are paid for driving trains and not for giving training to any one. however as a brotherly gesture they provide the help to new motomen in order to boost their confidence. it is not obligatory.
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