RK Sharma appointed new Commissioner of Railway Safety, Western Circle

NPnews24 Online Mumbai: RK Sharma has joined as the new Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Western Circle in Mumbai. 

The Commission of Railway Safety is subordinate to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Sharma has earlier worked as CRS in NF circle at Kolkata.

He will be in charge of Western/North Western Zone and Metros of Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jaipur.

Sharma has experience of working as a Director (System) in MMRDA, handling Metro rail works in Mumbai as well as management of Mumbai Suburban system.

He is credited with introducing concept of Live Line Maintenance of 25 KV Traction system and First Solar pump in Indian Railway and Standardization/indigenization of Electrical Systems in metros.

The Commission of Railway Safety, working under the administrative control of the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Government of India, deals with matters pertaining to safety of rail travel and train operation and is charged with certain statutory functions as laid down in the Railways Act (1989), which are of an inspectorial, investigatory & advisory nature.

The Commission functions according to certain rules viz. Statutory investigation into accidents rules framed under the Railways Act and executive instructions issued from time to time.