Based on report received from Com. K C James, Secretary General, All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA)
The running staff of Trivandrum Division of Southern Railway sat on an indefinite Hunger Fast in front of the DRM office, Trivandrum, S.R from 11.00 hrs on 9.1.2024 against an inhuman Crew link for Mail and Passenger trains, which was proposed to be implemented from 10.1.2024.
The leaders met several times the DRM and demanded modification in the link but their effort was futile due to the adamant attitude of the DRM. The Crew link is drawn to deny the weekly rest of even 30 hrs and will lead to more than 3 nights together, duty hrs exceeding 8 Hours in link, and frequent bypass of HQ. All these changes have been done only to reduce the 89 men link to 75, a reduction of 14 running staff.