{"id":8233,"date":"2020-04-01T09:23:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irctcportal.in\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2020-04-01T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:23:50","slug":"2-cabins-of-sleeper-class-coach-modified-as-prototype-isolation-cabins-by-carriage-workshop-lallaguda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/2-cabins-of-sleeper-class-coach-modified-as-prototype-isolation-cabins-by-carriage-workshop-lallaguda\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Cabins of Sleeper Class Coach modified as Prototype Isolation Cabins by Carriage Workshop Lallaguda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>2 Cabins of Sleeper Class Coach modified as Prototype Isolation Cabins by Carriage Workshop Lallaguda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As part of COVID-19 preparedness, it was advised by the Ministry of Railways that coaches may be converted into Quarantine\/Isolation Coaches so as to augment the additional quarantine and isolation facilities if required.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this regard, to start with Railway Board advised to utilize o\u00adnly Non-AC Sleeper Class Coaches for converting as quarantine\/isolation coaches. Accordingly, Shri Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, South Central Railway instructed the officials of the Zone to draw the plans for modification of the existing non -AC sleeper class coaches as quarantine\/isolation coaches.<\/p>\n<p>As per the instructions of General Manager, staff and officers of Carriage Workshop, Lallaguda swung into action and modified two cabins in a non-ac sleeper class coach number SC GSCN 00205 as a prototype isolation cabins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The details of modification being done includes \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Generally, each sleeper class coach will have 9 cabins. In each cabin 6 berths inside (2 lower, 2 middle and 2 upper) and 2 berths in side (1 side lower and 1 side upper) totaling to 6+2=8 berths. o\u00adn entire coach there are 72 berths.<\/li>\n<li>Out of these 9 cabins, presently o\u00adnly 2 cabins i.e. second cabin from either end are modified as a prototype isolation cabin.<\/li>\n<li>In these 2 cabins (earmarked for isolation), both middle and upper berths and also side lower and side upper berths were removed.<\/li>\n<li>Out of these 2 cabins, o\u00adne cabin provided with half partition sheet&amp; half curtain and the other cabin provided with two full plasticcur tains.<\/li>\n<li>In both the cabins the width of the lower berth earmarked for the patient widened by 90 mm for sleeping comfort.<\/li>\n<li>One of the two cabins was wrapped with Vinyl o\u00adn panels in cabin area for good aesthetics.<\/li>\n<li>Provision of Mosquito Wire Mesh in lieu of Venetion shutters.<\/li>\n<li>Ladders for upper berth removed.<\/li>\n<li>Stainless Steel bottle holders 2 Nos.provided.<\/li>\n<li>Dust bins with cover provided.<\/li>\n<li>In both the cabins 3 sockets of 5-amp capacity with switch provided to meet the power supply needs.<\/li>\n<li>Entrance of cabin provided with two half plastic curtains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Modification in Toilet Portion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The toilet pans of the Indian style toilets available at both the ends of the coach were removed and converted for bathing facility.<\/li>\n<li>Toilet floor provided with PVC &amp; drain hole.<\/li>\n<li>Wash basin inside the toilet removed to make the bathing facility comfortable.<\/li>\n<li>Additional tap with lift type handle and in proper height has been provided so that bucket can be filled without much difficulty. In addition, health faucet &amp; Shower facility are also provided.<\/li>\n<li>Bucket, bath stool and mug provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These facilities are in addition to quarantine \/ isolation beds provided by the Zone at Railway Hospitals \/ Health Units \/ Training Institutes spread around 30 locations over the South Central Railway accommodating more than 1000 beds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Cabins of Sleeper Class Coach modified as Prototype Isolation Cabins by Carriage Workshop Lallaguda As part of COVID-19 preparedness, it was advised by the Ministry of Railways that coaches may be converted into Quarantine\/Isolation Coaches so as to augment the additional quarantine and isolation facilities if required. In this regard, to start with Railway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-8233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-railway","tag-railway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/irctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}