EASTERN RAILWAY CELEBRATES RASHTRIYA EKTA DIWAS, PROMOTING UNITY AND VIGILANCE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Theme – “Vigilance, our Shared Responsibility”.
Kolkata, October 31, 2025
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was organized at Eastern Railway Headquarters today (31.10.2025) as a part of the observance of Vigilance Awareness Week – 2025 with the theme "Vigilance : Our Shared Responsibility". The programme was graced by Shri Milind Deouskar, General Manager, Eastern Railway who also administered the integrity pledge among the officers & staff of Eastern Railway.Shri Milind Deouskar, General Manager, Eastern Railway, lit the ceremonial lamp and offered a floral tribute to the portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the occasion of his birth anniversary.
Shri Sheelendra Pratap Singh, Additional General Manager, Shri R. P. Joshi, Director, Establishment, Railway Board and Shri Sutirtha Bhattacharya, Retd. IAS, Shri Deepak Nigam, Sr. Deputy General Manager & Chief Vigilance Officer and other principal officers of Eastern Railway also paid homage to the portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on this occasion.
Delivering the keynote address, Shri Deepak Nigam, Sr. Deputy General Manager, Eastern Railway & Chief Vigilance Officer/Eastern Railway, said that corruption is one of the major obstacles to the economic and social development of our country. All stakeholders, such as the government, citizens, and the private sector, need to work together in tandem to eradicate corruption completely so as to make our nation developed and self-reliant. Every citizen should therefore be vigilant and commit highest standard of honesty and integrity at all times and support the fight against the menace of corruption.
On the auspicious occasion of birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the celebration of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas by Eastern Railway reaffirmed the commitment of this Zonal Railway towards a transparent work environment & endeavour towards eradicating corruption & integrity in behaviour.
Eminent speakers like Shri Sutirtha Bhattacharya, Retd. IAS and Shri R. P. Joshi, Director, Establishment, Railway Board spoke on the occasion, highlighting the various facets of ethics in Bureaucracy and Disciplinary Appeal Rules in Railways.
Shri Sutirtha Bhattacharya commemorating the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas and significance of Vigilance Awareness Week, highlighted the integrity of Indian Railways with the Indian society and he mentioned how the spread of Railway network has brought all round development of the country reducing inequality in terms of Gini coefficient. Shri Bhattacharya expressed that next generation to come up to take a lead role towards modification of the social norms for a cleaner, transparent & corruption free India. Shri R. P. Joshi, Director, Establishment, Railway Board elaborately explained about the Disciplinary Appeal Rules in Railways.
A total 34 numbers of students & Railway employees were awarded by General Manager/Eastern Railway for their outstanding performance in various aspects like drawing, essay writing and slogan writing in various languages.A student of Eastern Railway school at Asansol, Ms. Zarina Ansari, also addressed the audience to convey the feelings of the upcoming generation about the observance of Vigilance to eradicate corruption from society.
