Railways to make 1,000 PPE overalls for its doctors, paramedics daily

The approved design and material of the overall, produced by Jagadhari workshop and recently cleared by a DRDO lab, will now be used for making this protective gear by other workshops under different zones.

Facilities are being geared up in Railways to make up to 1,000 such protective overall for Railway doctors and pararamedics daily.

Around 17 workshops would be striving to contribute to this exercise, an official release here said.

In addition, Railways is considering to supply 50 per cent of the innovated PPE garment to other medical professionals of the country.

Material for all the overalls is being procured centrally at Jagadhari which is located near many big textile industries in Punjab.

In the days to come, the production facilities can be further ramped up. The development of this overall and innovation by Indian Railways is being welcomed by other Government agencies engaged in the war against COVID.

Technical specifications of these PPEs are now ready, and material suppliers are in place. Now the production can start in right earnest.

This development is big boost to equip our doctors and paramedics on the front line of this battle against Covid -19.

Indian Railways is aiming to produce three sets per sewing machine per hour for as many days as required in its production units and workshops.

This internal effort of Railways is over and above a centralised request projected to Government of India and also indicated to HLL through Indent.