Voting for trade union recognition in Varanasi will take place on December 4th, 5th, and 6th. Approximately 5600 railway employees will cast their votes at seven polling booths across Northern Railway and North Eastern Railway. Northern Railway booths will be located at Cantt station (emergency medical room, coaching complex, PWI...
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office) and Bhadohi station, accommodating around 2862 employees. North Eastern Railway (Varanasi division) booths will be at the Divisional Railway Manager's office in Lahartara, AEN office, and the Station Superintendent's office near the diesel lobby at Cantt station, catering to over 2700 employees. A union needs 30% of the total votes cast or 35% of the total votes to gain recognition. An ADRM held a meeting with union officials to address concerns and gather suggestions. Several unions, including the Northern Railway Mens Union, are actively campaigning for support.

On Sunday, the NE Railway Men's Congress organized a bike rally in Varanasi to garner support from railway employees for the upcoming trade union elections. The rally, led by central president Akhilesh Pandey, started at Manduadih Coaching Depot and concluded at the Divisional Railway Hospital in Lahartara. The rally...
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passed through Old Loco Colony, Stadium Colony, Cantt Diesel Lobby, and Vasundhara Colony, with participants chanting slogans. The rally highlighted the enthusiasm of young members and the ongoing struggle for the restoration of the old pension scheme. Several key members, including Devanand Yadav, Jitendra Yadav, Shivshankar Singh, Arvind Kumar, Rajpati Pal, Sujit Kumar, and Pradeep Gupta, participated.

A massive fire broke out in the vehicle parking area of Varanasi Cantt railway station around 10:30 PM on Saturday, likely caused by a short circuit. Approximately 200 two-wheelers were destroyed. The fire, initially controlled after a reported earlier short circuit around 11 PM, reignited hours later, igniting petrol...
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in a motorcycle. Emergency services, including the fire brigade, GRP, RPF, and local police, responded swiftly, extinguishing the blaze after two hours. No injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.

A three-day inter-departmental badminton tournament concluded on Friday at the North Eastern Railway (Varanasi Division)'s Officer's Club in Lahartara, Varanasi. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) team defeated the Electrical department in the final match. The scores were: Set 1: 21-18, 12-21, 17-21; Set 2: 21-18, 19-21, 21-15; Set 3: 21-15,...
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21-17. RPF won the trophy.

On Friday, Varanasi railway employees organized a bike rally advocating for the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). The rally, starting from Banaras station, concluded at the DRM office in Lahartara. Various unions, including PRSS, SC-ST Association, OBC Association, and ESMA, participated. Before reaching the DRM office, the...
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rally passed through Cantt station and other railway departments. Speakers urged railway employees to fight for their rights. Prominent attendees included Ram Asare Yadav (General Secretary, NER OBC Association), Bajrangi Dubey (General Secretary, NER Workers Union), Visheshwar Rai (State President, BMS), and others. The rally was presided over by Servesh Pandey.