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'Shunted' out, WR motormen continue to draw hefty pay
Updated On: 06 August, 2012 06:44 AM IST | | Vedika Chaubey
Several local train operators, advised alternate tasks because of poor vision, have been assigned shunting duties of moving trains between platforms and yards, but continue to receive their previous salary
Every day, the lives of lakhs of Mumbaikars are at the mercy of local train motormen and their vision. Any blurriness may lead to disaster. So, when in a recent eye test conducted by Western Railway (WR) it was found that out of more than 400 train operators, some were inadequate to handle the job, they were promptly ‘decategorised’ — advised to shift to alternate assignments. However, what is surprising is that they continue to draw fancy salaries, similar to any motorman.u00a0

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