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A crazy pilot who hastened to take his pregnant wife to a childbirth pain to the hospital was denied by the southern railway.
According to the railway sources, on the night of April 8, Bibin Joseph was handling a train of goods to Mangaluru in the Palghat division when he backed away a SOS of his pregnant wife that he had developed work pain. However, he continued running the train for approximately three hours until he reached the destination and completed his duty.
After delivering the locomotive to the interested authorities, he informed the crew controller on the condition of his wife and a license application. Since he was on service, his mobile was in interruption mode. It was only at a scheduled stop that realized that his wife was trying to reach it as an event, the sources said.
Mr. Joseph took the following train to his hometown in Kerala, about 390 km away. His wife was admitted to a private hospital where he gave birth to a baby the next morning.
While celebrating the new incorporation into his family, Mr. Joseph received a message that he was being absent from the service. No reason was cited about why his license was rejected, sources said.
The absence of duty would not only mean the loss of salary, but would also make the employee be subject to a serious disciplinary action that impacts his professional perspectives, the sources said.
The All India Crazy Running Personnel Association has condemned the rejection of the permission to Mr. Joseph and blamed the main traffic controller, Mangaluru, for the same.
Looking for the intervention of the general manager of the South Railroad, the association said there was no justification for the denial of the license, which was a legitimate privilege of employees, even more, when a family member requested immigration.
Knowing well the circumstances under which the Loco pilot had requested a license, the officials rejected his statement and marked him absent from the service from April 9, to date, the association said.
The South Railroad spokesman could not be contacted to comment on this issue.
Published – April 12, 2025 07:47 am isth
