Five Railway Engineers Territorial Army Regiments to be disbanded nationwide

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: After years of consideration, the Ministry of Railway has now determined to hold on the disbandment of the 5 Railway Engineers Territorial Army Regiments, that are presently situated at Jhansi, Kota, Adra, Chandigarh and Secunderabad.

According to an official assertion issued on Monday, the Railway Engineer Regiment (TA), situated at Jabalpur can be retained for the operational position alongside the route New Jalpaiguri-Siliguri-Newmal-Alipurduar-Rangiya.

ADG PR Railway Rajiv Jain stated {that a} Committee of three govt administrators and a principal govt director was constituted within the Ministry of Railways to overview the prevailing Functional Establishment of six Railway Engineers Territorial Army Regiments (RETAR), situated at Jamalpur, Jhansi, Kota, Adra, Chandigarh and Secunderabad. “After the Committee re-assessed the operational requirements of Railway TA Regiments, the railway acting on the recommendations of the Committee and with the concurrence of the Ministry of Defence and Directorate General of Territorial Army has decided the disbandment of five RETARs”, Jain stated in a press release.

Jain stated that the retention of 1 Railway Engineer Regiment (TA), which is situated at Jamalpur, will proceed for the operational position alongside the route New Jalpaiguri-Siliguri-Newmal-Alipurduar-Rangiya (361Kms) to cowl the vital rail hyperlink via Siliguri hall and additional as much as Rangiya as proposed by Ministry of Defence. He additional detailed that the disbandment course of is to be accomplished by Directorate General Territorial Army throughout the length of 9 months from the date of difficulty of the Ministry of Railways letter, dated 03.06.2022.

“The modalities for the same are to be worked out by DGTA in consultation with Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Defence”, Jain stated.