New Delhi: Loco pilots and assistant loco pilots have expressed their concerns over using the Call Detail Record (CDR) analysis application. They alleged that the Railways does not have any concrete mechanism to keep strict check on data safety of Closed User Group (CUG) phones CDR.
The loco drivers said the Railways already keeps monitoring CUG phone use during duty hours by manual verification of compliance through physical inspections, and post-duty cross-checking of call records.
Expressing his views on the issue, Sanjay Pandhi, working president of the Indian Railway Loco Runningmen Organisation, told ETV Bharat, "First of all the Railways should have trust in its employees and only then it will progress. As per norms, loco pilots have to switch off their mobile phones on-duty rather than giving CUG numbers to us and implementing CDR analysis. It is better that the authorities take back these CUG numbers from us."
“In locomotives, there are already two other modes of communication available, Magnetophone and Walkie Talkie, to contact train guards and officials. If we keep our CUG phone off during the duty hours then it is better that the Railways takes it back from us,” Pandhi said.
Speaking on CDR issue, Ram Sharan, central president of All India Loco Running Staff Association, told ETV Bharat, “The Railways has already installed CCTV cameras in several locomotives to keep watch on drivers. What is the purpose of implementing the CDR system?”
“The Railways has only provided us CUG SIM, however, we have to use it in our own mobile phones. A few years ago, the staff had resisted using this SIM in their personal mobiles but they were forced to use it,” Sharan said.