“Welfare” is the main objective of Western Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (WRWWO), and extending humanitarian services to railwaymen and their families is the nucleus of the organization’s activities. WRWWO with its dedicated and devoted team, through its several welfare measures has ensured that railwaymen and their families overcome hardships and continue to serve the nation. Tanuja Kansalas President of WRWWO has been a guiding force for the organization, as well as its activities.
According to Sumit Thakur-Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Rly, the COVID-19 pandemic which has created havoc globally since 2020 has not deterred WRWWO and its members in continuing with various employee welfare outreach programmes. During National festivals like Republic Day and Independence Day, Kansal alongwith the committee members visit the indoor patients at WR’s Jagjivan Ram Hospital (JRH) every year and present them with gift hampers to bring some cheer into their lives. Bedsheets, Steel Vacuum Flasks, Immunity Booster bottles were some of the items that have been distributed to the indoor patients. In appreciation to the noble services rendered by the medical fraternity of JRH, two hot &cold-water dispensers, six water purifiers, 15 induction heaters amounting to over a lakh was distributed to JRH.
