Railway Ministry has initiated disciplinary action against more than 13 thousand employees who are on unauthorised absence for a long time. <br/><br/>Railways have instructed all the officers and supervisors to weed out these employees from the employees' rolls after following due process. <br/><br/>In an official release, the Railways said, the disciplinary action against these employees was initiated under the rules to terminate services of such absentees. <br/><br/>It said, a massive drive to identify long-term absentees in various establishments of Railways has been initiated to improve performance of the organisation and to boost the morale of sincere and diligent employees.