5 Trains from (PC)PACHORA JN to (NYN)NAINI

Annual Conference of Operations department of Central Railway conducted today 24/05/23

Shri Naresh Lalwani, General Manager, Central Railway addressed the Senior Divisional Operations Manager’s Annual Conference at Mumbai HQ o­n 24.5.2023.

Shri Alok Singh, Additional General Manager and Shri Mukul Jain, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Central Railway were also present. The conference was attended by Heads of Coaching section, Planning section and Goods section of Operations Department of Central Railway and Operations Department Heads of Mumbai, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Pune and Solapur Divisions.

The targets and achievements of upcoming year 2023-24 have been discussed in conference as follows-

1) Goods loading-

In year 2021-22- 76.16 million tonne (MT) goods loading achieved by CR.

In year 2022-23- 81.88 million tonne goods loading achieved by CR.

In year 2023-24- 90.05 million tonne target of goods loading has been set by CR.

2) Coal loading -

Out of above total loading, coal is highest commodity loading.

In 2021-22- 39.52 MT loading done.

In 22-23- 37.17 MT loading done.

In 23-24- target of 40.95 MT coal loading has been set.

3) Cement loading-

In 22-23- 7.48 MT loading achieved.

In 23-24- target of 8.8 MT is set.

Major plants of Cement loading are- ACC/Wadi/Solapur, ACC/Ghuggus/Nagpur, Ultratech cement/Hotgi/Solapur, Orient cement/Bhadli/Bhusawal.

4) New infrastructures lines completed-

-Bhusawal-Jalgaon new 3rd line & 4th line of 24.13 km completed in year 2022-23.

-Jalgaon-Pachora new 3rd line of 47.59 km completed in year 2022-23.

5) New infrastructure lines under progress-

-Nagpur-Wardha 3rd& 4th line

-Bhusawal-khandwa 3rd & 4th line

-3rd line in Nagpur-Etarasi, Bhusawal-Wardha, Jalgaon-Manmad.

6) Parcel loading hubs-

Bhiwandi, Jalgaon, Ajni/Nagpur have been developed as major parcel loading points.

In 2022-23- 312 parcel train loaded with 764759 tonnage and 45.86 Crores revenue earning.

7) Improvement of goods sheds under progress-

It will be completed in this 2023-24 year. Circulating area, lighting, approach road, labour room, merchant room etc will be renewed.

-Mumbai division- Kalamboli

-Bhusawal division- Kasbe Sukane, Borgaon, Khamgaon, Savda, Burhanpur, Nandgaon

-Nagpur- Tadali, Ballarshah, Kalmeshwar, maramjhiri.

-Pune- Nira, Loni,

-Solapur- Vilad, Ahmednagar, Belapur, Daund, Arag.

8) Daily goods train interchange-

In 2021-22- 317 goods trains taken over/handed over daily by CR with other railway zones.

In 22-23- 336 goods train interchange daily by CR. It's 18.4% increase capacity handling.

9) Infrastructural works completed to increase mail express and goods train mobility-

-Electrification completed at Roha yard, Gurumarket yard/Pune div, Solapur yard, Barshi yard/Solapur yard, Bale yard/solapur div.

-OHE Overhead wire new substations completed at- Karad/Pune div, Ausa/Solapur div, Gaudgaon/Solapur div, Nagothane/Mumbai div.

10) Critical bottleneck infrastructure works completed in year 2022-23-

-Daund- Gulbarga doubling

-Wardha- Chitoda 2nd cord line

-Khapri-Nagpur-Godhani- 20 km automatic signalling system.

-Kamshet/pune div- loop lines extention.

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Date: May 24, 2023

PR No.2023/05/25

This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.

Shri Kaushal Kishore has taken over charge as Additional General Manager (AGM) of Southern Railway, today 15^th March 2023, vice Shri Gautam Dutta, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, who was holding additional charge as AGM after the posting of Shri B.G.Mallya as General Manager, ICF in January 2023.

An Officer of 1986 batch of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), Shri Kaushal Kishore graduated with B.Tech degree from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Nainital and completed M.Tech from IIT, Delhi.

In his more than 3 decades of Railway Service, he has worked in several important positions in Indian Railway, including in Metropolitan Projects, Mumbai, Nagpur and Bhusawal Division of Central Railway, as well as RDSO, Lucknow.

He has also been the Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Kota and the Divisional Railway Manager of Raipur, Nagpur and Bilaspur of South East Central Railway.

While working as Chief Bridge Engineer and Chief Project Director, Bridge works o­n South Western Railway, he was instrumental in replacing girders of important bridge o­n Tungabhadra river during Covid-19 period, terming the mass work as “No Lockdown for Bridge works”

Before joining as Additional General Manager, Southern Railway, he was working as Chief Administrative Officer, Construction, North Frontier Railway. During his stint as Chief Administrative Officer, Construction, North Frontier Railway, he has headed construction projects of Capital Connectivity of Meghalaya and Tripura doubling and new line and several important projects including commissioning of the doubling between New Bongaigaon and Bijni at maximum sectional speed of 110 kmph. He headed the international project of Agartala-Akhaura new BG line connecting India and Bangladesh and participated in project coordination meeting at Dhaka in 2021. The strategically important New Line project between Murkongselek and Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh got a fillip during his tenure.

Shri Kaushal Kishore has rich experience of 35 years in Indian Railway and has attended several training programs abroad in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and Italy.  

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