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www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2023-05-25
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. --- --- --- 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. (Shivraj Manaspure) Chief Public Relations Officer 2
www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2022-12-01
Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways, Coal & Mines, Government of India and Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra State flagged off Train No. 07718 Akola – Akot train service oÂn the new broad gauge section through remote video link today i.e., 23rd November, 2022. Smt. Sangeeta Nandkishor Adhau, Hon’ble President, Zilla Parishad, Akola; Hon’ble Members of Legislative Council – Dr. Ranjit Patil & Shri Vasant Khandelwal; Hon’ble Members of Legislative Assembly – Shri Randhir Sawarkar, Shri Prakash Bharsakale and Shri Harish Pimpale were present oÂn the occasion. Shri Amol Mitkari, Hon’ble Member of Legislative Council participated in the program through video conferencing. Shri Upinder Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Nanded Division and other senior Railway officials were also present. Speaking oÂn the occasion, Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve stated that, the Union Government is committed towards the overall development of Maharashtra State and is undertaking several initiatives in this direction. He informed that the new board gauge line between Akola – Akot is completed with an estimated cost of Rs. 626 cr and the gauge conversion works in Akot – Khandwa section are under fast progress. He stated that oÂnce the entire new broad gauge line from Akola to Khandwa is completed, it will provide direct connectivity to important cities in Central and Northern India. Further, Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve stated that the Government has allocated Rs. 11,000 crores for the development of Maharashtra state. He stated that under the leadership of Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister, Indian Railways is being developed oÂn par with International standards. In this direction, it is decided to redevelop 200 Railway stations and operate Vande Bharat train services between various destinations across the Nation. Five Vande Bharat trains have already been flagged off by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, he added. Further, he stated that the Samrudhi Mahamarg (Mumbai – Nagpur Expressway and Bullet train projects), an important project undertaken by the Government will immensely benefit the people of Marathwada, Vidarbha and North Maharashtra region. Addressing the gathering, Shri Devendra Fadnavis stated that the introduction of train services from today in the new Akola – Akot Broad Gauge section marks a major milestone in provision of Rail facilities in the region. He stated that the efforts of Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve helped to start the shuttle train services between Akola – Akot. He stated that oÂnce the entire project is completed, it will provide direct and seamless long-distance rail connectivity for Vidarbha region to Southern, Western and Northern parts of the Country. Further, he also informed that the Central Government is giving 50% share to infrastructure projects, which is facilitating completion of various pending projects. Indian Railways has been converting erstwhile meter gauge sections into uniform broad gauge sections. Accordingly, the Akola – Khandwa Gauge Conversion project has been taken up as part of the Ratlam – Mhow – Khandwa – Akola gauge Conversion project. Salient Features of the Project: Ø Akola - Khandwa project has been initially sanctioned for a distance of 174 Km with an estimated cost of Rs. 2,072 Crore. Ø This project covers Akola & Amravathi Districts in Maharastra States and Burhanpur & Khandwa districts of Madhya Pradesh. Ø The execution of the project is taken up in 3 phases i.e, Akola-Akot (44 kms), Akot-Amlakhurd (77 kms) and Amlakhurd-Khandwa (53 kms). Ø Gauge conversion works viz., laying of non-electrified broad gauge line between Akola - Akot for a distance of nearly 44 kms is completed. | ||||||||||