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North Central Railway

Headquarter

Public Relations

Prayagraj

No. 11PR/05/2020Press ReleaseDate: 30.07.20

In mission mode North Central Railway completed short term improvement works in identified Goods sheds

Despite Covid-19 situation Loading and Average speed of freight trains in upswing o­n North Central Railway

North Central Railway has identified goods sheds over its three divisions for short term and long term improvements in infrastructure related to loading and user amenities. Working in mission mode North Central Railway has completed identified short term improvement works in record time of 15 days and continue to work o­n major improvement works under the overall objective to double the freight loading by 2024. In the immediate input category works like repair to wharf and road connectivity, repair to labourers and merchant rooms, provision of drinking water facilities, repairs to covered shed and loading/unloading platforms, improvement in general cleanliness, removal of vegetation and unwanted materials, improvement in lightings and other electrical fittings in goods sheds and associated service buildings , provision of high mast lighting and other light fittings for improved illumination have been completed in important goods sheds of North Central Railway .

Under this initiative, Prayagraj division has improved goods sheds of Chunar, Mirzapur, Prayagraj Chheoki/Naini, Kanpur Central, Panki Dham, Etwah, Mainpuri, Sikohabad, Firozabad and Aligarh; Jhansi Division has undertaken improvement works in Rayaru, Datia and Bhimsen goods sheds while Agra division has completed short term improvement works in Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Kuberpur and Yamuna Bridge goods sheds.

Completed works in 17 goods sheds over North Central Railway will not o­nly facilitate ease of loading in these goods sheds through serviceable loading infrastructure but will also help in ease of doing business for our valued freight customers through improved user amenities in labourers andmerchant rooms and goods sheds offices.

Under the dynamic leadership of General Manager North Central and Northern Railway Shri Rajiv Chaudhry and continuous monitoring of concerned PHODs and Divisional Railway Managers duly supported with many initiatives including formation of Business Development Units , improvement to goods sheds etc. loading and average speed of freight trainshave been in upswing o­n North Central Railway. Despite o­ngoing Covid-19 crisis , North Central Railway as o­n 29.07.20 has loaded 45.1 lakhs tonnes freight in 2020-21 against loading of 52.2 lakhs tonnes in the corresponding period of last financial year. Freight revenue as o­n 29.07.20 of Rs 484.42 Crores earned by North Central Railway in current financial year is already up by Rs 30.17 Crores over freight earning of Rs 454.25 Crores in last financial year. Un-deterred by Corona epidemic North Central Railway is striving not o­nly to touch the last year freight loading volume but to surpass it within next o­ne month time. Bringing efficiency to operations, freight train average speed have increased substantially over NCR and goods trains clocked average speed of 47 km/hr in July maintaining overall average speed of 43 Km/hr in April- July, 2020 thus registering more than 80% improvement over average speed of 23.48 Km/hr in the same period of last financial year.

North Central Railway

Headquarter

Public Relations

Prayagraj

No. 11PR/05/2020Press ReleaseDate: 21.07.20

Safety,new opportunities in freight loading, punctuality, infrastructure and Covid-19 related items reviewed o­n North Central Railway

General Manager North Central and Northern Railway Sri Rajiv Chaudhry urgedto remain focused in fight against Covid-19

On 21.07.20, General Manger Sri Rajiv Chaudhry reviewed position of safety, new opportunities in freight loading, punctuality, infrastructure and Covid-19 related items through video conferencing with PHODs of North Central Railway and Divisional Railway Managers Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra.

North Central Railway has introduced many technologically advanced systems for safe and efficient train operations. Reviewing safety related items General Manager Sri Rajiv Chaudhry stressed o­n need of proper training and hands-on experience for frontline staff entrusted to operate these systems. GM also emphasized o­n proper monitoring of quality of spares and components being used in maintenance of rolling stock and other assets to improve reliability and safety in train operations.

Newly formed business development units o­n North Central Railway have identified new opportunities in freight loading like 40 rakes Maize traffic from Etah to Dardshana/Rohanpur, 10 rakes stone chips traffic from Manda, additional container traffic from Inland Container Depot(ICD) Dardri, container traffic from Hind terminal Govindpuri, utilizing Udimore station as extension of goods sheds Etwah, station to station(STS) freight incentive for additional traffic from Datia, Dabra,Lalitpur and Rayaru for ITC Bhopal etc. while NCR has already tapped loading of 6.5 rakes of pulses from Kanpur Logistics park Panki and started using Malwan station for loading and unloading of Rock phosphate and fertilizer rakes. Discussing loading performance, General manager said that, while it is important to improve loading related infrastructure however our effort should be to tap available loading potential immediately through available means and by devising innovative alternatives.

On the front of punctuality North Central Railway is maintaining excellent punctuality of 98% plus in July-2020 and has achieved 100% punctuality o­n 06 days i.e. 1^st,4^th,7^th,11^th, 12^th and 15^th of July.

Reviewing Covid-19 related items, General Manager Sri Rajiv Chaudhry urged to remain focused in this battle against Corona Virus and stressed o­n importance of self-discipline and proper social behavior by each and every member of Railway Fraternity. North Central Railway has been continuing its endeavor against the pandemic through various efforts. 100 bedsCovid-19 level o­ne facilities set up at CentralHospital Prayagraj and Railway hospital Jhansi have already started augmenting state government resources in treating Covid-19 infected persons. In the Level o­ne Covid care facility at Central Hospital Prayagraj 81 Covid positive patients have been admitted so far of which 05 have been referred to other hospitals and 04 persons have been discharged after successful treatment. Similarly Covid level o­ne facility at Railway hospital Jhansi also started receiving Covid-19 positive patients from 20.07.20 and currently treating 05 Covid-19 patients.