KHURDA ROAD JN

●        ECoR General Manager inspected Baghuapal-Budhapank Railway Section.

●        Reviewed facilities and traffic & infra related issues.

East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager, Shri Manoj Sharma, inspected the Baghuapal-Budhapank Railway Section of the Angul-Sukinda Rail Line project today. Also present during the inspection were senior officials from ECoR headquarters and Divisional Railway Manager Shri Rinkesh Roy, Khurda Road Division, as well as officials from Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL).

During the inspection, Shri Sharma reviewed the facilities and related infrastructure works and advised officials to take necessary steps to ensure that train traffic is not hampered. It is worth noting that the 92.825 km long Broad Gauge Single Electrified Railway Line section between Budhapankh Station in Angul District and Baghuapala Station near Sukinda in Jajpur District under Khurda Road Railway Division of ECoR has recently been authorized for the operation of goods traffic.

The Angul-Sukinda Railway Ltd. (ASRL) is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) incorporated o­n February 20, 2009, by the Ministry of Railways through RVNL for the construction and maintenance of the Broad Gauge Single Railway Line between Budhapank Station (Angul) and Baghuapala Station (Sukinda). The new rail-line provides a direct link between iron-ore rich areas of Odisha (Joda-Barbil) to steel and sponge iron industries in Angul region. It also offers a shorter and congestion-free alternative route between the coal mining belt of Talcher to coal-based thermal power plants in Kalinganagar Industrial areas. This will also be in close proximity to the Steel Plants in Angul region, NALCO, and a cluster of industries located in Kalinganagar areas of Odisha. Dispatch of finished products of steel plants from Kalinganagar complex to destinations in Mumbai and Delhi via Talcher-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda will also be shorter and cheaper via the new alignment as compared with the route via Kharagpur.

The project is being funded through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model as envisaged in the Concession Agreement signed between the Ministry of Railways and ASRL o­n May 14, 2010. The funding pattern for this project was through equity-participation from Stakeholders and debt raised from the market.

●          ECoR leads in scrap disposal to safeguard environment.

●          Earned Rs. 215 Crore revenue till now in this fiscal.

East Coast Railway has surpassed its Scrap Disposal Target set by the Railway Board before end of the current financial year. ECoR puts all out efforts in making the entire zone as Scrap free and environment friendly. General Manager EcoR Shri Manoj Sharma appreciated and congratulated the entire team involved in Scrap Disposal System.

Before couple of days of the end of this financial year, East Coast Railway has earned more than Rupees 215.75 Crores revenue from Scrap disposal as against the target of Rupees 215 Crores fixed by Railway Board. From this, Waltair Division has earned Rupees 79.1 Crores, Khurda Road Division has earned Rupees 58.21 Crores, Sambalpur 51.93 Crores, Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop 22.19 Crores.

During this fiscal, ECoR has conducted 174 e-Auctions in its jurisdiction that includes all its Divisions at Waltair, Khurda Road, Sambalpur along with Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop and sending materials to Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) for recycle and convert into other materials. 18 more e-Auctions have been planned to be conducted till the end of the financial year.

Scrap is generated in any industrial activity involving machinery, tools and other assets. After completion of the life of these assets, these are to be replaced for better performance and safety. Scrap should be disposed of timely so that it can be recycled to convert it into other usable forms. This also helps in making environment cleaner and hygienic.

            East Coast Railway has taken proactive steps for timely scrap disposal. Activity of Scrap Disposal is being done through through e-Auction which is completely o­nline at ECoR. Stores Department of East Coast Railway is doing e-Auction through its dedicated IREPS (Indian Railways E-Procurement System) portal since 2013, which is a transparent process for disposal of scrap material and this gives equal opportunity to all the bidders in a transparent manner, free from any manual intervention. More than 4000 vendors are already registered in the portal.

            In the process of e-Auction, lots are published o­nline o­n IREPS platform and bidders are allowed to bid o­nline. If the highest bid received, is higher than the pre fixed Reserve Price then the bid is accepted by the system and the lot is declared as sold to the participant. The complete process is o­nline, without any manual intervention.

●        ECoR General Manager inspected Baghuapal-Budhapank Railway Section.

●        Reviewed facilities and traffic & infra related issues.

East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager, Shri Manoj Sharma, inspected the Baghuapal-Budhapank Railway Section of the Angul-Sukinda Rail Line project today. Also present during the inspection were senior officials from ECoR headquarters and Divisional Railway Manager Shri Rinkesh Roy, Khurda Road Division, as well as officials from Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL).

During the inspection, Shri Sharma reviewed the facilities and related infrastructure works and advised officials to take necessary steps to ensure that train traffic is not hampered. It is worth noting that the 92.825 km long Broad Gauge Single Electrified Railway Line section between Budhapankh Station in Angul District and Baghuapala Station near Sukinda in Jajpur District under Khurda Road Railway Division of ECoR has recently been authorized for the operation of goods traffic.

The Angul-Sukinda Railway Ltd. (ASRL) is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) incorporated o­n February 20, 2009, by the Ministry of Railways through RVNL for the construction and maintenance of the Broad Gauge Single Railway Line between Budhapank Station (Angul) and Baghuapala Station (Sukinda). The new rail-line provides a direct link between iron-ore rich areas of Odisha (Joda-Barbil) to steel and sponge iron industries in Angul region. It also offers a shorter and congestion-free alternative route between the coal mining belt of Talcher to coal-based thermal power plants in Kalinganagar Industrial areas. This will also be in close proximity to the Steel Plants in Angul region, NALCO, and a cluster of industries located in Kalinganagar areas of Odisha. Dispatch of finished products of steel plants from Kalinganagar complex to destinations in Mumbai and Delhi via Talcher-Sambalpur-Jharsuguda will also be shorter and cheaper via the new alignment as compared with the route via Kharagpur.

The project is being funded through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model as envisaged in the Concession Agreement signed between the Ministry of Railways and ASRL o­n May 14, 2010. The funding pattern for this project was through equity-participation from Stakeholders and debt raised from the market.

●          ECoR leads in scrap disposal to safeguard environment.

●          Earned Rs. 215 Crore revenue till now in this fiscal.

East Coast Railway has surpassed its Scrap Disposal Target set by the Railway Board before end of the current financial year. ECoR puts all out efforts in making the entire zone as Scrap free and environment friendly. General Manager EcoR Shri Manoj Sharma appreciated and congratulated the entire team involved in Scrap Disposal System.

Before couple of days of the end of this financial year, East Coast Railway has earned more than Rupees 215.75 Crores revenue from Scrap disposal as against the target of Rupees 215 Crores fixed by Railway Board. From this, Waltair Division has earned Rupees 79.1 Crores, Khurda Road Division has earned Rupees 58.21 Crores, Sambalpur 51.93 Crores, Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop 22.19 Crores.

During this fiscal, ECoR has conducted 174 e-Auctions in its jurisdiction that includes all its Divisions at Waltair, Khurda Road, Sambalpur along with Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop and sending materials to Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) for recycle and convert into other materials. 18 more e-Auctions have been planned to be conducted till the end of the financial year.

Scrap is generated in any industrial activity involving machinery, tools and other assets. After completion of the life of these assets, these are to be replaced for better performance and safety. Scrap should be disposed of timely so that it can be recycled to convert it into other usable forms. This also helps in making environment cleaner and hygienic.

            East Coast Railway has taken proactive steps for timely scrap disposal. Activity of Scrap Disposal is being done through through e-Auction which is completely o­nline at ECoR. Stores Department of East Coast Railway is doing e-Auction through its dedicated IREPS (Indian Railways E-Procurement System) portal since 2013, which is a transparent process for disposal of scrap material and this gives equal opportunity to all the bidders in a transparent manner, free from any manual intervention. More than 4000 vendors are already registered in the portal.

            In the process of e-Auction, lots are published o­nline o­n IREPS platform and bidders are allowed to bid o­nline. If the highest bid received, is higher than the pre fixed Reserve Price then the bid is accepted by the system and the lot is declared as sold to the participant. The complete process is o­nline, without any manual intervention.