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www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2020-09-24
दक्षिण पश्चिम रेलवे/ SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY प्रेस विज्ञप्ति/ Press Release No. 229 Dt: 23.09.2020 FIRST EVER EXPORT CONSIGNMENT DEALT BY SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY South Western Railway achieved another mile stone in goods loading on 21.09.2020 by dispatching 100 Cars (SUVs) of M/S KIA motors for export to Nepal. The cars loaded in a train comprising 25 NMG (New Modified Goods) wagons left Penukonda Station, Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh, on 21.09.2020. The train will reach Nautanwa Railway Station,Uttar Pradesh located near Nepal Border in the State of Uttar Pradesh. This is the first export consignment of automobiles being dispatched by train by Bengaluru Division and also South Western Railway. The cars were loaded by M/s. TCI Supply Chain solutions, a Logistics company handling integrated multimodal and supply chains. Bengaluru Division which was mainly transporting raw materials and essential commodities took to loading of automobiles for the first time when it transported 175 tractors from Doddaballapur Railway Station to Phuleria in Rajasthan on 29.04.2020. With railways becoming the preferred mode for transportation, this is the 6th NMG rake loaded with automobiles by the Division during September, 2020. This automobile loading in NMG rakes was nearly Nil last year. With extensive marketing efforts of recently constituted Business Development Units, Railways is capturing new streams of traffic. In this financial year 2020-21, every month at a steady rate of 10 rakes per month, consisting of loading of cars is being done from Penukonda, from Anantpur plnt of M/s. KIA motors. Shri A.K. Singh, General Manager, South Western Railway said that Railways in partnership with M/s. KIA is contributing to the revival of economy, that is affected adversely by COVID-19 Chief Public Relations Officer
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www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in- 2020-06-17
503 Coaches are deployed in Delhi at 9 Locations Indian Railways, as its contribution to national cause, has converted Railway Coaches into COVID Care Centres Doctors and paramedics are to be provided by State Governments as per Standard Operating Procedures issued by MOHFW on 6th May 2020 Railways to deploy 2 liaison officers for each location of coaches to assist State Government officials All efforts are being made to maintain comfortable temperature inside the coaches in the given weather conditions Railways to assist State Government in all possible manners to help in care of Covid patients Sustaining the fight against Covid-19, Indian Railways is making an all out effort to supplement the health care efforts of State Governments. Indian Railways has geared up to provide its 5231 Covid Care Coaches to the States. Zonal Railways have converted these coaches as COVID Care Centres to be used for very mild / mild cases. As of now, Indian Railways has deployed total 960 COVID Care coaches in 5 states i.e. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Andhara Pradesh, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh. Out of total 960 COVID Care coaches, 503 COVID Care coaches have been deployed in Delhi, 20 in Andhra Pradesh, 60 in Telangana, 372 in Uttar Pradesh and 5 in Madhya Pradesh. In Delhi, 503 COVID Care coaches are deployed at 9 locations. 50 COVID Care coaches are deployed at Shakurbasti, 267 at Anand Vihar, 21 at Delhi Safdarjung, 50 at Delhi Sarai Rohilla, 33 at Delhi Cant, 30 at Adarsh Nagar, 13 at Delhi Shahadra, 13 at Tughlakabad and 26 at Patel Nagar. In Uttar Pradesh, total 372 COVID Care coaches have been deployed at 23 different locations i.e. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn., Lucknow, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Faizabad, Saharanpur, Mirzapur, Subedarganj, Kanpur, Jhansi, Jhansi Workshop, Agra, Nakha Jungle, Gonda, Nautanwa, Bahraich, Varanasi City, Manduadih, Mau, Bhatni, Bareilly City, Farrukhabad and Kasganj. In Madhya Pradesh, total 5 COVID Care coaches are deployed at Gwalior. In Andhra Pradesh, total 20 COVID Care coaches are deployed at Vijayawada while in Telangana, a total of 60 COVID Care coaches are deployed at 3 different locations i.e. Secunderabad, Kachguda and Adilabad. As per guidelines of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) Government of India, these State Governments have sent the requisition to Indian Railways and Railways have allocated these coaches to the State/UTs. It is worth mentioning that Indian Railways is working as Service Provider of Coaches as COVID Care Centres as its contribution to national cause. Doctors and paramedics are to be provided by State Governments. This is as per MOHFW guidelines issued on 6th May 2020. Railways will deploy 2 liaison officers for each location of coaches to assist State Government officials. All efforts are being made to reduce the heat in the coaches in the given weather conditions. Railways to assist State Government in all possible manners to help in care of Covid patients. It may be noted that these Coaches can be used for very mild cases that can be clinically assigned to the Covid Care centers as per guidelines issued by MoHFW. These coaches can be used in areas where State has exhausted the facilities and needs to augment capacities for isolation of both suspect and confirmed Covid cases. These facilities are part of the integrated COVID plan developed by MoHFW and NITI Ayog. ***** PIB Courtesy (B.Guganesan) Chief Public Relations Officer
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