SHAM CHAURASI

North Central Railway

Headquarter

Public Relations

Prayagraj

No. 11PR/01/2021           Press ReleaseDate: 13.01.2021

Hon’ble MR Shri Piyush Goyal Reviewed performance of NCR and other Zonal Railways and PUs

Safety, Punctuality, freight loading, revenue, expenditure control, key infrastructure projects, HR management and efficiency enhancement measures reviewed

Hon’ble MR Shri Piyush Goyal with Shri Suneet Shrama, CRB and CEO Railway Board and other Members of Railway Boards reviewed performance of Zonal Railways and Production Units in Safety, Punctuality, freight loading, revenue, expenditure control, key infrastructure projects, HR management and efficiency enhancement etc. General Manger North Central and North Eastern Railway Shri Vinay Kumar Tripathi, AGM NCR Shri Ranjan Yadav, PHODs of NCR and DRMs from Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra division participated in this review meeting held through video conferencing.

At the outset, CRB & CEO Shri Suneet Sharma said that safety is our first and foremost concern and we have to remained focused to safety in train operations. He specially discussed about the proper implementation of cold weather precautions and all due care should be ensured. He also discussed about elimination of manned level crossings and said if ROB/RUB has been constructed then closure of LC must be done expeditiously.He congratulated zonal railways for improved freight loading performance in December-2020 and impressed upon zones and divisions to keep this momentum going in the last quarter of current financial year. He laid special emphasis o­n Removal of Permanent Speed Restrictions (PSRs) and also relaxing PSRs. He also emphasized o­n electrification of sidings and yard so as to streamline shunting movements. He impressed upon the implementation of speed raising works o­n Golden quadrilateral and Golden Diagonal routes and said these works should be speeded up. He also discussed about the speeding up of other routes to 130 KMPH. He also discussed about punctuality in train operations and advised that capturing of data should be automatic by integrating Datalogger with COA. While discussing about the human resource, Shri Sharma said this is the most important asset and employees motivation should be of utmost importance to us. All the files related to staff matters should be dealt as if those our own files and he also appreciated efforts of Railways in implementation of various modules of HRMS.

While addressing the meeting Hon’ble MR Shri Piyush Goyal greeted everybody for the ensuing festivals of Lohri/Makar Sanranti,/Onam/Pongal. Shri Goyal praised the loading performance of previousquarter and asked to continue the performance in last quarter of financial year as well. He said we are a vibrant organisation and our deeds should send positive message to the nation. He specially applauded the 6 zones including North Central Railway for surpassing the last year loading performance by 6.5%. He also congratulated the 37 divisions who have crossed the last year loading. He emphasized upon not o­nly increasing the revenue but also controlling the operating expenses.

On the front of freight loading, North Central Railway has achieved many important milestones in December-2020. During the month, originating freight loading of has been ever best in a month i.e. 16.6 lakh tonnes and so far, total 118.2 Lakhs tonnes freight has been loaded in current financial year.With positive loading performance even duringCovid crisis, NCR has surpassed last year loading of 112 Lakhs tonnes freight loaded till December . NCR has substantially improved its food grain loading by more than 82% in comparison to last year, thus not o­nly ensuring the supply of essential items but also supporting in agriculture sector.

The inaugural run of the new fully reserved  Superfast Weekly Special Train from Chennai to Kevadiya was  flagged off today 17^th January 2021 from     Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR Chennai Central through video conferencing by Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister from New Delhi in the virtual presence of Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Union Minister for Railways, Commerce & Industries, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Hon’ble Union Minister for External Affairs, other distinguished Ministers and Elected representatives.

At Dr MGR Chennai Central, Shri D.Jayakumar, Honble Minister for Fisheries and Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Govt of Tamil Nadu,                     Shri M.R.Vijayabhaskar, Honble Minister for Transport, Govt of Tami Nadu,        Shri A.Navaneethakrishnan, Honble Member of Parliament, Shri John Thomas, General Manager, Southern Railway, Shri Gopinath Mallya, Addl General Manager, Southern Railway, Shri P.Mahesh, Divisional Railway Manager, Chennai Division, Celebrities and Sportspersons among other invitees, attended the function.

INAUGURAL RUN OF TRAIN NO. 09119 DR. MGR CHENNAI CENTRAL – KEVADIYA SUPERFAST INAUGURAL  SPECIAL TRAIN

With the composition of One- AC 2 Tier, Four- AC 3 Tier Coaches, Seven- Sleeper Class Coaches, Four- General Second Class Coaches, One- Luggage Cum Brake Van and One-Generator cum Power Car, Train No.09119 Dr. MGR Chennai Central – Kevadiya Weekly Superfast Special Train was flagged off during the event and the train will reach Kevadiya at 18.10 hrs tomorrow (Monday)

Stoppages: Renigunta, Cudappah, Guntakal, Raichur, Solapur, Pune, Kalyan, Vasai Road, Surat and Vadodara

In the return direction o­nwards, the train will run to its regular timings as detailed below:-

Regular Service of Train No. 09120/09119 Kevadiya - Dr. MGR Chennai Central - Kevadiya Weekly Superfast  Special Train is as follows:

With a composition of One- AC 2 Tier, Four- AC 3 Tier Coaches, Seven- Sleeper Class Coaches, Four- General Second Class Coaches, One- Luggage Cum Brake Van and One- Generator cum Power Car, Train No. 09120 Kevadiya - Dr. MGR Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Special Train will leave Kevadiya at 09.15 hrs o­n Wednesdays with effect from 20^th January, 2021 and reach Dr. MGR Chennai Central at 16.00 hrs o­n thursdays until further advice

Train No. 09120 Kevadiya - Dr. MGR Chennai Central Superfast Weekly Special Train will have additional stoppage at Perambur

In the return direction, the regular run of Train No.09119 Dr. MGR Chennai Central – Kevadiya Superfast Weekly Special Train will leave Dr. MGR Chennai Central at 22.30 hrs o­n Sundays with effect from 24^th January, 2021 and reach Kevadiya at 03.00 hrs, o­n Tuesdays until further advice.

These trains will have a revised composition of o­ne additional AC 3-Tier instead of o­ne Sleeper Class Coach o­n and from 3^rd March from Kevadiya and o­n and from 7^th March from Chennai.

Advance Reservation for the above trains are open

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