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UP AND DOWN MAIN LINES DECLARED FIT FOT NORMAL TRAIN MOVEMENT

RESTORATION WORK COMPLETED AT THEDERAILMENT SITE

NEAR BALASORE

Kolkata, 5^thJune, 2023: 

Train no. 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandal Express and Train no. 12864 Sir M Visvesvaraya-Howrah Superfast Express got derailed near Bahanaga Bazar Railway station at around 18.55 hrs o­n 02.06.2023. Train service of SER was affected due to this derailment.

The restoration work was completed with continuous monitoring by Hon’ble Minister for Railways and both up & down lines were declared fit. The first train was run o­n Down Line at 22.40hrs o­n 04.06.2023 and the first train was run o­n Up line at 00.05 hrs o­n 05.06.2023. Normal traffic movement has resumed o­n both the lines.

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Shri K. Raveen Kumar Reddy assumed charge as Principal Chief Commercial Manager (PCCM), South Central Railway today i.e., 05^thApril, 2023 at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. He belongs to Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) of 1988 batch. Prior to the present assignment he worked as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Systems, South Central Railway.

During his tenure as CAO, Systems, he was instrumental in creating 100% Disaster Recovery (DR) tier III centre for all passenger, freight, rolling stock, coaching, track maintenance, Human Resource Management Systems, MIS & ERP systems o­n Indian Railways network with full redundancy and latest technology in co-ordination with Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) and other agencies.

Earlier, he worked as Divisional Railway Manager, Kharagpur Division, South Eastern Railway. o­n South Central Railway, he has worked in various capacities earlier including Chief Commercial Manager (Passenger Services) and Chief Freight Transportation Manager. He has worked as Chief Commercial Manager, Passenger Services in Central Railway. Shri Raveen K. Reddy has also held several key posts o­n deputation in both Government of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States and has completed three decades of service.

During his stint as Divisional Railway Manager, Kharagpur Division where world’s biggest Distributed Electronic Interlocking of 800 routes at Kharagpur Junction during his tenure as well as World Class Station Complexes of Santragachi and Shalimar. While working as Director Fuel Management & Strategic Planning, he planned for Bhadradri and Yadadri 6000 MW Ultra Mega Power Plants clearances, EAC approvals, Railway sidings, as well as Thadicherla OCP 1 dedicated Coal Mine Approval and MDO commissioning. He was CFTM/SCR and achieved Railway Board Operating Shield for Highest Incremental loading of 116.8 million Tonnes in 2015.

Shri Raveen Kumar Reddy has varied experience as Policy maker and Administrator in the areas of Railway Operations and Infrastructure Planning, Energy and Power Generation, DistriParks & Free trade warehousing zones, Suburban Mass Rapid Transport, Shipping and Ports, Commerce and Export promotion. He underwent several academic and professional training programmes at India and Abroad