1 Trains from (DBA)DABRA to (PTA)PATIALA

*ShriSatish Kumar takes over the charge of General Manager North Central Railway*

Providing facilities to Passenger and work for continuous improvement in passenger travel experience and capacity augmentation for quantum jump in handling traffic should be our priority: Satish Kumar

ShriSatish Kumar took over the charge of General Manager/ North Central Railway. Today o­n his arrival at Prayagraj o­n date-08.11.2022, ShriSatish Kumar addressed the meeting of officers at NCR headquarter office. All PHODs, senior officers of NCR were present in the meeting and DRMs of all the three divisions along with branch officers joined through video conferencing.

ShriSatish Kumar is B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from MNIT Jaipur and holds PG Diploma in Operation Management and PGCCL (Cyber Law) from IGNOU.

He is from 1986 batch of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers. He joined Railways in March, 1988 and has a rich experience of 34 years of working o­n Indian Railways.

He worked o­n Jhansi Division of erstwhile Central Railway and BLW (Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi), NER, Gorkahpur, Patiala Locomotive Works. He was trained in Total Quality Management, under UNDP programme in 1996 and handled many project in his career. He has made special contribution in improvement of Fog Safe Device which has proven to be very instrumental in safe train operations during Foggy period,

He also worked as Divisional Railway Manager, Lucknow Division o­n Northern Railway from April,2017 to April,2019. A large nos. of infrastructural works were accomplished during his tenure as DRM/Lucknow. His works during Kumbh, 2019 was also appreciated by all levels which was a mammoth task and was successfully accomplished by his Lucknow Division team.

Before joining GM/NCR, he worked as Senior Dy. General Manager& Chief Vigilance Officer o­n North Western Railway Jaipur.

During the meeting while addressing the officer he said that his priorities will be providing facilities to passenger and work for continuous improvement in passenger travel experience and capacity augmentation for quantum jump in handling traffic.

As the first half of financial year ends, NCR registers 12.24% growth in originating freight loading

In the month of September 2022, NCR registered freight loading of 1.63 million tonnes which is an improvement of 2.52% over same period last year.

NCR earned Rs. 1011.25 Croresof revenue through originating freight loading in the first half of 2022-23

As compared to the previous year, +13.40%growth in originating freight revenue registered

Parcel traffic shows an increase of 42.88%

“Need to sustain the momentum throughout the financial year”: GM NCR

Today General Manager NCR conducted the weekly safety and punctuality meeting today at NCR Headquarter. The meeting was attended by all the PHODs at the NCR headquarter office while DRMs/ADRMs along with senior divisional officers joined through video conference.

During the meeting it was informed that, as the first half of economy ends, North Central Railway (NCR) registered 12.24% growth in originating freight loading. NCR loaded 9.90 million tonnes of cargo during April-September 2022 surpassing previous year loading. Freight loading of 8.82 million tonnes was achieved in the corresponding period of previous year.

1.63 MT of loading was achieved in the month of September 2022 which is an improvement of 2.52% over same period last year . Originating freight revenue during these six months comes to be Rs 1011.25 crores, which is 13.40 % more than the originating freight earning of 891.72 crores in the first six months of previous financial year.

NCR, which spans through the states of UP, MP, Rajasthan and Haryana, is an important constituent of Indian Railways and contributes in loading of containers from Dadri, Kanpur, Agra and Malanpur; fertilizers from Panki near Kanpur; cement from Parichha (near Jhansi) and Chunar; Petroleum Oil Lubricants from BAD refinery Mathura, HPTR near Kanpur and BPCL Panki; foodgrain loading from various places like Etah, Kanpur, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Shankargarh and Lalitpur of Uttar Pradesh and Tikamgarh, Datia, Dabra and Newari of Madhya Pradesh among other locations.

All the commodities have shown a surge in the loading except cement & fertilizers which registers a slight dip as compared to the previous year.

In addition to it, parcel traffic also registers a significant surge as compared to the previous year. Rs 15.66 crores of total parcel earnings have been achieved by NCR during the first half of the year against earnings of Rs. 10.96 crore for same period last year, which is a growth of 42.88%.

While analysing the loading figures of the zone, General Manager Shri Pramod Kumar congratulated the officers for the overall loading performance but expressed concerns over the dip in cement & fertilizer loading. He instructed the officers to put all efforts to pull these two commodities and sustain the momentum throughout the remaining year so that the target set by the Railway Board could be surpassed. GM instructed the DRMs of the three divisions and concerned officers of headquarter to conduct regular freight customer meets and facilitate merchants to use Railway as a preferred mode of transport. “Achievements are laudable, but we have to work harder to sustain the momentum and surpass the targets set by the Railway Board”, said the GM.