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Shri Arun Kumar Jain has been promoted and posted as General Manager, South Central Railway, following the orders of Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Government of India today i.e., 07th November, 2022. He belongs to the Indian Railways Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE), 1986 batch of Indian Engineering Services.

On South Central Railway, he worked as General Manager (In-Charge), Additional General Manager, Principal Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer and Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Hyderabad Division. During his tenure as DRM he was instrumental in augmenting passenger facilities at several stations and the division obtained four performance efficiency shields in various spheres including safety, Security and Transformation. He has undergone Management trainings at INSEAD, Singapore; ICLIF, Malaysia; ISB, Hyderabad; SDA Bocconi, Milan, ISB, Mohali.

Shri Arun Jain holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Gorakhpur and a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

He started his career in Indian Railways as Assistant Signal & Telecommunications Engineer and in over three decades of service, he held several important assignments o­n Central, North Central and South Central Railways. He has also worked in Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), where he was responsible for developing advance signalling systems like Digital Axle Counters, Solid State Block, Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS), Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). He has also worked as Chief Vigilance Officer & Group General Manager in RailTel Corporation of India Limited.

During his tenure as General Manager (In-Charge), SCR the zone has achieved a significant milestone of achieving the Maximum permissible Speed of train services to 130 Kmph in Secunderabad – Kazipet – Balharshah, Kazipet – Kondapalli sections in Secunderabad Division, Kondapalli – Vijayawada – Gudur of Vijayawada Division, Renigunta – Guntakal – Wadi of Guntakal Division. These sections cover the entire High-Density Route, Golden Quadrilateral and Golden Diagonal routes of SCR, except Vijayawada – Duvvada.

First stretch of the project i.e., third line between Vijayawada Cabin & Cheruvumadhavaram Cabin commissioned along with electrification

The important third line project in the Grand Trunk route viz., Vijayawada - Kazipet Tripling project, covering Andhra Pradesh & Telangana states has commenced, with SCR completing the works along the first stretch of the project between Vijayawada New West Block Hut Cabin – Cheruvumadhavaram Cabin. The third line works for a distance of 16.7 kms now stands commissioned along with electrification. The section between Vijayawada - Kazipet is a crucial rail link situated along the Grand Trunk Route Connecting Northern parts with Southern region of the country.

The section between Vijayawada - Kazipet o­n SCR falls in both Andhra Pradesh & Telangana states. This is o­ne of the busiest routes and witnesses continuous Passenger and Freight traffic, leading to oversaturation of this section. To decongest this vital section, Vijayawada - Kazipet Tripling & Electrification project has been sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs 1,952 Crores for a distance of 219 Kms ( Andhra Pradesh - 35 Kms & Telangana - 184 Kms). The preparatory works are in progress at all stretches in the entire section. Non interlocking works has been taken up for 34 days in the month of August and September, 2022 to conclude the works in the first stretch between Vijayawada New West cabin and Cheruvumadhavaram.

Accordingly, third line has been commissioned between Vijayawada New West Cabin - Cheruvumadhavaram Cabin for a distance of 16.7 Kms along with electrification. This entire stretch falls under the state of Andhra Pradesh. As part of third line woks, o­ne common loop line has been laid at Rayanapadu station duly dismantling two goods lines. New Electronic Interlocking (EI) system with 232 routes has been commissioned at Rayanapadu station, New EI system with 224 routes commissioned at Kondapalli station, while EI system has been modified with 47 routes at Vijayawada New West cabin. Commissioning of third line of this stretch will ease the congestion for both freight and passenger trains.

Shri Arun Kumar Jain, General Manager (In-charge), South Central Railway has complimented the entire Team of Vijayawada Division and Construction organisation for successfully commissioning the first stretch of tripling works between Vijayawada cabin – Cheruvumadhavaram Cabin with electrification. He opined that completion of Kazipet – Vijayawada tripling project will ease the congestion in this oversaturated route and will facilitate handling of more number of trains effectively. He also instructed the officials to speed up the works so that more stretches of this section can be completed by the end of the financial year.