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SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY

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PRESS RELEASE

SER ACHIEVED A SALE OF Rs 100.10 CRORE

THROUGH DISPOSAL OF SCRAP

Kolkata, 15^th June, 2023:

Making South Eastern Railway a “Zero Scrap” Railway is o­ne of the mission areas of this zone. Necessary steps are being taken by all the Divisions and Workshops to realise value from sale of unserviceable materials.

South Eastern Railway has surpassed the Rs 100 crore Scrap sale figure o­n 15^th June, 2023 in the first quarter of the current financial year. This sale figure is 125.12% higher than proportionate target of Rs 80.00 for the first quarter and 108.20% higher than the Scrap Sale achieved during the corresponding period of the previous year.

This has been achieved through the sale of various kinds of scrap which includes scrap rails, condemned locos, wagons & coaches, ferrous and non-ferrous materials, miscellaneous scrap, abandoned quarters and cabins etc.

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 Â·New Temporary Booking Office, as part of Secunderabad Station redevelopment, starts functioning from today with 10 Counters.

·The old General Ticket Booking office will continue to work till midnight of 14th June 2023.

 Another major step has been taken up as part of the Secunderabad Railway Station redevelopment, with the start of functioning of new temporary Booking Office o­n the North side of the Station building. Indian Railways has taken up the task of ‘Redevelopment of Secunderabad Railway Station’ to provide world class amenities with along with elegant features and modern look. Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, had recently laid the foundation stone for the station redevelopment in April 2023.

 As part of it, a new station building with modern architecture and aesthetic façade is likely to come o­n the North-side of the existing station building. Along with it, a multi-level car parking and Two-Level Sky Concourse will also be constructed towards the north-side of the station building. In order to ensure that the passenger services remain unaffected during the course of the construction of new station building, a new temporary booking office has been constructed.

The new temporary Booking Office has been constructed near the exit gate i.e., nearer to the Parcel office and Gate No. 5, o­n the north-side of the station building. This has been equipped with 10 counters and will replace the current 9 functional counters which were being operated near gate no. 3 of the present station building. The New Temporary Booking Office has started functioning from today i.e., 13^th June 2023 and will be available round-the-clock. To ensure seamless transfer of the booking operations for the passengers, the old Booking Counters will be operation till tomorrow i.e., 14^th June 2023 midnight.

The New Temporary Booking Office will provide all facilities to the passengers like purchase of Unreserved (General) Tickets, Platform tickets, renewal of Season tickets as well as Enquiry facility. In addition, to further provide all avenues to the passengers, already 04 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs) have also been provided. This number will be enhanced in due course of time. Further, passengers can also continue to book their tickets without the need to stand in the queues through UTS App from their mobile, which provides all facilities as well.