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Annual Conference of Operations department of Central Railway conducted today 24/05/23

Shri Naresh Lalwani, General Manager, Central Railway addressed the Senior Divisional Operations Manager’s Annual Conference at Mumbai HQ o­n 24.5.2023.

Shri Alok Singh, Additional General Manager and Shri Mukul Jain, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Central Railway were also present. The conference was attended by Heads of Coaching section, Planning section and Goods section of Operations Department of Central Railway and Operations Department Heads of Mumbai, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Pune and Solapur Divisions.

The targets and achievements of upcoming year 2023-24 have been discussed in conference as follows-

1) Goods loading-

In year 2021-22- 76.16 million tonne (MT) goods loading achieved by CR.

In year 2022-23- 81.88 million tonne goods loading achieved by CR.

In year 2023-24- 90.05 million tonne target of goods loading has been set by CR.

2) Coal loading -

Out of above total loading, coal is highest commodity loading.

In 2021-22- 39.52 MT loading done.

In 22-23- 37.17 MT loading done.

In 23-24- target of 40.95 MT coal loading has been set.

3) Cement loading-

In 22-23- 7.48 MT loading achieved.

In 23-24- target of 8.8 MT is set.

Major plants of Cement loading are- ACC/Wadi/Solapur, ACC/Ghuggus/Nagpur, Ultratech cement/Hotgi/Solapur, Orient cement/Bhadli/Bhusawal.

4) New infrastructures lines completed-

-Bhusawal-Jalgaon new 3rd line & 4th line of 24.13 km completed in year 2022-23.

-Jalgaon-Pachora new 3rd line of 47.59 km completed in year 2022-23.

5) New infrastructure lines under progress-

-Nagpur-Wardha 3rd& 4th line

-Bhusawal-khandwa 3rd & 4th line

-3rd line in Nagpur-Etarasi, Bhusawal-Wardha, Jalgaon-Manmad.

6) Parcel loading hubs-

Bhiwandi, Jalgaon, Ajni/Nagpur have been developed as major parcel loading points.

In 2022-23- 312 parcel train loaded with 764759 tonnage and 45.86 Crores revenue earning.

7) Improvement of goods sheds under progress-

It will be completed in this 2023-24 year. Circulating area, lighting, approach road, labour room, merchant room etc will be renewed.

-Mumbai division- Kalamboli

-Bhusawal division- Kasbe Sukane, Borgaon, Khamgaon, Savda, Burhanpur, Nandgaon

-Nagpur- Tadali, Ballarshah, Kalmeshwar, maramjhiri.

-Pune- Nira, Loni,

-Solapur- Vilad, Ahmednagar, Belapur, Daund, Arag.

8) Daily goods train interchange-

In 2021-22- 317 goods trains taken over/handed over daily by CR with other railway zones.

In 22-23- 336 goods train interchange daily by CR. It's 18.4% increase capacity handling.

9) Infrastructural works completed to increase mail express and goods train mobility-

-Electrification completed at Roha yard, Gurumarket yard/Pune div, Solapur yard, Barshi yard/Solapur yard, Bale yard/solapur div.

-OHE Overhead wire new substations completed at- Karad/Pune div, Ausa/Solapur div, Gaudgaon/Solapur div, Nagothane/Mumbai div.

10) Critical bottleneck infrastructure works completed in year 2022-23-

-Daund- Gulbarga doubling

-Wardha- Chitoda 2nd cord line

-Khapri-Nagpur-Godhani- 20 km automatic signalling system.

-Kamshet/pune div- loop lines extention.

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Date: May 24, 2023

PR No.2023/05/25

This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.

General Manager Central Railway inspects Amla-Nagpur section of Nagpur Division

Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti, General Manager, Central Railway conducted the annual inspection o­n Amla-Nagpur section of Nagpur Division o­n 22.3.2022.

The General Manager started from Amla station by inspecting the station yard layout. He also inspected the panel room and Route Relay Interlocking. After inspecting the Crew lobby, he released a signal layout booklet, Self-learning app for Loco Pilots, Happiness Index system and interacted with the o­n duty crew. He inspected the Refreshment room, Waiting room, Station stalls, Booking office, Circulating area and Running room. He inspected RPF barracks and visited the exhibition of arms, ammunition and modern gadgets. At Amla the General Manager also met Hon'ble MLA. The Amla inspection was followed by a speed run test between Amla and Multai.

At Multai, the General Manager inspected Limited Height Subway, Gang unit, Gang hut, Goods shed and Railway colony. He inspected the Garden and carried out plantations of saplings. He also inspected the exhibition of small track machines and 10KW Grid Solar Plant which is another positive step towards green initiative and 150 Litres Solar Water Cooler which will be extremely useful considering the o­nset of summer season. This was followed by inspection of the Wardha Bridge near Chichonda yard and Window trailing inspection till Pandhurna.

At Pandhurna station, the General Manager inspected the S&T counseling centre and Mobile app. He visited the various stalls exhibited viz. the e-Jhalak, a unified dashboard of all departments of Nagpur division and vaccination monitoring system; Pension Reconciliation Module of Accounts department; Hungry for Cargo, Non-Fare Revenue, Parcel and website for divyangjan of Commercial & Operating departments; Rajbhasha; Personnel, Safety, Medical departments etc. He inspected TRD depot and Traction Substation, LED isolation model, Youtube channel Rail Gyan Park for TRD staff training and QR code based equipment history and users depot module. He also met Hon'ble MLA. This was followed by inspection of Curve no 34, Level crossing gate no 282 and a speed run between Katol and Kalmeshwar.

At Nagpur, Shri Lahoti after inspection of the Restaurant o­n Wheels, met the representatives of unions, various associations and the Media. He also gave away the General Manager Awards -2020-21 to deserving railway employees.

Smt Richa Khare, Divisional Railway Manager, Nagpur Division, Principal Heads of Departments and Branch officers from Division were also present during the inspection.

All Covid-19 protocols were observed during the inspection.

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Date: March 22, 2022

PR No.2022/03/36

This press release is issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.