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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 gives away Safety Award to 7 deserving employees

Shri Naresh Lalwani, General Manager, Central Railway gave away ‘General Manager’s Safety Award’ to 7 Central Railway staff i.e. Two from Mumbai division, Three from Nagpur division and o­ne each from Pune and Bhusaval Divisions. The awards were given in appreciation of their alertness during duty, their contribution in averting untoward incidents and ensuring safety in train operations during the month of March 2023 in a function held at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai o­n 05.04.2023. The award consists of a medal, commendation certificate, a citation of exemplary safety work and a cash award of ₹ 2000/-.

Mumbai Division

Shri Ravindra Shantaram Chaudhary, Senior Section Engineer, Sanpada Carshed/Mumbai Division while o­n duty o­n 6.3.2023, during routine maintenance of EMUs noticed the bogie bolster of o­ne coach in tilted condition and the central pivot bracket hanging, due to broken welding. The coach was immediately marked sick and Shri Chaudhary’s alertness averted a possible mishap.

Shri Ashok Kumar, Track Maintainer, Pen /Mumbai Division while o­n duty o­n 21.3.2023, during routine inspection o­n the Panvel-Roha section, noticed a broken fish plate at Kms 143/6-8 o­n Down line. Shri Ashok Kumar immediately protected the track and signalled the arriving Tejas Express to halt. All concerned were immediately informed and the train passed safely thus averting a major mishap.

Nagpur Division

Shri Roshan Singh Sengar, Guard, Ballarshah / Nagpur Division while o­n duty o­n 06.3.2023, noticed a hot axle in the wagon of a passing goods trains. He immediately alerted all concerned. The goods train was stopped at Butibori station where the coach was isolated and the train departed, thus averting a major mishap.

Shri Kamal Ramdas Chowkidar, Lineman, Dhamangaon / Nagpur Division while travelling by tower wagon o­n 09.2.2023, noticed two bolts missing from the rear trolley wheel in the wagon of a stationery goods train. He immediately alerted the Guard, fresh bolts were fixed and a major mishap was averted.

Shri Nishant Paage, Loco Pilot, Junnardeo / Nagpur Division, o­n duty in goods train o­n 19.1.2023, while entering the loop line at Parasia felt the load of the train dragging. The train was immediately stopped and a close examination revealed smoke coming out of the gear case of the 3rd axle. All concerned were immediately notified and a closer examination revealed that the pinian of traction motor in 3rd axle was separated. His alertness saved a possible disaster. 

Pune Division

Shri Ajit Kumar Gupta, Assistant Loco Pilot Pune/Pune Division while working o­n 22497 Tirupati Humsafar Express o­n 28.2.2023, at 00.52 hrs stopped the train at Satara station home signal. He observed that signal to receive train o­n road no 1 was off. After the train passed, he noticed that key of the concerned line was for road no 2. He immediately applied emergency brakes, stopped the train and alerted all concerned. The train passed safely after all parameters were found satisfactory. Due to his alertness a potentially serious accident was averted.

Bhusaval Division

Shri Shivshankar Kumar, Keyman, Paras/ Bhusaval Division, while o­n duty o­n 15.2.2023, at 23.40 hrs, noticed smoke coming out of the 32nd wagon of a goods train due to hot axle, which was entering the loop line at Paras. The train was immediately stopped, fire was put out with the help of fire extinguisher and the wagon was isolated. His alertness saved a possible disaster. 

Shri Alok Singh, Additional General Manager, Shri M S Uppal, Principal Chief Safety Officer, Shri Rajesh Arora, Principal Chief Engineer, Shri Mukul Jain, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Shri N P Singh, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer, and other Principal Heads of Departments of Central Railway were present o­n the occasion and Divisional Railway Managers of all the Divisions joined the event virtually.

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Dated: April 5, 2023

PR No.2023/04/05

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