On November 3, 2020, General Manager Sri Rajiv Chaudhry reviewed position of safety, 160 Kmph speed raising work, freight loading and other important works over North Central Railway through video conferencing with PHODs of North Central Railway and Divisional Railway Managers Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra.
Mission Raftaar
Status of works for 160 kmph speed raising in New Delhi-Howrah including Kanpur-Lucknow section and New Delhi-Mumbai section was also reviewed in the meeting.
Tenders for works of upgradation in track, signaling, OHE etc. for 160 Kmph operation in New Delhi-Howrah and New Delhi-Mumbai routes falling on NCR are being invited by concerned executing agencies. Reviewing position of this work,
The NCR GM directed concerned departments to incorporate proper checklist in the tenders for objective assessment of progress of critical activities and advised PHODs to put a system in place to monitor smooth supply of materials required in execution of this important speed enhancement work.
Safety drives
Chaudhry directed for strict compliance of laid down procedures and advised divisions to launch a drive to check condition of track and other infrastructure in sidings to identify deficiencies and immediate correction of such deficiencies.
Six safety drives have been conducted on NCR so far this fiscal. These are drives on prevention of trespassing of Railway tracks; proper securing of rolling stock in stations and sections; safety precautions at work sites near running lines; proper maintenance of points and crossings; through examination of DG set of container trains for prevention of fire hazards and precautions to be taken during loading and unloading of wagons.
Next, freight loading performance of NCR was reviewed. After registering record loading performance in October 2020, NCR has intensified efforts to capture new traffic streams to continue this trend in balance months of 2020-21.
NCR has new traffic streams such as fly-ash loading from Jhansi division, stone/ ballast loading for DFC work from Kabrai in Jhansi division, edible oil loading from Morena, container traffic from Hind terminal in Prayagraj division besides cement loading from Ultra tech cement plant Bara.
Station to station (STS) concessional rate agreement
NCR is the leading zone in terms of STS concessional rate agreement for new and additional traffic having finalized 8 STS rates and working on 5 more STS proposals.
Till October 2020, North Central Railway has loaded 37 rakes under finalized STS agreements for specified commodity and originating and destination stations earning a revenue of Rs 18.3 crore.
