Hyderabad, Jan 7 : South Central Railway (SCR) General Manager Sanjeev Kishore Today  conducted a Review meeting on freight and parcel loading performance of the Zone at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad.
Principal Heads of Departments, Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) of all the six divisions viz., Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur, Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Nanded Divisions participated through web conference, a SCR release here said.
The General Manager complimented the SCR team for registering an impressive growth in freight loading. The zone has recorded freight loading of 85.49 Million Tonnes (MTs) for the current financial year 2021-22 (up to December), surpassing the target set by the Railway Board.
SCR has also exceeded the previous year’s freight loading by 29.2 per cent when compared with the same period.
Around 41.3 MTs of coal and 23.9 MTs of cement has been transported by the Zone in the current fiscal. Other commodities which contributed to SCRs performance include loading 4.78 MTs of Fertilizers and 1.32 MTs of Containers.
Mr Kishore also highlighted the importance of the traffic facility works for increasing the throughput.
He advised to complete the works at the earliest so that necessary infrastructure is available for the convenience of rail customers.
The SCR GM also advised the officials to conduct regular meetings with freight customers, so that the problems, if any, can be resolved immediately.
South Central Railway has registered the highest ever parcel loading in the current financial year 2021-2022. The zone has recorded 3.85 Lakh Tonnes which is 158 per cent more than the previous year’s parcel loading in the same period.
Mr Kishore also reviewed the infrastructural works in progress over the zone such as on-going new line, doubling, tripling and electrification projects over the Zone.
The General Manager also held a detailed review on compliance of the directives issued by National Green Tribunal (NGT) with regard to maintenance of green environment and pollution free establishment with action plan for covering all important aspects like management of solid waste, littering of solid and plastic wastes and prevention of open defecation.(UNI)