Amid natl lockdown, SECR earned Rs18.76cr in 17 days

Nagpur: Braving all odds during the lockdown amid Covid-19 pandemic, the Nagpur division of South East Central Railway (SECR) has generated Rs18.76 crore revenue in the last 17 days.
Senior SECR officials said the division generated Rs18.76 crore by transporting 0.38 million tonne goods including essential commodities in from June 1 to June 17, using 119 rakes (5,714 wagons).
SECR also operated parcel special trains for supply of essential medicines, perishables and other commodities regularly during the nationwide lockdown.
“Apart from parcel trains, special attention was paid to loading of goods, in which coal, food grains and fertilizers etc are being transported by the division in different directions. SECR is making every attempt to increase income of the railways despite lockdown,” says divisional commercial manager (DCM) Anurag Kumar Singh.
Along with this, special attention is also being given to maintenance of tracks and crossings as per prescribed norms, track tamping, removal of malfunctions in railroading, replacement of defective sleepers from various sections.
“During this period, many such works were done which were not possible till now. Utilizing the opportunity, SECR completed backlog of maintenance works. While doing so, entire emphasis was on increasing safety measurements and operational efficiency,” said SECR officials.
For the purpose of dynamic growth of the economy, Indian Railways has been working on several measures and action plans from time to time to encourage loading of goods. In this series, a special action plan to focus on new and additional traffic by SECR will be done by creating ‘cargo facilitation unit’ for creation of new and additional traffic and efficient increase in loading.
Officials said the function of this unit will be mainly to increase revenue by increasing loading by marking items of new loading in addition to traditional ones.
“The railways will also solve the problems by contacting interested parties to encourage loading of goods by cargo facility unit and also continuous contact from time to time through videoconferencing etc.” they said.