Emphasising on priority areas for Railways

Mohd Jamshed, Member Traffic, Railway Board, New Delhi visited South Central Railway (SCR) headquarters at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad to address the All India Conference of Chief Freight Transportation Manager’s (CFTM’s) of all zones on Friday.

In addition to the CFTM’s, other senior officials from the Freight Transportation Directorate of Railway Board including Ambrish K Gupta, Additional Member (Traffic Transportation) attended the meeting. N Madhusudana Rao, Principal Chief Operations Manager, SCR was also present.

Jamshed laid emphasis on the priority areas for Indian Railways, as spelt out by Piyush Goyal, Minister for Railways and stated that the same shall be the mission area for attaining goals. He said that safety on railways in terms of maintenance of the existing infrastructure, both rolling stock infra and fixed infra shall be to the optimum, to ensure utmost safety levels.

Speaking on the freight traffic front which is the prime revenue earner, Jamshed said that there is a need to undertake fundamental changes in the way the running of freight trains is involved. He added that, for the first time, time tabled freight trains will get into the Indian Railways timetable. The key element for increasing freight traffic and resultant revenue is to look into mobility issues concerning the streamlined and smooth running of goods trains, which needs exemplary co-ordination between various departments and zones.

Later, he inspected Secunderabad Railway Station. He checked the passenger amenities available at the station and interacted with a cross-section of rail users to seek their feedback on the quality of rail services provided. He also reviewed the security surveillance system at the Station, which monitors the entire premises including the rush of passengers at various locations, suspicious movements etc, round the clock. He also apprised on the plans afoot for further developing of passenger amenities at the station. He was accompanied by Amit Varadan, Divisional Railway Manager, Secunderabad Divison; M G Sekharam, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, SCR; N Madhusudana Rao, Principal Chief Operations Manager, SCR.