Shri Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, South Central Railway conducted a review meeting on safety, freight loading and punctuality of the Zone on 22nd December, 2020 from Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. Shri Arun Kumar Jain, Additional General Manager and 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 conferences.
- Shri Gajanan Mallya conducted a detailed review on safety of train operations in the Zone.
- He advised the officials to strictly adhere to guidelines and observe all safety measures at station yards and sidings.
- He instructed the officials to conduct special safety drives involving concerned supervisors to spread awareness on incidents that can be avoided and also to ensure safety of work men.
- He also informed the officials to conduct special awareness drives to avoid unsafe conditions through refresher courses and crew counseling sessions etc.
- He advised the Divisional Railway Managers to maintain punctuality and operate the trains to reach the destinations on time.
- He also advised the officials to remove the caution orders wherever possible to speed up the movement of trains.
- The General Manager held a detailed review on freight loading performance of the Zone.
- He advised the officials to maintain the speed of freight trains at an average of 50 Kmph.
- The General Manager also instructed the officials to conduct meetings with freight customers so as to surpass the previous year freight loading achievement of the Zone as well as to attain the target set by Railway Board.
- The General Manager conducted a review on important on-going Railway projects to provide connectivity to Yadadri, Bhadradri, Bhupalapally and Pocharam power projects expected to enhance the coal loading of the Zone.
- He advised the officials to look into the projects and speed up the process.
- The General Manager also held a review with all the Divisional Railway Managers on Business Development Units (BDU’s) and freight loading.
- He appreciated the BDU’s for their efforts which has immensely helped in improvement of freight loading over the Zone.
- The General Manager reiterated about spreading awareness among staff to strictly follow all Covid-19 protocols and guidelines.
Recent Achievement:
The First Longer Loop Line of South Central Railway has been commissioned at Bikkavolu Railway Station of Vijayawada Division located on the busy Vijayawada – Visakhapatnam (Waltair) section.
In Railways, loop lines are constructed in station areas to accommodate more number of trains and to ease out the train operations. Normally, these loop lines are constructed with a length of 750 meters which can accommodate a full-length goods train with multiple engines.
- With the increasing need to handle more number of trains with higher average speeds, Indian Railways has been encouraging the construction of Longer Loop lines of around 1500 meters (which is double than the existing loop line lengths).
- Over SCR, the Ministry of Railways has initially sanctioned construction of Longer Loops at six stations of Vijayawada Division viz., Bikkavolu, Navabpalem & Elamanchili in Vijayawada – Visakhapatnam section and Nidubrolu, Ammanabrolu & Bitragunta m Vijayawada – Chennai section.
- Accordingly, the Longer Loop line works at Bikkavolu station has been taken up and completed well before the target date and this longer loop line stands as the first one commissioned across the Zone.
- Further, the works for commissioning of longer loop lines at Nidubrolu, Ammanabrolu and Bitragunta stations are in progress simultaneously along with 3rd Line works being carried out between Vijayawada – Gudur, while the longer loops at Navabpalem and Elamanchili are nearing completion and are targeted for commissioning in 2021.
- The execution of works for construction of Longer Loop at Bikkavolu has been taken up with meticulous planning without any disruption to regular train services.
- The total cost of this project is around Rs. 85 crores.
- The loop line is having two isolations to strengthen the safety and also facilitates stabling two trains at a time.
Source: South Central Railway-Press Release
