Despite Covid-19, NCR sets many records
PRAYAGRAJ: The Covid-19 crisis notwithstanding, the North Central Railway (NCR) in 2020-21 has achieved best performance in many fields of maintenance and operations of the Railways.
Under the leadership of general manager Vinay Kumar Tripathi and meticulous planning and monitoring by principal head of the departments (PHODs) of NCR and DRMs of Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra, NCR has registered substantial growth in freight loading, originating freight revenue, scrap sale, average speed of goods trains, punctuality, electrification and other infrastructure creation as compared to last year, as also the target set for the current financial year, officials said.
“Recording the best freight-loading performance, in the current FY, NCR has loaded 166 lakh tonnes freight which is 18.5 lakh tonnes more when compared to last year’s loading of 147.5 lakh tonnes, and more importantly, 12 lakh tonnes more than previous highest loading of 154 lakh tonnes achieved in 2018-19,” said Ajeet Kumar Singh, chief public relations officer (CPRO), NCR.
With 12.5% increase, the NCR is 4th among all zonal Railways with respect to percentage improvement in originating freight loading over last year. Through this loading performance, NCR has earned originating freight revenue of Rs 1726.29 crore surpassing previous year freight revenue of Rs 1530.28 crore by Rs 196 crore, he added.
Apart from substantial growth in freight loading, in 2020-21, NCR also recorded the highest revenue from scrap sale of more than Rs 265 crore.
This is not only the highest revenue through disposal of unserviceable materials. The second highest figure (last year’s scrap sale revenue) is less by Rs 40 crore.
Additionally, revenue of Rs 45 cr over the target of Rs 210 crore set for this FY was earned, the CPRO said.
Besides, NCR also registered quantum improvement in average speed of goods trains and punctuality performance of coaching trains.
During the current FY, NCR has maintained punctuality of 86.7%, thus, attaining an improvement of 57% over punctuality of trains achieved in FY 2019-20, he said.