The weekly coordination review meeting was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of West Central Railway General Manager Shobhana Bandopadhyaya.
Additional General Manager RS Saxena along with the major chief departmental heads of the headquarters were present in this meeting.
Also, the Divisional Railway Managers of all the three divisions were connected through video conferencing. In this meeting, discussions were held on safety, punctuality, average speed of goods trains, capital expenditure (capex), commodity wise loading, prevention of fire incidents in summer season, curbing incidents of loco failure and signal failure, as well as improving the Key Performance Index (KPI), quick redressal of passenger complaints and manpower based contract were reviewed. Along with this, keeping safety in mind, emphasis was laid on increasing the speed limit of various railway sections and safe operation of trains along with passenger amenities.
At the beginning of the meeting, General Manager Mrs. Shobhana Bandopadhyaya said that in the summer season, railway officials should inspect from time to time to ensure that there are no incidents of fire anywhere in the railway premises or on moving trains or at the station. They should follow the safety circulars of the Railway Board and Headquarters.
The General Manager appealed to the railway passengers not to travel with inflammable substances in trains and to avoid smoking. The General Manager gave necessary guidelines regarding works like maximum use of capital expenditure (capex) in all three divisions, taking effective measures to increase commodity wise traffic in freight transportation, improving the average speed of freight trains, accelerating the fencing wall works along the tracks.
The General Manager said that there is a need to pay special attention to the punctuality of passenger trains and freight trains. Similarly, there is a need to work with planning towards achieving the target set for freight loading in the current financial year. Gave necessary guidelines to expedite the work of major station re-development under Amrit Station Yojana and complete it within the time limit.
The General Manager also reviewed the progress of the work going on under Amrit Station Yojana under infrastructure works. He said that safety is paramount for Railways. He reviewed the progress of work and projects for increasing passenger facilities and directed the concerned officials to expedite the work.Smt. Bandopadhyay directed the departmental heads and divisional railway managers to ensure the running of trains on time while giving priority to safety and security and passenger amenities during infrastructure construction works.
