The West Central Railways earned rail revenue of more than Rs 4.16 crore in the month of February 2022 from freight loading under BDU.
Various concessions and facilities are being provided by the Railways to make freight transportation more attractive. Due to which more and more traders are getting attracted towards the railways. Under this, WCR has found new freight producers other than its traditional freight transporters and also undertook to open sidings as per their convenience. WCR received more than Rs 4.16 crore railway revenue in the month of February 2022.
Under the BDU marketing established in all the three divisions of West Central Railway at Mission Mod, the new and traditional major items from which railway revenue has been received in freight transportation are as follows.
Seven rakes of food grains were loaded from Shamgarh station of Kota division generating revenue of Rs 1.84 crore.
Kota division has started alum loading 4 rakes were assigned railways got an additional income of Rs 1.05 crore.
Under freight loading carried 02 rakes generated Rs 31.89 lakh. Bhopal Division has done Paddy loading of 1 rake got revenue of Rs 32.12 lakh.
Jabalpur Division has done loading of 01 rake of fertilizer generating revenue of Rs 21 lakh.
Ash loading of 03 rakes generated income of Rs 11.76 lakh. Sand loading, 1 rake of sand got railway revenue of Rs 30 lakh.