The West Central Railway (WCR) registered 37 per cent profit during last fiscal, highest among all zones in the country, a senior railway official has said.
The overall expenditure of Indian Railways in the country was 93 per cent and the earnings seven per cent, while in the case of WCR, the total expenses were 63 per cent and the profit stood at 37 per cent, which is highest in the entire country, WCR GM Ramesh Chandra told reporters on Tuesday. The total annual income of the WCR, comprising Jabalpur, Bhopal and Kota divisions, stands at `10,500 crore, he said. Referring to development projects in the WCR, Chandra said the electrification work was underway on the 561-km long Itarsi-Manikpur railway line and will be completed by 2017.