A two-day All-India Railway Operations and Strategy meeting started at Puri on Sunday was inaugurated by Railway Board (Traffic) Member Ajay Shukla. It is a conference of Chief Operations Managers of all Zonal Railways.
The overall strategy of loading and movement for the whole of Indian Railways and targets for key performance indicators were finalized. The results and statistics of financial year 2014-15 were analysed. The East Coast Railway (ECoR) emerged as the highest loading Zonal Railway.
Many policy-watchers including those from transport logistics, coal, power, steel plants, food grains, and cement sector are closely monitoring the outcome of the meeting. Investment patterns, policy planning, traffic facilities including crucial new lines, doubling, capacity enhancement works, strategy for inducting new wagons, new engines, and electrification of crucial routes are agendas to be taken discussion.
Shukla stressed upon better appreciation of ground realities for successful execution of planned projects so that targeted works are completed in time. The conference is very crucial for ECoR as it has become the most important and strategic zone for entire Indian Railways.