The East Coast Railway (ECoR) carried highest-ever freight loading in 2017-18 financial year and became the highest reight-loading zone of the Indian Railways.
The ECoR carried 182.75 million tonnes of freight in its originating freight loading in the current financial year, i.e. from April 2017 to March 2018 as against 177.43 million tons loaded during the corresponding period of last financial year. This is 15.70 per cent of the total freight loading by Indian Railways which is highest portion of loading by any Zonal Railways. In the 2017-18 financial year, Indian Railways has loaded 1,162 million tonnes of freight in toto.
Behind ECoR, other Zonal Railways like South East Central loaded 180.10 Million tonnes and South Eastern Railway loaded 150.76 million tonnes, at Sl. No 2 and 3 respectively.
From the earning side of freight in 2017-18 financial year, East Coast nRailway has earned Rs 17,075 crore of revenue which is 7.6 per cent more than the corresponding period of 2016-17 financial year. In 2016-17 financial year, the ECoR had earned Rs 15,864 crore of revenue from freight only.
Apart from this, the ECoR has also performed outstandingly well at No. 1 position in financial management in Indian Railways.
It has been nominated to get the prestigious Operations Shield and Accounts and Finance Management Shield for the year 2017-18 in the National Railway Week Celebrations scheduled to be held at Bhopal on April 16.
ECoR General Manager Umesh Singh, Principal Chief Operations Manager Debaraj Panda and Principal Financial Advisor Raj Kumar Manocha have been invited by Railway Board to receive the two prestigious shields.