Guru Charan Ray, a 1983-batch Indian Railways Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, has taken over as the new Chief Operations Manager of the East Coast Railway (ECoR).
“Ray has taken over as the head of the Operations wing of the ECoR, the highest-loading railway zone, at a time when the zone has been given a tough target of 163 million tonnes of freight loading for the current fiscal,” an release informed.
Prior to his new post, Ray was heading the vital Transportation Planning Unit of the ECoR. He has served with distinction in the freight and coaching operations and in Safety, Planning, Public Relations and General Administration Departments of the Railways.
He had successfully discharged his responsibility and contributed a lot for railway infrastructure in the State during his deputation tenure as Commissioner, Rail Co-ordination.
As the head of the Operations Department, his immediate priorities include achieving of the stiff loading target, improved punctual running of trains, putting infrastructure planning in place for the Nabakalebar festival, better logistics supply to industries and strategic connectivity to ports.