Railway Board Member (Traffic) Mohammed Jamshed would visit the East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Thursday. This visit of the highest-ranking railway traffic officer to the ECoR assumes significance in the context of the importance of the East Coast Region for Railways.
During his visit, Jamshed is expected to review the performance of the ECoR and the progress of various infrastructure-related projects which are crucial to the industrial development of Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh. Seamless movement of materials from and to ports, collieries, steel plants and power plants is expected to be on the top of the agenda of his visit.
Jamshed had earlier held a meeting of important freight customers of this region in April, and based on the feedback he received from East Coast region, a number of positive policy measures were immediately initiated by the Railway Board.
He is also expected to visit the Talcher area of te Mahanadi Coalfields limited, which is the largest loading belt of Indian Railways.