The Railway Ministry on Friday constituted two new dedicated teams — a new Directorate in Railway Board named as “Environment Management’, responsible for ensuring effective utilisation of water resources and conduct of energy and water audits and all matters related with environment management, and a 10-member Task Force to improve productivity in Railway Operations, Manufacturing and other departments of Railways. The Environment Directorate will be headed by Advisor (Mechanical Engineering) Project, who will now be re-designated as Advisor (Environment).
In addition, six Executive Directors of Railway Board comprising from Public Grievances, land & Amenities, Finance and Efficiency & Research. The Task Force will be headed by Executive Director, Mechanical Engineering (Infrastructure), Railway Board, with nine members including Executive Director, Mechanical Engineering (Freight), Mechanical Engineering (PU), Executive Director, Track (Modernisation), Executive Director, Electrical Engineering (Development), Executive Director, Traffic Commercial and others.