Railway Board Chairman, Arunendra Kumar on Wednesday arrived here to hold a meeting with the state-level officials concerned to discuss big schemes of the railways coming up in Chhattisgarh.
South East Central Railway Division (SECR) General Manager, Naveen Tandon and other railway officials welcomed Kumar at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur and then accompanied him to Mahanadi Bhawan (Mantralaya) situated in Naya Raipur. The meeting, chaired by Kumar and attended by SECR General Manager, the Divisional Railway Manager, Executive Director (planning) and others, was expected to yield fruitful results.
Kumar also held a meeting with the divisional and zone level officials over different issues. The officials concerned gave a presentation over progress of the division and also received some directives from Kumar over the same.Before leaving for Delhi, Kumar called on Chief Minister Raman Singh at his official residence to inform him about different schemes of the railways coming up in Chhattisgarh.
Meanwhile, in order to carry out an important repairing work of Barbanda railway crossing gate number 408 situated between Madhar and Silyari station on Raipur-Bilaspur Railway line, traffic on this road will be closed from 10 pm (June 19) to 6 am (June 21).The SECR division has regretted over the inconvenience and sought the public’s support for carrying out the important repairing work.