Kolkata Metro Railway has been upgrading passenger amenities in the metro even during the lockdown and the new normal situation. A new escalator has been commissioned on Wednesday at Kalighat Metro Station by replacing the old one from platform to mezzanine at Dum Dum end. For its commissioning, there has been smooth co-operation of civil and electrical departments.
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has registered 31.3 per cent growth in sales during the second quarter of FY2020-21. Post lockdown, the company has been witnessing an impressive sales which started in June’20. This has led to the company’s H1 sales bounce back to the levels achieved during CPLY. During the Q2 of 2020-21, the saleable steel production also registered a growth of 5.2 per cent over CPLY. The company’s strategic marketing efforts and customer-centric initiatives has contributed to this improvement. Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chairman, SAIL commented, “The challenges during COVID not only gave us an opportunity to test our resolve in the face of odds but also made us more determined to perform better. Our focussed strategies coupled with zeal of the marketing team helped to leverage every single opportunity in the market.”
Praveen Kumar Mishra, General Manager, along with Senior Officers visited the workshop at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works from October 12 to 14. He inspected various manufacturing group of shops like shell, bogie, wheel shops and new stores ward and steel foundry shop. Newly installed CNC axle turning and hydraulic wheel press machines were also inspected on Oct 12 & 13. He appreciated the installation of new machines and instructed the officials to improve upon the quality in housekeeping and inventory control in store depots. He also visited traction motor shop, VPI plant and electric loco assembly shop and interacted with the staff and supervisors. He was accompanied by the departmental heads, officers, staff and supervisors of respective shops.