Raising speed of sections and reviews the progress of ongoing works

NORTHERN RAILWAY PRESS RELEASE

New Delhi, 
28.02.2022

GENERAL MANAGER HOLDS   PERFORMANCE REVIEW MEETING
Focus on
Safety 
Mobility Enhancement Works and Punctuality 

Sh. Ashutosh Gangal, General Manager, Northern Railway held a performance review meeting with the departmental heads of Northern Railway and DRMs through video conferencing today. Prime topics of discussion pertained to Safety, Mobility enhancement, Punctuality and Important projects. 
    Safety hold prime focus over Railways, the GM discussed various untoward incidents reported in the past week. Status of rail and weld fractures, LC gates, yard derailments and OHE failures were discussed in detail. Sectional speed has been increased in 688.55 Km and Speed on Loop lines has been increased to 30 Kmph in 433.31 Km portion till Feb’22. Status of 160 Kmph works on New Delhi-Mumbai & New Delhi-Howrah routes was also touched upon. The current average Punctuality over the zone stands at 85 %. Ways to better the punctuality of mail-express trains were discussed in detail. 
    The ongoing works on the super critical Jallandhar- Pathankot- Jammu Tawi,  Kathua- Madhopur Section, Utretia-Raibareilly and Raibareilly-Amethi and the critical projects Alamnagar- Utraitia, Rosa – Sitapur, Jaunpur- Akbarpur, Barabanki- Akbarpur and Rajpura-Bathinda were discussed. The status of increasing amenities on stations, FOBs, increase of level of platforms and shelters etc, were also presented in the meeting.  The GM also touched upon the maintenance status of locos, coaches and wagons and their timely turn-around. Staff matters, training, maintenance and appointment issues were also deliberated upon in detail in the meeting.
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(Deepak Kumar )
Chief Public Relations Officer