Goyal asks Railway officials to work as team to accomplish ambitious targets

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New Delhi : Railways and Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal,  Suresh C Angadi, Minister of State of Railways. and  Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board, along with senior Railway officials held a high level review meeting with all General Managers of Zonal Railways/Production Units and Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) through Video Conferencing at Rail Bhawan on June 18, 2019.

Speaking at the opening session of review meeting, Goyal called upon the Zonal Railway officials to work as a team to achieve ambitious targets set by Railway Board. He also indicated that a lot is required to be achieved which requires active participation of all. He said that collective effort will help have a collective vision for Railways, a vision which would be all inclusive with collective wisdom and collective will. He exhorted all the officials to perform with full dynamism to transform Indian Railways into one of the best Railways in the world.

Angadi urged the Railway officials to work in the direction of transforming Indian Railways as the world class transporter.  He directed the officials to ensure that Indian Railways reaches out to the poorest of the poor so that they may also travel by Rail. The Minister insisted that Safety, Cleanliness and hygiene in Railways should continue to be key focus areas.

The agenda of the meeting was safety performance, punctuality, capacity enhancement and various ongoing developmental projects in Indian Railways. While reviewing the performance of Zonal Railways during the current year so far, Chairman, Railway Board, gave directions to General Managers for close monitoring of projects related to safety in train operations. He emphasised on elimination of Manned Level crossings and construction of Road over Bridge (RoBs)/Road Under Bridges (RuBs) at a swift pace in each zone. He expressed his satisfaction on progress of elimination of Manned Level crossings (MLC) in first two months of this financial year compared to corresponding period in previous year. In two months, 229 MLCs have been eliminated compared to 65 last year.

Vinod Kumar Yadav directed General Managers to enhance their efforts to further improve punctuality & minimise time loss in case of delayed trains. He stressed that Zonal Railways should plan safety and infrastructure works in a co-ordinated manner so that contiguous works are taken up together on a particular date/period to ensure the adverse impact on punctuality due to regulation of trains can be mitigated. Action should also be taken for improving asset reliability.

Reviewing the infrastructure creation projects,  Yadav directed all the officers to ensure timely completion of ongoing infrastructure projects and meet the targets in stipulated deadlines, according to a PIB release.