SER surpasses freight loading target in the month of October
SER has surpassed the target of freight loading
Kolkata : South Eastern Railway, in the month of October, 2020 has loaded 16.48 million tonnes of freight as against 14.00 million tonnes loaded in October, 2019 registering a growth of 17.71%.
With this loading performance, SER has also surpassed the target of 14.65 million tonnes of freight loading fixed for the month of October 2020 by loading 1.83 million tonnes more than the target.
The COVID 19 pandemic affected the freight loading performance of South Eastern Railway during the first quarter of the current financial year.
In spite of nationwide lockdown, SER has continued with the freight transportation to keep the supply chain steady.
With gradual improvement in overall situation, freight service of SER has bounced back, crossing the loading target fixed by Railway Board.
The main commodities of freight loading of SER were Iron Ore, Coal, Pig Iron & Finished Steel, Cement, Food Grains, Fertiliser etc.
Revenue generation from freight loading in October of current financial year (2020-21) has been Rs 1404.24 crores as against Rs 1190.65 crores in October of last fiscal registering a growth of 17.94%.
A number of concessions/discounts are being given by SER to make freight movement attractive through railways.
With a view to attract new business, senior officers of SER have been regularly holding meetings with representatives of different industries and freight customers.
The formation of Business Development Units at Zonal and Divisional levels and increase in speed of freight trains have also contributed to the growth of freight loading.
S. P. Dudhe joined as PCCM in South Eastern Railway
Kolkata : Satish P. Dudhe took over the charge of new Principal Chief Commercial Manager (PCCM) of South Eastern Railway on 03.11.2020.
Prior to this, he was posted as Chief Commercial Manager (Passenger Marketing), Central Railway, Mumbai. Shri Dudhe belongs to the 1987 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS).
He worked in various important posts over Indian Railways viz. Central Railway, Mumbai, Northeast Frontier Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL), Southern Railway, Chennai etc.
He is actively involved in various activities of train movement and innovative passenger amenities and public interface.
Shri Dudhe has keen interests in sports and other socio-cultural activities.