Web Press Conference presentation on achievements of Vadodara Division of WR

The first-ever web press conference was organized by Divisional Railway Manager Devendra Kumar regarding the achievements and new innovations in the Western Railway’s Vadodara Division. He spoke about the achievements of the board in the last few months through a presentation in a virtual press conference. Seven media people had also participated in the web conference. The web press conference was conducted by the Public Relations Officer of the Board, Khemraj Meena.

“The railway coaches turned into COVID-19 coaches for the treatment of patients are kept ready and will be used by the administration as per need. We prepared the coaches as per the requirement and they are kept ready at the station by our staff,” said Devendra Kumar DRM, Vadodara. He also added that Vadodara is ready to handle the rush after the normalcy returns and will introduce many facilities to maintain the precautions which are now a necessity for everyone.

Vadodara division has received a revenue of 8.34 crores from passenger traffic, 2.64 crores from coaching, and 3.95 crores from goods traffic.

Last year, on 30th October, the newly constructed major line Chhota Udepur-Alirajpur was cleared for traffic. The newly built Chhayapuri railway station building with excellent facilities for passengers was released to the nation on 14 December last year by the Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi.

During 2019-20, 60 new locomotives based on 3 phase IGBTs were introduced in the electric loco shed, and 44 HOG based locomotives were also commissioned. On 30 June, the Commissioner of Railway Safety (Western Circle) RK Sharma inspected the Alirajpur-Khandala new major line (9.72 km) under the (157 km) Chhota Udepur-Dhar railway line project.

According to the guidelines of the railway board and with a view to increasing the traffic, a multi-disciplinary Business Development Unit (BDU) has been formed in the Vadodara division of Western Railway. The formation of BDU is a positive step in the direction of promotion from a commercial point of view to increasing rail transport and logistics business.

15 good works have been identified by Railway Board between 1st January 2020 – 31st May 2020. Amongst the unique achievements recorded, two functions of the Vadodara division to combat flasher light failure due to moisture have been recorded. A partial change in the position of flasher light hoods in MEMU trains and improvement in the system, capacity, and reliability to reduce costs along with conventional lead-acid batteries in MEMU DMC replaced by Installing VRLA type battery.

Recently, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India gave Vadodara Railway Station of Vadodara division a certificate of ‘ Eat Right Station ‘ with five-star ratings. Vadodara station met the FSSAI standards set under the Right Food Better Life and got a five-star rating.

Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijaybhai Rupani presented mementos to the Divisional Railway Managers of Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, and Vadodara, to provide services to the migrants by conducting organized and safe labor special trains for migrant workers from Gujarat by Indian Railways. During this period, the Vadodara division sent 1.38 lakh migrants to their homes by 100 Shramik special trains.