Waltair Railway Division handles 50 MT

Visakhapatnam: The Waltair division, which is part of East Coast Railway (ECoR) has set a record by handling 50 million tonne of freight during April1, 2020 to January 10, 2021.

The record was set in just 285 days. The division loaded more than 50.11 MT in the last nine months and 10 days. This is 13.35 per cent more than the previous year (2020-2021), during which time it had loaded about 44.21 MT.

The record was achieved in spite of acute shortage of wagons, prevalence of pandemic and major derailments in the critical Kottavalasa-Kirandul line territory, railway officials said.

Divisional Railway Manager Anup Satpathy appreciated the team that was involved in this accomplishment, for its relentless efforts. He said, "All the credit goes to my hard working team led by Senior Divisional Operations Manager, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager and other branch officers. There is remarkable contribution by the initiatives taken by the Business Development Unit (BDU) in this achievement."