Waltair Rly div earns Rs10K cr revenue

Visakhapatnam: Waltair Railway Division has emerged as the 5th highest revenue earning division in the Indian Railways during the just concluded financial year.

The division also became the 5th in loading and ranked No1 in growth in incremental traffic to the tune of Rs1, 600 crore this financial year.

Divisional Railway Manager Lalit Bohra told the media that Waltair division achieved historic freight and passenger records, including with a significant milestone by surpassing all the loading targets and achieved 85.1 million tonnes for the first time in any financial year despite several constraints.

This remarkable feat accomplished a historic moment for the division. This showed a growth of 17.25 per cent than previous FY. Crossing 150 MT handling of goods both loading and unloading is also a record which is 17.4 per cent higher than last fiscal.

He said the division ranked 5th in Indian Railways for earnings and loading, with Rs10,422.56 crore revenue and with a growth of 18.75 per cent growth in revenue over last year setting an all-time record.

The DRM said during the financial year passenger traffic rose to 33.42 million, registering 6.6 per cent growth, thus generating best ever passenger revenue in last 21 years to the tune of Rs881.37 crores showing a raise of 8.71 per cent over last year.