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The Chairman of Railway Board, Vinod Kumar Yadav and NFR officials inspecting a Railway Station on February 24. (Photo: CPRO/NFR)
Guwahati, February, 24 (MExN): The Chairman of Railway Board Vinod Kumar Yadav came to Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Headquarters on a day-long visit on February 24 and immediately embarked on a review inspection of Guwahati Railway Station, an official statement informed.
The Board is the apex decision-making body of Indian Railways.
Yadav took stock of the recently carried out and ongoing developmental works in the station for upgrading passenger amenities and reviewed the performance of Lumding Division under whose jurisdiction the Guwahati Railway Station falls, the statement said.
Yadav also inspected the waiting halls for passengers, the concourse area of the station and the recently introduced Quick Watering System for passenger train, it added.
The Quick Watering System has been developed for filling water in passenger trains in a very short time so that a complete train can be provided water without causing any delay in running schedule.
The Chairman also reviewed various schemes and efforts taken by Lumding division for increasing its Non-Fare Revenue (NFR) and lauded its efforts, the statement further informed.
Lumding Division has recently introduced a Video Wall system where various information useful for passengers can be displayed and the systems have now been offered to advertisers for generating Non-Fare Revenue, it said.
In addition, some areas in the ticket counter, concourse and elsewhere in the station have also been offered for placing commercial advertisement to augment railway’s earnings.
Yadav, while appreciating the efforts, also called for continuing all such attempts to increase railway’s earnings, it added.
He also inaugurated the renovated and upgraded Running Room at Guwahati railway station which is used by train operating staff including drivers and guards for rest and recreation.
The Chairman also inspected the Barracks of Railway Protection Force and also joined at a performance review meeting attended by senior officials of NFR and its Construction Organization led by the General Manager Sanjive Roy at the Maligaon Headquarters.
He was apprised of the progress of various construction projects and other works related to enhancing safety and passenger amenities and the Chairman also advised to plan a strategy for increasing freight revenue by enticing more traffic from road to rail and stressed on increasing cleanliness in trains to make them commensurate with cleanliness in stations, the statement said.
Yadav also called upon the officers present to ensure proper maintenance of all assets like engines, coaches, wagons, signal & telecommunication equipments and track so that optimum utilization of the assets can be achieved.
He also stressed on proper planning in electrification projects and construction of new lines so that available assets can be put into maximum use, added the statement issued by NFR Chief Public Relations Officer Subhanan Chanda.
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