Survey on for Doubling Railway Line: DRM

TIRUCHIRAPALLI: The
survey on doubling the
broad gauge railway line
between Thanjavur and
Tiruchirapalli at distance of
50 kms is going on and once
it is over, the project will be
taken up as early as possible,
according to Divisional
Railway Manager P V Vaidialingam.
Addressing a press conference
here today to share
how the Tiruchirapalli Division
has bagged GM’s
Inter-Divisional Effi ciency
Shield after seven years for
the fi nancial year 2011-12,
he said the Railway Ministry
has also sanctioned Rs
4.2 crore for erecting a foot
over bridge at the Railway
Junction here.
He said this allocation is
only for erecting the proposed
FOB with staircases
and now they are approaching
the Union Railway Ministry
for sanctioning more
funds to establish escalators
along with the staircase.
He said the Ministry has
sanctioned a sum of about
Rs 18.5 crore for taking up
repairs and renovations of
the railways installation in
Cuddalore and Puducherry
areas which were damaged
in the recent ‘Thane’ cyclone.
Out of this allotment, a sum
of Rs 4.5 crore was exclusively
for rebuilding the
staff quarters which were
also damaged in the cyclone,
he added.
He also pointed out the
Division has earned a sum
of Rs 614 crore during
2011-12 as against the target
of Rs 581.48 crore. Out
of this, the earning through
passenger traffi c was Rs
202.38 crore, goods transportation
Rs 376 crore and
sundry earnings Rs 28 crore.
To a question, he said they
achieved 9.60 million
tonnes freight traffi c during
the year as against the target
of 8.51 million tonnes.
He said the division had
surpassed all targets given
and all facets of Railways
were working in a commendable
manner and
bagged effi ciency shield by
competing with fi ve other
Divisions, namely Chennai,
Madurai, Tiruvananthapuram,
Palakkad and
Salem.