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ECoR ACHIEVED 250 MILLION TON FREIGHT LOADING BEFORE SIX DAYS OF 2023-24 FY

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Newdelhi:25/3/24:East Coast Railway has surpassed all records of Indian Railways in Freight Loading in the Financial Year 2023-24. From 1st April 2023 to 25th March 2024, ECoR loaded 250 million tons of freight, shattering the earlier record of the highest Freight Loading of the 2022-23 fiscal. ECoR has also become the 1st Zone to cross the Milestone of 200 Million Tonne of loading for the 5th time in a row. The three divisions of the ECoR have contributed greatly to the stupendous feat achieved by it.

East Coast Railway was the Second Railway Zone after the undivided South Eastern Railway to load 200 MT in the financial year 2019-20. It has become the first zone to cross 250 MT of freight.

During the financial year 2023-24, East Coast Railway has loaded 149.50 MT of Coal, 12.9MT of Raw Materials to Steel Plants, 20.15 MT of Steel & Slag, 37.4 MT of Iron Ore, 1.21 MT of Cement, 3.16 MT of Food Grains, 6.4 MT of Fertilizers, 3.0 MT of Mineral Oil, 23.27 MT of freight in Containers and other goods. This is 6% more than the corresponding period of last year.

Khurda Road Division of ECoR has contributed 156.17 million tons followed by 74.66 million tons by Waltair Division and 19.20 million tons by Sambalpur Division. All three Divisions performed better than the previous year and surpassed last year’s leading figure.

The coalfields of MCL at Talcher, five ports in ECoR jurisdiction, i.e. Paradeep, Dhamara, Vizag, Gangavaram & Gopalpur; iron ore mines in Bailadila in Chhattisgarh, Major Steel & Aluminium Companies, iron ore mines in Keonjhar District are the major contributors in this achievements.

This remarkable loading has been achieved despite various challenges through the remarkable performance of ECoR with proper planning and coordination with government sectors and Industries.

ECoR under the leadership of its General Manager Shri Manoj Sharma achieved the remarkable feat. The General Manager has been instrumental in motivating its workforce right from day one. Right, thinking with positive Attitude and continuous hard work has been the hallmark of this zone.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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