WR Press Release No. 2020/11 Mumbai, 9th Nov, 2020
WR LOADED MORE THAN 20 THOUSAND GOODS RAKES
Photo Caption : Loading activities at Ahmedabad station of WR.
Western Rly has continued with its transportation of essential commodities through its parcel special trains and goods trains. WRhas left no stone unturned to keep the chain of supply moving. This is evident from the fact that despite toughest challenges during lockdown, WRhas transported goods in more than 20 thousand rakes of goods trains . This could be made possible only through the concerted efforts of the hard working officers and staff of Western Railway.
According to a press release issued byShri Sumit Thakur- Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Rly, since 22nd March, 2020, total 20,695 rakes of goods trains were loaded till8th Nov, 2020 over Western Rly. Loading in the 20,695 rakes included various essential commodities such as POL - 2173, Fertilizers - 4141, Salt - 1086, Foodgrain- 196, Cement - 1870, Coal - 788, Containers – 9183& General Goods - 92 rakes, totaling to45.04 Million Tonnes. In addition to this, Millennium parcel rakes, including milk rakes carrying essential commodities such as medicine, frozen food, milk powder,liquid milk and general consumer goods were also transported, mainly to Northern & North East regions.Total 40,948 Freight trains were interchanged with other Railways, including 20,458trains handed over and 20,490 trains taken over at different interchange points of Western Railway. During the period, important inward rakes such as 2663 rakes of Jumbo, 1586 rakes of BOXN and 1162 rakes of BTPN were unloaded at various stations over Western Rly,despite shortage of labourers. Shri Thakur further stated that, in addition to the above goods traffic, since 23rd March to 8th Nov, 2020, commodities weighing more than 1.71 lakh tonnes have been transported by Western Rly through its 664 parcel special trains, which mainly included agricultural produce, medicines, fish, milk etc. The earnings generated through this transportation, has been above Rs 58 crore. During this period, 116 milk special trains were run by Western Rly, with a load ofmore than 88 thousand tonnes and 100% utilization of the wagons. Similarly, 485 Covid-19 special parcel trains with a load of54,500tonnes were also run to transport various essential commodities. In addition to this, 63 indented rakes carrying about 28 thousand tonnes were also run with almost 100% utilization.WR has scheduled to run various timetabled Parcel special trains during lockdown period to different parts of the country. one Parcel Special train viz Bandra Terminus to Jammu Tawi and a milk special rake from Palanpur to Hind Terminal departed from WR on 9th Nov, 2020.
LOSS OF PASSENGER EARNINGS DUE TO LOCKDOWN
The total loss of earnings over Western Railway on account of Corona Virus, has been approx.Rs 3212 crore, which includes Rs 501 crore for suburban section and Rs 2711 crore for non-suburban. In spite of this, resulting to cancellation of tickets since 1st March, 2020 till 8th Nov, 2020, Western Railway has ensured torefundmore than Rs. 479 crore. It's worth mentioning that in this refund amount, Mumbai division alone, has ensured refund of more than Rs 234 crore. Till now, 74.43 lakh passengers have cancelled their tickets over entire Western Railway & have received their refund amount accordingly.
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