365Telugu.com Online news, Vijayawada,Febraury 20,2023: In an yet another, unprecedented feat, Vijaywada Division surpassed the Annual originating freight target of 30.1 Million Tonnes yesterday i.e., 19th February, 2023, 40 days ahead of the financial year 2022-23 closure.
Recently, the Division has accomplished the Annual freight earnings target of Rs. 3257 Crore and this comes as another feather in the cap for Vijayawada Division.
During 2022-23 financial, Vijayawada Division achieved incremental loading of 59.1% compared to previous year.Vijayawada Division, absolute Incremental loading of 11.20 MT is second only to 12.44 MT of Dhanbad Division, East Central Railway.
The Incremental loading of Vijayawada Division is more than 1/8 of total Incremental loading of Indian Railways.
Vijayawada Division recorded Gross earnings of Rs. 4407.01 Crore up to January, 2023 and the Freight earnings stands at Rs. 3309.74 Crore.With everything in line and bright loading projections, Vijaywada Division would once again breach the 5000 Cr mark in overall gross revenue this financial year.
The best and highest ever earnings of Vijayawada Division is Rs.5136 Crore, recorded in the year 2018-19. Coal is major contributor commodity wise, accounting for nearly 52% of freight transported from the Division to various other destinations.
Around 15.12 Million tonnes of Coal was transported and nearly 6 MT of fertilizers, the second highest commodity loaded in the current financial year. Krishnapatnam Port & Kakinada Port Sidings played a key role with their major contributions to the Divisional earnings.Shri Vavilapalli.
Rambabu, Sr. Divisional Commercial Manager, Vijayawada Division lauded the efforts and hard work of Commercial Staff in achieving this rare feat.
Shivendra Mohan, Divisional Railway Manager, Vijayawada Division congratulated Vavilapalli. Rambabu, Sr. DCM N. Narendra Varma, Sr. DOM; Commercial and Operating Stafffor the record-breaking freight loading during the year.
DRM stated that Indian Railways is offering various freight incentive schemes for the customers at rationalized rates to increase the loading share of tradional commodities and also to recapture the lost goods traffic.
Shivendra Mohan commended the hard work of BDU teams, who are instrumental in achieving the annual loading target figures ahead of financial year closure.