South Central Railway has bagged All India Performance Efficiency Shields in two fields
for the last year. These shields will be presented by Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hon’ble Minister for
Railways along with Shri Raosaheb Danve, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways and Smt.
Darshana Jardosh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways at function which will be held on 15th
December, 2023 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The shields will be received by General Manager,
SCR and the concerned Principal Heads of the Departments, SCR.
SCR has bagged two National performance efficiency shields viz., Civil Engineering
Construction Shield and Civil Engineering Shield (Jointly with Northern Railway).
Shri Arun Kumar Jain, General Manager , SCR expressed his happiness and congratulated
the team of officials and staff for their contribution which led to SCR obtaining All India
Performance Efficiency Shields in two disciplines. The General Manager advised the team to be
more responsible and committed to further enhance the performance across the zone.
Civil Engineering Construction Shield
The Civil Engineering Construction shield is bagged only by South Central Railway. The
Zone has given prime importance to infrastructure addition to its rail network. In fact, the
Zone has scaled new heights in the last financial year 2022-23 by adding 383 Kms to its rail
network. This comprises of 50 Kms of new lines, 151 Kms of Double line and 182 Kms of
Third line. More importantly, by giving boost to the last mile connectivity, several important
projects have been totally completed like Bhadrachalam – Sattupalli new line , Devarkadra –
Krishna new line, Gooty – Dharmavaram Double Line, Vijayawada – Gudivada –
Bhimavaram – Narsapur; Gudivada – Machilipatnam & Nidadavolu – Bhimavaram Double
Line etc.
Civil Engineering Shield
The Civil Engineering Shield is jointly bagged by South Central Railway and Northern
Railway. To enhance safety in its operation, SCR has taken several initiatives in enhancing
safety. Notable among them have been elimination of Manned Level Crossings (80 in 2022-
23), Increase in maximum permissible speed in GD- GQ routes and maintenance of the railway
tracks. In fact, the Zone has consistently been among the top Zones across IR with respect to
the performance in maintenance of the tracks by Track Machines.
This news given by Ch. Rakesh, Chief Public Relations Officer, South Central Railway.
