51 years of deep and abiding friendship

Celebrating MaitriDiwas between India & Bangladesh On 

New Delhi: 6th December 2022: (The Rail Screen):: 

Ministery of Railways tweeted its happiness on Maitri Divas by tweeting a meesage with a photo.

Celebrating 51 years of deep and abiding friendship between India & Bangladesh On #MaitriDiwas; Indian Railways further bolsters this affiliation with efforts to enhance regional trade & rail connectivity with Bandhan Express and Mitali Express.

Month long Pan-India drive for execution of pending warrants

Posted On: 04th November 2022 at 3:55 PM by PIB Delhi

Drive for execution of pending warrants by RPF from 01.10.2022 to 31.10.2022

*319 offenders involved in 289 cases, evading the process of law, were arrested and produced before the concerned courts during the drive

*This included 52 offenders who were absconding for 10 to 15 years

New Delhi: 04th November 2022: (PIB//The Rail Screen)::

Railway Protection Force (RPF) is entrusted with the responsibility of security of Railway property and several steps are being taken to ensure it. The cases of theft of Railway Property is registered and enquired by RPF under the provisions of RP (UP) Act followed by detection, recovery of stolen Railway Property and arrest/prosecution of criminals. The force also launches prosecution under Railways Act 1989. During enquiry and in course of trial, warrants of arrest are issued by trial courts against offenders/accused who evade arrest and production before the court. Delay in execution of warrants or arrest of named accused persons causes delay in disposal of cases, puts additional pressure on Judiciary & Law Enforcement Agency and adversely interferes with administration of justice. In order to ensure expeditious execution of warrants and production of the absconders/accused persons before the court of law, a month long Pan-India drive, focusing on execution of warrants, was conducted over the Indian Railways from 01.10.2022 to 31.10.2022

During the drive, 319 offenders involved in 289 cases, evading the process of law, were arrested and produced before the concerned courts. This included 52 offenders who were absconding since 10 to 15 yrs.

The field formations of RPF will continue execution of warrants with the same spirit in future too.

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Railways earns Rs 92345 Crores from Freight loading

Posted On: 01st November 2022 at 3:52 PM by PIB Delhi

This earning is till October 2022 in current financial year

*Freight Earnings increases by 17% as compared to the same period of last year

*Railways achieve Freight Loading of 855.63 MT till October’ 22- an improvement of 9% over last year loading

New Delhi: 01st November 2022: (PIB//The Rail Screen)::

On mission mode, Indian Railways' Freight loading for first seven months of this financial year 2022-23 has crossed last year’s loading and earnings for the same period.

On cumulative basis from April – Oct. 22, freight loading of 855.63 MT has been achieved against last year’s loading of 786.2 MT, an improvement of about 9% over last year loading. Railways have earned Rs 92345 crore against Rs 78921 crore last year which is an improvement of 17%.

During the month of October 22, Originating freight loading of 118.94 MT has been achieved against loading of 117.34 MT in Oct 21, which is an improvement of 1.4% over last year. Freight revenue of Rs. 13353 crore has been achieved against Rs 12313 crore freight earnings in October 21, thereby an improvement of 8% over last year.

Following the Mantra, “Hungry For Cargo”, IR has made sustained efforts to improve the ease of doing business as well as improve the service delivery at competitive prices which has resulted in new traffic coming to railways from both conventional and non-conventional commodity streams. The customer centric approach and work of Business Development Units backed up by agile policy making helped Railways towards this landmark achievement.

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