Yugal Kishore Joshi has taken charge as principal chief security commissioner (PCSC) of East Coast Railway. He joined the Indian Railways from the 1997 batch of IRPF Services. Prior to this post, Joshi was in deputation to Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under Ministry of Jal Shakti and worked as the director, Swachh Bharat…
East Coast Railway (ECoR) has loaded highest ever freight in the just concluded 2021-22 fiscal and created history by securing top position in freight loading. Since the last four years, ECoR has secured top position in freight loading. Since the inception of new zone, ECoR has consistently witnessed incremental loading over the previous year performance,…
East Coast Railway has disposed highest ever scrap from its jurisdiction in the current financial year which is about 42.61 per cent higher in value, than the target set by the Railway Board. This is highest ever scrap sale by East Coast Railway, by putting all its efforts in making the entire zone as scrap…
Archana Joshi, general manager, East Coast Railway, conducted annual inspection between Nayagarh (Keonjhar)-Jakhapura section of Khurda Road Division along with a team of senior officials from the ECoR headquarters. She was also accompanied by Rinkesh Ray, divisional railway manager, Khurda Road Division along with other branch officers. Inspection was carried out at various stations including…
As part of Employees/Workers’ participation in Management, East Coast Railway has organised PREM (Participation of Railway Employees in Management) meeting at ECoR headquarters, Rail Sadan on Tuesday where representative of recognised Trade Unions, Officers Association and RPF Association participated to work more effectively. The concept of PREM meeting is unique to Railways and is a…
International Women’s Day 2022 was celebrated by East Coast Railway on Tuesday at Railway Auditorium in association with East Coast Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation. To mark this occasion, a seminar on “Gender Equality Today for Sustainable Tomorrow” was organised where eminent personalities presented their views on the above subject. Gracing the occasion, principal chief signal…
Sharad Kumar Srivastava, an officer of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineer (IRSSE) of 1986 batch has joined East Coast Railway as additional general manager, on Monday. Prior to the new posting, Srivastava was working as principal chief signal and telecom engineer at Metro Railway, Kolkata. He also worked as divisional railway manager of Adra…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been allocated about Rs 9,734 crore which is the highest budgetary provision made so far and more than the state’s demands for railway infrastructure in the 2022-23 Union budget, a senior official said. The official said this year’s budget allocation for Odisha is Rs 2,738.5 crore more than the last year’s allocation…
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has opened outreach camps to look into the concerns raised by the candidates in regard to the results of 1st Stage CBT of Centralised Employment Notification CEN 01/2019 of Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) issued by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs). Indian Railways has formed a high-level committee to go…
Bhubaneswar: Three coal-laden wagons of a goods train derailed in Odisha on Thursday, reported PTI. The derailment disrupted freight movement between Cuttack and Paradip, an East Coast Railway official said. The incident took place at a loco shed near Cuttack station, additional divisional railway manager (Khurda Road) Kalyan Patnaik said. No one was injured due…
