‘Madurai railway division performs well despite odds’
The Hindu
₹179.44 crore revenue generated as against ₹58.83 crore earned last year: DRM
The Madurai Railway Division continues to perform well on the freight front and has shown a positive sign of recovery in passenger traffic, surmounting many odds due to COVID-19 related challenges, according to Divisional Railway Manager P. Ananth. Mr. Ananth hoisted the national flag at the 75th Independence day celebration at the Red Field in Railway Colony in Madurai on Sunday. The Madurai division generated a revenue of ₹80.49 crore through goods traffic - 12.72 % more than last year. It generated a revenue of ₹86.36 crore from passenger traffic. Overall the revenue generated stood at ₹179.44 crore as against ₹58.83 crore earned last year. Freight traffic was a major source of revenue for Indian Railways, he said.The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, rejected a plea by former special Director General of Police (DGP) Rajesh Das to restore the electricity service connection to a bungalow in Thaiyur near Kelambakkam in Chengalpattu district, and to restrain Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) officials from disturbing the power supply in future.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, permitted Anna University to deposit, in three monthly instalments, an amount of ₹73.23 lakh before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) as a condition to hear a statutory appeal preferred by the varsity against the Coimbatore Regional Provident Fund (RPF) Commissioner’s order to pay dues to the tune of ₹2.44 crore to contract employees.