Waltair Division made steady progress in various spheres in five months of present fiscal, says DRM
The Hindu
‘Total revenue was ₹3,244.45 crore compared to ₹2,380.86 crore last year’
Overcoming the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, the Waltair Division of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) is making steady progress in various spheres, apart from recording remarkable growth in loading of freight, during the first five months of the present fiscal, compared to last year.
The originating goods loading in the first five months (April to August) this year is 26.71 million tonnes as against 19.89 MT registered during the same period in the last fiscal, registering a growth of 34.29%. The freight revenue increased to ₹3,090 crore from ₹2,316 crore during the corresponding period last year. Divisional Railway Manager Anup Kumar Satpathy gave full credit to the Team Waltair for the achievement, at a media conference, here on Friday.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.