79th Independence Day of the Nation Organized at North Central Railway Headquarter

79th Independence Day of the Nation Organized at North Central Railway Headquarter
15th August 2025, the nation's 79th Independence Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fan-fare at North Central Railway Headquarter Office, Prayagraj. The program started with flag hoisting by General Manager Upendra Chandra Joshi. On the occasion, the General Manager inspected the parade of Railway Protection Force, Bharat Scout and Guides and St. John Ambulance Brigade.
The General Manager also awarded the 21 railway personnel for outstanding perfomance. Awardees included Gajendra Kumar Track Maintainer-IV, Santosh Singh Traffic Inspector, Anand Kumar Patel Senior Carpenter, Avinash Singh Yadav Senior Section Enginer Tele., Lal Chandra Pal/ Loco Pilot, Rajesh Oraon/ Chief Goods Supervisor, Rajiv Kumar Mittal/ Deputy Chief Controller, Satyam Saxena/ Junior Engineer, Nag Bhushan Singh/ Senior Section Engineer, Surendra Lal Verma/ Track Maintainer ?IV, Majboot Singh/ Loco Pilot Mail, Parmoli/ Junior Clerk, Sumit Dwivedi/ Traffic Inspector (Goods), Devendra Kumar/ Junior Engineer (Signal), Anil Kumar Meena/ Senior Technician, Sushil Maurya/ Senior Section Engineer, Vikas Kumar/ Technician ? III, Madhusudan Sinha/ Steno-I, Tarakeshwar Tiwari/ Traffic Inspector, Tejashwani/ Junior Engineer/ P.W., Bhupendra Kumar Saroj, Senior Section Engineer.
General Manager and President, North Central Railway Women's Welfare Organization released the tricolor balloons in the air.
In the colourful cultural programme held on this occasion, Group dance on the song Vande Mataram by the children of Tenderfeet under the guidance of Purnima, Group dance based on the fusion of folk dances of Eastern India under the guidance of Aparajita Patel and Mitali Verma, Group dance by the children of Prayag Petals on Nanha Munna Rahi Hoon under the direction of Aarti Rawat, Dance by the children of Shishugrih on Teri Ungli Pakad Ke Chala,Sandeep Kumar, Mohammad Faizan Ahmed - Group Song enthralled the audience present.
During the function, the General Manager gave heartfelt greetings and greetings to all the employees, officers of North Central Railway and their families on the auspicious occasion of the 79th Independence Day of our glorious nation.
The General Manager's address is as follows
?On the auspicious occasion of 79th Independence Day of our glorious nation, I extend my heartiest greetings to the entire North Central Railway family. This day commemorates the re-birth of our nation after gaining long awaited independence from foreign rule & our ill-fortunes. Today we recall the sacrifice and selfless service of the great personages with gratitude. It is befitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of rededication to the service of nation and its people and to the still larger cause of humanity. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step towards new opportunities, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Thus on this day, we evaluate our immediate past and look ahead at our future.North Central Railway, since inception in 2003 has emerged as an important constituent of Indian Railway. Our contributions are first reflected in our financial performance with registered growth of passenger and Sundry earnings by 3.64% and 83.74% respectively during the first quarter over the corresponding period of last year with the increase in passengers by 8.34%. Our originating food grain loading has also registered a phenomenal growth of more than 32% during current financial year, with this the gross originating freight revenue has increase by 3%. During 2024-25, scrap sale of Rs. 272 Crore was achieved by our Stores department, surpassing the target by 4.7%. Even during the current financial year by the end of July 2025, the scrap sale of almost Rs. 75 Crore has been achieved.Customer satisfaction is the prime motive behind our efforts. We were privileged to cater to mammoth operations for the largest human congregation during Mahakumbh Mela at Prayagraj between January to February 2025. The meticulous planning and flawless execution by committed railwaymen jelled with modern technological tools made it safe, smooth & successful. We utilized Memu trains extensively along with using locomotives at both ends on conventional rakes for swift movement, Multi lingual Public Address & Enquiry System, Multilingual information brochures, Kumbh Rail sewa mobile app etc as technological innovations to supplement relentless efforts of railwaymen and served the pilgrims in efficient manner. Coordinated efforts by NCR was the key in completion of infrastructural works worth Rs 5000 Crores for Maha Kumbh in very planned way. Safe and comfortable transport of about 5 crore pilgrims by running more than 17000 trains was Kumbh Snan for our dedicated railwaymen in true sense.
Giving a new dimension to customer convenience, 09 redeveloped Amrit Stations equipped with modern facilities were inaugurated by the Honorable Prime Minister. To enhance passenger convenience during the current financial year, we also ran 931 trips of mela & summer special trains and temporary augmentation of additional coaches for 44 trips, to facilitate passengers during rush periods in current financial year. We have also enhanced the maximum speed of 10 trains to 130 KMPH thus taking the total number to 636 trains which run at this speed. For ease of movement of passengers on stations, 61 escalators & 49 lifts have been provided so far and 02 escalators & 10 lifts are further planned at various stations over NCR during ongoing financial year. New Foot Over Bridges has been constructed at 10 Stations including 12 meter wide FOBs at Deeg and Vindhyachal. With the provision of divyang friendly amenities at 05 more stations, overall 117 stations of zone have been provided with requisite divyang facilities.
Safety in train operations is our topmost priority.Our Safety department has conducted 20 drives over the zone to inculcate safe working practices among staff in their day to day functioning. They have also organized Mock drill with NDRF as a part of disaster management exercise.During last financial year, KAVACH system has been installed over 831 Kms of route. We have also installed the KAVACH instrument in 125 three phase locomotives. Safety Integrity Testing of station panel has been conducted at 44 stations. Fire alarm system has been provided at 13 stations this year. To enhance reliability BPAC has been commissioned in 04 block sections and dual detection in 478 track sections.In order to motivate staff for safer working practices, during the current year31 personnel have been conferred with safety award for showing exemplary alertness and contributing towards safety in train operations. To enhance safety at level crossings 90 manned level crossings gate have been eliminated last year and in continuation 09 more have been closed in current year whereas 103 ROBs/RUBs have been constructed during last financial year and 22 in ongoing year.So far, Interlocking of 03 LC gates has been done to ensure enhanced safety in train operations. For mass awareness on safety several publicity campaigns through mobile video van, print & electronic media were organized with special focus on road users.
Maintenance and proper upkeep of assets is key to safe and smooth operations.We have completed 74.26 Kms of TRR & 94.62 Kms of Complete Track Renewal upto June, 25 which are higher by 72% & 25% respectively than same period last year. We are also making efforts to ease up the congestion on our routes and further speed up the operations by providing input through capacity enhancement works. We have raised the sectional speed on 42.77 Kms of our sections to 110 KMPH. During the ongoing financial year, 243.72 Kms of boundary walls along the track have been constructed. Electronic Interlocking has been commissioned at 5 stations & automatic signaling over 38.94 Kms. In order of facilitate smooth operations traction substation has been commissioned at Jora Alapur. Apart from it 34.45 TKM of sidings have been electrified this year.
Our workshops are also contributing to fulfill the aspirations of esteemed customers. CMLR Workshop/Jhansi has successfully started midlife rehabilitation of AC LHB coaches and 57 such coaches with total of 376 coaches have been rehabilitated during 2024-25. Cumulative outturn of Rail Coach Naveenikaran Karkhana/Jhansi, was also achieved to be 10% more than the target. Wagon Repair Workshop has also achieved a milestone with its highest outturn in January 2025 with 1101 VUs against the target of 725 VUs only. Our Electric Loco shed, Kanpur based Locomotive stood 1st Runner-Up in the "Loco Cab competition held at Banaras Locomotive Works on 24.05.2025.
Our commitment to Swachhta and environment friendly functioning is undeterred.Our 10 buildings, have been certified as Shunya/Shunya+ by Bureau of Energy Efficiency for year 2024-25, while 19 more buildings have been identified for potential certification this year. Our Solar Power Plants have generated Highest Ever 6.37 Million Units of energy during January to June 2025.
Improvement is an ongoing process and technological inputs with vigilant management are the key to it. Our vigilance department is not only curbing the improper practices but also suggesting corrective measures. It has issued 17 system improvements during current year covering subjects like overestimation in a works contract & about intra division transfer of staff on their request basis etc.
Security of passengers and railway property is our key concern. Our Security Personnel had played a very commendable role during Mahakumbh. They not only provided security to pilgrims but contributed immensly towards effective crowd management.Railway Protection force have saved 211 children and either reunited them with their families or handed them over safely to NGOs. They also taken stringent action against the carriers of intoxicating and prohibited materials, as 10 persons have been arrested and material worth Rs 12,50,700/- has been recovered. Action has also been taken against unauthorized ticketing and vending as 13 unauthorized ticket agents and 3062 vendors have been arrested during ongoing financial year.
Human resource is the most important asset for any living organization. Similarly Team NCR is the force that keeps our flag high in all streams. We uphold the responsibility to ensure welfare and all round development of our team.It the first when an inter-division cultural competition was held by our personnel department. This competition brought out some remarkable performances and an entirely different aspect of personalities of our personnel came to light. In this year 5377 grievances have been disposed off through single window system. More than 11000 staff have been trained at various training centers of NCR thus upgrading their skills. To dispose the pending MACP cases, a drive was launched and 1030 staff got benefitted through it. Our Medical department looks after the health of our employees. They organize regular health check up camps specially at work places. About 25000 employees have been checked during such camps. Our 08 stations and 03 offices have been eat right certified in last six months.
Players & cultural teams of NCR have always brought laurels for our country. I take this opportunity to congratulate our Women Cricket team for winning Inter Railway Cricket Championship and our Hockey Team for winning bronze medal for the first time. Our wrestler Udit won silver medal in Senior Asian Wrestling Championship held at Jordan.
Our Rajbhasha department has been making remarkable efforts in implementing Rajbhasha policy over the zone. One of our officer got Rail Mantri Rajbhasha