The document provides a historical overview of Nagpur, India known as the "Orange City". Nagpur was founded in the 17th century and became the capital of the Central Provinces under the Maratha Empire. The arrival of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway in 1867 spurred Nagpur's development as a trade center. Nagpur is known for its oranges and located its wholesale market adjacent to the railway station. It also earned the nickname "Zero Mile City" as it lies at the geographic center of India. Nagpur connects many tiger reserves and dense forests inspired Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories. The document highlights Nagpur's importance as a trade center served by the railway.

1. It was indeed possible...
It’s all about imagineering.
D.R.M.
Central Railway
Nagpur 440 001
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2. A rare photograph of the Nagpur
Railway Station in early 1920’s. This
station was built using the locally
available Saoner sand stones.

3. Dedicated to 15,700 strong
‘Team Nagpur’
Anyone who lives within their means,
suffers from a lack of imagination
Oscar Wilde
INDEX
Nagpur – The Orange City 4 - 7
Nagpur Station – Where India Crosses 8 - 23
Heritage Station Building – Glory Restored
Buland - NG Heritage Steam loco – The lost Jewel
The New Façade On Eastern Side
The New Home Platform On Eastern Side
Escalators
New Waiting Longue
Narrow Gauge Connection
Nagpur Station - Journey To the ‘World Class’Has Really Begun
Ajni Has Seen All 24 - 31
Ajni Railway Colony
Ajni Health Unit
Rail Boulevard
Electric Loco Shed,
Ajni - Adarsh Station
Wardha - Sewagram – Gandhiji’s Rural experiment lab. 32 - 33
Why Gandhiji chose Wardha- Sewagram
Other Stations – New Look 34 - 35
Betul
Parasia
Barbatpur
Dhamangaon
Infrastructure – faster upgradation 36 - 45
Nagpur RRI - Commissioning - A Surprisingly Pleasant Experience
Conversion of Goods Sheds from half rake length to full rake
length
New Private Freight Terminals
Execution of Traffic Facility Works in the same year of sanction
Ajni – development as terminus
Wardha – Extension of PF-3 by 3 coaches
Speeding up of the deposit works of state agencies
Spandan – State of the Art Control Office
Parasia – Chhindawara – One Train Only system to Absolute
block Working system
Ballarsha Yard Remodelling
DRM Office – A new identity
Satpura Club
Innovations And Imagineering 46 - 49
UMLC Counsellors
Switching over to full ECS
Earning Contract Module
Bio-Metric Attendance
First Solid state electronics interlocking - At Bharatwada Station
Safety Superstar Awards
Materials Management Information System (MMIS)
Rail Kala Sangam
The Customer is King 50 - 57
Base kitchens at Nagpur & Ballarshah - Transformation
to World Class
Nagpur Retiring Rooms – Rebranding as Maharaja Retiring
Rooms
First ever special train from Nagpur
Exclusive Waiting Room for ladies
Nagpur Station Mechanised Cleaning
Hope : Help On the spot to Passengers in Emergency
Vidarbhachi Ladki – Sweagram express
Novel Coach Indicator/Coach Guidance System
Public information system
Courtesy Seminars For Front-line-staff
Security System
World Class Station Development possibility on East side
Employees are customers too 58 - 63
Running rooms & lobbies - A home away from home
Gunjan – an auditorium with difference
ASTHA – A Mile-stone in staff grievance redressal
Divisional Railway Hospital Nagpur – Total Transformation
through SEHAT
Cost Cutting – The Survival Tool 64 - 71
Stalling Of Stallings
Increase In use of 3-phase locos
Traction Energy Conservation
Rs. 1.56 Cr. saving in Engergy expenditure
with investment of Rs. 9.8 lacs
Ghat Section Working
PSR Relaxations
Drastic Reduction In OT
Operational Efficiency
Elimination of tanker water supply at Nagpur
Stoppage Of The Coverage Of OBHS Trains By CTS
Successful Outsourcing Of Services
Surrendering Of Posts
Common/Mini Line Boxes and outsourcing of Loading/Unloading
activities
The New Paradigm of Operations : Nagpur – Ajni bypass 72 - 75
Performance is paramount 76 - 77
Heavy Rain and the aftermath 78 - 83
Team Nagpur – There is no“I”in it 84 - 85
Down Memory Lane 86 - 87
Bouquets & Brickbats 88 - 89
Media Speak 90 - 93

4. Introduction and Acknowledgements
IR's legacy is so stupendous and its track record, barring some recent issues,
so brilliant that, carrying on the baton forward, even at Divisional level,
equally well, against all odds and expectations is nothing less than an ordeal.
IR is having the distinction of a much superior work culture. This may be due
to the inherent requirement of discipline and coordination among various
organisational components which together produce rail transportation.
Thus for any team to get noticed in such a setup, really remains a challenge.
Background of this book, has thus been set in that legacy- more than a
century and a half old and yet continuing ever stronger
As part of the same tradition, this humble effort of Team Nagpur attempts to
bring out the outcome of a sincere Team Work, in the adverse circumstances
of fund shortage, vacancies, super saturated Line capacities, rising revenue
expenses and shrinking outlays and ever increasing expectations from
Passengers, Public, Staff, Unions etc. Where adversities and constraints
were taken as opportunities and expectations as challenges. More stress
was given to output and outcome than outlays. Every possible effort was
made to recycle and reuse anything and everything from water and wood to
steel and structures. While Cost Cutting was a Mission whether by
downsizing, rightsizing, outsourcing, energy conservation. Or by increasing
efficiency by increasing speeds, removing restrictions (without costs),
maximising asset utilisation and minimising failures, stallings etc.
Increasing earning was a relentless pursuit using any and every opportunity
from Passenger and Freight services to ticket checking and publicity. Infra
building was guided by goals of utility, quality, speedier execution & utmost
economy and even without cost - a work like 4km long Bypass Line from
Nagpur to Ajni with bi-directional signalling, actually a 3rd line, really came
without cost by merely executing already sanctioned works simultaneously
accommodating this facility entailing no extra cost. Several path breaking
initiatives were taken by the Division within its limited resources, like
introduction of Nagpur starting Specials for the first time ever, using lie over
rakes, Computerisation of Commercial Earning Contracts management,
which received an award of Rs 50,000/- from FC, being an innovation to be
implemented all over IR, as also deployment of 'UMLC Safety Counsellors'
again for the very first time' which was later adopted by several other
divisions and Railways etc. The most innovative Divisional initiative of
course, was long pending commissioning of Nagpur RRI without N.I. and
without much traffic disruption, in the backdrop of catastrophic
apprehensions. Thus, earning for the Division not only appreciations, but a
rare Rs 2 lakh award from CRB and Rs 5 lakh award from GM, enabling all
Team Members to have customised dial watches as mementoes. Several
important works got completed within same year of sanction, enabling
Division to receive the newly instituted 'GM's Shield for Speedier Execution
of Works' in 2013. Quite a lot of 'Innovative Imagineering' had to be at work
apart from plain engineering.
However, the real emphasis was on quality of services delivered, whether to
an external customer or an internal one. World Class Base Kitchens at
Nagpur & Ballarshah, rebranded 'Maharaja Retiring Room' at Nagpur
HOPE(Help On-the-spot to the Passengers in Emergency) or 320-Seater
state-of-the-art Gunjan Auditorium constructed creatively, Total
Transformation of Nagpur Divisional Hospital or ASTHA (Assistance to the
Staff Through Instant Action) which rendered more than 31000 time bound
services to the staff in two years through Personnel Branch, and so on. Idea
here is, not at all to list out achievements, but only to underline the fact that,
it is ordinary people who give extraordinary performance in an enabling
atmosphere and people do rise to calibrated higher expectations at times.
Credit for the same is theirs, but the real beneficiaries are the users and the
system.
Remarkable mutual concern and accommodation was shown by all
departments, which is the hallmark of railway working and rather an
inescapable need. An atmosphere of concern instead of complaints, went a
long way in Team Working. It was so heartening, seeing individual bright
officers going beyond mundane departmentalism, even when they were
under pressure to act otherwise. In a way its a challenge for a DRM to
integrate with each department’s working and to be aware of their
strengths, weaknesses, pains and potential so much, so that each one makes
him privy to its pains and pleasures. Friday Meetings with BOs were a
delight with business lunch menus and Cafe Coffee Day Coffee from the
machine installed in office, which all BOs could tap anytime, at hardly any
cost, incidentally. My only wish is that, each Team Member, including myself
carries these lessons and experiences over to their next Teams, as we
perpetually work in teams, one after another, that‘It Was Indeed Possible’to
deliver something, where expectations were so low in the face of daunting
pessimism, helplessness and hopelessness, which can be a source of little
consolation and confidence as we go along. Also this effort may, perhaps,
give an interesting insight, to those who care to glance through these pages.
There were many ups, but of course a few downs. However, given the
positive momentum they could be negotiated well. Its said, the real test of
a team lies in the fact, that how lightly, pleasantly and stress freely it carries
its responsibility and yet delivers. Series of awards, shields, unbelievable no.
and quantum of group cash awards (over Rs.55 lacs in two years) from
MR/MOSR/CRB/GM so generously and appreciatively sanctioned, public and
media appreciation and their indulgence to overlook several obvious
shortcomings, and above all a higher moral of 15,700 Railwaymen & Women
of the division, their wholesome feelings clearly visible in their uplooking
performance graph etc. were little testimonies of the same. ASTHA to staff,
HOPE to passengers and SEHAT to patients, all delivered, without any
distress. Handing over of awards to individual staff at the porch in the
morning when staff gather to start the day magnified their impact,
particularly 'Safety Superstar Awards' given instantly for spotting safety risk.
As a result, Division received the GM's Efficiency Shields, for the Overall Best
Performing Division, for both consecutive years along with several other
departmental shields. Nagpur, CR, was earlier also a better division, having
received the GM’s overall efficiency shield in previous two consecutive years,
under my predecessor and therefore, doing better was even, otherwise a
challenge. The division was also bestowed with‘Rail Mantri Rajat - Padak’
handed over by CRB on 12.11.2013 in Rail Bhavan and prestigious“National
Energy Conservation Award”handed over by Hon‘ble President of India,
Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 16.12.2013 in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Really heartening, was the support and cooperation, voluntarily coming
forward from both the Unions and other Associations. No endeavour can
succeed unless the people at the cutting edge, generally think and act alike
and develop commitment towards common goals. Personal rapport with
Union representatives was particularly helpful in this regard. DRM's
secretariat functioned efficiently amongst all pulls, pressures, deadlines, and
that was an strength.“My heartfelt thanks to each and every teammate
present & past, and all those spread over length and breadth of the division,
and whose names couldn't appear here due to space constraint, for being
so constructively and willingly cooperative and collaborative. My best
wishes to them”. Above all it was generous help and support of HQrs
particularly GM, AGM and all PHODs which enabled the Divn. To achieve
what it has. My tenure started in Oct ’11 with Shri Kul Bhushan, as GM, C. Rly.
His initial tips, guidance and counselling based on his profound experience
were very handy. After elevation of Shri Kul Bhushan as Member Electrical,
Rly. Board in Nov. ’11, Shri Subodh Jain took over as GM, C. Rly. His inspiring
leadership and all round support at every step and his deep involvement
with every facet of working, made the real difference not only to Nagpur
Divn. but the entire C. Rly. as one could see. By the time he left in April ’13,
foundation of our performance was laid. Shri B. P. Khare, the new GM, C. Rly.
continued the strong support to the Division, helping it cope up with
unforeseen flooding and breaches, successfully and admirably. The entire
division and I personally feel grateful for these generously affectionate
gestures. Our profound regards to the entire HQrs. and hearty best wishes.
Last but not the least, it was, the untiring efforts of Shri S. G. Raut/LI and
Shri P. T. Shende/PS, and D. D. Sharma of Headliners wich was instrumental in
putting this book together so well.
2 3
Brijesh Dixit, DRM, Nagpur
in his office

5. 4 5
Nagpur draws its name from the river which flows through the city in the
serpentine path and it is, therefore, named Nag. Even the seal of Nagpur
Municipal Corporation depicts a Nag (Cobra) in the water of a river.
The city is dotted with natural and man-made lakes with Ambazari lake
being the largest. Other natural lakes include Gorewada lake and
Telangkhedi lake. Sonegaon lake along with Gandhisagar Lake are
man-made lakes created by city’s historical rulers. Nag river, along with
nallahs form the natural drainage pattern for the city. Nagpur is known
for its greenery and was judged as the cleanest and second greenest in
India after Chandigarh in 2013.
Nagpur was founded by the Bakht Buland Shah, a prince of Gond
Kingdom in 17th century and later became a part of the Maratha Empire
under the Royal Bhonsale dynasty in 1751. The British East India
Company took over Nagpur in the 19th century and made it the capital
of the Central Provinces and Berar in 1861.
The advent of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) in Nagpur, in
1867 spurred its development as a trade centre. History tells, Grain riots
in the city of Nagpur had begun in 1869. Though there was no famine in
Nagpur, the prices of grain were very high due to famine in the adjoining
areas, in the north around Jabalpur and in the North East around
Rajnandgaon and Raipur. Large scale relief was offered under
work-for-pay schemes. Mortality, both from starvation and
accompanying epidemics, was very high: approximately 1 million people
are thought to have died as a result of the famine. Presence of so many
lakes in Nagpur city, probably had some connection to such famines.
It is said that some NG Railway Lines came up around Nagpur as relief
works.
After the first reorganisation of states, the city lost its status as the capital
city. However, following the informal "Nagpur Pact" between political
leaders, it was made the second Capital of Maharashtra.
NAGPUR
The Orange City
Ambazari Lake
‘Zero Mile Pillar’in Nagpur City

6. 6 7
Nagpur is known as“Orange City”owing to the area around it being the
large scale producer of this tropical juicy fruit. The city is surrounded by
orange orchards and homes its wholesale market, which is just adjacent
to Nagpur station. Railway lines pass through orchards and present
enchanting sights. Even, Cotton Market being located next to Nagpur
station may not be a coincidence, as both orange & cotton must be“bulk
commodities”at that time and their markets needed to be close to
Railway station for transportation. The cotton market has now been
converted into vegetable market, as the bulk market of cotton has been
shifted out of the city.
Nagpur has also earned several other nick names. One of the most
famous being“Zero Mile”city as it lies at the geographical centre of the
country with the‘Zero Mile Pillar’placed right at the geographical centre
of India.
Nagpur is also called the "Tiger Capital of India" as it connects
many tiger reserves in India to rest of the country and the world.
It is surrounded by number of wild life sanctuaries of International
repute like Tadoba, Kanha, Pench etc. Dense forests of this area were so
famous that the well known British author, Rudyard Kipling chose this
area as his inspiration for several forest books he authored.‘Jungle Book’,
a collection of his stories was amongst them.
The Seeonee (pronounced as Seoni), a place near Nagpur was closely
associated with Kipling.
Nagpur has some grand old churches. High quality teak timber from
these forests is popular as CP teak, and is famous for use in high quality
furniture and building work.
Another very distinctive feature of the city and region known as
‘Vidarbha’is, very hot and dry summers. Maximum ambient temperature
hovers around 500
C. for weeks, due to being located close to‘Tropic of
Cancer’. At the end, arrival of monsoon provides real pleasant relief.
Perhaps, it is intense heating of this tropical region of India which sucks
“monsoon clouds”to Indian Peninsula from high seas, where they are
formed.
Wild life in the area was so dense that, as per
folklore, a Pointsman of a station near Amla
had to spend a whole winter night up at the
signal post where he climbed to light the
signal lamp in the evening, and in the mean-
while a Tiger reached the foot of the post.
Futala Lake SFS Church, one of the Grand Old churches of Nagpur

7. 8 9
NAGPUR STATION
Where India Crosses
Nagpur Station 1925
‘Diamond Crossing’– at Nagpur station. Thanks to Mr. Subodh Jain, Member Engineering, Railway
Board, crippling 10 kmph speed restrictions have now been removed/ relaxed after introduction of
its innovative design named‘POLARIS’.

8. 10 11
Although Railway in India was born at Mumbai (earlier
Bombay) in 1853, it quickly established a direct connection
with Vidarbha because of large cotton growing areas here.
Within 14 years of its inception, railways reached Nagpur in the
year 1867. Further development of railway network in
Vidarbha took place to facilitate transportation of cotton
grown here to textile mills of England. These mills in England at
that time were leading the industrial revolution.
The Provincial Government of the Central Province on the
recommendation of the Famine Commission constructed
Nagpur - Chhatisgarh Railway. This was a MG Line whose
construction began in 1878 and was completed in 1882.
Bengal – Nagpur Railway Company was formed in 1887 which
took over Nagpur – Chhattisgarh Railway and converted it into
broad gauge. It further extended the line and joined it with the
network of the East Indian Railway at Asansol. This was the
fore-runner of erstwhile South Eastern Railway, which has now
been trifurcated into South Eastern Railway, East Coast Railway
and South East Central Railway.
Nagpur - Bhusawal line was doubled in the period 1918 - 1922.
Around the same time GIP Railway completed Itarsi – Betul
section in 1913, Betul – Amla in 1914, Narkher – Nagpur in
1923 and Amla – Narkher in 1924. Thus Nagpur was placed
right at the junction of North - South and East - West corridors.
Coincidentally, both North - South & East - West, railway as well
as road corridors cross here. Hazira – Kolkatta National
Highway no. 6 and Kanyakumari – Varanasi National highway
no. 44 (earlier NH 7) also cross at Nagpur within a few hundred
Nagpur Station in October, 2013
meters from Nagpur station. No wonder it is called the‘Zero
Mile City’, meaning it is the geographical centre of India.
Thus, Nagpur is‘Where India Crosses’.
Unique feature of Nagpur station is the“Diamond Crossings”
between North-South & East-West corridors of IR, located at
the North of the station.
Diamond Crossings being very delicate spot in the track, entail
speed restrictions which were crippling 10 kmph in both
directions earlier. Original design of these crossings was with
wooden sleepers. Non availability of wooden sleepers on IR
subsequently compounded the problems.
Shri Subodh Jain, present Member Engineering, Railway Board,
who was then Principal Chief Engineer, Central Railway
developed a very innovative design of these crossings and got
the same fabricated at Manmad Engineering Workshop. With
the introduction of modified Diamond Crossings now the
speed restriction has been fully relaxed for one line and
partially relaxed for other lines offering great operational
advantage. The new design has been named as‘Polaris’.
The black cotton soil of the Vidarbha region has been a
nightmare of the Permanent Way engineers throughout the
history. Intensive heating during summer produces severe
cracks leading to puncturing of ballast. During rains, when the
soil gets wet it swells. This cycle produces significant Cross
Level variations in the track giving sleepless nights to
engineers. The situation has improved after introduction of
Concrete sleepers, in place of wooden and metal sleepers, with
thicker ballast cushion, yet it needs a lot of extra care.

9. 1312
Heritage staion building
GLORY RESTORED
The beautiful heritage structure of Nagpur Railway station was
inaugurated in 1925 and is a monument of pride for Nagpur as
well as Central Railway. This grand, Pink Sand Stone Building, is
an engineering marvel and a site to behold. It is witness to
manifold increase in passenger traffic year after year, with
about 1 lac daily foot falls at present. Over a period of time, all
the beautiful arches and walls were covered with advertise-
ments, banners, posters, loose wires, switch boards, etc. This
has been cleared to re-discover the original beauty of this
magnificent building. The beauty of the arches, murals and the
facade, have been highlighted by skilful lighting.
EARLIER PHOTOGRAPHS OF NAGPUR RAILWAY STATION BEFORE RESTORATION

10. BULAND : NG Heritage Steam loco
THE LOST JEWEL
14 15
This loco was in service in Pulgaon – Arvi NG section of Nagpur
Division up to June'86 when traction was converted into diesel. The
NG passenger train running in this section and other NG sections of
adjacent Bhusawal division are popularly known as‘Shakuntala’
though it is not an official name.
After decommissioning, the loco was lying abandoned in Ajni Yard.
After its chance discovery, it was taken to Wagon Repair Shop, Ajni
for repair, rehabilitation and restoration to its old glory before
installation in the west side circulating area of Nagpur Station on a
beautiful pedestal.
Shakuntala Express standing at Arvi

11. BULAND : Restoring a part of our
heritage
ZP-5 category, Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotive‘Buland’, adorning the precincts of ornate sandstone, heritage building of Nagpur Railway
Station. It was installed on 21st August, 2012, in an impressive ceremony including a scintillating sound & light show. This locomotive was
built in 1954 by M/s Nesmith Wilson & Co. Ltd and it served the Nagpur Division of Central Railway from 1955 to 1986.
The curtains went up on the‘Beats’of catchy tunes and‘Beams’of laser.
GM, C.Rly. Shri Subodh Jain, CME, C.Rly. Shri W. K. Pradhan, DRM, SECR, Nagpur Shri S. L. Verma, Mayor, Nagpur Dr. Anil Sole, Collector,
Nagpur, Shri Saurabh Rao, in the above photograph, immediately after the unveiling ceremony were among several other dignatories viz.
Air Marshal Jagdish Chandra, Police Commissioner, Shri Ankush Dhanvijai, Divisional Commissioner Shri B. V. Gopal Reddy, Chairman NIT,
Shri Pravin Darade.
16 17
It was a DRM’s chance visit to the huge Ajni Railway Yard on 19th
January’2012 for routine inspection of wagon maintenance facilities
spread over the yard along with Sr. DME when this lost jewel was
located in an obscured stabling line covered with weeds and bushes. Instantly realizing
the value and significance of this heritage, plan was made for its restoration to its old
glory and giving to it pride of place commensurate with the valuable services it
rendered during its heydays
Arranging the unveiling function was a dilemma, as far as resources were concerned, till
a brilliant idea come forward. Ultimately, not only funds required got arranged but also
profile of the function got substantially raised. Navbharat carried the ad of the ceremony
as a media partner & sponsors came forward whose names were prominent in the ad.
Not only GM & CME but entire who’s who of the city, came to witness this invaluable
piece of history, getting its place of pride, forever, right in front of iconic Nagpur station,
which itself is a heritage building.
Rajesh Dwivedi, Sr. DME/NGP

12. Nagpur station has been facing problem of
congestion at the Western side entrance as
no further space is available for expansion
this side. New façade on Eastern side
highlighting thematic features of Nagpur
city as‘Orange City’and important murals
of heritage structures in Nagpur City.
The
NEW FACADE
on eastern side
18 19
‘Drop & Go Porch’of new facade Murals depicting tourist attractions of Nagpur
Circulating area has been designed to avoid
traffic congestion and parking constraints.
There is provision of covered porch for
“Drop & Go”, boundary wall and improved
pathway in front of Railway station.
Scientific, energy efficient lighting is further
enhancing the beauty of the facade.

13. 20 21
Need of a home platform on the eastern side of Nagpur station
was being felt for a long time, due to heavy congestion at the
western side. Public demand for the same was also very old.
Old Nagpur city is located on the eastern side of the railway
line, which initially came to Nagpur from Wardha and
Bhusawal side in the year 1867. Historically the arrival of
railways in India (and that way to Nagpur), ushered not only a
new transport system but a new way of life, as a very first
modern enterprise introduced in the traditional, feudal, largely
rural India of that time. As elsewhere, in Nagpur also an entirely
new urban growth, led by British government and army
The
New Home Platform
on Eastern Side
establishment, took place on the untouched western side,.
Naturally the new magnificently imposing station building
with Sandstone masonry and delicate arches came on this
side only.
The downtown Nagpur had to ever since, cross over the
railway yard to reach the main entrance. The ordeal of the
people from downtown Nagpur became even more acute
lately, after the start of work of the road-over-bridge, which is
progressing at a very slow pace over last six years. This agony
of rail users is ending with the development of a new, novel
and user friendly entrance on eastern side, also popularly
known as Santra market side due to its proximity to the
wholesale orange market. The new majestic facade of
contemporary design, depicting a large orange to reflect being
in‘Orange City', has been developed along with a well-planned
and well lit circulating area, an attractive canopy, new
escalator, Drop-n-Go facility, Auto Stand, Car & Two-Wheeler
parking etc.
While the Western face of the station is classical and of
heritage value, the eastern face sports modern and
contemporary look. Proposed 'World Class Nagpur Station is
also being planned this side. Also the proposed Nagpur Metro
will pass from this side, and will have connectivity with it. This
new development has proved so inviting that, this is becoming
the entrance of choice to the city’s rail users. Some of the
works like full platform roof cover, washable concrete apron
under the track will be done in next phase.
However, the real treat to the rail users of Orange City is the
new home platform no. 8 at the eastern side. This new
homeland platform no. 8 Has a unique, innovatively designed
roof cover, which is totally leak-proof and gives a pleasant
feeling of space and diffused lighting. Attractively designed
water stands have been provided with water coolers and water
purifiers for dispensing drinking water. Overall ambience is
excellent with green patches and clear surroundings. This
platform is a heritage gallery of railway articles, where old
period weighing machines, fire extinguisher, lamps, bells,
benches and other items of historical value is preserved and
displayed for posterity. A released N coach has also been
preserved on this platform as heritage, and will also be a
catering outlet.
However, the real attraction for users of the platform is
car-to-coach facility. This facility was earlier available only at a
selected railway stations in metros. Nauru has proudly joined
this group. Passengers using this platform have the option Of
going up to the platform directly by their car two wheeler
saving botheration of going over foot-over-bridge. Initially,
trains starting from Nagpur are being dealt on this new
platform.
How smooth was realisation of this dream? Really, there were
hurdles galore. The foremost and biggest being the goods
shed, which was located here. Goods sheds are the main bread
earners of IR. So they can't be done away with. Thanks to the
then CCM shri S V Ingle, the goods shed was closed on
14.06.2012. Loading of the goods shed was shifted to Godhani
and the half rake goods up was converted to full rake within
available resources. This faced opposition of staff and Unions,
as it entailed their shifting to the new location. Fund shortage
was an issue to be overcome even where works were
sanctioned. Economical designs, innovative construction
methods, using recycled material, etc. were adopted to
overcome the resource crunch. Then execution time frame was
very tight. Everything was to be done in just about a year.
Normally such works take several years from sanction to
estimation to plan approval to tendering to contracts to
resource mobilisation to actual execution with several
unforeseen issues and unavoidable extension of deadlines.
However, we were not that lucky, not to be affected by
Murphy's Law, but lucky enough to remain undisrupted. And
thus, the project was completed almost as per schedule.
New Home Platform with car-to-coach facility, PF cover of
innovative design, water stands of new design along with
several articles of heritage value preserved here like, wrought
iron benches, lamps, clocks, bells, fire extinguishers, weighing
machines, an old NG coach functioning as catering outlet etc.
Erection of PF cover of an innovative design in progress on New Home Platform

14. Escalators
Two escalators have been provided one on the
Western Side and the other in the Eastern side
giving a modern and contemporary look to the
station. They were commissioned in May,2013
and September,2013 respectively. DOs and
DON’Ts for safe usage of these escalators have
been clearly displayed for the help of the first
time users. Escalators are not being operated
between 22.00 hours to 06.00 hrs. As measure
of safety, RPF and Electrical staff have been
asked to keep a close vigil on the first time users
for their safe travel. These apprehensions have
not come true, and people have been found to
be using the new facility properly and carefully.
New Waiting Lounge
An attractive lounge of 750 m2 area using latest
construction materials and technology like;
ACPs, Galvolum sheets, support-less roofing has
been provided and was commissioned on the
occasion of Republic Day 2013.
Nagpur Station was selected as one of the 22 stations to be
developed as world class station in 2008.
Though the dream of Nagpur station to become a world class
station announced by Railway Board, will take time to become
a reality, the journey in that direction has really began with the
recent improvements like; escalators, waiting lounge , new
facade and new home platform on eastern etc. Whenever, the
vision of world class station will take shape, these steps will be
part of that.
The following particulars indicate the feasibility:
Total Area Available on Eastern Side 100,000 M2
Construction Area (with FSI 1.5) 150,000 M2
Built Up Area Required for New World Class
Station Building 50,000 M2
Cost of Construction (Rly’portion) Rs 125 Cr
Saleable Area net revenue@ Rs 75,000/- per M2 100,000 M2
Total Expected Revenue from Sale Rs 750 Cr
Net Revenue (Rs 750 Cr – Rs 125 Cr) Rs.625 Cr
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Nagpur Station – Journey to the ‘world class’ has really begun
Narrow Gauge
Connection
Nagpur station is a terminus for NG
trains also. Soon this will be history.
All NG lines around Nagpur (part of
SECR) have been sanctioned for
conversion to BG and the work in
progress.
Rightly, Buland, our heritage NG
Steam Loco has been preserved in
the station precincts.
A released NG coach also in been
preserved on the new Home
platform no. 8 and will house a Rail
Ahar or a catering outlet.
The developmental objects are to be as under:
 Adequacy to deal with the projected traffic. especially in
view of commissioning of upcoming Cargo Hub and SEZ
projects. 3 additional platforms may have to be planned.
 Free flow of passengers within Station area.
 Providing world class interface to terminal passengers:
Integration of different modes of transportation with the
railway station.
 Isolation of waiting passengers / escorts from the ones
boarding /alighting the train.
 Multi level parking.
 Seamless integration of various passenger interfaces.
 Commercial development to fund the project
First Escalator on Western side was
commissioned on 31.05.2013
The second Escalator on Eastern side was inaugurated by Hon’ble MOSR/A
Shri Adhir Ranjan Chaudhury on 23.09.2013
5 NRC Nagpur - Ramakona - Chhindawara NG Passenger train with 8 coaches, ready to leave Nagpur from NG PF 2, while the Rajdhani Express leaving for New
Delhi Ex. BG PF 2. The Ramjhula, cable stayed ROB under construction is in background along with the tower crane.

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Ascent of Ajni station from a small insignificant station, 3 km south to giant Nagpur
station has begun, with conversion to a Terminus Station .This was a long standing
public demand in view of the geographical spread of Nagpur city much beyond Ajni,
and thus Ajni occupying a central position in the expanded city.
The Process of this conversion to the Terminus Station was rather simpler; just by
providing a cross over at the north end of the station, to convert Up loop line of PF-3
into an Up/Down common loop. However, commissioning of Ajni coaching depot
on 06.08.2013 was a significant step as it made coach maintenance facility available,
right at Ajni, which is a pre-requisite for a terminus station.
Two trains originating / terminating at Nagpur viz. 12119/12120,Nagpur-Amravati
Intercity and 57135/17136, Nagpur- Kazipeth Passenger, were shifted to Ajni w.e.f.
01.02.2013.
Earlier, Ajni station building was a small nondescript RCC structure with ugly
surroundings. Its metamorphosis into an eye catching, cute and contemporary
station building was completed on 30.11.2012 on the day of GM, C.Rly. Shri Subodh
Jain’s Annual Inspection of the division. Public and media appreciation, of the new
status of this small station, has since not stopped.
However, Ajni as terminus station,
really came into being on IR, with
the announcement of Ajni-LTT
weekly express in Rail Budget 2013.
Its flagging off by MR on
31.10.2013 at LTT and its maiden
journey from Ajni on 01.11.13
brought this dream into reality.
AJNIhas seen it all
Ajni station - eye catching Polycarbonate Dome of its new Porch has
changed the skyline of Ajni

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Ajni Railway Colony
Ajni is a huge colony spread over 400 acres. There are 2079
quarters of different categories with majority of quarters being
more than 80 years old
As per MR’s Budget speech 2013, construction of 640 quarters
on PPP basis have been proposed as part of redevelopment of
the colony. Type-II – 300, Type-III – 300 ,Type IV – 30, Type V–10.
New quarters will be constructed on 4000 m2 area and
another 1500 m2 area will be ear-marked for commercial
development.
Further about 15 acres land has been ear-marked at Ajni for
the proposed construction of Institute for Advanced Electronic
Technology, announced in the Budget 2013-14, near existing
Electric Loco Shed.
There are various training centres of different departments in
Ajni colony. There is also a Cricket ground and a Foot-ball
ground which is maintained by Divisional Sports Academy. In
addition there is a Railway Institute, PRS, Community Hall,
WSSC School, Railway Janmandal High school, Railway
Janmandal Primary school, Railways Men’s school, Saint
Anthoney school, Urdu School among other. These schools,
though on Railway land, are not run by railway.
Ajni Health Unit
Health Unit, Ajni, one of the prime health units of the division,
is functioning since 1953. It is playing important role of
catering health services to 2744 railway employees and their
family residing in Ajni railway quartets and around them.
Monthly average attendance of the unit is 3800. All OPD
facilities and pathology collection centre are available in the
health unit. For referral and emergency cases ambulance
facility is available to shift the patients to Divisional hospital.
Rail Boulevard
Main approach road of Ajni Railway Colony actually gets used
as busy city road. Recently it has been named as“Rail
Boulevard”. A plaque to this effect was unveiled by GM Shri
Subodh Jain on 08.05.2012. This road is very well maintained
with trees and greenery on both sides. The road connects
Railway colony to the city on both sides. The new name has
given a better identity to the road as well as colony.
For horticulture and landscaping, colony is divided into eight
sectors, now.
Green view colony,Ashok Vatika Colony, Badam Bagh, Ajni
Greens, Gulmohor colony, Palm green colony, Palash colony,
Amaltash colony.
Approx. 1000 trees have been planted along the road/street in
these sectors according to nomenclature of the avenues, with
the hope that further development on these lines, will help
these colonies realise these names.
Ajni was originally a goods interchange yard between GIPR &
BNR. Built nearly a century ago, it was a vast establishment
complete with all the necessary accompaniments like; steam
loco shed, carriage and wagon repair shop, turntable, hump
yard , signal cabins, and a Yardmaster's office. While railway
officers were housed in Civil Lines area, Ajni became home to a
large number of operating staff. Drivers, guards,
station-masters, signalmen, traffic superintendents, loco
foremen, ticket examiners, shunting masters and pointsmen
whose quarters were located here. The size and scale of Ajni
colony can be gauged from the fact that a Special Staff Local
train ran between Ajni and Nagpur twice daily until 1992.
There was even a special platform in Ajni Yard adjacent to the
colony for staff to board the same.
One of the most happening place at Ajni was ‘European
Institute' where Anglo Indians enjoyed partying & dancing. The
magnificent building had looks of a mansion with wood
carvings, coloured glasses, coloured tiles, wooden flour etc.
Other important places were St Anthony's RC Church, Parsi
building which now houses Ajni health unit.
Over the years, many changes have taken place at Ajni in line
with modernization of the railways. The hump yard, turn-table
etc. are no longer used and there is no Ajni-Nagpur local train.
Steam shed has become partly a diesel loco trip shed and
partly a brake down train maintenance facility. Among other
major changes, is a new Electric Loco Shed, started in 1989,
which now is one of the best and the largest sheds having
latest state-of-the-art IGBT based 3-phase locomotives. A new
coaching depot has just come up in 2013 and presently
maintains prestigious trains like Duronto etc.
The pristine environment of Ajni colony with tiled roof
bungalows and grand buildings with well maintained gardens
still gives nostalgic feeling of erstwhile Black Beauties’
melodious outbursts and the lively spirit of dancing and
partying in the Institute.
Ajni - Nagpur Staff Special on run
St. Anthony’s Church, at Ajni Railway colony
Ajni - steem loco shed

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Electric Loco Shed
 Nagpur, being an important intersection of passenger and freight trains
spanning the diagonals of the Indian Golden Quadrilateral, required a
Loco Shed for feeding these services. This led to the construction of an
Electric Loco Shed at Ajni in 1989 to service these trains.
 The 3038 m2 shed was constructed over an area of 74,600 m2 under
Railway Electrification Project and commissioned on 22.09.1990.
 The first Electric locomotive, a WAG-5, 23502, was commis-
sioned on 22.10.1990. Beginning with a modest holding of
86 Locos (WAG-5 and WAM-4 class), the holding is presently
175 out of which 130 are 3-phase locomotives, and further
approved to 200 in recognition of the mastery and exper-
tise developed by the shed in successful, trouble free
maintenance of these locos.
 2nd Nov, 2003, was really a watershed date in the history of
Central Railway when 3-phase locos, built with the latest
semi-conductor and power electronic technology existing
in India at the time, were allotted to ELS, Ajni.
 The WAG–9 class of locos brought with them great pride
and responsibility. It also challenged our frontiers of knowl-
edge but through regular trainings, state of the art infra-
structure and innovations; our experience has progressively
graduated to handling them successfully and helping other
sheds over Indian Railways. The shed has been entrusted
with future variants such as the WAG-9H and the ultra
modern IGBT class WAG-9i, the first of which was commis-
sioned on 04th July, 2011. The WAG–9i can start a load of
5500T on a gradient of 1:200 as against 5050 T capability of
the WAG-9.
 Within a short span of time, the shed has earned the reputa-
tion of being the owner of one the most reliable fleet of
locos. To this were added passenger link locos of WAP-7
class which are deployed for various important trains, such
as Rajdhani, Duronto etc.
Shri Sukhvinder Singh Siddhu, Sr. DEE/TRS and his team in Ajni loco shed.
There are several multi generation Railway families in Nagpur and Ajni who
have kept the old charm of Railways alive. One of such family is, family of Mr.
XFS Rao who is recently retired as Sr. Loco Inspector in Loco Pilot cadre, his
father and grandfather both were loco pilot. All these 3 generations were
residing in Railway colony Ajni from 1928
Three generation in one cadre residing in
one colony.Mr. XFS Rao

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 Ajni has been developed as an‘Adarsh Station’with following facilities:
 Waiting Hall: 73 m2 waiting hall for upper class passengers.
 Retiring Room: One retiring room at 1st floor of 73 m2
 Façade Improvement: while old RCC structure still lies behind
 High rise Polycarbonate dome of 10m diameter to cover drop & go portion
 Pre-painted GI sheet to cover at entrance of station building by using
railway steel released from loaded structures.
 Aluminium composite panels provided for wall cladding.
 Improvements made immediatly resulted into fresh proposals of glow-sign
advertisements, giving handsome financial returns.
 Most or the structural steel used in the work was released from other
dismantled structures which would otherwise have been scrapped.
Ajni Adarsh Station
View of 10 mtr. dia Polycarbonate Dome from inside
The old RCC structure lies behind the cute and contemporary ACP-Polycarbonate designer facade.
The earlier Ajni staion

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Wardha-Sewagram
GANDHIJI’s rural experiment lab.
Why Gandhiji chose Wardha-Sewagram
 Gandhi had arrived from Bombay (now
Mumbai) to Sewagram by the Bombay-
Howrah Mail and alighted at Wardha railway
station at 9:25 a.m. on September 23, 1933 .
Drivers and guard of the train were felicitated
with Khadi garments and mementos.
 I am trying to become a villager, Gandhi,
wrote on 6 July 1936 to Henry Polak, his
friend and associate of South African days.
"The place where I am writing this (letter) has
a population of 600 - no roads, no post-office,
no shop."
 The move to Shegaon Village near Wardha
was the culmination of a chain of events
which even Gandhi's closest colleagues had
not anticipated; it also contained a message
which is no less relevant today than it was in
Gandhi's lifetime.
 Before setting out on the Dandi
March in March 1930, Gandhi
had declared that this was
going to be his last battle, that
he would not return to his ashram until
Swaraj was won. After release from jail in
1933... he decided to dissolve the (Sabarmati)
ashram. It was at this time that Jamnalal Bajaj
reiterated the offer he had made to the
Mahatma 18 years earlier to find the land,
buildings and funds for the ashram if he
agreed to come to Wardha.
 From the beginning of 1935, Wardha became
the centre of Gandhi's activities. The fact that
he had recently shed direct responsibility for
Congress work meant that he would tour less,
and spend more time at Wardha. Formation of
the All India Village Industries Association
provided this opportunity.
 On 5th March 1940 the name Shegaon was
changed to Sewagram
 Existing Sewagram station was named as
Wardha East before 1994. On 01.04.1994 it’s
name was changed to Sewagram.
Mahatma Gandhi at Wardha Railway Station.Subhas Chandra Bose is followed by Pandit Jawharlal Nehru
at Wardha Railway Station.
Adi Nivas, Sewagram Ashram of Gandhiji - The first Ashram built along with prayer ground in front.
Oxford – This bullock cart made by cutting the body
of his‘Ford’was used by Jamnalalji as a transport
vehicle for the muddy fields and unpaved roads to
Sevagram, on which a regular car could not run.
Sardar Patel jokingly named it‘Oxford’.
The new facade of Wardha Rly. Station under construction. The new Entrance gate
The new proposed parking
and circulation area
H L Kaware, Sr DEN S NGP

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Other stations
NEW LOOK Parasia Station earlier Parasia Station, new facade under construction Dhamangaon, new facade commissioned on 30.11.12 during GM’s Annual Inspection
Itarsi-Betul section completed 100 glorious years of its opening on 13.05.2013. Above are photographs of the function held at Betul station on this occation to release a Special
Postal Cover. Collector-Betul, Shri Rajesh Mishra, SP-Betul, Shri Lalit Sakyawar and Superintendant-Posts Chhindwara Shri Pandey were on the dias. An exhibition of the articles of
heritage value was also held on the occasion.
Female Gond dance. Their attire, headgear and
footwork are noteworthy.
Male Gond dance. Their flute and drums, on the
beats of which they dance are noteworthy.
New facade of Barbatpur Station in Amla-Itarsi section.Betul station - The gateway to Teak-Tiger-Tribal Land.
‘Special Postal Cover’released to mark completion of 100 years
of opening of Itarsi - Betul section.
Barbatpur in earlier daysThe new facade under construction

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Nagpur RRI - Commissioning - a surprisingly
pleasant experience
Commissioning of the new Nagpur RRI at early morning hours of 06.45 am. On 13th June 2012
created a milestone of RRI work, due to several reasons. A plaque unveiled by GM, C.Rly Shri Subodh
Jain in new Nagpur RRI Cabin on the occasion, explains the significance
This was the first time in Indian Railways that such a huge RRI has been commissioned without
non-interlocking in such a short time span. The specialty of this RRI commissioning work, was
that none of the trains was cancelled and RRI completely stabilized within 24 hours of
commissioning without hiccups.
Run up to the commissioning work was very interesting. Date of commissioning had already been
postponed number of times, and the new date of commissioning was still being discussed in May
2012. The frightening operational consequences, and the ensuing monsoons were still looming
large. Railway Board was in the picture due to severe repercussions to inter railway goods
interchange between CR and SECR, which is large and critical at Nagpur along with heavy Mail /
Express traffic. Series of postponements and continuing uncertainty had already fatigued the staff.
An interesting challenge was finally offered to Nagpur division. An option to complete the work in
24 hrs of partial traffic block of goods traffic, instead of 2 weeks being discussed earlier, was given for
completing the commissioning. Everybody was sceptical of feasibility of the same, particularly S&T
construction and open line officers who had to execute the work. Open line Engg & TRD branches
executing yard remodelling work were also not confident about the offer.
Special video conference was held by GM CR with all PHODs and the divisional officers on
05.06.2012 to take the final decision. The division bit the bullet and accepted the challenge of
24 hrs., after review of detailed Pros and cons in the meantime. The video conference on confirming
the same hardly lasted for five minutes. The 24 hr. Block started on 12.06.12 at around 12.30 hrs.
which was to end with 4 hrs of total block, at Nagpur in all directions of North South and East West,
which will end with commissioning of panel on 13.06.12 at 04.15 hrs.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Faster Upgradation
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The real action started here after with the detailing every single
activity involved, pertaining to every single department. The
detailed action plan with the nomination of Supervisor & officers
undertaking the same on round the clock basis upto 13.06.2012.
Hence forth the work was done on mission mode with the mission
booklet detailing, all activities and deployment of all Man,
Material, Machine, Methods etc for the same and a mission control
monitoring the same on round the clock basis by nominated
officers and supervisors.
Jitters were such that, the block for yard remodelling and removal
of the notorious Diamond Crossing (a place of several
derailments) D-16 started at 12.30 hrs. on 12.06.12 and completed
at 04.15 hrs. and Nagpur RRI was commissioned in traffic block of
2 ½ hrs. starting from 04.15 hrs to 06.45 hrs on 13.06.12. HODs of
all departments concerned were camping at Nagpur.
The most heartening feature of the commissioning was, there was
no post commissioning failure and there were hardly any
passenger complaints despite change in the schedule of trains
and some partial termination at NGP, AQ & GNQ. The
pre-recorded warning of block was introduced for the first time in
139 IVRS enquiry. Elaborate arrangement of public and media
communication, catering, alternate transport for the affected
passengers were also made meticulously.
From the cash award of Rs. 2 & 5 lakhs received by the division
from CRB & GM respectively all Officers and Supervisors got a
wrist watch with a special logo as Memento of brilliant work.
Conversion of goods sheds from
half rake length to full rake length
Out of 23 nos. of Goods sheds on the division 5 nos. were half rake
involving multiple placements detention and other inefficiencies.
Out of the above, 5 nos. at Parasia, Godhani, Babupeth, Chikani
and Tadali have been converted into full rake within the divisional
power and resources. These good sheds are now substantially
contributing to improve operational parameters of the division.
Commissioning of 2 sidings – 2 sidings at Chikani (GMR) power
plant and Tadali (Dhariwal power plant) get commissioned in the
next two years.
New Private Freight Terminals
(PFTs)
It was no coincidence that Nagpur Division and C.Rly. got the
distinction of having the very first PFT (Brown Field) of Indian
Railways at Chitoda station on SEGM-BPQ section set up by M/s
Lloyd Steel, Wardha. A commemorative plaque to this effect was
unveiled by Shri Subodh Jain GM CR. on 17.01.12
2nd PFT (Brown Field) of Nagpur division at Tadali was
commissioned on 18thFEB 2011.
This has been developed by M/s
Vimla Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
Quality of infrastructure
developed for loading,
unloading, stacking etc. has
been appreciable.
Average loading and unloading time of Box N rake at PFT has
been 4.22 hrs and 6.27 hrs. as against the prescribed free time
period of 05.00 hrs and 07.00 hrs respectively. The overall
performance and business generation by the two PFTs has been
very encouraging.
Execution of Traffic Facility Works
in the same year of sanction
Several traffic facility works were executed by the division in the
same year of sanction. GM CR even awarded the first newly
instituted“GM’s efficiency shield for works execution”to Nagpur
division for the year 2012-13. Significant among these works were:
Ajni – development as Terminus
Sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 97 lakhs in the month of July 2012 and
commissioned in November 2012. This work was very long in the
waiting and demand by the people of Nagpur as the city has
expanded southward substantially much beyond Ajni.
Immediately after commissioning Ajni has appeared as terminus
station when Hon’ble MR announced a new train from Ajni to LTT
in his budget speech in Feb’2013. This train has already been
flagged off also by the Hon’ble MR from LTT on 27th OCT 2013 to
great public appreciation before this 2 other trains namely,
Nagpur Kazipet passenger and Amrawati intercity have also been
shifted to Ajni as part of plan to decongest Nagpur station
Wardha - Extension of PF-3 by 3
coaches
A long standing public demand, for augmenting the number of
slip coaches from Balharshah to Wardha for attachment to Nagpur
CST Sewagram Express, from 04 coaches to 06 coaches, was
waiting for extension for platform no.3 at Wardha. Work was
sanctioned at the cost of Rs.83.26lakhs in May 2012 and the
platform was commissioned in Aug 2012. Thereafter, numbers of
slip coaches from Ballarshah to Mumbai were increased from 04
coaches to 06 coaches
Speeding up of the Deposit works
of state agencies.
The most important and critical work was speedy completion of
2x9x5.5x75 meter RCC box pushed under the mainline track
between Nagpur and Ajni for a long pending RUB. This is perhaps
one of the largest boxes pushed under the running main line
track with all its complications. The effort was recognized by
Mayor of the City and Chief Minister of Maharashtra in the
inaugural function on dated 26.02.2013. In addition to above 2
ROB’s in Nagpur City and 3 other ROB’s in the division were
completed and the work of 4 more ROB’s has been speeded up for
early completion.
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DRM Shri
Brijesh Dixit
with Sudip
Shrivastav,
Dy. CSTE (Con),
M. K. Sinha,
Sr. DSTE &
Mewalal,
CSTE 2 in panel
room after
commissioning
Staff
celebrating the
commissioning
Shri Prithviraj Chauhan, Hon’ble C.M. of Maharashtra handing over a‘Gaurav Chinh’to DRM, C.Rly during the
inauguration of Anand Talkies Subway on 26.02.2013. Mayor, Nagpur, Dr. Anil Sole is also seen in the photograph.
New private freight terminal Vimla at Tadali

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Spandan – State of the
Art Control Office
Sustained 500
C temperature for several days in May & June 2012
coupled with energy guzzling, noisy and non functioning
centralised AC was too much for the Control staff who could be
frequently seen with their shirts off to beat the heat, even as the
pedestal fans in the air conditioned control office of the division,
were not of much help. It was found that the new roof mounted
efficient cartridge ACs, if provided will not only ensure required
cooling, but will also save electricity to the tune of about 132425
units annually resulting in saving of Rs. 13 lacs, handsomely
giving financial return of 37.69 %.
Thus was born the idea of revamping the control office. It finally
proved to be a transformation, because earlier only operating and
TRO control were part of the control office, where as, every other
control was outside - both physically as well as mentally.
Obviously there were coordination problems, therefore, the new
control office was planned with all individual departmental
controls integrated into the same confine.
“Earlier the Control Office was shabby and
in a very bad shape. Furniture was
un-ergonomic, outlived its life and was
broken. Ambience was not very good. AC
was hardly functioning and Controllers
were literally sweating throughout the year. Apart from these
problems, the employees working in Control office were hardly
motivated due to lack of proper infrastructure and conductive
working atmosphere which indirectly affected the overall
divisional performance.”
“Complete renovation of Nagpur Control Office was accom-
plished within a very short span without affecting the normal
functioning of Control Office. Being the nerve centre of train
operations the new‘State of the art’Control Office –‘SPANDAN’
provides rich ambience with all modern amenities perfectly
suited to elevate the morale of employees, better synergy
between various departments to prosper and excel in challeng-
es associated with train operations.”
The total transparency was brought in by use of glass walling so
that staff can act and feel as one team. Attractive and ergonomic
furniture has been provided in place of chairs and table with
broken legs and torn cushions, which had collected several layers
of oil and dust. Every single person has been provided with
intercom phone so that they can work without shouting, as done
earlier. A large LED display panel has been provided to display
events taking place throughout the day, which every single
person could see from his desk. A large conference room has been
provided for the control meetings which was not in existence
earlier. Overall a pleasant ambience has been created by
providing‘Acrylic on Canvas Paintings’contributed by DOM Shri
Narpat Singh, continuous playing of soft Instrumental music
fragrance etc. To add to the comfort and convenience of the staff
a staff run canteen has been started, thus the absence of the staff
from their desk for tea etc. has totally stopped. The new control
office has been appropriately named as‘SPANDAN’.
The result is not only happy and contended staff, but their high
moral and motivation and a continuously upward looking,
operating performance. No wonder the punctuality has been
100% on most of the days in a month and overall been mostly
99.5%, as all departments come together in a mission mode.
Parasia - Chhindwara One train
only system- Conversion to
Absolute block working system
One trains only system was in use since the birth of the section
which has of late become a bottleneck in view of increased
number of trains in the section. As a pure divisional initiative the
work was sanctioned under DRM’s power at a cost of Rs. 5 lacs in
WP 2012-13 and was completed on 15.04.2013.
Ballarshah Yard Remodelling to
ease operational bottleneck in
withdrawal of loaded coal rakes
from WCL Sidings
The purpose of withdrawal of rakes from WCL siding was not only
slow but resulted in blocking of the main line and therefore was a
bottle neck in increase of loading from Balharshah WCL siding.
The Yard remodelling work was sanctioned under DRMs power in
DWP -12-13 at a cost of Rs 30 lacs and commissioned on
04.03.2013 . Now the loaded rakes are withdrawn from the siding
in one hook and despatched directly in the UP direction.
Sr. DOM Mr. Satyendra Kumar with his team
on board in Control Office
Satyendra Kumar
Sr. DOM/NGP

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Being next to a magnificent monument like Nagpur station
building, bang on a busy square is not easy. However, DRM office
complex with its clumsy surroundings, was more of a drag to the
heritage station building rather than a companion enhancing its
attraction.
The removal of, a no longer required microwave tower, with its
ugly bundle of cable and a noisy cooling towers and overhead
tank of hardly functioning centralised AC of Control office (which
had curiously been located at the front of the building rather than
rear) provided a perfect opportunity, to correct this imbalance.
The compound wall was redesigned with arches, matching with
the architecture of the heritage station building. The colour
scheme and texture of the five stories DRM Control office building
facade has been selected matching with the sand stone of
DRM Office – A new identity
" There was a lot of curiosity about the
improvement work of DRM Office facade.
Slowly, as each part of it is getting completed,
deep appreciation of our users and media is
coming forward. The new design and colour of compound wall,
matching with architecture and colour of heritage station building
located nearby as also the new gate matching with IR logo have been
particularly liked.”
D R Tembhurne, Sr. DEN-CO
heritage station building.
With the RMS office at the Itarsi end of the heritage station
building due to be relocated to eastern side and the other small
offices along with Union offices planned to be shifted out of RMS
building, station premises will inch closer to DRM office giving a
unified look.
Meeting Room - Samadhan New facade of DRM office - Work in progress

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Satpura Club
“Year 2013 was full of activities for the club with the development of new
facilities like a new sports lounge, upgraded badminton court, augment-
ed club lounge, proposed swimming pool.
New attractive facade of Satpura railway club will have a absolutely new
ambience in year 2014. This will also enable club to augment its finance
leading to many new activities for all members.”
Rajesh Patil, Secretary/Railway club and Sr DEE/TRD/NGP
Guest House - Vishisth
The Vishishta, Officer’s Rest House, Civil Lines, having Suites with colour themes of
Gemstones, Emerald, Pearl, Sapphire.
Satpura Railway Club, metamorphosis underway. Rail Niwas - the best British period residential building of Central India and Nagpur
being maintained well.
Rail Niwas entrance
The Sapphire Suite of Vishishta.

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INNOVATIONS
UMLC Counsellors
In view of spate of accidents at unmanned level crossings
(UMLC), a novel experiment was launched by appointing
Counsellors at 9 UMLCs. Inspiration came from GM, C.Rly Shri
Subodh Jain. These counsellors were given a mandate to warn
the road users in the face of approaching trains and counsel
them regarding safe practic of crossing the UMLC. The Loco
Pilots/Assistant Loco Pilots were asked to record their presence
which was not very difficult as these counsellors wore a bright
coloured jacket. These counsellors were between the age
group of 18 to 40 years and were covered under Insurance.
Many division and railways subsequently adopted this system
by collecting details from us.
A K Singh, Sr DENS, NGP
Earning contract module
This helped in recording and streamlining the revenue
collection from earning contracts of the Commercial
department. The earnings from various commercial contracts
like commercial publicity, Pay and Park, STD booth, stalls at
stations, leasing of SLRs were entered in the module. This
module was of great help in keeping a watch on licence fee
received in Accounts office and kept a tab on the next amount
due as well as delayed penalties. The reports like party-wise,
ledger head-wise earnings, due date of licence fees, security
deposit/Bank Guarantee available with the Railways and
refund of SD was also very easy to be monitored by this
module. This helped the Division in better management of
the Commercial Contracts. It was noticed earlier that DDs of
EMDs and their payments remained filed without depositions
in the absence of monitoring.
Bio – metric attendance system
Leveraging modern technology to avoid signing of daily
muster by staff to register their attendance in office, the Bio –
metric Attendance System has been introduced in Personnel
Department of DRM's office NGP w.e.f. 01-11-2012. The
Accounts had started the same earlier. After initial resistance
the staff and Unions are now happy with it.
“The innovative idea of ASTHA (Assistance to the Staff
Through Instant Action) was a path breaking step towards
resolving employees' grievances on NGP Division. The
coverage of approx. 21 services for which an employee could
approach the administration through ASTHA led to delivery of services in
a time bound manner.
The implementation of Earnings Contract Module in AFRES (Advanced
Finance & Revenue Expenditure System) was a major step in consolidation
of earnings, accounts and streamlining of revenue collections at divisional
level. This innovative idea was highly appreciated by Railway Board and
instructions were issued for its implementation on other Zonal Railways.
The Module covers all Earnings Contracts and raising, monitoring and
realization of bills from outside parties.
The challenge of achieving 100% banking payment of salary was immense
since motivating the last lag of the remaining employees was a huge task.
However, NGP division was able to achieve this target and as a result the
PLB (Productivity Linked Bonus) of 2011-12 was transferred/credited to
the employees' Bank account on the very next day after the
announcement of PLB. This was a major step towards timely disbursement
of PLB to the satisfaction of the employee. Further, the implementation of
SBI Imprest Card on NGP Division was a step towards innovative use of
Services and technology….. ”
Ramanand Bhagat, Ex. Sr. DFM / NGP
Safety Superstar Awards
The idea of giving‘Safety Superstar Awards‘ to staff for
spotting of safety risks and the distribution of the
same at the porch proved super successful in motivating staff for spotting
defects and deficiencies affecting safety, which went along way in
enhancing safety on the division . A total 430 staff have been given these
awards with a certificate.
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MMIS):
Use of Net: MMIS is introduced since Jan 2011. Demand
registration, Tender Bulletins, Tender Enquiry, issue of
Purchase Orders done through MMIS. Consignees get information about
their indent/demand through MMIS on real time basis. All the PO’s and
Tender Enquiries are displayed on web site.
Switching Over to full ECS
Division switched over to 100 % salaries through ECS on Jan’
2012. Even PL Bonus payment is 100 % through ECS, with the
launching of Imprest Card in collaborations with SBI in two
phases. Handling of cash comes down to 0.06 % on the
division now.
First solid state
electornics interlocking
commissioned on Divn.
at Bharatwada
Solid state Electronic Interlocking has been commissioned for
first time on the division on 28.10.2013 at Bharatwara station.
This system has replaced the conventional signaling system
requiring relays, complex wiring & interconnections. The
signaling system of conventional installations requires large
numbers of relays, complex wirings, thousands of soldered
joints & susceptible to failures. The Electronic Interlocking
and imagineering
System is a micro-processor based system occupying less
space, consumes less power, is more reliable, safer & is easy to
install and maintain. The Electronic Interlocking system has
been commissioned in a period of 3 hours which normally
takes days in case of commissioning of conventional signaling
system.
Some of the other advantages of Electronic Interlocking are
that it has a hot standby system, it can be operated through
conventional operating panel apart from being operated
through PC, non-interlocking period is less, modular in design
and easy for maintenance, less failures, requires less number of
relays, enables usage of OFC which is cost effective & in-built
data logger system.
M. K. Sinha, Sr. DSTE-CO
S K Solanki , Ex. Sr DSO / NGP P N SALVE , Sr DMM / NGP

27. 48 49
Rail Kala Sangam
Indian Railways is a unique organisation which was intricately
connected to Nation's formation and Freedom Struggle. In fact it
became instrument of both the colonisers as well as freedom
fighters. And then quickly became the vehicle of national
integration and newly born Nation's ambitious efforts to rapidly
grow and modernise its economy. How to capture people's
impressions of these numerous facets of this colossus called
Indian Railway was a challenge!
Indian Railways are looked upon as having multifarious roles
in the service of the Nation. While they are appropriately seen
as mainstay of the country's thriving economy, at the same time
they play a critical role in the national integration.
Environmental friendliness of the Railways compared to all other
modes of transport is well established. It is a major source of
livelihood for multitudes of people, apart from about 1.4 million
directly employed staff and another 1 million indirectly employed
people viz. Coolies, Hamals, Transports etc.
To highlight the above aspects of Railways, particularly through the
eyes of artist community, Nagpur Division organized a Rail Art-Fest
named“RAIL KALA SANGAM”under the aegis of Central Railway
Cultural Academy and South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
on the eve of 64 Republic Day of India.
The medium chosen was Canvas and occasion was 'Republic Day
2013'. 21 Artistes from all over India came together to give
expression to their feelings towards IR.
Their creations and copies thereof have been displayed at public
places on stations, offices for viewing.
Artistes who participated had deep appreciation for IR and its contribution to
nation building which clearly reflected in their paintings, for appreciation of all.
About 21 artists of National repute from all over the
country were invited to participate and make
acrylic and oil paintings on the Indian Railways
theme.
Rail Kala Sangam drew exceptionally good response wherein Artists
from Amritsar, Bijapur, Bengaluru, Ballabhpur, Surat, Visakhapatnam,
Vijayanagar & Kolkata travelled long distances to participate on this
Kala Sangam, in addition to local Artists, general public and media. A
total of 42 beautiful canvas paintings were created over a period of
two days in the lovely ambience of Satpuda Railway Club. The artists
drew on various themes depicting railway locomotives, life on
platforms, Railway landscapes, environmental friendliness of
Railways, speed, life inside a train etc., and these included objective
as well as abstract ideas.
R B Deshmukh, Ex Sr. DEE-G / NGP
Railways on the Move By- Bijoy Biswal
Emerging From Mountain By L G Parashar Life - Arjun Darokar By Dr. Piprikar, CMS
Crossing The City
By- Raghawendra Patil
Towards Infinity
By- Dhananjay Jathar
Black Beauty by Durgesh Way of life by Narpat Singh, DOM, NGP
Track on to life by Aashish Deharia
Rusty - By Shashikant Rewade Santra Nagari - By Nana Misal Chhuk-Chhuk Gadi - By Vikas Joshi

28. 50 51
CUSTOMER
The
KINGis
Base kitchens at Nagpur & Ballarshah -
Transformation to World Class
Nagpur Division of Central Railway is delivering about 3000 numbers of
meals and equal number of break-fast/snacks daily to various
prestigious long distance trains of North-South and East-West Corridor.
Delivery of meals at this scale while meeting the quality/hygiene and
the timings of different trains is a challenging task. When the two base
kitchens of the Division at Nagpur were returned back to the Division
after IR’s policy change, they were not fit to deliver quality meals. Also
there was a severe shortage of staff as the catering staff of the Division
during the period of IRCTC migrated to other departments. These
challenges were met by way of modernization, mechanization and
innovation. Today these two base kitchens delivered high quality
hygienic food in required quantity; quality and time schedule inviting
deep appreciation not only from the passengers but also from media
and visiting dignitaries.
The output of the kitchen has risen remarkably and the service has been
complaint free.
 Protocol has been fixed for highest quality of
hygiene by providing protective gear like
caps, gloves, masks and shoe-covers.
 Ergonomic layout & work benches.
 Vitrified tiled flooring, granite top tables.
 New improved lighting, energy efficient &
making full use of natural light.
 Chimneys & exhaust fans for maintaining air
purity.
 Semi-automatic machines for roti / puri,
pulverizes & stainless steel deep fryers.
Highlights of the transformation:
 New deep freezers, walk-in cooler and
cooking range.
 New heavy duty washing area for utensils.
 Stainless steel Work tables
 Non-polluted Battery Operated Trolley to
carry packed food to the platforms
 Re-organization of utility space
 Chimneys & Exhaust fans for maintaining air
purity.
 Working procedure of staff has been laid
down to ensure highest possible level of
hygiene.
 Lockers have been provided for keeping
personal belongings.
 New attached wash-room for staff.
 The staff have to use indoor special foot
wear and remove outdoor footwear before
entering the kitchen.
 All visitors to base kitchens have to wear
shoe cover to eliminate any
chance of contamination.
Dr Sumant Deulkar
Sr DCM / NGP

29. As part of division’s continuing endeavour to upgrade quality
of service delivery to passengers, the retiring rooms at Nagpur
were upgraded and renamed as“Maharaja Retiring Rooms”.
One of the premium rooms was further upgraded and named
“Maharaja Kaksha”. For the first time in a Retiring Room a
reception-cum-lounge is also added to make guests
comfortable during the check-in/check-out period. AC Rooms
were provided with split Air Conditioners and‘Maharaja
Kaksha’has been provided with heritage furniture, AC and 28”
LCD TVs. The tariff of the retiring rooms are suitably revised as
per the market condition, 12 hour booking introduced for the
first time and online booking also been started. Customers can
also enjoy the value added services like Newspapers, Morning
Tea and complimentary breakfast as per their choice given at
the time of booking.
Double Decker beds in retiring rooms – As part of efforts to
introduce affordable tariff of AC room, a novel concept of
double-decker beds was introduced. The innovative design of
these beds to take care of the privacy of the occupant which
was considerably appreciated by GM / CR Shri Subodh Jain and
subsequently the Hon’ble MOSR Shri. Adhir Ranjan Choudhury
when he visited Nagpur on 23.09.2013. The 12 hour tariff of
the upper bed is Rs 100/- is the lowest in the city and,
therefore, is highly popular amongst the budget travellers.
As a result of the above, the occupation and earning of the
Retiring Rooms has gone up by over 60%. The motivation and
moral level of retiring room attendant and other staff has gone
up considerably due to the appreciation and admiration they
have received from the users.
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Exclusive Waiting Room for ladies
There was no separate ladies’waiting room at Nagpur despite
heavy demand. The opportunity was taken to use the space
released from first class waiting room after introduction of AC
upper class waiting room. This is a spacious room centrally located
on the main platform, with comfortable sofa-sets, fans, air coolers,
aesthetic lighting arrangement, attached bath / rest rooms and a
change room
First ever Special Train from Nagpur
First ever Nagpur starting Diwali special left Nagpur for Pune on
10.09.2012. Fare upto Pune was unbelievable Rs. 177/- .for second class
sitting accommodation in GSCZ coaches. During this period private road
buses were charging exorbtnt on way fare of 2500/- upto Pune and there
was a lot of public hue and cry. Running of the special became possible by
using the rake of Nagpur-Amravati Intercity train during lie over period on
Friday and Saturday. Two fully booked trips were made to Pune. In the
same season, hitherto unused lie over period of Nagpur- Ahmedabad
Prerna Exp was used to run two Nagpur- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
Specials. Not only this, division succeeded, to for the first time to run a
weekly AC Special from Nagpur to Hazrat Nzamudding fully packed .
Nagpur to Pune & Lokmanya Tilak Terminus special have now become
regular trains. In fact most of this traffic was earlier moving by road.
Nagpur Retiring Room –
Rebranding as
Maharaja Retiring Rooms

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Nagpur Station
Mechanised Cleaning
Earlier cleaning activities of Nagpur station was done
departmentally and mostly manually. Recently the cleaning
has been outsourced and is fully mechanized. Various special
purpose machines like High Pressure Jet Cleaner, Automatic
Scrubber-cum-driver, Walk-behind Sweeper, Wet and Dry
Vacuum Cleaner, etc. are used. Medical department of the
Division is supervising and managing this contract. The
Division is proud to have received appreciation from numerous
passengers. One such appreciation letter is reproduced here:
The factor responsible for this path breaking success was
meticulous tender and contract document detailing various
protocals of checks and balances and their equally well
implementation by field staff of medical department who were
duly motivated by various awards and apprecitation they got.
Hope: Help On the spot to
Passengers in Emergency
There was no mechanism to promptly address the complaints
of on-board passengers either made directly or through
on-board staff. Even on-board staff does not know how to get
the complaints redressed while the train is on run.
HOPE (help on the spot to passengers in emergency) Cell was
set up in the Divisional Control Office to co-ordinate receipt
and disposal of Public complaints received at Stations and
on-board.
In addition to on board staff, passengers can also lodged
complaints through SMS at dedicated number and through
complaint Books at Stations. Stickers of Phone number of
HOPE cell provided at suitable locations in coach.
Vidarbhachi Ladki – Sewagram express
Theme-based upgradation of services in train no. 12139/12140
Sewagram Express was executed. It includes:
 Total elimination of cockroaches and rats through use of modern
and effective chemicals
 Availability quality linen. Close monitoring of quality.
 Stickers in all coaches about on-board complaint with Cell &
Landline number of HOPE Cell of the Divisional Control.
 Training of on-board staff including AC Coach staff in Courtesy.
 Improvement in interior illumination of coaches by provision of
Anodized Aluminium Reactors in existing light fittings in phases.
 Time-Table boards and uniformly designed instruction boards
inside the coaches.
 Poly-grass in aisle and toilet door way area of AC Coaches.
 Foam row taps & tooth brush holders for wash basins of AC
coaches.
 Night glow berth indicators in AC coaches.
 Steel/Plastic mugs in lavatories of all coaches.
 Pictures depicting Vidarbha related themes displayed
aesthetically in all coaches.
Appreciative note by Shri S S Garg, Member Judicial, RCT, Chandigarh
Control Organisation
C&W, Train Lighting, Commercial, Security...
Passenger TTE
HOPE CELL
Station Master
Prompt corrective action to address the complaint is taken by
HOPE Cell Super visor located in Control Office by coordinating
with all other departmental controls.
As such 1269 complaints were resolved in last one year
by this Cell.

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“Railway Protection Force of Nagpur Division had been in the forefront in controlling unauthorized hawkers/vendors, touts etc. and other petty crime
under Railway Act. Nearly 9969 Railway Act cases was booked in the year 2012 and in 2013 from January to September nearly 7515 Railway Act cases
was booked. In .the last 02 years, the detection rate of crime under RP (UP) had been 95%.
There had been a better co-ordination with GRP and local police for controlling passenger crime, rail roko and other law and order issues. RPF had
provided bandobust for the RRB, RRC examinations as well as during the visit of Railway Minister to the division.
In the prosecution side, nearly 207 RP (UP) cases disposed off in the Railway Court in the last two years.”
(A.Ibrahim Sheriff)
Sr.Divisional Security Commissioner, R.P.F., Nagpur
We reached the station at 12.07 am. There is no problem with the
parking lot if a lone girl goes in the night, since the current parking for two
wheelers is in a secluded area, some distance from the station entrance.
But we managed to park our vehicle in the staff parking, on the immediate
left once one enters the station premises. We bought a platform ticket and
headed to platform number 3 on which the Madurai-H.Nizamuddin train
was scheduled to arrive in some time.
The train arrived a little late and we took a walk down the length of the
platform. There were policemen at regular intervals. Even after the train
departed, the alert policemen kept patrolling the platform. We sat there
for some more time and then headed to platform number 1. There again,
we spent another peaceful 15 minutes and felt extremely safe. There was
no feeling of nervousness at the station, it felt quite safe. Finally, at about
1.30 am, we left the station.
Total Area Available on Eastern Side 100,000 M2
Construction Area (with FSI 1.5) 150,000 M2
Built Up Area Required for New World Class Station Building 50,000 M2
Cost of Construction(Rly’portion) Rs 125 Cr
Saleable Area net revenue@ Rs 75,000/- per M2 100,000 M2
Total Expected Revenue from Sale Rs 750 Cr
Novel Coach Indicator/Coach
Guidance System
 A Novel Coach Indicator/Coach Guidance system was thought of
providing for Betul which consists of fixed Coach Indicator boards
for all 24 coaches on platform coupled with one or more LCD
screens showing coach position from engine for guidance of
passengers. Working satisfactorily since 13.05.2013.
 It is possible to provide this system without incurring huge
expenditure as mentioned above thus not only achieving
considerable savings but also increasing Publicity Earning in the
process. Publicity Agencies are showing keen interest in the same
 Good appreciation from public and Media.
 LCD screen in addition is also showing Train Timing, instant Train
Location as also Platform number.
 The Train Timing and Instant Train Location position gets fed from
NTES on line automatically.
 In future, it will be possible to feed all the information automatically
on line through suitable software on which the division is working.
 The division is planning to extend this system to other stations with
M/E stoppages from where there is heavy demand of Coach
Indicator/Coach Guidance system.
 It will be possible to provide this system without incurring huge
expenditure (around 40 lac per PF) thus not only achieving
considerable savings but also increasing Publicity Earning in the
process. Publicity Agencies are showing interest in the same.
Public information system
STATION ENQUIRY:
Facility of round the clock enquiry called“Face To Face”enquiry y for all
types of enquiries.
LED BASED TRAIN INDICATOR BOARDS:
Provided at the entrance stations displaying information regarding 4
to 5 trains at once.
INTEGRATED TRAIN AND COACH INDICATOR BOARDS:
Passenger is able to get expected time of train arrival at the station and
locate his coach position at the same time on one single board.
REAL TIME TRAIN RUNNING POSITION:
This system shows the exact train position and last station passed by
the train on a television screen.
ELECTRONIC RESERVATION CHARTING:
The concept of paperless charting displays the Reservation charts in
multiple colours with big font size enabling easy and comfortable
viewing by the passengers.
Courtesy Seminars for Front-line-staff
 In order to train and groom the front-line-staff like: Ticket Checking
staff, RPF staff, Hospital staff and Station staff,
 Courtesy seminars were organized for providing tips on 3 basics of
courteous behaviour which costs nothing : Smile, Thank you & Sorry
 Professional faculties from local Management Schools were hired
for this purpose. This is a continuous on-going exercise.
Security System
Women reporters of Times of India, Nagpur visited various parts of
Nagpur City over a period of one week to gauge the safety of women
at late night hours. Their report has been published in the TOI, Nagpur
on 22.01.2013.
Nagpur Station was given the safety rating of 9 by them which is the
highest in the city compared to the rating of City Buses at 6, Malls at
6.5/8 etc. Following is the transcript of their report:
Nagpur – the world class station
 Nagpur Station was selected as one of the 22 stations to be developed as
world class station in 2008.
 Adequacy to deal with the projected traffic. especially in view of
commissioning of upcoming Cargo Hub and SEZ projects. 3 additional
platforms may have to be planned.
 Free flow of passengers within Station area.
 Providing world class interface to terminal passengers: Integration of
different modes of transportation with the railway station.
 Isolation of waiting passengers / escorts from the ones boarding /alighting
the train.
 Multi level parking.
 Seamless integration of various passenger interfaces.
 Commercial development to fund the project

32. EMPLOYEES
are customerstoo
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Running Rooms
 RECEPTION DESK AT NAGPUR RUNNING ROOM – It is for the
first time that a 24x7 reception desk with computerized
check in/check out facility exhibiting bed position in
running room at a glance has been introduced in CR.
 Subsidized meal is provided to running staff at all these
running rooms at Rs.1.50 to Rs.3.00.
 Good ambience, comfortable resting facilities, homely &
hygienic food, multi-functional Gym, peaceful Yoga &
meditation rooms are highlights of our running rooms.
 Choice of Bed booking – An In-house developed module
allows loco pilot to know the vacant beds of running room
at the time of sign off.
 8 AM freshness being maintained round the clock
Eco Friendly Lobbies
 Nagpur, Amla and Ballarshah - major crew booking lobbies
of this division designed in eco-friendly manner with
natural light & ventilation.
 As innovation, audio visual trouble shooting and safety
instructions are displayed through LED monitor.
 Canteen is opened in lobby itself, operated by running staff.
 100% booking being done on Crew Management System
(CMS).e of sign-off and he can book his choice of bed.
 Sign – Safe
– Web based CCTV Cameras provided at Nagpur, Amla
and Ballarshah lobbies to cross check the breath analyser
test from any remote location through broad band internet.
– Fuel sensor type breath analyzer with bio-metric
sensor is integrated with CMS – kiosk for accurate, authentic
and precise recording of breath analyzer test.
 8 AM freshness being maintained
round the clock
 Attractively upgraded Nagpur Lobby
with pleasant ambiance is amongst the
best lobbies on IR with heavy sign on /
off ...... hrs. running staff from both TRO
and Operating.
Running rooms & lobbies - A home away from home
with 8 AM freshness round the clock
Running Room, Ballarshah
‘Hasya Rang’organised by WSSC/NGP on 27.04.2013. On stage Kavi Adv Radheshyam,
Prof. Madhup Pande, Surendra Sharma and Dr. Sagar Khadiwala.
With Hasya Kavi - LR - Dr Meers Arora, Dr Sagar Khadiwala, Adv.
Radheshyam, President WSSC Mrs Jyoti Dixit, Mrs Manisha Borvanker,
Mrs Deepali Khare, Mrs Pooja Rabade and Mrs. Rachita Kumar
Reception counter at Running Room Loco pilot and Guard’s combined lobby, Nagpur
Running Room, Nagpur Running Room, Amla

33. GUNJAN – an auditorium with a difference
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 “GUNJAN”an auditorium with a difference,
commissioned in the DRM office complex by
utilizing unused hall of 28.5 x 12.5m lying vacant for
the last 2 years,
 It creatively constructed with frugal but effective
air-conditioning capacity of 314 seats in a record
time of 3 months from conception.
 Wall panelling has been done by using released
wooden sleepers departmentally, thus creating
excellent acoustics.
 This is a unique, eco-friendly plush auditorium with
world class facilities & is now the cynosure of all
eyes.
 Substantial work of the Auditorium was done
departmentally. The Division did not have a decent
auditorium for hosting its various cultural and
social programmes.
 It is perhaps be the least cost auditorium around.
 Utmost economy has been the by-word during
construction.
It was on 6th Dec. 2011, when the officers and staffs were gathered for
“Mahapari Nirvan Diwas”function in a small meeting room of DRM office,
idea of having a proper auditorium was triggered in the mind of
DRM/NGP, within 2 months of joining the division. It was his vision that a
hall, lying vacant for last 2 years for shifting of some divisional offices, was utilized for
Auditorium. But in the era of paucity of funds, it was merely impossible to think about
providing proper / vast acoustic arrangements which is the prime requirement for the
auditorium.
Only in the 2nd week of Jan. 2012“Gunjan”was conceptualized by DRM with the use of
unserviceable wooden sleepers for wall paneling to improve the acoustic and thermal
insulation of hall. In the 3 months time, this hall was ready for commissioning as
Auditorium“Gunjan”. It is fully air-conditioned provided with 32 nos. of push back chairs
and 282 nos. of tip up chairs. Also it has been provided with fire hydrants and fire
extinguishers. The auditorium was appreciated by GM, Central Railway Shri Subodh
Kumar Jain in May 2012, at the time of inauguration for this acoustic, aesthetic and fast
execution.
Now,“Gunjan”is one of the best auditoriums in Nagpur city, effectively utilized for
divisional function & seminars and for staff/ union’s function. This has given a new life to
the wooden sleepers which served the Railway for the several years and a Railway
signature to auditorium better known as“Gunjan”in Nagpur.
Sanjay Khare Ex Sr DEN Co / NGP
All the officers and staff have got new enthusiasm and motivation
after transformation of the office with ergonomically efficient modular
furniture, improved lighting and pleasant ambience. All the officers ,
supervisors and staff have been very happy to render services under
ASTHA to the staff within the laid down time frame with hardly any failure or
exception. The retired employees have appreciated and benefited from ASTHA
and have conveyed their heart failed appreciations.
B K Panigrahi , Sr DPO / NGP
ASTHA – “Assistance to Staff
Through Instant Action” a milestone
in staff grievance redressal
Management is art and science of getting the things done by
others. It is often said the leader is as good as a team. Litmus
test of a leader is bringing about the total transformation of a
staff into self motivated work force directed towards
achievements of goals. One of the important ingredients of
this transformation is the grievances redressal.
Therefore, a novel initiative was launched taken by the
division when on 17.10.11 Shri Subodh Jain GM, CR visit to
Nagpur launched a staff grievance redressal platform called
“Assistance to Staff Through Instant Action”– ASTHA for quick
redressal of Grievances of serving and retired Railway
employees, on time-bound basis.
18 types of Personnel Branch services were identified and
targets for compliance of each type of grievance are laid down.
In case of delay on non rendering of any service within this
time frame, the concerned staff could approach a special cell
called ATHA cell which is manned by a personal department
supervisor. Each such complaint will be recorded in a
computerised module and was given a unique ID number and
this cell will chase the redressal of complaint through various
deptts. Performance and progress of the cell is reviewed by
DRM, ADRM regularly.
Over 31000 employees benefited by getting their dues and
grievances redressed within targeted time over last two years.
There were some 500 instances, where the concerned staff did
approach this cell for redressal of their grievances which was
arranged by this cell.
About sixteen thousand Retired Staff got their Complementary
Passes issued within 2 hours, thanks to ASTHA.
Also over fourteen thousand serving employees have got
there, PF Advance, Children Education Allowance, Arrears of
Pay, Reimbursement of cost of Spectacles leave encashment,
dentures and maintenance grant etc within targeted time.
Perhaps it is the result of initiatives like this which boosted the
motivation and moral of the staff at large on the division to a
much higher level of performance, when every other thing
remained the same or worsened due to fund constraint.
SERVICES Duration
of time
Issuing passes for retired railway employee 2 Hours
Leave records 7 Hours
Allowance, advances,grant& payment 2 Days
Settlement dues, pension & family pension 2 Days
Excess recovery 2 Days
Retention of railway quarter 2 Days
Pass &PTO related grievances 2 Days
Cost of spectacle,dentures, maintenance grant 2 Days
Leave encashment 4 Days
Increment 5 Days
Pay fixation & arrears pay 5 Days
Seniority 5 Days
Transfer, promotion & posting 5 Days
Alternate appointment 5 Days
Permission for transaction of movable &
immovable property 5 Days
PF advances 07 Days
House building allowances 07 Days
Other loans & advances 07 Days
Dr. E. Shreedharan, keynote speech on 21.09.2013

34. 6
62 63
Divisional Railway Hospital Nagpur –
Total Transformation through SEHAT
(Streamlined Enrolment for Health And Treatment)
Apart from Personal & Accounts department, Medical is another
department rendering critical services to the staff thus having
impact on their satisfaction, motivation and output.
Divisional Railway Hospital Nagpur and the activities thereof were
the subject of many a heated debate and discussion in the
Divisional PNM. It was very widely alleged no employee can visit
the Hospital and get medicine without CL of one or two days. Most
of time of employee used to be spent in standing in the queue.
Behaviour of the Doctors was also a cause of concern. Hospital
and the Doctors were living in their own world despite this and the
division on the other hand had totally given up in despair. There
was no communication and no hopes.
In the above back drop, a small step was taken to clean and
brighten up the main building area by removing the old dusty
papers, posters etc. There were number of sanctioned work for
improvement of OTs and Wards and procurement of machines like
X-Ray etc. but the same were not moving any where due to
paucity of funds creating a feeling that nothing can be done.
It was realised that a big central hall was effectively un-utilised
while the patients are queuing up mostly outside the hospital. The
un-utilised central hall was converted into an attractive reception
desk cum case paper issuing cum queuing area. Provision of
attractive mural health awareness posters enhanced its ambience.
It was soon realised that queuing period can be drastically cut if
patient enrolment and case paper making is computerised and a
queue management system is introduced. Initially its cost was
thought to be beyond divisional resources as a similar squeeze
management system in the PRS at Nagpur was installed at consid-
erable cost and still it was not functioning satisfactorily. An innova-
tive idea at this stage came forward which made it possible to
install this system very cost of Rs. 1.5 lac effectively well within
divisional resources. This was the use of internet protocol system
for data generation processing and queue management and thus
was born SEHAT (Streamlined Enrolment for Health And Treat-
ment) with following features:
 Patients are centrally registered & then individually attended, in
Doctor’s chambers without waiting in long queues.
 The spacious and pleasant ambience of the Patient Reception
cum Waiting Hall itself is a big relief to the patients, with 42”
LCD Screen for infotainment of waiting patients
 Accurate statistics can be generated for analysis from time
to time.
Improvements like provision of LED TV panels in the Waiting area,
Magazine stands, improvement to wards and the offices also
followed subsequently. The new X-Ray machine and state of the
art PHACO machine for cataract operation have also arrived with
due chasing with headquarters. Another new facility added was
communication of ECG in case of emergency patient to the Cardio
Physician at home through email for quick decision.
Further major improvement was Officers Special Ward which was
in a really bad shape. Badly delayed work of providing Modular OT
has also taken of and is expected to be completed shortly.
The long standing demand of conversion old Hospital Auditorium
to AC is also materialised soon with the new name of AROGYA
With the good offices of Hon’ble MP Shri Vilas Muttemwar, division
was able to get state of the art Ambulance for the use of the
passengers and staff from the MP local area development fund.
The hospital was without a proper ambulance after scrapping old
ambulance in 2008 and the need was being badly felt as the staff
of even Ajni colony comer to the Hospital in emergency.
Ajni colony residents were given another facility of collection of
their blood samples in the Ajni colony dispensary from where it
was collected the next day after testing in the Divisional hospital.
All the above had a very beneficially cumulative impact on the,
motivation and moral of both staff and Doctors and also of Union
which has been visible number of outstation health camps organ-
ised by the Doctors all over the Division to take the medical
services from the Divisional Hospital to their door step of the staff
posted in the remote area of the division. Families of the staff
particularly of group- D staff were substantively benefited from
the same. The major step in this direction was when a road mobile
medical van was launched, on 23.10.2013, to cover remotely
located and otherwise inaccessible stations in Amla-Itarsi section
twice a week.
With so much of action and much more in offing doctors are the
happiest lot enjoying the genuine appreciation from the staff,
patients and the unions and also the absence of negative media
coverage and its aftermath.
It was just a routine inspection of the Divisional Railway Hospital by the
incoming DRM, Mr. Brijesh Dixit, which resulted in a complete
makeover of the entire health care facility in terms of infrastructure,
machine, tools & plants and most importantly in terms of introduction
of innovative services & vastly improved health care delivery. In a short span of just two
years, this“Total Transformation”of the Medical Department has not only spawned a one
of its kind Coffee Table Book chronicling these Divisional efforts, but also generated
handsome universal praise from all quarters – patients, unions, the press and Railway
Administration right upto the Railway Board !
Gone is the 1964 vintage, cramped pigeon hole type of manual Case Paper Registration
counter at the very entrance of the hospital with long serpentine queues extending onto
the road, along with the equally damp and dull OPD complex with its graffiti style posters
& haphazard signages ! A brand new spacious Patient Registration cum Waiting Hall with
smart signages, new patient education posters, plentiful seating arrangements and
amazing giant ceramic murals based on the theme of“Panchatatva”&“Kaalchakra”so
relevant to the entire healing process, has now taken its place. The soul of this new body
is b ut of course, the successful installation of the first of its kind completely Computerised
Patient Registration cum Queue Management System – named very appropriately SEHAT
[ Systematic Enrolment for Health And Treatment ] ! Because of SEHAT, patient waiting
times are now down to a minimum with 42”LCD Screens & Magazine racks providing
them additional infotainment.
This sea change was swiftly followed up by introduction of Tele ECG Machine for 24 x 7
Internet access of Physicians on call, repeated Courtesy Seminars for all categories of
Hospital Staff & their training in reputed private hospitals of the city , innumerable
Multi-Purpose Health Camps & Mega Patient Education Seminars at way side stations,
proactive outsourcing of non core activities by entering into various time bound contracts
and a vigorous Machine & Plant Programme with back to back big ticket installations like
3 new Operation Theatre Tables, two Horizontal Sterilizers, a new 200 MA X-Ray Machine
in a renovated Radiology suite, and last but not the least the successful introduction of a
Phaco-Emulsification System for stitchless Cataract Surgery. The long overdue upgrada-
tion of Special Indoor Cabins was accompanied by donation of a fully equipped air
conditioned Basic Life Support Ambulance from the MPLAD Fund of MP, Nagpur Mr. Vilas
Muttemvar and inauguration of a Mobile Road Medical Van for the remote & inaccessible
Amla – Kiratgarh Ghat section. Airconditioning of the existing Hospital Auditorium to
reinvent itself as“Aarogya”is just a minor spinoff of the commencement of the much
awaited Law Book Work of the Hi-tech Modular Operation Theatre to allow ultra clean
operations like Joint Replacement surgeries to take place at Divisional level itself ! A
Modular Operation Theatre in Nagpur will be a first in entire Central Railways !
And the journey towards perfection continues ! It is entirely to the credit of the present
Administration led by our dynamic technocrat DRM, Mr. Brijesh Dixit, that these long felt
health needs in such cash strapped times, have been attended to in a seemingly effortless
manner in such a miraculously short period of just TWO years that everyone justifiably
exclaims in empowered unison“ Yes ! All this was indeed possible !”
Dr. Meera Arora, ACMS / CRH/NGP
Cash Paper/
Token Printer
Doctors
Room
Waiting Patients Waiting Patients Waiting Patients
Laboratory Medicine
Counter
ECG, X-RAY WARD
Doctors
Room
Doctors
Room
Doctors
Room
Registration
Counter
CasePaper
Processor

35. CUTTING
Cost
The Survival Tool
64 65
Stalling of stallings
Nagpur division, being located in the region of Satpura range,
valleys of Narmada, Tapti and Wardha rivers, Deccan Plateau
and two steep ghat sections, presents one of the most
undulating terrain for the train working with gradient upto 1
in 60. The powering of the train as it detailed result in stalling
of critical goods train – 5000 Tonne plus trailing load with
single G-9 or G-10 locos especially in monsoon months.
In the year 2010-11 there were 37 no of stalling. 41% were
found to be in critical section with longer rising gradient. It
was realised that speed restriction of 60 kmph in SUMO rakes
(CC+8+2 loading) for the critical patches resulting in stalling
because loco pilots attacking the rising gradient at this speed
were not able to clear the full length of the gradient. It was
seen that if the attacking speed is 70 kmph. driver is
successfully able to negotiate the full length of the rising
gradient without facing the slipping of wheels.
When this analysis presented to Shri Subodh Jain, GM C.Rly. on
his visit to Nagpur on 09.12.2011, he immediately gave his
approval for field trials. The field trial was done in Seloo-
Sewagram section dreaded to be the graveyard of all critical
goods trains frequently disrupting operation and punctually.
After the introduction of these trials stalling in these sections
came to zero from 12 nos. occurred in previous years.
This data could not bring forth HQs approval for similar trials in
other stalling prone block sections of the division. However,
division continued its effort. When the opportunity came the
data was presented to new GM CR Shri B P Khare who
immediately agreed for extension of these trials in 04 further
sections of the division viz. SLOR-SEGM, DMN-DIP, CHJC-WR &
CKNI-NGI w.e.f. 18.09.13 making the stalling zero in these
sections.
Division is sure that this wealth of trial data and the experience
will one day lead to enhancement of the speeds threshold of
SUMO rakes in 70 kmph resulting into total Stalling of Stallings
which will go a long way towards smooth and hiccup free
operation.
As a part of the drive TRO department issued instructions to all
Loco Pilots, Asstt. Loco Pilots, Control staff and Operating
Officers who were sensitized to follow time tested tips and
precautions particularly in Monsoon so that Stallings can be
avoided in general in the interest of smooth operation. These
tips were issued in a format of Pocket folder in month of
June-12. Individual staff was counselled through their
Supervisors also by organising Seminars and Workshops in this
regards.
The efforts proved effective leading to reduction in the
number of Stallings to 18 no. in the period June-12 to
March-13 achieving a reduction of 57%.
Increase in use of 3-Phase Locos
Operating of trains comprising 24 coaches with WAP-7 locos
resulted in withdrawal of banker for the trains in ghat sections
of TEO-CCD & DHQ-MJY. Due to provision of regenerative
braking in three phase locos, energy regeneration takes place
during use of regenerative braking while controlling the train
which resulted to energy saving.
SERVICE
CONSUMPTION
(IN KWH)
RE-
GENERATION
(IN KWH)
% ENERGY
REGENERATED
SAVINGS
(IN RS.)
COACHING 4888445 977979 20.01% 73,15,283
GOODS 3292126 603631 18.34% 45,15,160
TOTAL 8180571 1581610 19.33% 1,18,30,443“Reuse & recycle anything and everything from water to wood and steel to structures.”
STALLING CASES
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
(up to sept)
49 32 20
16
13
19
9
2
SLOR - SEGM SECTION
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
(up to sept)
Every extra kilometre of utilisation of Loco, Wagons, Coaches,
Avoidance of each minute of detention of trains and crews,
Creation of line capacity of even fraction of a train etc. results
in that much extra transportation and that much less cost
leading to cutting of cost of transportation.

36. 66 67
Traction Energy Conservation
Traction Energy expenditure of Nagpur Division in 2012-13 was
Rs. 428.58 Crores with alarming increase of 19.68% over
previous year. This was the second large item of Revenue
Expenditure after staff cost. During the year Energy
consumption has increased by 3.45% and the tariff increased
by Electricity Boards was 15.69%. Therefore, any effort towards
cost cutting had to cover traction energy conservation.
A special drive was launched for this by issuing a Pocket Folder
named“Urja Sanraksha Mantra”containing useful tips for Loco
Pilots, Asstt. Loco Pilots, Control staff, Station Masters other
Supervisors etc. for conserving Traction Energy. These tips
included: Shutting of locomotives if wait for the line clear is to
be more 1 hour, coasting in the Down gradient, use of
regenerative braking, avoiding signal on approach, avoiding
passage through loop line, faster removal of the speed
restrictions etc. Individual staff were contacted and counselled
by their Supervisors, Seminar and Workshops were held to
create awareness.
Trip Rations were fixed for various trains in various sections of
the division, Green cards and white cards have been
introduced for LPs and ALPs to record energy consumed and
generated at the end of the trips. Customised software has
been developed to keep track and monitor the above. Star
ratings of Loco Pilots have been
introduced starting with 5 stars for
over 30% conservation. More than
50 staff has been awarded for their
improved performance. Results
after four months of drive have
been found to be mind boggling
with the following improvements:
Ghat Section Working
Nagpur division has two major ghat sections in Nagpur-Itarsi
sections viz. Teegaon-Chichonda section (17 Kms) and
Maramjhari-Dharakhoh section (13 Kms.) having the gradients
upto 1 in 60 and 1 in 65 respectively.
These two ghat sections define the line capacity of
Nagpur-Itarsi section. In the busy traffic season, with increased
number of loaded Goods trains they really become the bottle
neck.
It was realised that there were large number of operational
restrictions in these sections which needed a review after
improvements brought about in the braking, and powering of
trains. This focussed attention and effort resulted in the
following operational improvements:
8.34
7.68
6.64
6.99
6.75
8.04 7.96 7.95
2012
(Avg. 7.68)
(Avg. 6.76)
SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION
JUN JUL AUG SEP
2013
Rs.1.56 Cr saving in
Energy expenditure with
investment of Rs.9.8 lacs
Segregation of commercial and domestic loads at Ajni sub-station has been
done after carrying out certain modifications in distribution network units
total revenue expenditure of approx. Rs.9.8 lacs. Prior to the segregation,
Electrical billing for entire load was being done at commercial tariff of
Rs.9.83 per unit. However after segregation, Electricity Board has started
charging electric bill separately for commercial load and domestic load. As a
result, total saving in Energy bill will be approximately Rs.1.56 crore yearly.
S K Shukla Sr DEE / G / NGP
“ Human resource management is the key to success , keeping in mind
we have upgraded running rooms to have 8 AM feeling to begin with
naming it with the names of rivers like Triveni, Tapti, Godavari and
Narmada to reflect the ambience of the running room right from
entrance, luxurious gardens, reception desks, gym equipments, yoga
facilities, subsidized meal and all outsourcing facilities with ISO 9001:2008 certification
have been created. When going for duty from lobby an excellent atmosphere in lobby
with better resting facilities, displaying of their names for good work done and
distributing awards periodically, timely promotions and training has resulted in drastic
improvements in productivity like punctuality, higher engine kilometers, higher average
speed, reduction in Specific Energy Consumption and accident free division.”
2722, New Delhi-Secunderabad, Dakshin Express hauled by a WAP-7 loco emerging from tunel and moving
over Viaduct No. 2 in picturesque Dharakhoh - Moramziri Ghat Section. Picture courtesy - Arzan Kotwal
DRM Nagpur shri. Brijesh Dixit, receiving award at the hands of President of India Hon’ble Pranab
Mukharjee in presence of Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Hon’ble Minister of States for Power (Independent
Charge) at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 16.12.2013
National Energy Conservation
Award-2013
Ministry of Power has Awarded National Energy Conservation Award to
Nagpur Station for excellence in Energy Conservation Management.
Energy Conservation at Nagpur Station
2011-12 2012-13
Total connected load 1061 kW 1175 kW
Total Electrical Energy Consumption 14.68789 11.63657
lacs units lacs units
Annual Electricity savings for 2012-13 (in units) 3.05132 lac units
Annual Energy savings for 2012-13 (in Rs.) Rs. 33.289 lacs
Energy savings achieved over previous year 20.77%
Energy Management in Nagpur Division
Energy 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 % comparison
Consumption 2013-14 Vs 2012-13
Connected Load 17865 17955 18500 3.21
in KW
Unit Consumption 195.32 (Upto 201.43 (Upto 123.7 (Upto 2.97
in lakhs Oct. 123.15) Oct. 127.49) Oct. 13)
Amount paid 1559.91 (Upto 1829.80 (Upto 1103.19 (Upto 7.68
in lakhs Oct. 940.90) Oct. 1195.04) Oct. 13)
Rebate from SEBs 37.320 51.573 110.012 113.31
upto Oct. (In lakhs)
Namdeo Rabade
Sr. DEE/TRO/NGP

37.  OTA of Rs. 10,000
and above paid
only with approval
of DRM
 OT of Garibrath
Staff comes down to zero by giving CR after every trip and
line rest.
 Advance planning to reduce non performing hours
 Balancing of crew in various depots
 Reduction in PDD by improved ordering
 Progressive hrs booking
 Monitoring of booking in case of more than 90 hrs.
68 69
PSR Relaxations
All the speed restrictions are time consuming, energy consum-
ing, and line capacity reducing constraints. Many of these
restrictions outlive their original constraints and need to be
reviewed for relaxation/removal. This particular exercise
proved very rewarding resulting into relaxation/removal of
large number of such restrictions as under:
The benefits were immense and very well reflected in the
improved operating performance of the division. The
improvements in operation and interchange in Nagpur were
particularly heartening as without any investments and inputs
the level of goods trains interchange between CR & SECR
which is so critical for operational performance of IR level, has
gone up substantially and the erstwhile bottle neck got
instantly broken paving the way for seamless movement of
trains across Zonal Railways.
Drastic Reduction In OT
Following are the factors responsible:
 Registers at all depots/stations for monitoring over hours
working have been introduced to record the details imme-
diately after OT is incurred & monthly summary of OT hrs is
collected and frozen in‘P’branch.
 Periodical Rest Registers introduced in Lobbies to monitor
PR of Running staff immediately after 92 hrs. working.
 Number of AC Mechanics for escorting duty increased by
imparting training to Train Lighting staff to reduce frequent
trips by the same staff.
Following strategy to reduce the OT
 Judicious deployment of LR & RG in ASMs & Pointsman
category 7 close monitoring of the same.
Increase in speed of M/E trains in
descending the ghat from 60 to
75 kmph after RDSO’s trial and
CRS sanction
No.C-11(168)/2012-666 dt
17.08.2012 Running of 18
coaches with WAP-4 loco without
banker
Time saving of 2”to
4”and increase in
line capacity by 3 to
4 trains per day.
Running of 24 coaches with
WAP-7 loco without banker -
Reduction in
requirement of
banker to the tune
of 10 trips per day.
Replaced single banker with
multiple unit in TEO-CCD ghat
section -
Result running time
between NGP-AMF
section is reduced
by 1’20”.
Replacement of WAG-7 banker
in DHQ-MJY with WAG-9 loco
and running of Box N empty
with single WAG-5 without
banker
Reduced the banker
requirement 25
trips per month. Operational Efficiency
Higher operational efficiency by way of higher average speed,
higher utilisation of locos and wagons, higher line capacity
utilisation, higher interchanging, higher turn round etc. leads
to higher throughput and GTKMs and thereby lower per unit
cost of transportation. The figures are as under:
Operating Performance – A total Turnaround
The year 2012-13 turned to be a remarkable period in division’s
history whereby total turnaround was achieved in Freight and
Mail Express operations. The declining trend of loading in
previous 3 years was reversed with a phenomenal rise of 2.3
Elimination of tanker water supply
at Nagpur
The Nagpur being close to the topic of cancer and thus
subjected to over exposure to summer heat suffers from
shortage of water during summer. Recycling of water is not
only the economic necessity but also the social responsibility.
The division‘s effort therefore in this direction was subject for
public attention and appreciation.
 Supply of more than 30 road tankers of water to Nagpur
was eliminated by way of commissioning dedicated one
foot diameter pipe line from Nagpur Municipal Corporation.
Overhead reservoir at Raj Bhavan to Nagpur Station despite
severe funds constraints by coordination with NMC. To
create public awareness about scarcity and saving the
water innovative poster were displayed on the station
platform.
 Functioning of five lacs litre per day capacity water
recycling plant was fully revived and use beyond capacity
to recycle the used water from Nagpur station saving both
water as well as expenditure.
 A new low cost 25,000 litre per day capacity water recycling
plant to recycle grave water from multi storied flat in Ajni
colony has been constructed and
commissioned. This has been solely
responsible for making the DSA Cricket
Ground green even in summer rather
than dark brown much to the relief of
Ajni Colony residents.
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Average speed 29.92 29.93 30.37
Loco utilisation 929 971 1042
Wagon utilisation 4236 4811 4862
Line capacity utilisation 114.2 117.3 122.4
Wagon interchange 8283 8522 8995
Wagon turnaround 1.13 1.23 1.12
GTKMs in (000’s) 3137956 3124424 3360760
SN Section
Existing PSR
(KMPH)
Relaxed PSR
(KMPH)
Running
Time (M-S)
1 NGP YARD 10 – (PF1-7 & Up/Dn ML) 15 2'10"
2. NGP-GNQ 10 – (1042/15 – 1040/30 = 1700 M) 15 (837/48- 1'41"
46-300m)
3. NGP-GNQ 10 – (1041/33-1042/15 = 600 M) 15 (837/48- 1'41"
46-300m)
4. NGP Gds yd. 10 – (up gds ML = 5000 M) 30 0'20"
5. GNQ chord line 15 – (9KRD/6-KRD/CL-2) Normal
6. GNQ chord line 15 – (OKRD/21-KRD/CL-24) Normal 5'19"
7. GNQ chord line 15 – (OKRG/21-KRD/24) 30
8. NGP-AQ Engine line 10 kmph 50 kmph
9. TAE-GGS Goods line 50 kmph 75 kmph
10. Chitoda-Wardha 15 kmph 30 kmph
Department
2011-12 2012-13
Total OT hours % variation over
last year
TFC RG. 120164 102235 – 14.92
LOCO. RG. 158882 106037 – 33.26
STN STAFF 131281 99413 – 24.27
C&W 10041 3719 – 62.96
MEDICAL 57 49 – 14.04
S&T 461 105 – 77.22
ENGG 81 142 75.31
ELECT 35028 34534 – 1.41
G/ADMN 638 590 – 7.52
TRD 242 73 – 69.83
TRS 4182 1236 – 70.44
Total 461057 348133 – 24.49
M.T., a jump of 8.8% over previous year. Apart from loading, all
the Operating parameters related to asset utilization and
punctuality were exceptional.
This outstanding performance enabled the division to bag the
Operating Efficiency shield as well as the General Manager’s
Overall Efficiency shield.
OT Hours of TRO Deptt. inspite of 20% vacancy
2012-13
Apr-Nov
OTinhours
2013-14
Apr-Nov
64928
19505
69.44% reduction

38. 70 71
Year Total Remarks
2010-11 180 65 posts of four WS not accepted by concerned deptts. 11
posts out of 34 recommended posts of two WS were
surrendered in 2009-10
2011-12 215 63 posts of six WS not accepted by concerned deptts.
However,19 posts of previous WS surrendered in 2011-12.
2012-13 213 46 posts of five WS not accepted by concerned deptts.
However ,07 posts of previous WS surrendered in 2012-13.
2013-14 233
upto 3.10.13
Total 841 All identified and accepted surplus posts of WS surren-
dered. No backlog at present
Further surrender
proposed in 13-14 165
G.Total 1006
Stoppage Of The Coverage Of OBHS
Trains By CTS
As a pure divisional initiative the cleaning of trains covered by OBHS
was stopped to CTS at Ballarshah reducing the number of coaches
cleaned per day by 45 numbers resulting in the annual saving of
about Rs.20 lacs to be compounded every year
Successful Outsourcing Of Services
Despite service contracts facing several issues including non
standardisation of contract conditions across departments and lack
of adequate delegation of powers to the division to handle the
situation arising out of failure of these contracts, division has been
able to successfully out sourced the number of services satisfactori-
ly resulting in surrender of all most 1000 posts over a three years
period.
Following are the some of the services already outsourced
Mechanised cleaning at the station of the size of Nagpur by
medical department,
Mechanised cleaning at 10 other station by commercial deptt.
Full out sourcing of housekeeping along with subscribed meals
at all the three major running rooms by TRO deptt.
Full outsourcing of line boxes loading unloading
Total elimination of the cadre of box boys and call boys
Introduction of the our sourcing of water pump operators by
electrical Gen deptt, Introduction of contracted AC attendant
Outsourcing of coach water filling by C&W
Outsourcing of mechanised coach cleaning by C&W
In case of the following services, efforts are in progress:
 Further Pump operation with automation
 Pipe line Valve operator
 Mechanised cleaning in colonies.
Mini Line Boxes & Out sourcing of
Loading /Unloading Activities
On 23.10.13 DRM has launched Light weight stainless steel Mini
Common Line Box for Loco Pilots of NGP division for easy handling
during operational activities and to minimize detention of trains.
Size of these line boxes is 13.6”X 9.6”X5.6”and weight is reduced
from 25 kgs to only 6.78 kg
In first phase 20 nos of line boxes were introduced on trial basis and
after successful trial, 50 more line boxes added and very recently all
the old line boxes will be replaced by these mini line boxes.
Advantages:
 Easy handling by reducing the weight
 Less space occupied in loco and this will be kept in lobby instead
of platform LP & ALPs can easily do their operational activity in
cab and to avoid inconvenience to passengers respectively.
 Detention of train on account of line boxes can be minimized
due to light weight and easy handling.
Surrendering of Posts
As a result of outsourcing of services, closure of redundant
activities, work studies manpower planning etc. , the division has
surrendered 213 posts during 2012-13 against the targeted
surrender of 182 posts, there by not only achieved more than 100%
target but also saved revenue amounting to Rs. 2,65,38,384/-
Surrenders made in 2011-12 & 2012-13 were by way of:
 Mechanized cleaning of coaches in C&W Depot.
 Mechanized cleaning of NGP Stn.
 Introduction of outsourced subsidized meals and housekeeping
services in all 3 Running Rooms of the division at AMF, NGP & BPQ.
 Outsourced loading/unloading of Line Boxes for Loco Running &
Traffic Running in phases.
 Introduction of outsourced AC Coach Attendants.
In 2013-14, surrenders have been/will be by way of:
 Mechanized cleaning of way side stations/colonies in phased manner.
 Outsourced Pump operation with automation along with valve
operation.
 Outsourced data entry in the Lobbies.
 Replacement of mechanical lever frames with panel interlocking.
 Out sourced loading/unloading of Lines Boxes for Loco Running &
Traffic Running in phases.
In current year, further 6 nos. of studies are in progress. On
conclusion of the same, action will be taken accordingly.
line boxes, outsourcing of pump and valve operators, station
and colony cleanliness, hiring of vehicles etc.
Not only manpower has been surrendered but activities
outsource has been successfully implemented.
 Ordinary working expenses:- Due to persistent cost cutting
measures the ordinary working expenses of Nagpur division for the year 2013-14
till October, 2013 approx. compared to last year corresponding period has gone
up by merely 4% as compared to Central Railway increase of approx 10%.
 Reuse and recycling
a) Operation of water recycling plant has resulted in a saving of Rs. 33.5 lakhs p.a.
b) Use of recycle steel for construction of AQ Facade has resulted in saving of
approx. Rs.26 lakhs.
c) Saving to the tune of Rs.86 lakh by handing over existing vacant quarters &
service building to Construction.
d) Saving to the tune of Rs.25 lakh by handing over existing room to S&T for
Relay Room.
Nagpur division has taken following pioneering steps in the area of cost control:
 Energy Saving.
Load segregation at Ajni railway colony between commercial and domestic use
has resulted in annual saving of Rs.1.64 Cr.
 Replacement of old AC plant by new AC plant in Control Office, Nagpur has
resulted in saving of Rs.13 lakhs p.a.
 Conservation in HT energy bills.
Saving to the tune of 1.74 cr. Units of electric traction worth Rs.7.22 Cr. during
April to Sept, 2013 has been achieved due to various conservation measures
taken by the division. SEC has come down from 7.68 to 6.76.
 Manpower.
Following reduction in the manpower expenditure has been achieved due to
persistent efforts.
i) Overtime:- As compared to last year performance, overtime hours has gone
down by 30% resulting in saving of more than Rs.2 cr.
ii) Manpower reduction:- A thorough review of existing manpower was under-
taken with a BOs for surrendering manpower in non-core areas through
outsourcing of activities. A total saving to the tune of Rs. 8 to 9 crores has been
achieved through outsourcing of box boys, introduction of mini and common
 Good appearance.
 Box boy can carry two or three boxes at a time.
 Existing space occupied by line box stands on all PFs will be
freed.
Common line box implemented on all M/Exp. / Pass. Trains.
In first lot all Mail/Express/ passenger trains were covered. It
reduced boxes from 171 to 80 i.e. 53% reduction in workload
and also daily loading / unloading to the tune of 140 nos. per
day reduced.
Common Line box in Goods train will commence from 15th
Dec’2013. It will further reduce the load of Goods line box by
loading / unloading by 50%, which will save approximately 29
lacs per year.
Outsourcing of Line box Loading/unloading in Nagpur Div. for
LP and Guards:
99 (LP+Gd) Box boys surrendered after introduction of outsourcing
of line box loading / unloading resulted in saving of Rs 2.67 crores
per year after deducting contract bill.
Gautam Jain, Sr DFM/NGP

39. 72
The New
of Operations
PARADIGM
Erstwhile SE Railway had enjoyed numero uno position amongst all
Indain Railways significantly due to heavy loading of coal meant for
Power Houses in Western and Northern India. Legacy of this loading
has now passed on to its trifurcated successors viz. SE, Eco &SEC
Rlys..This across the country bulk movement of coal in continental
size India, still remains a major bread earner of IR.
Nagpur has been the major exit point of loaded rakes and feeding
point of empties. Nagpur also happens to be the most important
junction station of North-South and East-West corridors with several
Rajdhani, Duronto and other Express Trains connecting the four
metros, whose number has been steadily increasing year after year to
meet ever increasing demand. Nagpur was thus a scene of classical
conflict between freight and passenger traffic on IR, each one
competing for passage with super saturated 'Line Capacity' around
Nagpur, in excess of 150%.
This was a real 'nightmare' for the 'Controls' of the two Divisions of
C.Rly and SEC.Rly. Located at Nagpur, opposite each other and the
Operating Officers. Battles of 'Goods Inetrchange are fought in the
dead of mid-night hour, each side trying to push its goods train first
ahead of Mail,Express, Passenger trains. Junction arrangement
between the two railways thru two bi-directional Single Lines rather
than conventional Double Line, due to typical geographical
limitations made the conflict worse, wherein each one is trying to
push his goods train, and crying upto highest levels in case facing
resistance. C.Rly. mostly, used to be at the receiving end of the Rly.
Board obviously eager to maximise goods loading to meet earning
targets.
So much mid-night bloodbath was there between the two Controls,
that many of the staff were not even on talking terms, and could not
physically tolerate each other. Huge Goods Yard spread over from
Nagpur to Ajni over 5 Km length with 50 Km track length at one time
having, reception and despatch yards in both directions and several
sorting, marshalling and stabling lines in between, has been a
testimony to this. This mammoth yard is still controlled by Lever
Frame goods cabins which were eleven nos at one time. A Steam
Loco Shed was also located at Ajni in those days to provide Traction
Power.
The huge Rly. Colony and other establishments at Ajni spread over
more than a thousand acres of area, having over 2500 dwelling units
at one time, with all paraphernalia of Water Supply, Health Unit,
Institutes, Shopping places etc. was there to serve this mammoth
installation.
One wonders, how great economic and social impact would have
been made by the arrival of railways on India moving on bullock carts
at that time and was largely rural, feudal and poverty stricken. And it
was still Mughal period technically a mughal was on Throne of Delhi
at that time. Gandhi and Nehru were yet to be born. That was really
the Foundation of modern India. All that is changing now. To begin
with, yard remodelling done along with new Nagpur RRI, got rid of a
particularly notorious 'Diamond Crossing no.16' at Howrah end of
Nagpur Yard, which was the scene of many a recent accident at
Nagpur. Thus had gone the severe 10Kmph restrictions thereof, and
others around it.
A series of other layout improvements and removal/relaxation of
permanent restrictions, mostly any costs, eased to-and-fro
movements between the two railways so much that, the present
discussions between the two sides canters around the new records of
interchanges:
Even the occasional packs of sweets and congratulatory SMSs from Sr
DOM and COM, SECR are not surprising. Atmosphere of acrimony got
converted into bonhomie at social gatherings with no complaints of
‘Line Clear’not given previous day.
Due to this conflict all Express trains also get detained.
The metamorphosis began with closure of Nagpur Goods Shed on
14.06.12 .Credit goes to Shri S.V. Ingle, the then CCM C.Rly, who is so
passionate about Nagpur. The decision was immediately opposed by
Unions followed by usual gate meeting dharnas etc..Godhani the
adjacent station had half rake goods shed. Taking advantage of
ongoing work of Godhani – Kalmna doubling work it was decided to
convert it to full rake, so that it could handle full load shifted from
Nagpur. Without this closure of Nagpur Goods Shed wouldn’t have
been successful.
Milestones :
Daily Receipts Daily Dispatches
Monthly Monthly
27.50 trains Feb‘13 28.7 trains Feb-13
26.60 trains Dec‘11 28.2 trains Mar-11
25.30 trains Feb‘11 27.4 trains Apr-08
24.70 Apr‘08 24.8 trains Jul-06
Daily
37 trains 24.09.13
36 trains 18.03.13
35 trains 07.12.12
31 trains 25.05.08
Nagpur-Ajni bypass
View of Nagpur Passenger and Goods Yard. Photo courtesy - Arzan Kotwal
73

40. 74 75
Following this work, of new Home PF got sanctioned within GM’s
powers of Rs One Cr, with rest of the funds to come from other
sources and phase-II. The new Home PF on east side will not only
ease congestion of PFs, but will also decongest severely crowded
western entrance of the station, for which there was public demand
for long.
However, the real relief, to operations is to come from, new proposed
Nagpur-Ajni bypass line, which will be virtually the 3rd Line.
This about 5km long line comes by converting an Engine Line
available from Nagpur up to the Ajni Yard, with speed potential of
10Kmph. Its had already been enhanced to 50Kmph to substantial
operational advantage.
However, now its on way to be bi-directional Single Line fit for M/Exp
trains at 110 Kmph, providing exit to trains from new Home PF/8, and
Goods trains directly beyond Ajni. Whenever Nagpur-Sewagram /
Wardha 3rd Line comes, trains will exit to the same straight away.
Concor ICD at Ajni was established in 1997, connected to the above
Engine Line, without electrification though in electrified territory.
Also there was no direct exit/entry from/to this line, needing a lot of
zig-zag movements. This placement and withdrawal of rakes, criss
crossing whole yard, by Diesel Power involved avoidable detention
of Concor’s rolling stock as well as Divn’s locos, crew etc..Movement
of 5-6 rakes daily made it staggering. Concor agreed and deposited
cost of‘Top Wiring’and work is nearing completion. Benefits will be
tremendous. Placement/Withdrawal will be by mainline locos and
crew. Compounded daily savings of Diesel locos and multiple crews
will result in tremendous Cost Cutting over time, making use of new
by-pass line. The line itself is actually coming at almost‘NO COST’.
And that is, possible due to simultaneous execution of seven
sanctioned ongoing works. Two are S&T works of replacement of
present Mech Lever frame signalling with Panel Interlocking(PI) in
Ajni Yard One more S&T work is replacement of Old PI of Ajni A cabin
with new one. Other four works are, new Home PF at Nagpur eastern
side, Nagpur- Kalmna Doubling’s Junction work, Godhni-Kalmna
Chord Doubling and Top-Wiring of Concor ICD. These seven works
would, any case,have been done as sanctioned, at their own
schedule, without this common facility getting created, may be
called Synergetic ally. Availability of this By-Pass or 3rd Line will
really lead to‘A New Paradigm of Operations’at Nagpur-Ajni .Sr DOM
worked out the full Operational benefits as under :
 With the completion of new Home Platform line no. 8 at Nagpur
(Eastern side) and additional route for running M/Exp trains via
existing Nagpur-Ajni Engine line directly to Ajni‘A’cabin will be
available that will de-congest the available Platform lines of
Nagpur Coaching yard.
 It is proposed to originate a couple of M/Exp trains from the new
Home Platform line no. 8. This will minimize the shunting
movements in Nagpur coaching yard and simultaneously ease the
trains operations on Platform No. 1 to 7 including freight
operations via Main line by diverting some of the Originating
coaching trains to Engine line as new By-Pass line.
 With commencement of two new Central Panels in lieu of seven
lever frame cabins at Ajni along with MACL signalling which is a
sanctioned work being executed by S&T construction
organization, the sectional speed will be enhanced to 110 kmph.
This will generate six additional paths for running M/Exp / Goods
trains via the new By-pass line.
 Another work of replacement of existing panel at Ajni‘A’cabin by
new panel with a new cross-over connecting UP & DN Main lines
beyond Ajni‘A’cabin to facilitate direct reception of DN trains on
Engine line is also with S&T organization. The Container loads
from JNPT will be directly admitted in Ajni yard via New By-pass
line and backed in ICD Ajni yard utilising the incoming power
and crew. Benefits after commissioning of new cross-over will be
as under.
 With the completion of all the above works the paradigm of traffic
pattern between SECR and CR moving from East to west will be
eased to some extent by availability of 4-5 extra paths between
Nagpur – Ajni and Ajni – Wardha section. This will increase the
section capacity utilisation of Nagpur –Wardha section from
present 140% to 150%. All at almost no cost.
 With more and more imported coal arriving on country’s ports,
old established, traffic flow pattern is changing gradually. The final
picture is yet to emerge fully. Till then, the journey continues.
SN
Present
ICD
placement
After
commissioning of
new cross over
Factors affecting
placement of ICD load
Benefits
1. Shunting movements 7 2 5 movements
saved
2. Time required for 01.30 hrs 0.25 01’.05” hrs.
placement saved
3. Loco/Crew required 2 1 1 crew saved

41. 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
TOTAL GOODS EARNINGS (IN Crs.)
2046.76
1531.55
1425.78
09-10 10-11 12-1311-12
PARCEL EARNING (LACS)
1928.8
1398.11
1307.10
1146.16 22%
38%
- 12.3%
09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
PASSENGER EARNING (Crs.)
332.35
291.67
262.62
241.12
8.9%
11.6%
14.7%
340.00
320.00
300.00
280.00
260.00
240.00
220.00
09-10 10-11 12-1311-12
CEMENT LOADING (MT)
1.13
0.86
1.15
1.9
68.14%
TOTAL ORIGINATING LOAING (MT)
28.13
26.87 26.89
-7.6
+8.6
28.78
28.04
28.49
26.22
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
GOODS EARNING (Crs.)
09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
2026.48
1531.55
1425.78
- 3.7%
7.4%
32.31%
1481.46
10-11 11-12 12-13
CONTAINER LOADING (TON)
867213
1327456
1501287
73.12 %
09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
TOTAL ORIGINATING EARNING (CRS.)
1751.18
37.70%
1725.9
1861.72
2411.38
TICKET CHECKING – MONTHLY AVG
27.01
30.68
35.16
41.24 47.89
53.76
56.32
70.44
84.719852
13273
1451113529
17011
19937
500
2500
4500
6500
8500
10500
12500
14500
16500
18500
20500
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Avg
05-06
Avg
06-07
Avg
07-08
Avg
08-09
Avg
09-10
Avg
10-11
Avg
11-12
Avg
12-13
Avg
13-14
upto
Sept
10635
1204312637
213%
102%
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
PUNCTUALITY & TOTAL TRAIN RUN
93.7
96.01
97.21
2377
2542
2656
Punctuality
Total Train Run
2300
2350
2400
2450
2500
2550
2600
2700
2750
2800
2650
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
HighestEver
99.74
in
Sept’13
10-11 11-12 12-13
DIVISIONAL WAGON BALANCE (UNITS/DAY)
13-14 up to Oct.
4236
4811 4862
4549
10-11 11-12 12-13
TRAIN INTERCHANGE (TRAINS/DAY)
171
173.7
181.3
167.8
Best ever
199
March’ 13
13-14 up to Oct.
10-11 11-12 12-13
NTKM (WAGONS-DAY)
1586
14155
15056 15824
13-14 up to Oct.
SEC Vs. GTKM
314.23
306.65
9.17
8.97
8.33
283.72
8.26
270.98
232.97
259.41
261.87
8.43
276.16 8.32
265.90
7.89
7.98
7.45
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14
SEC GTKM (Crs)
Best Ever SEC
6.64
July’ 13
220.00
230.00
240.00
250.00
260.00
270.00
280.00
290.00
300.00
310.00
320.00
7
7.5
8
8.5
9
9.5
upto
Sep.
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
LINE CAPACITY UTILISATION (%)
114.2
117.3
122.4
10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 up to Oct.
10 HR. PERFORMANCE
83.45
82.38
83.43
90.78
Best ever
93.25
Aug‘13
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
GTKMs IN (000’s)
3137956
3124424
3360760
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
WAGON INTERCHANGING (UNITS/DAY)
8283
8522
8995
WAGON TURN ROUND
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
1.13
1.23
1.12
AC LOCO OUTAGE (NO. OF LOCOS.)
10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 up to Oct.
92.1
97.4
100
94.4
76 77
At last it is the performance only which matters. In case of IR, it is the
transportation, both passenger and freight, their quality and quanti-
ty and earning therefrom, and from other sources like parcel, publici-
ty etc. which determines the performance. Nagpur division has been
lucky to scale some new heights and establish some new bench-
marks, with the team work of all the departments.There is no better
way to convey the same, but the graphics.
PERFORMANCE
is paramount 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
COAL EARNINGS (IN Crs.)
1597.80
1207.40
1221.59
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
COAL LOADING (MT)
23.24
21.42
23.92
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
TICKET CHECKING CASES (Nos.)
204.13
162.35
174.14
APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR
TOTAL FREIGHT LOADING (MT)
2.46
2.41
2.28
1.79
2.31 2.36
2.63 2.65
3.03
2.26
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2.47
1.84
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
TOTAL GOODS LOADING (MT)
28.49
27.16
26.22
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
LOCO UTILISATION (COACHING)
1042
971
929
C.RLY TOTAL FREIGHT LOADING %
SUR
PA
MUMBAI
NGP
49%
BSL
29.93
30.37
Highest
Ever 33.02
Kmph
Sept’13
5.78%
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Oct-13
29.92
31.65
AVG SPEED (KMPH) AC LOCO UTILISATION
(ENGINE KM/ENGINEDAY IN USE)
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14(up to Oct.)
553
566
620
671
18.55%
Best Ever
690 in
April ’13
DRM Nagpur Receiving Rajbhasha Award from CRB on 12.11.2013
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 upto Nov
RAIL/WELD FAILURES
121
51
38
18

42. 78 79
HEAVY RAINS AND THE AFTERMATH...
Exceptionally heavy rains on 19.07.2013 in
Sindi -Tuljapur block second and on
Barbatpur-Magardoh section on 23.08.2013
led to two rare occurrences not occurred in
over 100 yrs of railway history, at the gap of
just a month. There were two major
breaches in the two above mentioned block
sections.
Breach in Sindi-Tuljapur sec. was surprising
as this region is known more for lack of rains
and droughts. However 245 mm rainfall in
25 hrs in the evening of 19.07.2013 caused
rare flooding which breached about 5 mts
high embankment in 360 m length between
bridge no 788/3 & 788/8-9 the division had
not seen any such occurrence in the past.
Loco pilot of 16328 was alert enough and
reported level of touching formation level
on arrival at Sindi at 19:50 hrs. following
which section was blocked for further trains.
Actual breach occurred at about 20:00 hrs.
DRM and BOs standing over the sogging track after washout planning restoration strategy.

43. 360 meter embankment (Up & Down) washed
out upto the depth of 5 Mtrs.
 9 OHE poles & 4 anchor foundations damaged
 13 Poclain excavator machines deployed for 7
days
 Approx. 20,000 m3 of earth, quarry dust,
boulders and ballast filled for restoration.
 500 wagons of monsoon reserved materials
mobilized.
 Approx 1000 men deployed on 24 x 7 basis.
The worst however brought out the best of the
division. Mobilisation of earth moving machines
on a massive scale and their round the clock
deployment over 6 days along with resulted in
restoration of one line in 58 hrs. and both lines in
75 hrs. further much before the forecast. 20000
m3 material was required to fill the breach.
80 81
‘When the going gets
tough, the tough get going’
The team Nagpur demonstrated an excellent team work and
successfully completed restoration of breaches at Sindi-Tuljapur
on 19.07.2013. A similar strength of the team was demonstrated
on the second breach which occurred on 23.08.2013 near
Barbatpur when river Machna changed its course due to
unprecedented heavy rains.
On both the occasions, a sub-team of highly dedicated and
motivated officers, supervisors and staff remained in control
room, day and night continuously planning and mobilising the
massive movement of man, material and machines to the breach
site for quick restoration. Innovative ideas were tried for quick
mobilising of Poclain machines to site from Nagpur. As the site
was not accessible by road, as many as 7 Poclains were loaded in
BFRs and unloaded at the breach site after taking short OHE
power blocks.
This team also organised the trouble free movement of
passengers during diversions successfully with least discomfort to
travelling public. Planning and execution of unexpected catering
requirement was a difficult task, but thanks to recently
refurbished, state of the art, base kitchen, which came handy in
preparing large quantity of meals with ease. Managing the press
and the media was a big task this team managed. The
dissemination of right information in the right time to the
passengers regarding the running of diverted trains was also
handled efficiently by the ever smiling‘May I Help You’team
personnel.
On both the occasions it was an excellent team work and it was a
pride to be a member of this team.
Jaideep Gupta, ADRM/Nagpur
Mechanised track repairing by Poclain machines proved very fast and effective.
Unloading of materials and ballast on roller-coaster track, while lifting 360 m. long sogging track was a
challenge sucessfully overcome
Deployment of 13 Poclain Excavator machines within 360 m. length was quite an unusual sight but proved
very critical in early restoration.
Restoration of Downline in 58 hrs. was really no less than a miracle. Movement of M/E trains on the restored
line was quite memorable as seen above and below.

44. 82 83
Barely did we heave the sigh of relief from the first breach, the
second occurred on 23.08.2013 following heavy rains of 217
mm in 20 hrs in early morning at 6:00 hrs. About 12 m high
approach bank of 4 x 30.48 m span Machna bridge on up road
was washed away in about 40 m length, as Machna river
altered its course. We were lucky again as only one section was
blocked. M/E kept running on down road. Here the challenge
of restoration was much different from earlier breach, furiously
flowing river below and continuous rains from above. About
20000 m3 material was required to fill up the breach. Again 7
nos. of poclain were mobilised and deployed site was not
approachable by road. As all app roads were cut off by heavy
rains, so they were brought to site by loading on BFRs from as
far as Nagpur. Had it not been for 1500 tribal labour from
neighbouring villages who worked tirelessly to carry more
than 1 lac Bags of sand from the up side to fill the breach and
restore the traffic in just 95 hrs. on 27.08.2013 at 9.30 hrs.
Furiously flowing Machna river under 4 x 30.48 m open web girder bridge, after washing the Itarsi end approach bank on up road.
Repair of bank in progress by sand bags from the top. Altered course of Machna river on upstream of the bridge. A heavenly view led to nightmare literally.
Round the clock working - DRM and other BOs at site. An energised workforce from neighbouring tribal villages ensured fast restoration.
Tribal workforce braved difficult weather and site conditions sucessfully. Laying of new track with help of two Poclain machines - it was indeed very fast.

45. 84 85
TEAM NAGPUR
There is no ‘I’ in it
A tribute to Team Nagpur
Once people have experienced real synergy, they are never quite the same
again. So says Stephen Covey, in his bestseller book that defines the habits
of highly effective people. A synergistic position of high trust produces
solutions better than any originally proposed and all the participants genuinely enjoy the
creative enterprise. That, in short, is the thread of this book.
We, as a team, found ideas emerging and fructifying by the dozen, a deep sense of
satisfaction and pride emerging with each achievement; be it a complex technical‘Stalling of
Stallings’or a purely artistic‘ Rail Kala Sangam’, each endeavour renewed our vigour to better
ourselves and be led to stardom.
While Imagineering, Detailing and Execution were skills which percolated down from the
Team Leader, it was a very committed, motivated, excited and emotionally charged group of
men and women who demonstrated how synergy can make 1+1 equal to 8, 16 or even
16,000. When we look back at Buland’s installation, or the birth of Gunjan, or the Ajni greens
or the new operational paradigm and the Safety Superstars, to name only a few, each one is a
success story replete with hard work and more importantly, emotional involvement and
fulfillment. This investment is forever and shall bear fruit forever.
Everyone wants to be part of a winning team. Looking back, each of us feels blessed to be
part of a team that made the impossible possible and got acclaim by the world at large. The
smiles and blessings of our passengers in the Diwali specials, the wholehearted appreciation
and backing by Headquarters and Railway Board, the win-win situations which baffled even
the most skeptical customers and the warmth of public applause reflected by the
unprecedented media coverage are all the rewards of good teamwork and playing the game
to a plan. In the process, each of us grew up as individuals, wiser to face new challenges and
understand….and then be understood.
A beautiful by-product of this wholesome experience was the seamless growth of the
Division as an organization. The institutions that we created will always bring joy to all….the
events that we organized will always be cherished….the bonds that got created in doing so,
will last forever. We learnt the importance of working collectively, despite differences of
opinion and to respect every thought…for using it constructively when its time came.
It is not that we are any different and this is not a mere chronicle of achievements. It was the
attitude that made a difference. Truly, only basic goodness gives life to technique.
This book in your hands is a bundle of emotions of a group that lived its dreams. We lost a few
brethren, along the way….and they will live in our hearts through this book. It is a tribute to
everyone in Team Nagpur Division.
Group photo on the event of Cultural Programme‘MRUDANG’during GM’s
annual inspection on 17.01.2012.
Group photo on the event of GM’s annual inspection on 17.01.2012.
Uday Bervankeer, Former
ADRM/Nagpur
Cultural Programme‘Gadi Bula Rahi Hai’on the occassion of GM’s annual
inspection on 30.11.2012.

46. 86 87
MEMORY LANEDown
10-10-11 WELCOME OF DRM SHRI
BRIJESH DIXIT TO NGP
10-10-11 WELCOME OF DRM MAM
MRS JYOTI DIXIT TO NGP
08-11-11 AWARD TO STAFF IN PORCH 08-11-11 AWARD TO STAFF IN PORCH 17-11-11 VISIT OF GM SHRI SUBODH
JAIN TO OPEN CAST MINE
17-11-11 INAUGURATION OF ASTHA 30-11-12 DHAMANGAON STATION 30-11-12 GM VISIT -
BRIDGE INSPECTION
30-11-12 Bhoomipoojan by GM New
Home Platfrom at Wardha
30-11-12 LOBBY NAGPUR 30-11-12 BASE KITCHEN NAGPUR 17-11-11 INAUGURATION OF ASTHA
BY GM
30-11-12 WAITING LOUNGE 30-11-12 GM VISIT - NGP EAST SIDE 30-11-12 INAUGURATION OFFICERS
REST HOUSE
30-11-12 GAADI BULAA RAHI HAI 08-01-13 COMMERCIAL SEMINAR 26-01-13 REPUBLIC DAY
26-01-13 REPUBLIC DAY 26-01-13 REPUBLIC DAY 20-02-13 RAIL KALA SANGAM 20-02-13 RAIL KALA SANGAM 13-03-13 VIJAY TALKIES RUB -
LOKARPAN - WITH CM
13-03-13 VIJAY TALKIES RUB -
LOKARPAN - WITH CM
01-04-13 RECEVEING GM’s EFFICIENCY
SHIELD
23-04-13 GM SHIELD 2013 27-04-13 WSSC HASYA RANG PROGRAM 13-05-13 BETUL 100 YRS 15-05-13 DRUCC MEET 24-05-13 BELGIAN DELEGATES
31-05-13 ENERGY PAMPLETS 22-06-13 BPQ TTE REST HOUSE 01-07-13 AMBULANCE DONATION - WITH
SRI. VILAS MUTTEMVAR, HON’BLE MP
15-08-13 INDEPENGECE DAY 21-09-13 WITH E SHREEDHARAN 23-09-13 REST ROOM AJNI
23-09-13 VISIT OF MOSR
SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOUDHURY
26-09-13 FLAGGING OF JAIPUR EXPRESS 19-11-13 KOUMI EKTA DIN
17-11-11 INAUGURATION OF HOPE 11-12-11 VISIT OF MR 31-12-11 NEW YEAR CELEBRATION IN
SATPURA CLUB
31-12-11 NEW YEAR CELEBRATION 07-01-12 INAUGURATION OF BASE
KITCHEN BPQ BY GM SHRI SUBODH JAIN
17-01-12 GM AT CLUB -MRUDANG
13-04-12 GM SHIELD 2012 16-04-12 NEW HOME PF8 EAST SIDE 08-05-12 RAIL BOULEVARD
08-05-12 VISIT OF GM
SHRI SUBODH JAIN
08-05-12 GUNJAN SABHAGRUH 19-05-12 WATER PIPE LINE INAUGURA-
TION BY MAIR NAGPUR DR SLOE
04-06-12 WATER TANK AJNI
01-11-12 VIGILENCE SEMINAR 30-11-12 GM VISIT - TRACK INSPECTION
17-01-12 GM AT CLUB -MRUDANG 17-01-12 GM AT CLUB
02-02-12 INAUGURATION CIVIL
DEFENCE HALL
01-03-12 HOSPITAL RECEPTION CENTRE 13.04.12 RECEIVING OVERALL
EFFICIENCY SHIELD FROM GM
15.08.12 INDEPENDENCE DAY 21-08-12 BULAND UNVEILING
CEREMONY
21-09-12 RPF RAISING DAY 23-09-12 GANESH POOJA 10-10-12 COMPLETION ONE YEAR21.08.12 INAUGURATION OF SEHAT
BY GM
17.11.2013 CRICKET MATCH DRM11 VS
COMMISIONER11
19.10.13 INAUGURATION OF BATTERY
OPERATED CAR AT NGP
23-10-13 LOCO PILOT LINE BOX

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The sea change took place in the division in a very short period of two years are
vibrant and astonishing. One who seen the division 2 years back will hardly believe
the transformation in the division especially improvement in Nagpur station.
Being the railway employee, it is a matter of proud when an outsider speaks in
appreciation about Magnifying facade of eastern side in combination of enhanced
heritage facade of western side. The unveiling ceremony of restoring Buland is a
fabulous and unforgettable for the Nagpurians. Respect to heritage can be seen
through the elevated Buland and restored glory of Nagpur station building.
One could not believe that Ajni station could be a Terminus with an awesome
facade by making costless changes in time period of few months by just making
minor changes in loop line, but this dream comes true just because of dynamic
and visionary DRM Mr. Brijesh dixit.
What happened was not impossible task or not requiring rocket science, but by
creativity, meticulous planning and teamwork, transforms innovative ideas into
reality. It is an example of resourcefulness by reusing and recycling anything and
everything from water to wood and steel to structure.
In real sense it is a step towards hi-tech rail by providing escalator, Car to coach
facility, Maharaja retiring rooms, world class base kitchen, ASTHA for staff , HOPE
for passengers and SEHAT in hospital,
I witnessed dynamic and inspiring leadership of DRM, while handling
the breaches. How one can evade himself from the hard work by seeing
the painstaking efforts of their leader while handling the wash out situation
at Sindi.
The media who generally writes adverse about railways, forget small whimper in
front of vast development in last 2 years. While handling unions, DRM’s pro-worker
approach, decision making power, stupendous and opened session discussion
shows ability of leadership.
I know I am little late in congratulating you for the splendid rail track repairs work
you and your organization has recently completed on Nagpur-Bhusawal section.
Only an engineer can understand the severity of such problem. I have always
heard the wonderful works your organization and how you try to provide the
earliest relief to the commuters. There is no comparison between hearing and
seeing. Seeing leaves a much greater impression on a person. Today only I have
been able to personally see the massive repair work you had carried out and
witnessing this first hand I am in awe and admiration of how it's done in such a
majestic and exalted fashion. Each person involved both has given of their time
and means towards this work shall be blessed.
Once again I congratulate you in person for successfully leading this team and
each one of your organization for such a majesctic work.
Yours. truly
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CHI , Nagpur
Anil V. Varade
SDE, MSRDC (Ltd.)
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