Central Railway won 3 shields at the 67th National Railway Awards Function held at Bhubaneshwar on 28.5.2022. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hon’ble Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India presented 155 individual awards, 21 shields and 8 essay competition winners in English and Hindi.
Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti, General Manager, Central Railway received the Commercial Shield and Environment and Cleanliness Shields along with Shri Mani Jit Singh, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, Shri A.K. Gupta, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, Central Railway respectively. The General Manager also received the Civil Engineering Shield jointly with Western and South Central Railways.
Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti, said the contribution of our dedicated staff in environment and cleaning has resulted in Central Railway’s winning the Indian Railway’s Environment and Cleanliness Shield this year- a rare hat-trick of wins. Commercial shield was achieved for outstanding contribution of highest ticket checking earning, parcel revenue and non-fare revenue amongst zonal railways. Performance in elimination of manned level crossings by construction of Road Over Bridge/Road Under Brides/Limited Height Subways, track renewal, Thick Web Switches, etc. have propelled Central Railway to achieve this feat.
The list of 7 staff and officers who have been chosen for their exceptional contribution in 2021-22 for individual awards and one essay writing winner are
Shri Rakesh Ramdas Shelke, Track Maintainer, Gr.IV
Shri Naveen Pratap Singh, Inspector/RPF
Shri Vijay Singh Chandrawat, Chief Loco Inspector
Shri Chandrashekhar M. Bakre, Chief Office Superintendent
Shri P.K. Sivarajan, Safety Counsellor (Mechanical)
Shri Manraj Meena, Senior Divisional Materials Manager
Shri Narmadeshwar Jha, Dy. Chief Operations Manager (Goods)
Shri Pranjal Rajesh Patil, Assistant (TRD), Nagpur 2nd in English essay competition
