SCoR – DPR suggests 20 acres land to set-up permanent zonal office in Vizag

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The new zone – South Coast Railway (SCoR) – will comprise of the existing Guntakal, Guntur, and Vijayawada Divisions

A Detailed Project Report (DPR) on South Coast Railway (SCoR) has recently been submitted to the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board). Currently, further studies concerning the zone are underway. As per Eenadu report, the DPR suggested that the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Office (Waltair Division), at Vizag, can be used as a temporary Zonal Office.

The DRM Office currently accommodates 59 officers. Furnishing the office, with air-conditioning, and other facilities, has been estimated to cost around Rs 4.75 crores. The report further mentioned that a building has been identified, near the DRM Office in Vizag. This building will serve as a training centre for the SCoR employees.

The report suggested that 20 acres land should be allotted for HQs, in order to set up a permanent Zonal Office of SCoR in Vizag. Two places have been identified, in this regard.

A site at Wireless Colony, near the DRM Office, and 52.22 acres of land, belonging to Railways at Mudasarlova, have been listed as the suitable sites in the report.

The new Zonal Office will reportedly accommodate two Conference Halls, chambers for the General Manager and Additional General Manager, Disaster Management Centre, a Library, a Canteen, and an Auditorium.

The DPR recommended that 170 Gazetted Officers and 1,200 Non-Gazetted staff are required in the SCoR Zonal Office. Reportedly, 90 Gazetted officers from South Central Railway and 40 Gazetted officers from East Coast Railway will be appointed.

Likewise, 1,000 Non-Gazetted staff from South Central Railway, and 200 Non-Gazetted staff from the Waltair DRM Office, will also be assigned to the new Zonal Office.

The report further stated that a ‘Smart’ South Coast Railway Zonal Office can be established by implementing the latest technology for managing the office.

The Central Government, in February 2019, had announced this new railway zone in Andhra Pradesh, with Vizag as its headquarters.

The new zone named as South Coast Railway (SCoR). It will comprise of the existing Guntakal, Guntur, and Vijayawada Divisions.

The Waltair division will be divided into two parts. One part will be incorporated in the new South Coast Railway and the other will be converted into a New Division, under East Coast Railway, at Rayagada in Odisha.

But the maximum employees of Waltair division are demanding that the Waltair division can continued by sharing the work load of Vijayawada division (BZA) and Waltair Division (VSKP). In this regard many MPs also have written to the Govt and Minister for Railways, they said.