South Eastern Railway organises ZRUCC meeting

Kolkata: The 103rd Meeting of Zonal Railway Users’ Consultative Committee (#ZRUCC) was held under the Chairmanship of Anil Kumar Mishra, General Manager, South Eastern Railway at Kolkata on 27.09.2023.

The ZRUCC Meeting was attended by Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Minister of State for Education, Govt. of India, Bidyut Baran Mahato, MP, Jytiormay Singh Mahato, MP, Sunil Kumar Mondal, MP, Sisir Kumar Adhikari, MP, Aditya Prasad, MP, Shyamal Mondal, MLA, Mathura Prasad Mahato, MLA and other Members representing various fields including Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Trade Association, Passenger Associations, Consumer Guidance Association etc. from three States viz. West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand which fall under the jurisdiction of #SERailway. Representatives from State Governments were also present at the meeting. Altogether 27 Members of ZRUCC attended the meeting.

Anil Kumar Mishra, General Manager, South Eastern Railway apprised the #ZRUCC Members of the recent achievements and developmental activities of #SER. He mentioned about the initiatives in passenger amenities, progress of construction work, improvement of safety measures, growth in freight loading, Station Redevelopment under Amrit Bharat Scheme, running of Bande Bharat Express etc.

The Members while appreciating the developmental measures taken by South Eastern Railway, offered their valuable suggestions for further improvement of train services, passenger amenities and better connectivity. Suggestions and demands of the members included extension of services, additional stoppages of trains, increase in frequency of trains, restoration of pre-pandemic train services, construction of new lines etc. They also mentioned about the need of more passenger amenities at stations like lift, escalator, toilets, platform shed, ramp for passengers etc.

General Manager, Anil Kumar Mishra in his address said that all due importance would be given to the suggestions and demands of the Members. General Manager also spoke about the need of co-operation of the Members for speedy implementation of railway projects.

A K Dubey, Additional General Manager and other Principal Head of Departments of South Eastern Railway were present in the meeting.

Photo Caption: Anil Kumar Mishra, General Manager, South Eastern Railway holding meeting with the Members of Zonal Railway Users’ Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) at SER HQs, Garden Reach, Kolkata o­n 27.09.2023.