90% trains back in Mysuru railway division

NT Correspondent

Mysuru: The Mysuru division of South Western Railway celebrated the 73rd Republic Day at the Railway Sports Ground here on Wednesday.

After unfurling the Tricolour, Rahul Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, Mysuru Division, emphasized on the need to fight Covid and said all 101 beds in the Railway Hospital, Mysuru are now equipped with a centralized Oxygen pipeline. In October 2021, with a view to ensure uninterrupted supply of oxygen to patients, a new PSA 500 Litres per minute oxygen generator plant was commissioned at an approximate cost of Rs 80 lakhs.

More than 98% of staff have been vaccinated with both doses of the Covid vaccine. The vaccination for children from 15 to 18 years of age as well as the booster dose to eligible citizens have begun at the Railway Hospital in Mysuru.

The DRM also informed that the gross revenue till the end of December, 2021 is Rs 860.73 Crores which is 53.53 % more in comparison to the corresponding period last year. The freight revenue is Rs 665.49 Crores, registering an increase of 49.83 % as compared to last year’s figures. Mysuru division has also earned Rs. 19.1 Crores under sundry earnings which is the highest ever for any year. In the freight segment, the Division has achieved the highest ever monthly loading in December 2021 transporting 0.918 million tons surpassing the previous best of 0.838 MT during July 2019, he informed.

On the passenger front, he said 90% of train services have been restored across the division compared to the pre-Covid running of trains. Mysore Division carried 10.69 million passengers up to December 2021.

Mr Agarwal also said top priority is accorded to operational safety and the division is committed to observing all safety norms with zero tolerance for accidents. Four Level Crossings in the jurisdiction of the Division have been eliminated by constructing ROBs/RUBs and the work is in progress for achieving the target set for t this year. Three Permanent Speed Restrictions (PSRs) have also been removed.