Mysore, April 12, 2013:
The Commercial Department of Mysore Division of South Western Railway (SWR), has bagged the Efficiency Shield for the Year 2012-13, thus creating a record of winning efficiency shield for five consecutive years.
Mysore Division has also won the overall efficiency shield for the third consecutive year for performing exceedingly well in major efficiency parameters.
Under the best maintained Railway station category, Mysore Railway Station has been declared the winner, according to a press release from V. Sudhakar Naik, Divisional Commercial Manager.
The Finance, Electrical, Operations, Safety & Security Departments of the Division have won efficiency shield in the current year. The inter-divisional Rajbasha Shield was also won by Mysore Division.
The SWR Mysore Division registered a cumulative loading of 6.624 million tonnes and earned a revenue of Rs. 541.22 crores during the financial year 2012-13.
The Division has achieved an impressive 9.88 % growth in revenues in the current fiscal as compared to the previous year. The previous highest cumulative loading achieved by the Division was 6.459 million tonnes during 2007-08.
The performance of the Division in freight loading is significant in the backdrop of downturn in iron ore mining across the State. The total revenue for the Division in the current year stood at Rs.557.16 crores as against Rs.507.06 crores.
In the passenger segment, the Division has earned Rs. 158.78 crores in the current year as against Rs.144.82 crores in the previous year— a healthy 9.64% growth. Similarly, in the freight segment the Division registered a growth of 10.11% while other coaching and sundries rose by 12.06% and 5.10% respectively.
The Division handled a total of 541.22 lakh passengers in the currrent fiscal registering a 9.91% year-on-year growth.
