Title - East Central Railway officials discuss streamlining traffic ops

PATNA: The East Central Railway (ECR) held a high-level meeting with Danapur DRM, L M Jha, and other senior officials of Danapur division and discussed traffic operation of the division recently.ECR AGM Ajay Shukla, chief operating manager Dipak Nath, chief passenger transportation manager Neeraj Ambastha and many other senior officials of the ECR participated at the meeting and suggested various steps to streamline huge traffic operation in Danapur division.According to ECR CPRO Amitabh Prabhakar, the meeting focused on streamlining traffic operation in Danapur division which is facing acute traffic constraints these days. The meeting discussed how to create more crossovers, block huts and loop lines on the mainline section of the division to give more paths to traffic movements, he said, adding railways would build route relay interlocking (RRI) at Danapur, Kiul and Jhajha to give an impetus to traffic operation in the division.The CPRO said the meeting also discussed the possibility of starting newly-built Patliputra station soon to cope with the huge rush of passengers from Patna Junction.

Football players honoured: Several women football players, working at different places under the ECR, were honoured by ECR GM Varun Bharthuar recently for their outstanding performance in and outside the country. The players were Ansha, Smita Mallik, Pinky and Suprabha, the CPRO said.

Special trains: Railways is running special trains on the Saharsa-Ranchi and Ranchi-Katihar routes. While Saharsa-Ranchi train would run on June 18 and 25, Ranchi-Katihar train would run on June 20, 24 and 27 to clear rush of passengers, sources said.