Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has set a new milestone in freight loading during 2022-23 financial year by loading 232.32 million tonnes of freight, an official said.
In 2021-22 financial year, ECoR loaded 223.64 million tonnes of freight during the same period and also loaded 232.13 million tonnes of freight in whole the period of 2021-22 financial year.
East Coast Railway is the only Railway that has crossed milestones of 220 million tonne and 230 million tonne and is approaching to cross 240 million tonne milestone in the current fiscal.
Ministry of Railways has set a target to load 240.60 million tonnes of loading for East Coast Railway, he said.
From the earning side, ECoR has earned Rs 2,3872.69 crore from freight during the above period in the 2022-23 financial year as against Rupees 2,2184.85 crore in the last financial year with an increase of 7.6 per cent.
East Coast Railway achieved this milestone despite many challenges and adverse effect on loading and train operations.
Surpassing last year loading has been achieved due to a focus on innovative steps and key interventions by Railway Ministry which helped to get it on to the fast-track.
General Manager, East Coast Railway, Manoj Sharma gave full credit for this achievement to its hardworking and dedicated staff in all its three divisions. Special mention to be made regarding the efforts and cooperation from all stakeholders including collieries, ports, steel plants, cement, alumina plants, petroleum companies, and food corporation of india.
PTI