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The Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Salem Railway Division (SRD), Panna Lal, said that rider net has reached ₹612.58 crore, registering a 5.6% summation implicit the corresponding play of the erstwhile year.
The 77th Republic Day was celebrated astatine the DRM’s bureau connected Monday (January 26, 2026). After unfurling the National Flag, Mr. Lal inspected the parade contingents of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), followed by a march past.
While addressing the gathering, Mr. Lal said that Salem Division takes pridefulness successful contributing meaningfully to the maturation of Indian Railways and to the socio-economic improvement of the region. He said that freight net of SRD stood astatine ₹244.26 crore, reflecting a maturation of 10.03%. The cognition of peculiar trains made a important contribution, with 304 peculiar trips operated to assorted destinations generating a gross of ₹41.74 crore and 581 peculiar trips successful the Nilgiris Mountain Railway conception earning ₹5.06 crores.
Mr. Lal added that grounds punctuality of 94.4% was achieved successful 2025 arsenic compared to 93.3% successful 2024. Three caller bid services: Amrit Bharat Express betwixt Erode-Jogbani, Vande Bharat Express betwixt Bengaluru-Ernakulam and MEMU services betwixt Salem- Erode, were introduced. A full of 500 peculiar trains and 275 on-demand originating trains were besides operated and caller stoppages were provided astatine Irugur, Singanallur, Wellington and Morappur railway stations, helium said.
Stating that the loading of freight exceeded targets, totalling 2.57 cardinal tonnes, Mr. Lal said that the upgradation of way operation done obstruction renewal was completed for 90.9 km and sleeper renewal for 103.12 km. High velocity proceedings tally was conducted successful the Jolarpettai-Coimbatore conception to summation the sectional velocity to 130 kmph.
He added that rider convenience was importantly improved with the installation of 9 lifts and 5 escalators astatine important stations. Safety astatine level crossings has been strengthened done the commissioning of electrically-operated lifting barriers astatine 11 gates and exigency sliding booms astatine 33 LC gates. To heighten rider security, parcel scanners person been installed astatine Coimbatore and Erode railway stations astatine ₹2 crore.
Sustained drives against summons touts led to the apprehension of 67 touts, and e-tickets worthy ₹13.7 lakh were seized. Significant cause seizures were made nether Operation Narcos, including the seizure of 929.7 kg of ganja worthy ₹4.65 crores, Mr. Lal added.
