Railway Minister addresses conference of Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) of Construction Organizations of all Zonal Railways
A conference of Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) of Construction Organizations of all Zonal Railways was held yesterday i.e. on 18.04.2016 in Rail Bhawan to take stock of the achievements of 2015-16 and to review the targeted projects for the year 2016-17. The conference was addressed by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister for Railways and Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways.
While addressing the CAOs, Minister of Railways expressed his satisfaction and appreciation for the good work done by the Construction engineers of Indian Railways. He was introduced to each officer by Shri V.K.Gupta, Member Engineering. He congratulated the entire team led by Shri Gupta for achieving the best ever performance of project commissioning during the year, as Indian Railways commissioned over 2800 km of Broad Gauge track in 2015-16 which is over 40% more than the previous years achievement of 1983 km. Shri Prabhu was also full of praise for the engineers for fund utilization on the projects as Indian Railways Capex reached an all time high to over Rs 93000 crores during the year which is over 60% higher than the last year. He, however, cautioned the CAOs not to be complacent, as peoples expectations from Railways have further increased with achievement of these ambitious targets as Capex for 2016-17 has been pegged at Rs 1.21 lakh crores.
Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways also appreciated the important role played by Construction engineers for development of rail infrastructure in the country. Speaking on the occasion, he specifically appreciated engineers from Northeast Frontier Railway for bringing 3 States viz. Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram on the Broad Gauge map of the country during 2015-16. He also congratulated the engineers for commissioning of two Mega-bridges across river Ganga at Patna and Munger which have integrated the railway networks of North and South Bihar.
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While addressing the CAOs, Minister of Railways expressed his satisfaction and appreciation for the good work done by the Construction engineers of Indian Railways. He was introduced to each officer by Shri V.K.Gupta, Member Engineering. He congratulated the entire team led by Shri Gupta for achieving the best ever performance of project commissioning during the year, as Indian Railways commissioned over 2800 km of Broad Gauge track in 2015-16 which is over 40% more than the previous years achievement of 1983 km. Shri Prabhu was also full of praise for the engineers for fund utilization on the projects as Indian Railways Capex reached an all time high to over Rs 93000 crores during the year which is over 60% higher than the last year. He, however, cautioned the CAOs not to be complacent, as peoples expectations from Railways have further increased with achievement of these ambitious targets as Capex for 2016-17 has been pegged at Rs 1.21 lakh crores.
Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways also appreciated the important role played by Construction engineers for development of rail infrastructure in the country. Speaking on the occasion, he specifically appreciated engineers from Northeast Frontier Railway for bringing 3 States viz. Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram on the Broad Gauge map of the country during 2015-16. He also congratulated the engineers for commissioning of two Mega-bridges across river Ganga at Patna and Munger which have integrated the railway networks of North and South Bihar.
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