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Annual Performance Report - 2015-16 Brief History of N.F ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT - 2015-16 BRIEF HISTORY OF N.F. RAILWAY The tea, oil and coal industries were set up in Upper Assam area around the 1860s and 70s. Transportation of the produce was by river routes down the Brahmaputra. A need was felt for construction of a Railway from the tea and oil producing centres in the hinterland to the river port at Dibrugarh. The Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited which was incorporated in July 1881, took up the task of construction of the first railway line - and the first Metre Gauge train in the Northeast region chugged from the river ghat in Dibrugarh to Jeypore road on 1st May 1882. By February, 1884 the railway line had reached the coalfields of Margherita and by May, 1884 another line from Makum to Doomdooma was constructed. This network formed what was known as the Dibru Sadiya Railway (DSR). About this time, an overseas market had been created for tea and jute, the principal products of Assam and Eastern Bengal. The Assam Bengal Railway (ABR) was formed in 1892 to connect the port of Chittagong by rail to upper Assam and provide an outlet for these products for the overseas markets. The railway also expected to pick up some of the already existing road traffic between Dhaka and Chittagong leading to the steady economic development of the area. The railway line from the port of Chittagong to Tinsukia (Makum) was constructed in three phases – from Chittagong to Badarpur with branch lines to Silchar and Laksham, from Badarpur to Lumding through the North Cachar Hills and in the third phase from Lumding further North to connect the DSR at Makum. The line from Lumding to Guwahati was constructed as a branch line to this alignment from Makum to Chittagong. The Chittagong-Badarpur section opened for traffic up to Badarpur on December 4, 1896 and was extended up to Silchar on November 8, 1898. It was for the first time that a part of the Northeast was rail-linked to the rest of India (with a river crossing between Chandpur and Goalundo). 1 NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY Besides the Dibru-Sadiya Railway (DSR) and Assam Bengal Railway (ABR), the Eastern Bengal Railway (EBR) was the third important constituent of the present N. F. Railway. These three Railways were merged during World War-II and came to be known as the Bengal Assam (BA) Railway. Thereafter, some of the company-owned railways viz, Bengal Dooars Railway, Jorhat Provincial Railway, Chaparmukh Silghat Railway, Katakhal Lalabazar Railway etc. were also merged with the Bengal Assam Railway system. With the partition of India in August 1947, the Bengal Assam Railway was bifurcated according to the political boundaries leading to the formation of the Assam Railway with its headquarters at Pandu. In 1948, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) was taken over by the Government of India and merged with the Assam Railway. The partition of India severed the links of the Assam Railway with the rest of the country, connected as the two were, till then, through the railway network in East Pakistan. For restoration of the link to the Assam Railway, the Assam Rail Link Project was taken up on top priority to provide the connection through the “chicken neck” corridor of North Bengal. This link was completed in January 1950. The re-organization of the railway zones in 1951 led to the merger of the Assam Railway and Avadh Tirhut Railway and these two formed part of the North Eastern Railway with headquarters at Gorakhpur. The then North Eastern Railway thus extended right across northern India covering UP, Bihar, Bengal and Assam, from Bareilly to Tinsukia and Badarpur / Silchar. The present day Northeast Frontier Railway was carved out of the North Eastern Railway and set up with its headquarters at Maligaon on 15th of January, 1958. 2 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT - 2015-16 AN OVERVIEW STATUS AS ON 01.04.2016 BG MG NG Total Route Length (Km) 3941.33 43.19 87.48 4022.00 Track K.M. 5085.48 789.71 96.98 5972.17 No. of Stations 436* 48 10 494 * including BG/MG - 2, BG/NG - 2 & BG/MG/NG - 1 State-wise route length (Km) : Assam - 2442.57 Arunachal - 11.67 Bihar - 327.42 Meghalaya - 8.76 Tripura - 192.54 Manipur - 1.35 West Bengal - 1075.06 Mizoram - 1.50 Nagaland - 11.13 Total - 4072.00 KM Coach Holding : 2937 (BG-2777,DEMU-96 & NG - 64) Mail & Exp. Services : BG -99.71 trains/day, MG-Nil Passenger Services : BG - 112 trains/day MG - Nil DEMU - 11.17 trains/day NG - 15 trains/day Freight Daily Interchange (in Trains) : Taken Over Made Over (FY 2015-16) ER 17.7 17.9 ECR 11.1 10.4 Passengers carried : 94.93 million (2.60 lakhs/day) (FY 2015--16) Wagon Holding (FY 2015-16) : BG = 6175 3 NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY Loco Holding : Diesel (406 BG + 4 NG) + Steam (14 NG) Diesel Sheds at : Malda, Siliguri, New Guwahati, Lumding Workshop outturn : (In vehicle units of POH) Workshop Coaches/month Wagons/month New Bongaigaon 56 120 Dibrugarh 59 — Originating Loading FY 2013-14 : 12.15 MT FY 2014-15 : 11.53 MT FY 2015-16 (Target) : 12.75 MT FY 2015-16 (Actual) : 9.52 MT Commodities (Inward) : Food grain, Cement, Bitumen, Iron, Goods, Fertilizer, Clinker, Salt, Suger, Onion, Potato, Edible Oil, , Containe. (Outward) : Coal, Dolomite,Cement, Foodgrain, POL, Maize, Fertilizer, Bamboo, Gypsum, Paper, Container Level crossing gates : Manned - 1107 (BG+MG) : Unmanned - 576 (BG+MG+NG) PRS Centers : 131 Nos. UTS Location : 380 Nos. UTS cum PRS : 102 Nos. Total Originating Earnings FY 2013-14 : ` 3425.41 Cr. FY 2014-15 : ` 3679.83 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Target) : ` 3446.47 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 3532.83 Cr. 4 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT - 2015-16 Freight FY 2013-14 : ` 1459.41 Cr. FY 2014-15 : ` 1449.52 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Target) : ` 1144.79 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 1149.89 Cr. Passenger FY 2013-14 : ` 1222.13 Cr. FY 2014-15 : ` 1400.88 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Target) : ` 1468.34 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 1513.35 Cr. Sundry FY 2013-14 : ` 606.13 Cr. FY 2014-15 : ` 673.89 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Target) : ` 657.14 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 652.71 Cr. Other Coaching FY 2013-14 : ` 137.74 Cr. FY 2014-15 : ` 155.54 Cr FY 2015-16 (Target) : ` 176.15 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 216.88 Cr. Working Expenses FY 2013-14 : ` 4473.08 Cr. FY 2014-15 : ` 4751.85 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Final Grant) : ` 4781.73 Cr. FY 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 4756.10 Cr. Employees On Roll : 64941 (Gazetted - 989) : (Non-Gazetted - 63952) 5 NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY DIVISIONS KATIHAR –DIVISION A. Infrastructure BG MG NG Total Route K.M. 760 12 88 860 Single Line 509 12 88 609 Double Line 251 — — 251 Track K.M. 1481 12 109 1602 No. of Railway station: (Comm.Classification, No and Name) Total : 132 A1-1 (New Jalpaiguri), A - 6 (Katihar, Kishanganj, Siliguri Jn, Jogbani, Raiganj, Purnia) B - 7 (Barsoi, Forbesganj, Aluabari, Araria Court, Jalpaiguri Road, Dalkola, Samsi) D - 15, E - 60, F - 43 Workshop : 1 (Tindharia) Diesel Sheds : 2 (Malda - 82 Locos, Siliguri Jn 189 Locos) Major Depots • Coaching maintenance Depot : Katihar & NJP • Wagon maintenance Depot : NJP • ROH Depot : NJP ` • DEMU Maintenance Depot : Siliguri • Stores Depot : NJP, KIR, MLDT & SGUJ • Ballast Depot : ADF Printing Press : Kurseong Crew lobby : 3 (Katihar, NJP, MLDT) 6 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT - 2015-16 Running Rooms : 6 (NJP, KIR, BLGT, JBN RDP & HDB) Major fuelling points : 2 (Katihar, NJP) Heritage line : NJP – DJ (Darjeeling Himalayan Railways) B. Freight & Parcel Business (a) Goods Goods sheds/Sidings : 13 (NJP, BORA/BPMS, KNE, RNI, PRNA, JPG, KIR, JBN, DLK, MLFC, SJKL, RNX, JAG) (Rakes/Wagons per month) TOTAL DIVISIONAL OUTWARD LOADING (2013-14) (2014-15) (2015-16) Rake Wagon Rake Wagon Rake Wagon 98.75 4378.83 105.17 4797.58 93.75 4282.67 TOTAL DIVISIONAL INWARD LOADING (2013-14) (2014-15) (2015-16) Rake Wagon Rake Wagon Rake Wagon 174 7264.7 194 8066 206 8921 Earnings Year 2013-14 (Actual) : ` 774.44 Cr. Year 2014-15 (Actual) : ` 870.12 Cr. Year 2015-16 (Target) : ` 1129.19 Cr. Year 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 842.81 Cr. (b) Parcel No. of Parcel Stations : 90 Nos. 7 NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY Loading Year 2013-14 (Actual) : ` 43113 Ton Year 2014-15 (Actual) : ` 45433 Ton Year 2015-16 (Target) : - Year 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 49976 Ton Earnings Year 2013-14 (Actual) : ` 7.75 Cr. Year 2014-15 (Actual) : ` 10.99 Cr. Year 2015-16(Target) : -- Year 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 12.94 Cr. C. Passenger Business Passengers originating Year 2013-14 : ` 4.04 Cr. Year 2014-15 : ` 3.72 Cr. Year 2015-16(Target) : - Year 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 3.77 Cr. Passengers Earning originating Year 2013-14 : ` 377.82 Cr. Year 2014-15 : ` 406.03 Cr. Year 2015-16(Target) : ` 582.18 Cr. Year 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 407.66 Cr. D. Sundry Earnings Total Year 2013-14 : ` 19.31 Cr. Year 2014-15 : ` 21.39 Cr. Year 2015-16(Target) : ` 13.73 Cr. Year 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 22.33 Cr. Commercial Publicity Year 2013-14 : ` 45.61 Lakhs Year 2014-15 : ` 45.57 Lakhs Year 2015-16(Target) : ` 79.75 Lakhs Year 2015-16 (Actual) : ` 29.08 Lakhs 8 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT - 2015-16 E. Personnel Staff strength on roll : Gaz 121, Non.Gaz -13519, Total - 13640 Total No. of Rly. quarters : 11544 Railway Schools : 3 (NJP, Siliguri, Barsoi) Railway Hospitals : 3 (NJP, Katihar, Tindharia) Health unit - 09 Subsidiary Dispensary - 01 F Passenger Amenity Adarsh stations : 38 Clean Train Stations : 2 (Katihar & NJP) Watering Stations : 7 (KIR, NJP for all trains) (SGUJ, HDB, RDP, BLGT & JBN for terminal trains) 24 Coach/ stations : 15 (KIR, NJP, KNE, BOE, SGUJ, AUB, ADQ, TKG, NAK, EKI, DLK, LAV, MFA, RDP & JBN) Departmental linen Depot : 2 ( Katihar & NJP) Catering - Food plaza : 2 (NJP,KNE), J Ahar 1 (NJP) Mobile Pantry Services : Nil Total PRS : 40 Total UTS : 82 UTS cum PRS - : 33 Non - rail Head PRS : 21 JTBS : 12 (KIR-5, NJP-1,BOE-2, JBN-1, ARQ-1) STBS : 06 (KKA-1,RWA-1,BORA-1, RQJ-1,MHI-1,KUQ-1) Retiring Room Stations : 13 (KIR, NJP, SGUJ, KNE, BOE, PRNA, FBG, JBN, DLK, JPG, RGJ, SM, AUB) 9 NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY ALIPURDUAR –DIVISION A.
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