MADURAI: Continuing with the sustained focus being given for increasing the freight business carried out by the Railways, Business Development Units (BDUs) are being set up in Southern Railway Madurai Division as per directions of the Railway Board.
The focus of this unit is to double the freight carried by Railways by year 2024, with particular focus in strengthening Railway’s share in existing traffic while at the same time strongly foraying into miscellaneous non-bulk goods traffic.
As part of it, Mr.V.R. Lenin, Divisional Railway Manager, Madurai Division, has approved setting up of a multi-disciplinary Business Development Unit (BDU) at Division Level comprising Junior Administrative Grade Officers from all major relevant fields.
Mr.V. Prasanna, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, would be the Chairman, Mrs.R.P. Rathipriya, Senior Divisional Operations Manager is Convener of the BDU and will have Mrs. Madhuri Jaiswal, Senior Divisional Finance Manager and Mr. Rajendra Nayak, Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer, as its members, a press release from Southern Railway Madurai Division, here on 7th July 2020, informed.
The Committee will have frequent interactions with the trade and industry to understand the existing pattern of goods transportation and explore the possibility of attracting additional freight traffic to railways. The BDU will also serve as a nodal point for speedy operationalization of any new traffic proposals.
