Title - ECoR ORGANISES ZONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING:

The inaugural meeting of 6thZonal Rail Users’ Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) was held o­n Friday 19thJuly 2013 at Rail Sadan, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar under the Chairmanship of Shri Indra Ghosh, General Manager, East Coast Railway. Many distinguished members of ZRUCC including Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly, representatives of different Chambers of Commerce & Industry and representatives of Passenger Associations attended this meeting.

      In his introductory speech Shri Ghosh highlighted the achievements of East Coast Railway and informed about the improvements in freight and passenger transportation services in the current financial year. Issues related to Passenger Amenities & services, public demands and other developmental activities were discussed during the meeting.

      Amongst others, members of the Committee Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Member of Parliament (Jagatsinghpur), Dr. B. Jhansi Lakshmi, Member of Parliament (Vizianagaram), Smt. Renubala Pradhan, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) , Shri Praveen Chandra Bhanj Deo, MLA, Odisha Legislative Assembly and representatives from Passengers Associations, Chambers of Commerce and Industries and representatives of the physically challenged sections attended the meeting.

      All heads of the Departments of East Coast Railway were present in the meeting. All the members of ZRUCC actively participated in the meeting and presented their valuable opinions and suggestions. Shri Subrat Tripathy, Senior DGM, welcomed and introduced all the guests and Shri S.K.Purohit, Secretary, ZRUCC and Dy. General Manager, ECoR co-ordinated the meeting.