The 104th Meeting of Zonal Railway Users’ Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Anil Kumar Mishra, General Manager, South Eastern Railway at Kolkata on 25.02.2025.
The ZRUCC Meeting was attended by Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Hon’ble MP, Shri Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Hon’ble MP, Shri Khiru Mahato, Hon’ble MP, Shri Kalipada Saren Kherwal Hon’ble MP, Shri Shyamal Mondal Hon’ble MLA and other Hon’ble Members. Altogether 18 Hon’ble Members of ZRUCC attended the meeting.
Shri Anil Kumar Mishra, General Manager, South Eastern Railway apprised the Hon’ble Members of the recent achievements and developmental activities of SER. He mentioned about the initiatives in passenger amenities, progress of construction work, improvement of safety measures, growth in freight loading, Station Redevelopment under Amrit Station Scheme, running of Vande Bharat Express, One Station One Product scheme etc.
The Hon’ble Members while appreciating the developmental measures taken by South Eastern Railway, offered their valuable suggestions for further improvement of train services, passenger amenities and better connectivity. Suggestions and demands of the members included punctuality in train services, extension of train routes, additional stoppages of trains, increase in frequency of trains, restoration of pre-pandemic train services etc. They also mentioned about the need of more passenger amenities at stations like lift, escalator, toilets, platform shed, ramp for passengers etc.
General Manager, Shri Anil Kumar Mishra in his address said that all due importance would be given to the suggestions and demands of the Hon’ble Members. General Manager also spoke about the need of co-operation of the Hon’ble Members for speedy implementation of railway projects. They have also offered their valuable suggestions for development of Railway infrastructure over South Eastern Railway.
Shri Soumitra Majumdar, Additional General Manager and other Principal Head of Departments of South Eastern Railway were present in the meeting.