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Jodhpur News: Railways earned 14.49 crores by selling 3493 metric tonnes of scrap, used to increase passenger facilities
Jodhpur News: Jodhpur division of North-Western Railway has earned about Rs 14.49 crore from the sale of railway scrap in the last financial year. This income has been earned from the sale of 3493 metric tonnes of scrap of the railway division.
Jodhpur division of the North-Western Railway has collected Rs 14.49 crore from scrap sales in the previous financial year. 3493 metric tonnes of scrap were disposed of successfully during the financial year ending on March 31 by the division.
Providing information, Anurag Tripathi, Jodhpur Division's Divisional Railway Manager, mentioned that the scrap disposal campaign was carried out in the form of a mission in the division. Its aim was not just to generate revenue, but to also clean up the railway premises and make them organized and safe.
DRM Tripathi said that the income from this process will be used in works like expansion of passenger facilities in Jodhpur division, modernization of waiting rooms, platform expansion and installation of modern safety equipment.
Railway scrap mainly consists of old rail tracks, sleepers, sheds, unused coaches and wagons, old vehicles, water tanks and other iron scrap. All these materials become unusable over time and it is necessary to remove them systematically.
