From April 1, 2023 to January 22, 2024, the ECoR zone
loaded 202.111 million tonne of freight, shattering the earlier record of
191.39 MT loaded in the last fiscal.
With this achievement, the ECoR became the first zone
in the country to cross the milestone of 200 million tonne of loading for the
fifth time in a row.
The three divisions
of the ECoR have contributed greatly to the stupendous feat achieved by it, an
official said.
During the financial year 2023-24, East Coast Railway
has loaded 121.747 MT of coal, 10.65 MT of raw materials to steel plants,
16.398 MT of pig iron and finished steel, 24.018 MT of iron ore, 1.192 MT of
cement, 2.415 MT of foodgrains, 5.235 MT of fertilizers, 2.425 MT of mineral
oil, 3.774 MT of freight in containers and 14.358 MT of other goods