Goods sheds get make over with focus on freight movement

Upgrades help SCR earn ₹263 crore revenue

The Indian Railways begun an initiative named, Hungry for Cargo, once it realised that the passenger traffic will not generate good enough revenue during the COVID pandemic due to reduced number of services.

Consequently, it began to focus more on cargo traffic, apart from forming business development units at divisional levels, giving incentives to attract more cargo and reaching out to new customers dealing with agriculture goods and small businesses. Besides, it started to improve its own infrastructure.

It set its focus mainly on good sheds, which hitherto lacked proper approach roads, cover, platforms, illumination, boundary walls, greenery, sewerage, amenities for the labour like drinking water, rest rooms, etc.