Narendra Patil assumes office as DRM of Vijayawada Division
The Hindu
.Narendra Anandrao Patil, IRTS officer, assumes charge as DRM of SCR's Vijayawada Division. He achieved Western Railway's highest ever freight loading in his 25-year career. He was awarded National Railway and General Manager Awards in 2014, 2007, 2010 & 2013. Shivendra Mohan, IRSME, relinquished charge as DRM.
Narendra Anandrao Patil, an IRTS officer, has assumed charge as the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Vijayawada Division, South Central Railway (SCR), on July 20 (Thursday).
Mr. Patil, who belongs to the 1995 batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), previously served as the Chief Freight Transportation Manager, Western Railway. He was instrumental in achieving Western Railway’s highest ever freight loading.
During his 25-year career in the Railways, Mr. Patil worked in Divisions, Zonal Headquarters and at Railway Board and held several key positions. He got the National Railway (MR) award in 2014 and General Manager Awards in 2007, 2010 & 2013.
Shivendra Mohan, Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), who relinquished the charge as the Divisional Railway Manager, Vijayawada Division, on July 20, is awaiting Posting Orders.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists