ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Railways has devised a multi pronged development strategy for enhancing market share by improving business development, rolling stock availability, infrastructure development and ensuring good governance.
The government has formulated vision 2025, targeting to enhance Railway's market share from 4 to 20 percent, an official in the Ministry told APP.
He said the present government has taken macro and micro level steps to make the organization profit oriented.
The reformatory steps included making Railway Board functional, rationalizating the staff is in progress, restructuring of administrative hierarchy and post of General Manager Operations has been upgraded in this context, he added.
He said through introduction of e-governance record of Ministry of Railways will be preserved and office working will be monitored.
For the restructuring of legal and Information Technology department professional and competent Advocates/officials are being hired for better deliverance, he added.
Regarding reform in railway police, he said that police is being trained on the modern techniques. They are also being provided with state-of-the-art equipment.
A total of 20 posts of police inspectors and 49 posts of assistant sub inspectors have been created in lieu of 100 posts of constables, he said.
The official said that to facilitate the pensioners, a new pension policy has been introduced through which the pensioners can avail their pension from any bank of their choice.
He said that public private partnership has been introduced and different avenues are being explored to maximize profitability. Train route rationalization. This is being done to cater to the patronage of the area by capitulating the passengers/parcel/cargo potential to the full.
The official said strengthening of infrastructures (track fitness) plan to raise the speed upto 140 K.M per hour has been prepared and being implemented in phases.
He said the punctuality of trains has been increased from 10 percent to 70 percent by introducing all the reforms that were necessary for train operations.
High capacity stocks like freight wagons, hopper trucks and boggy oil tank wagons is being procured to enhance line capacity and improve turn round of the trains, he added.
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