ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways, as part of measures to improve its overall performance, is executing a project for rehabilitation of HGMU-30 locomotives, as five locomotives are expected to be rolled out and will be available by June next.
Two locomotives per month after that will be rehabilitated and inducted in freight operation.
According to the Department, a separate project - Special Repair of 150 Running Locomotives - was got approved during 2012-13 under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) as it will decrease the burden of locomotive maintenance on revenue budget.
It has also inducted GMU-30 locomotives in its system by to help generate revenue of Rs.4.416 million per annum by transportation of oil.
The operation of freight trains has been restored to the extent of operation of two trains on daily basis from Karachi Port to up-country.
It is expected that these trains will be increased to 8-10 on daily basis on availability of locomotives at the end of current financial year.
It said in case of offering of less oil traffic, Pakistan Railways will focus on operation of container trains to generate revenue of Rs.3.8 billion per annum.
The revenue earning during July 2013 has increased to the tune of Rs.178.724 million over the corresponding period of previous financial year i.e July 2012. The increase in earnings is mainly due to reduction in fares of passenger trains.
Punctuality of trains has been improved by 3% in July 2013 and constantly being observed while efforts are also underway to improve the punctuality further with availability of fit locomotives.
All non-productive expenses have been stopped and expenditures are being incurred in accordance with available resources i.e revenue generation and government subsidy.
The incurrence of expenditures other than salary/pension, fuel and utilities are subject to cash release by Ministry of Railways.
The officers, presently, on long-leave have been called back to join their assignments in their respective fields while dedicated officers are being posted on important operational posts to increase the efficiency of Pakistan Railways.
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