The Railway Board has announced the creation of a new ‘Gati Shakti Directorate’ , clubbing various works under different wings into a single one to “create additional railway infrastructure, bring in synergy and efficiency into the sytem, enhance the market share in cargo handling and reduce the logistic costs”.
An official order issued by the RB’s joint secretary B. Majumdar few days ago to senior officials across the country has stated that the new directorate will work with the existing strength of works, signal directorate and so on, and will report directly to the RB’s Member-Infrastructure.
The new directorate will be headed by an Additional Member of RB as the principal executive director to coordinate with the RB, interface with other ministries and others. Six other members will be executive directors for traffic, signal & telecommunications, civil, electrical and finance wings.
