Hyderabad - The first Business Development Unit (BDU) meeting with freight customers was conducted by South Central Railway in Hyderabad.

This is the second BDU meeting conducted by Headquarters Commercial Branch during the year 2023-24. K.R.K.Reddy, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, SCR, who conducted the BDU proceedings with freight customers, emphasized the freight customers to increase their Rail Co-efficient during the year 2023-24 and also apprised the customers to give their monthly projections of their loading/unloading.

Freight customers were also advised to give their short-term and long-term projections so that SCR would plan to improve loading/unloading. Freight Customers were also requested to improve the wagon turnaround so as to increase the loading through Rail.

Freight customers have thanked SCR for arranging BDU meetings for having detailed interaction with all cement plants in Tandur sector, duly raising certain issues and assured cooperation to increase the loading through Rail. SCR thanked the freight customers for attending the BDU meeting and assured them that the issues raised by the freight customers will be addressed early and action taken will be intimated to the freight customers.

S Ramesh Babu, Chief Commercial Manager (Freight Services), South Central Railway and M Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Chief Commercial Manager (Freight Services), South Central Railway also participated in the meeting.