Shri G. John Prasad, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, South Central Railway inspects Narsapur & Palakollu stations

Shri G. John Prasad, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, South Central Railway undertook extensive inspection of Narasapur and Palakollu Station on 19th November, 2022. He was accompanied by Shri V. Ravi Varma ACM, Vijayawada Division and other senior officials throughout the inspection.

Shri G. John Prasad commenced the inspection from Narsapur Station and reviewed the passenger amenities available. He inspected TTE Rest room, Booking Office, Circulating area, Catering stalls and Parcel Office. He reviewed the progress of pending Branch line Doubling and Station development works. He also interacted with the staff about the work environment and the problems encountered during daily working. Shri G. John Prasad advised the staff to devise ways and means to improve Passenger traffic at Narsapur. Later, PCCM inspected the working of ATVM machines and interacted with the ATVM facilitators about the volume of passengers they are dealing with daily. Subsequently, he also interacted with passengers and took feedback on the working of UTS App. PCCM advised the officials to populate the UTS Mobile App among the passengers and increase the share of ticket purchase through UTS App. He also suggested to hold awareness campaigns to spread awareness amongst the passengers about the latest updates like distance relaxations and improved ease of purchase through UTS App. 

Later, PCCM and Officials proceeded to Palakollu station and inspected the Passenger amenities at the Station. He inspected Booking Office, Platforms  and reviewed the progress of  station development works and passenger amenities works undertaken at Palakollu as part of  Branch line Doubling project.

Shri V. Ravi Varma, ACM; Shri P. Siva Prasad, Sr. Commercial Inspector, Shri Ch. Diwakar Babu, SMR, Narsapur, Shri T. Ramalingeswara  Rao, SMR, Palakollu, Other Inspectors and staff took part in the inspection.