Vivek Kumar, DRM NR releasing the book
Ferozepur January 1, 2018: The book titled ‘Earn crores by management, railway land – a valuable asset’ by Er.Rakesh Kumar was released today Vivek Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager, Ferozepur Division, Northern Railway.
Present among others on this occasion were - Sr.DEN(C) Dinesh Kumar, ADRM J.K.Mittal and Jarnail Singh, Assistant Divisional Engineer, Rakesh Kumar and staff members.
Vivek Kumar DRM said it’s a good initiative by Er.Rakesh Kumar and railway would work on his proposals to generate revenue.
Speaking on the occasion, Er.Rakesh Kumar author of the book said, it’s a practical book, how Indian railways manage its valuable asset land and earn crores from it.
He said the railway’s land is the biggest asset of Indians Railways 458589 hectares out of which approx.46409 hectares in vacant from where it can earn crores of rupees monthly by proper commercial utilization of it.
High-level safety review committee & Expert group for modernization of Indian Railway already suggests that railway may earn crores from Land by its commercial uses. This would definitely help the railways to tackle with encroachments with effective way as it would work as a practical reference guide for field staff how to manage railway land, who deals with land daily, he added.
Besides, this will also helpful for companies who want to establish their projects in railway land on lease bases/PPE basis, he said confidently.
Added here, Rakesh Kumar is known for his honesty in the Railways as he thwarted numbers of attempts of private parties and land mafia grabbing the railway land in Firozpur Division.
Rakesh has also been awarded highest award of India Railways (MR Award) Ministry of Railway National Award for outstanding work for protecting the Railway land during the year 2009.He has also won highest award of Indian Railways ‘Ministry of Railway National Award for English essay Competition (Second Prize) for the year 2010’’.He also got Ministry of Railway National Award “Lal Bhadhur Sashtry” (First Prize) for the year 2016 for his technical book. He also got Group GM Award, Principal chief Engineering Award, Divisional Railway Manager Award for year 2002.2008,2009 and 2012.He also got the number of cash awards. Baba Farid Society Faridkot awarded “Baba Farid Award for Honesty of the year 2011” to Sh. Rakesh Kumar being the most honest man. The includes Rs 50,000,citation, Doshala, Siropa.
Rakesh is also working on his of revolutionaries and Gadhr Lehar and he has nine books to his credit on Udham Singh and Bhagat Singh besides two technical books.