About South East Central Railway :
SECR is situated in the heartland of Central India & serving the states of Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra, with proud privilege. This Railway plays a paramount role in the transportation of Minerals and Coals to different Power Plants & Industrial Units all over the country. Performance of SECR over last eight consecutive financial years has been appreciated. The main commodities being transported are Coal, Iron & Steel, iron ore, cement and fertilizers. When we look at the indices of SECR, amazingly we find that even though it has only 3.78% Railway track kilometers of Indian Railways, SECR carries about 15.01% of total volume of freight traffic on Indian Railways.At the same time, it has the minimal strength of the employees i.e. only 3% of the total work force of Indian Railways, whereas the operating ratio on this railway has been extremely good i.e. only 50% which is the best on Indian Railways. SECR has focused more on capacity utilization, reduction in unit costs, energy conservation and quality improvement of service which yielded remarkable results.