NE BUSINESS BUREAU
CHENNAI, SEP 18
Southern Railway on Sunday announced that since the launch of e-auction for Commercial assets in June 2022, 151 contracts have been awarded to the value of Rs 82.80 crores till September 15 this year.
Southern Railway, across its six divisions of Chennai, Salem, Trichy, Madurai, Palghat and Trivandrum, had awarded a total 151 contracts under e-auction with a value of Rs 82.80 Crores as on 15.09.2022. This includes 62 Parking contracts, 64 advertisement contracts, 14 contracts for leasing of parcel space in SLR, 3 contracts for operation of AC Paid Waiting Halls and 8 contracts for running Pay & Use toilets at railway stations. Thus the e-auction portal has resulted in realization of true value of the assets.
A total of 2,762 assets were identified by the six divisions of Southern Railway for e-auction for Commercial earnings and Non-fare revenue (NFR). This includes assets such as SLR leasing for parcels (565), Parking (467), Advertising (1152), Pay & Use Toilets (275) and ATM (303).
Details of Contracts
Salem Division has awarded a total of 53 contracts for a total value of Rs 23.69 crores. This includes 25 Parking contracts for Rs 12.48 crores, 20 Advertisement Contracts for Rs 7.43 crores and 3 contracts for operation of AC Paid waiting halls at railway stations at a cost of Rs 1.31 crores, 4 contracts for Pay & Use toilets at railway stations valued at Rs 2.07 crores and 1 leasing contracts for Rs40.00 lakhs.
Chennai Division has awarded a total of 20 contracts for a total value of Rs 28.09 crores. This includes 5 Parking contracts for Rs 7.33 crores, 6 Advertisement Contracts for Rs 9.49 crores, 8 leasing contracts for Rs 9.88 crores and 1 contract for Pay & Use toilets at railway stations valued at Rs.1.39 crores.
Madurai Division has awarded a total of 45 contracts for a total value of Rs 13.40 crores. This includes 12 Parking contracts for Rs 5.16 crores, 30 Advertisement Contracts for Rs 7.40 crores and 3 leasing contracts for Rs 0.84 crores.
Tiruchchirappalli Division has awarded a total of 18 contracts for a total value of Rs 8.32 crores. This includes 13 Parking contracts for Rs 6.34 crores, 2 Advertisement Contracts for Rs 1.95 crores and 3 contracts for Pay & Use toilets at railway stations valued at Rs 3.5 lakhs.
Thiruvananthapuram Division has awarded a total of 8 contracts for a total value of Rs 3.70 crores. This includes 6 Advertisement Contracts for Rs 2.89 crores and 2 leasing contracts for Rs 80 lakhs.
Palakkad Division has awarded 7 Parking contracts for a total value of Rs 5.600 crores.
