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Western Railways creates record by selling scrap worth Rs 517.41 crore

Mumbai | The Western Railway (WR) has earned a whopping Rs 517.41 crore by selling scrap material collected from its yards and stores offices in 2018-19, it said in a statement here.

It thus broke the previous record held by the Northern Railway which had earned Rs 403 crore from scrap sale in 2011-12.

The Material Management team of the Western Railway had launched a massive drive to identify and dispose of scrap lying in various railway premises under “Mission Zero Scrap”, said chief PRO Ravinder Bhakar.

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