New Delhi, May 31: Vivek Sahai, a senior railway official who earned accolades for deftly handling the suburban train operation in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, today took over as the new Chairman Railway Board (CRB).
Sahai, an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, who was the Railway Board (Member) Traffic, has taken up the top job from S S Khurana upon his superannuation.
He takes over as CRB at a time when railways are passing through several challenges on different fronts, the foremost of which is tackling the Maoist threat to rail properties.
As a employee of the traffic service, his anointment as CRB would be crucial in execution of several high profile projects including the high speed corridor and kicking off the dedicated freight corridor projects.
–Agencies