RAILWAY MINISTER INAUGURATES RITES
NEW OFFICE COMPLEX
The Union Minister
of Railways Shri Nitish Kumar inaugurated the new office complex
of RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Services Ltd.), a
public sector undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, at Gurgaon
in the National Capital Region yesterday evening.
The RITES office
complex, which integrates its office scattered all over New Delhi,
is spread over a built up area of over 32,000 square metres including
18,000 square metres of double basement. It is a state-of-the-art
complex incorporating the modern concept of intelligent system,
displaying aesthetics, functionality and architectural creations.
It has flexible work stations, which optimize space utilization.
Speaking on the
occasion, the Railway Minister Shri Nitish Kumar complimented
RITES for such a gigantic corporate complex urging it to maintain
its competitive edge in consultancy and engineering projects in
infrastructural areas. He also asked RITES to work for enhancing
the amount of returns to the Government over and above the existing
system of annual dividend payment.
The Minister
of State for Railways, Shri Bandaro Dattatraya, the Railway Board
Chairman, Shri R.K. Singh and Members of the Railway Board were
present on the occasion. The Managing Director of RITES, Shri
D.C. Mishra, welcomed the dignitaries.
