The Railway Ministry will set up a new railway division with headquarters at Jammu under the Northern Railway Zone by reorganising the Firozpur division.
Akashvani Correspondent reports that an official communication of the ministry to the Northern Railway dated January 1, 2025, said the Jammu division is proposed to have five sections: Pathankot-Jammu-Udhampur (now martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan), Srinagar-Baramulla, Bhogpur Sirwal-Pathankot, Batala (excluding)-Pathankot, and Pathankot-Joginder Nagar. The combined length of the section will be 742.1 km.
The Divisional headquarters office at Jammu should be set up as a modern office utilising the full potential of information technology. The ministry said it wants the Jammu Division to have a lean organisation set up. All the posts required for the working of the new division will be provided from the existing post of Northern Railway, the circular said.
The ministry has asked for a detailed project report for an early assessment to assess the infrastructure requirements and organisational structure needed for setting up the division, modalities of transfer of staff to the new division, etc. There are currently 68 rail divisions under 17 railway zones, and Jammu will become the 69th division.