This office was formed as the Office of the Chief Auditor, South Central Railway with effect from 2nd October 1966 when South Central Railway Zone was formed.  The office was subsequently renamed as Office of the Director of Audit in 1979 and to its present name viz., Office of the Principal Director of Audit in 1990.

Audit Duties: The Director General of Audit is responsible for

  • Audit of Accounts of the South Central Railway Zone, Review and Certification of the Annual Finance and Appropriation Accounts of the Zonal Railway.
  • Audit of transactions relating to Receipts and Payments through Central Audit and Local Inspections.
  • Contribution of material for CAG’s Report on the Union Government (Railways) viz., Draft Paras, Local Reviews and Central Reviews.

South Central Railway:

South Central Railway was formed on 02.10.1966 when Hubli and Vijayawada Divisions of Southern Railway and Sholapur and Secunderabad Divisions of Central Railway were carved out and merged into a new Zone. Subsequently, Guntakal Division of Southern Railway was merged with South Central Railway on 02.10.1977 and Sholapur Division was remerged with Central Railway. Secunderabad Division was split into two Divisions viz. Secunderabad and Hyderabad on 17.02.1978. Following re-organisation of zones and Divisions with effect from 01.04.2003, two new Divisions viz., Guntur and Nanded were operationalised duly transferring Hubli Division to newly formed South Western Railway.

Presently S.C. Railway has 6 Divisions, viz, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur and Nanded. South Central Railway predominantly serves the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra and to a limited extent, portions of Karnataka, Tamilnadu & Madhya Pradesh states.

Profile:

1. Number of Divisions 06
2. Number of States covered 06
3. Number of stations 754
4. Originating Earnings 2019-20(Rs. in crores) 13770
5. Apportioned Earnings 2019-20 (Rs. in crores) 15818
6. No. of Originating Passengers 2019-20 (in millions) 363.46
7. Originating Loading 2019-20 (in million tonne) 109.48
8. Operating Ratio 2019-20 (in percentage) 87.55%
9. Punctuality 2019-20 (in percentage) 82%
10. Average number of passenger trains run daily (2019-20 in Q4): Mail / Express trains Passenger Trains MMTS Trains 715 297 316 102
11. Staff Strength (as on 31.05.2020) Sanctions Actual
95,635 80,224

Division-wise Route & Running Kilometerage (as on 01.04.2020):

Division BG MG Total
  Route Running Route Running Route Running
Secunderabad 1556.689 2374.972 -- -- 1556.689 2374.972
Vijayawada 1060.926 1809.025 -- -- 1060.926 1809.025
Guntakal 1451.641 2204.117 -- -- 1451.641 2204.117
Guntur 675.366 755.226 -- -- 675.366 755.226
Hyderabad 651.614 692.374 -- -- 651.614 692.374
Nanded 809.865 891.736 175.930 175.930 985.795 1067.666
Total 6206.101 8727.450 175.930 175.930 6382.031 8903.380
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