Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Railways has approved creation of a new zone, South Coast Railway (SCoR), with headquarters at Visakhapatnam and a new division at Rayagada under East Coast Railway (ECoR).
Part of Waltair division will be merged with Vijaywada division to form part of SCoR and the remaining part will be organised as a new division at Rayagada in ECoR, the letter said.
OSD/SCoR has been posted by the Railway Board in March and DPR for formation of new zone is under preparation, it added.
The Ministry has also requested the General Manager of ECoR to nominate a nodal officer to workout various modalities required for setting up and operationalising the new Rayagada division, which will be completed by August 31.