CHENNAI: Nine Southern Railway (SR) employees, including 2 officers and 7 staff members, have been shortlisted for Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar 2023. The highest honour for a railway employee, and presented at the Railway Minister level, will be conferred tomorrow in New Delhi on the occasion of the 68th Railway Week Central Function.

The SR, East Coast Railway and North East Frontier Railway have been chosen as joint winners for overall Commercial Efficiency and Safety shield. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, will present the awards along with Raosahib Patil Danve and Darshana Jardosh, Ministers of State for Railways.