CHENNAI: Southern Railway is expected to get a new general manager soon. The position fell vacant as M S Jayanth, general manager of ICF, who also held the additional charge of Southern Railway general manager, has been appointed general manager of South Central Railway.
The post of Southern Railway boss has remained vacant since April this year after Rakesh Chopra was shifted to the Railway Board.
Sources said the Board had initially issued orders for the posting of V N Tripathi, the then general manager of Kolkota Metro Rail, to head the Southern Railway. Subsequently, the Board quashed the order and appointed him the general manager of Eastern Railways with his headquarters in Kolkata.
Deepak Krishan, ex-GM of Eastern Railway, is tipped to take charge as the new general manager of Southern Railway, according to well placed sources. The Southern Railway maintained that there was no official communication from the Board regarding the appointment of a new general manager.
