Kolkata information: A hurriedly scribbled business proposal on a paper serviette (tissue paper) introduced to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on a flight was all it took for entrepreneur Akshay Satnaliwala to land a gathering with high railway officials- the decision coming inside six minutes of touchdown in Kolkata.
The businessman dealing in stable waste administration was on the identical Delhi-Kolkata flight because the minister on February 2 (Friday). Satnaliwala swiftly wrote a proposal on a paper serviette because it was the one piece of paper he might discover on the time, and managed to hand it over to Railway Minister Vaishnaw.
Entrepreneur Satnaliwala acquired name from Eastern Railway
To his shock, he acquired a name from the Eastern Railway (ER) basic supervisor’s workplace inside six minutes of touchdown, and a gathering was scheduled on February 6 (Tuesday).
“Sir, if you allow, I would like to present how railways can be an integral part of the supply chain for AFR (alternative fuel and raw material) to cement plants, and also contribute to our Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan,” Satnaliwala had mentioned within the hand-written observe.
In his attraction to the minister, he claimed that his firm was the primary within the nation to ship plastic waste by a railway rake in July 2022, when 3,500 metric tons was despatched in a single consignment from the Chitpur railway siding in Kolkata to a cement plant in Odisha’s Rajgangpur.
Meeting to talk about business idea additional
Eastern Railway General Manager Milind Ok Deouskar and different senior officers met Satnaliwala and mentioned the prospects steered by his agency, in accordance to an official assertion. Eastern Railway spokesperson Kausik Mitra mentioned, “Satnaliwala explained the schematic flow of solid waste to various industries with prospective buyers in different parts of the country, such as Raipur in Chhattisgarh and Rajgangpur in Odisha, and other clusters through the railways”.
In response, the officers provided him versatile phrases for carrying stable and different waste via the railways, a less expensive mode of transportation, Mitra mentioned.
“Such bulk quantity transport of solid and plastic waste through the railways will not only benefit the company but also help in recycling waste, thereby reducing pollution,” he mentioned.
The railways has requested Satnaliwala to submit a proposal for a station-to-station price facility with a dedication to visitors motion, Mitra mentioned. The entrepreneur expressed his gratitude to the minister and the Eastern Railway for responding to his attraction.
“I am happy that the railway ministry has acknowledged my proposal and given me a chance to present it in the presence of all senior officials of Eastern Railway,” Satnaliwala mentioned.
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