Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presenting Ati Vishisth Rail Seva Puraskar Award to Vijayawada Senior Divisional Commercial Manager V. Rambabu in New Delhi on Saturday.

Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Sr. DCM) Vavilapalli Rambabu, working in Vijayawada division of South Central Railway (SCR), received the ‘prestigious Ati Vishisth Rail Seva Puraskar’ award. 

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presented the award to Mr. Rambabu at a function held at Pragathi Maidhan at New Delhi on Saturday, the SCR officials said in a release on Sunday.

The Sr. DCM helped rescue nearly 4,000 passengers stranded in the recent floods at Kondapalli and Rayanapadu railway stations. All the passengers were sent to Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati and other destinations by arranging special trains.

The award recipient also played a key role in increasing the revenue of Vijayawada division, Railway officials said.