Wednesday, June 27, 2012


Loco factories to be built on PPP basis

Kumod Verma, TNN Jun 26, 2012, 07.25AM IST
PATNA: Railways' two proposed locomotive factories at Marhaura (diesel) in Saran and at Madhepura (electric) are to be built on public private partnership (PPP) basis. Railway minister Mukul Roy has given his nod to the two long-pending projects.

According to a Railway Board official, the Cabinet committee on economic affairs had approved the two locomotive factories in 2007 itself. But work on these two factories has not started so far. He said railways is likely to shortlist bidders for these two factories through international committee bidding (ICB) in July or August this year.
According to sources, railways would require about 2,000 electric locomotives annually for both passenger and goods trains by 2015-2016. It has been introducing several pairs of passenger trains across the country every year. The two proposed factories at Madhepura and Marhaura would meet the requirements of railways in future, sources said. A board official said railways would complete these factories in about 36 months from the date of agreement with private firms. While an electric loco manufacturing factory at Madhepura would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 1,294 crore, the diesel loco factory at Marhaura is to be built at a cost of Rs 2,025 crore, he said.
According to the board official, since railways has been carrying out work on two separate East and West freight corridors for free movement of goods traffic at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore, these two loco factories would help it cope with the huge demand for locomotives. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had recently reviewed railway projects and stressed on completing these two projects on priority basis, the official added. At present, railways has two locomotive factories located at Varanasi (diesel engine) and Chittraranjan (electric engine).


Related Posts:

  • After rail mishaps, Suresh Prabhu pulls up GMs over safet IRKED OVER the recent rail accidents, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Tuesday pulled up the general managers (GMs) — officials in charge of running operations in the 17 railway zones — telling them that he would not listen to… Read More
  • Railway employees block track over beating up of engine driver Tribune News Service Bathinda, September 15Locomotive pilots blocked railway track on platform number one on Monday late night over beating of a driver by an assistant station master at Ahmedgarh. The blockade led to delay o… Read More
  • Vishwanathan’s timely intervention averts rail mishap Mumbai: Thodupuzha native Vishwanathan Nair, a loco pilot with the Western Railway, averted a rail disaster with his timely intervention here. After noticing that the coaches of a train travelling opposite to his train at Vi… Read More
  • Indian electrification contracts awarded RAIL Vikash Nigam (RVNL), a special purpose vehicle set up by India's National Railway Board to manage electrification projects in the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Telengana, has awarded Isloux Corsán, Spain, three co… Read More
  • AILRSA Mobile App AILRSA App was inaugurated by Com. Basudeb Acharia, Vice President, CITU at ERNAKULAM on 15.09.2015. All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA) is a fighting organization representing the Assistant Loco Pilot, Shuntin… Read More

0 comments:

Welcome To AILRSA....

Visitors

1116751

Admin Area

Blog Archive

AILRSA 1970 - . Powered by Blogger.

Are You Satisfied with 7th Pay commission ?

Popular Posts

Recent Posts

Text Widget

Followers

-------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------