PM Modi moreover flagged off the first electrical locomotive manufactured from the plant. The locomotives will help in rising the freight loading functionality of #Indian Railways.
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Prime Minister #Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the locomotive manufacturing plant of the #Indian Railways in #Gujarat’s #Dahod. He moreover flagged off the first electrical locomotive manufactured from the plant. This plant will produce electrical locomotives of 9000 HP for house capabilities and for export. The locomotives will help in rising the freight loading functionality of #Indian Railways.
Speaking ahead of the Prime Minister’s arrival, Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Western Railway, highlighted the swift progress made on the ability.
“You can see right now behind me is the first locomotive that has been manufactured at this workshop. The foundation stone of #Dahod locomotive manufacturing workshop was laid just a couple of years back in 2022 to be precise, and within 3 years, as we can see this production centre is completely ready to be inaugurated shortly,” CPRO acknowledged.
According to Abhishek, the workshop has been designed with a producing functionality of 120 locomotives per yr, with potential scalability to 150 gadgets yearly counting on future demand.
“As far as the capacity of this workshop is concerned, we plan to produce around 120 locomotives per year, but if there is a need, we can also increase this production capacity to almost 150…the PM will be coming here on Monday and he will dedicate this locomotive workshop that has been completed in a record time. He will dedicate it to our nation, and we are really keenly looking forward to this important event,” he added further.
PM Modi could be on a two-day go to to #Gujarat on May 26 and 27, the place he’ll unveil a set of enchancment duties in #Dahod, #Bhuj, and Gandhinagar, along with fundamental initiatives by the Railways and quite a few state authorities departments valued at over Rs 24,000 crore.
PM Modi will inaugurate the Locomotive Manufacturing Shop on the Rolling Stock Workshop in #Dahod, constructed by the Railway Ministry at a price of Rs 21,405 crore. PM Modi will even dedicate the first 9000 HP locomotive engine, developed beneath the ‘Make in India’ initiative, to the nation, an official launch acknowledged.
Alongside this, he’ll inaugurate railway duties worth Rs 2,287 crore, along with the doubling of the Anand-Godhra, Mehsana-Palanpur, and Rajkot-Hadmatiya railway traces, the 107 km electrification of the Sabarmati-Botad railway line, and the gauge conversion of the Kalol-Kadi-Katosan railway line, bringing the total price of railway-related works to Rs 23,692 crore.
The railway manufacturing unit in #Dahod will current employment to 10,000 people and improve the native monetary system. The locomotive engine manufactured proper right here may have the potential to haul 4,600 tonnes of cargo, with a aim to provide roughly 1,200 engines over the next 10 years.
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