Alstom Manufacturing to set up electric locomotive factory at Madhepura, Bihar
Updated: Nov 12, 2015 11:54:46am
New Delhi, Nov 12 (KNN) The Indian Railways has issued a Letter of Award (LOA) to M/S Alstom Manufacturing India Limited for setting up an electric locomotive factory at Madhepura, Bihar. The project is likely to lead to substantial development of ancillary manufacturing units, generation of direct and indirect employment and substantial development in the region.
Micro, small and medium enterprises in particular would benefit from the project that would ensure indigenisation, an official release said.
For starters, a joint venture company between Ministry of Railways and M/S Alstom Manufacturing India Limited will be created to construct and operate the factory which would manufacture and supply modern electric locomotives of high horse power namely 12000 Hp.
The project would bring in an investment of Rs 1300 crore for setting of the factory and also the maintenance facilities. A total of 800 electric locos will be procured in a period of 11 years and the basic cost for them will be about Rs 19000 crore (exclusive of taxes and duties), it said.
These modern powerful locos will be useful for heavy haul freight operations and mega freight operations in the eastern dedicated freight corridor and pan India operation.
According to the Ministry of Railways a fair, transparent and competitive bidding process has been adopted in selecting the joint venture partner.
The agreement for the joint venture company between Ministry of Railways and M/s Alstom Manufacturing India Limited will be signed within the next 30 days. This JV will construct and run ELF Madhepura. Ministry of Railway will hold 26 per cent equity in JV Company subject to a maximum of Rs.100 crore. The proto-type locomotives are to be delivered in the coming two years and the factory is to be set up within a period of three years from signing of the Agreement, the release said.
The project requires only five electric locomotives to be imported. The balance 795 locomotives are to be manufactured in India. Best of all, the project would lead to development of the region where the factory would be set up and also those where the maintenance facilities would be set up.
The project would also enable Indian Railways to have a fleet of locomotives equipped with state of the art propulsion technology. These High Horse Power (12000 HP) locomotives would be a quantum leap over the existing 6000 HP locomotives used for freight operations. These locomotives are planned for use in the Eastern DFC and also for Pan India operations for hauling freight trains of 6000 Tonnes at 100 kmph and improve the average speed of such trains to around 50-60 kmph over the existing 25-30 kmph. The quantum jump in the operating parameters would lead to substantial increase in the throughput and also enhance line capacity. These locomotives, equipped with state of art IGBT, based propulsion technology, would lead to considerable savings in energy consumption due to use of regenerative braking. (KNN Bureau)
Micro, small and medium enterprises in particular would benefit from the project that would ensure indigenisation, an official release said.
For starters, a joint venture company between Ministry of Railways and M/S Alstom Manufacturing India Limited will be created to construct and operate the factory which would manufacture and supply modern electric locomotives of high horse power namely 12000 Hp.
The project would bring in an investment of Rs 1300 crore for setting of the factory and also the maintenance facilities. A total of 800 electric locos will be procured in a period of 11 years and the basic cost for them will be about Rs 19000 crore (exclusive of taxes and duties), it said.
These modern powerful locos will be useful for heavy haul freight operations and mega freight operations in the eastern dedicated freight corridor and pan India operation.
According to the Ministry of Railways a fair, transparent and competitive bidding process has been adopted in selecting the joint venture partner.
The agreement for the joint venture company between Ministry of Railways and M/s Alstom Manufacturing India Limited will be signed within the next 30 days. This JV will construct and run ELF Madhepura. Ministry of Railway will hold 26 per cent equity in JV Company subject to a maximum of Rs.100 crore. The proto-type locomotives are to be delivered in the coming two years and the factory is to be set up within a period of three years from signing of the Agreement, the release said.
The project requires only five electric locomotives to be imported. The balance 795 locomotives are to be manufactured in India. Best of all, the project would lead to development of the region where the factory would be set up and also those where the maintenance facilities would be set up.
The project would also enable Indian Railways to have a fleet of locomotives equipped with state of the art propulsion technology. These High Horse Power (12000 HP) locomotives would be a quantum leap over the existing 6000 HP locomotives used for freight operations. These locomotives are planned for use in the Eastern DFC and also for Pan India operations for hauling freight trains of 6000 Tonnes at 100 kmph and improve the average speed of such trains to around 50-60 kmph over the existing 25-30 kmph. The quantum jump in the operating parameters would lead to substantial increase in the throughput and also enhance line capacity. These locomotives, equipped with state of art IGBT, based propulsion technology, would lead to considerable savings in energy consumption due to use of regenerative braking. (KNN Bureau)
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