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Who manufactures this particular rolling stock?

Nvm, you beat me to it lol

Does Hyundai rotem manufacture these in India?

As of now these are imported from South Korea. But who knows with massive investment in urban metro transport sector planned for future , they may set a shop in India
 
Prabhu, Rupani to ink MoU between Railway, Gujarat govt

Union Minister Suresh Prabhu and Gujarat Chief MinisterVijay Rupani will be in the city tomorrow to ink an MoU between the Railways and the state government, officials said.

This will be Rupani's first visit to the city after taking charge as the Chief Minister.


As part of the MoU, city-based National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) has arranged new educational modules along with the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU).

"The faculty of management studies of MSU will regulate the 104-week training and confer the MBA degree which is now must for railway officers," the University's Vice Chancellor Parimal Vyas said.

"We have designed the MBA course after receiving the request from NAIR and the Railway Ministry," he added.

"New recruits of three Group A Services - Indian Railway Stores Service, Personnel Service and Accounts Service, will be the first batch to follow the new curriculum which will start later this year when new batch of Railway officers join," said Pradeep Sinh Jadeja, dean of the faculty of management studies.


http://www.business-standard.com/ar...ween-railway-gujarat-govt-116081600636_1.html

Soon, enjoy high-speed wi-fi at 7 railway station in Mumbai

Mumbai: In a citizen-friendly move, the Indian Railways has decided to install free Wi-Fi on seven railway station. The railway authorities will now extend the services to railway stations like CST, Dadar, Thane, Kurla, Vashi, Kalyan, Borivili, Churchgate etc.

The commuters at the seven railway stations – Thane, Panvel, Byculla, Khar, Bandra, Churchgate and CST, after Mumbai Central, soon will be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi. The railway authorities have planned to put up the free service on 100 railway stations by the end of 2016.

Moreover, the railway authorities have planned to install free Wi-Fi services on 400 railway stations across the nation by the end of 2018. Google has joined hands with RailTel to make high-speed internet freely accessible to the Indian rail commuters.


RailTel is one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fiber network on exclusive Right of Way (ROW) along Railway track.

Accordingly, in the few weeks, Thane, Panvel, Byculla, Khar, Bandra and Churchgate and CST terminus railway station, would be provided free Wi-Fi service. The free services will be extended to railway stations like Kurla and Borivili in the future.

The Wi-FI service will be accessible to every commuter and will be free for an hour after which it will be charged at a nominal cost. The Wi-Fi service has a capacity to provide its service to 50 people at a time, however, the speed of the service decreases after using it for an hour.

http://www.freepressjournal.in/mumb...d-wi-fi-at-7-railway-station-in-mumbai/911095

Railways mulling cameras in parcel vans

Stung by the unprecedented loot of Rs. 5.75 crore from Train No 11064 Salem-Chennai Express last week, Southern Railway authorities are considering installing surveillance cameras in parcel vans transporting high-value consignments.

Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) systems are already in place in three coaches, including one air-conditioned coach and a ladies compartment in the zone under the ‘Rolling Stock Programme’ of the Indian Railways. A massive programme to bring all major railway stations under CCTV surveillance is also under way.

“This incident (robbery) has prompted us to review the procedures involved in the loading/unloading of currency consignments. Since there is a provision to install cameras in rolling stock, we are thinking of installing CCTV in parcel vans carrying high-value consignments,” a senior railway official said on Monday.

According to him, permission was being accorded to the Postal Department (Tamil Nadu Circle) for installing surveillance cameras in parcel vans to prevent thefts. Transportation of currency notes by trains was a safe and time-tested practice over the years. Even the Currency Note Press in Nashik engaged railway coaches for movement of cash.

“We only deploy some additional security features which are imperative when currency consignments are booked. But in this case, we were not aware of the huge cash movement till the theft came to light. Though 23 tonnes of soiled but usable currency worth Rs. 342.75 crore were loaded, the value of the consignment was not declared,” the official said.

In Ernakulam, from where the parcel van was moved to Salem via Coimbatore, the official said CCTV footage had captured the roof of the van that was found to be perfect. “Going by preliminary reports we understand that the roof was not tampered with when it was cleared for operation from Ernakulam. Moreover, before loading the currency boxes at Salem, the consignor party inspected the van and found nothing unusual,” an official said.

Meanwhile, an internal inquiry of the Railway Protection Force has revealed that the armed escort police personnel of the Salem city police were guarding the cash-laden van till it was opened by RBI officials almost seven hours after it reached Chennai Egmore at 4 a.m last Tuesday.

“After the train arrived in Chennai Egmore, the cash van was shunted and taken to the yard at Gopalsamy Nagar. The engine driver has given a statement that two armed policemen were in the engine. Even when the coach was stabled in the yard for about two hours, the escort police took turns to be in the vicinity,” a railway official said.

On the progress made in the case, a senior investigator of the Crime Branch CID of the State police said no specific clue that could lead to a breakthrough in the case had emerged yet.

Parrying questions on technical input, he said the agency was still analysing mobile phone calls of suspects and numbers that were active in certain places.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...ing-cameras-in-parcel-vans/article8992681.ece


 
Who manufactures this particular rolling stock?

Nvm, you beat me to it lol

Does Hyundai rotem manufacture these in India?

As of now these are imported from South Korea. But who knows with massive investment in urban metro transport sector planned for future , they may set a shop in India

Aren't BEML supposed to make it in India after first hundred or so?

Is BEML making rolling stocks in India independently or in a partnership with Hyndai Mitsubishi Rotem?

Sir this whole rolling stock thing is becoming so complicated for me to understand?

I would really appreciate if you could put some light on this BEML and Hyundai partnership and their technology transfer deal?

regards
 
"The first train arrived here from South Korea in June 2015 and has since then been joined by many others. As per the agreement between Hyundai Rotem & BEML, the initial 20 train-sets (120 coaches) were manufactured & delivered from Changwon, South Korea while the remaining 61 train-sets (366 coaches) are currently being manufactured at BEML’s plant in Bangalore with Hyundai Rotem’s assistancesee another set of brilliant images here."

@anant_s @Nilgiri

http://themetrorailguy.com/2016/04/07/15-brilliant-new-images-of-delhi-metros-pink-line-trains/
 
"The first train arrived here from South Korea in June 2015 and has since then been joined by many others. As per the agreement between Hyundai Rotem & BEML, the initial 20 train-sets (120 coaches) were manufactured & delivered from Changwon, South Korea while the remaining 61 train-sets (366 coaches) are currently being manufactured at BEML’s plant in Bangalore with Hyundai Rotem’s assistancesee another set of brilliant images here."

@anant_s @Nilgiri

http://themetrorailguy.com/2016/04/07/15-brilliant-new-images-of-delhi-metros-pink-line-trains/

Ah ok so its not all going to be imported....its like all agreements these days....import a few directly....manufacture rest locally.

I know delhi metro had this same model with the earlier coach sets they got from beml-rotem when delhi metro first started and then expanded over the years (and also continued this idea with bombardier).
 
Jeez, I wonder how many other doozies there are in the IIP and other indices?

I've always wondered why the industrial growth numbers seemed way off from the GDP growth....even under UPA 2 rule.

How flawed is it that they based the number on just 4 factories from the 2004-05 base for so long? Thankfully 18 factories data should help with 2011-12 base..and hopefully they will revise the earlier data already published....and improve the sampling rate for the next base year revision.

@PARIKRAMA @anant_s @ranjeet @Dungeness et. al

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...-down-growth-numbers/articleshow/53731768.cms


With minuscule IIP weightage, rubber cables pull down growth numbers

NEW DELHI: An item with a mere 0.12 weightage on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) has been playing havoc with factory data for years, distorting the real picture every month. This is the curious case of insulated rubber cables, used in a number of industries, mostly for electricitydistribution.

The Reserve Bank of India discovered the gremlin in the works in its latest monetary policy review. "The uneven performance of industrial output reflects the lumpy and order-driven contraction of insulated rubber cable, a component of capital goods. Excluding this item, industrial production rose at 3% in the current financial year. In fact, capital goods production excluding insulated rubber cables expanded by 8%," the central bank said.

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Headline numbers show industrial production was up 2.4% in FY16 while capital goods output contracted 2.9% in the year, very different from the growth computed by RBI when these cables are excluded. In June this year, sector contribution to growth is -2.74%. This means without this item, IIP growth would have been 4.8% in June. Officials in the statistics office, which compiles the index, said the item has inherent volatility and is demand driven, which unduly influences the index.

'Cable, rubber insulated' accounts for just 1.4% of capital goods component of IIP but from a 72% growth in August 2015 to 84% de cline in June this year, its behaviour has been erratic. It has been one of the biggest negative contributors to the index for the past seven months.

"In line with trends since November 2015, deep negative growth in rubber cable industry in June once again distorted capital goods and IIP growth. Excluding this industry, IIP growth would have been higher," said Saugata Bhattacharya, chief economist at Axis BankBSE -1.27 %.

There are only four factories from which data is collected, based on the 2004-05 base on which the existing IIP series is made.

"This number is very less because we have to take data from the same units as in the base year," said an official, adding that the anomaly will be corrected in the upcoming IIP series with 2011-12 as base. Data would be collected from 18 factories and the item's weightage "significantly reduced." There are large orders in cable-laying, running into thousands of kms. This takes time to complete, with despatch lag reflecting in IIP.

"There are a limited number of firms producing this cable and orders are generally lumpy. There may be no production in many months because orders are being completed but once they are dispatched, it gets counted in IIP," said Devendra Pant, chief economist,India Ratings & Research. Mohinder Gupta, president of All India RubberBSE 0.00 %Industries Association, acknowledged, " Its production varies from factory to factory, depending on the demand. Hence, it is volatile in nature."
 
Delhi Metro is light years ahead of every other metro in India (as can be expected) and this is a good thing- it is a totally world class metro and has proven to Indians that they are capable of such things and will set the standards for all other metro systems to follow.

Thank god for the DMRC and all those who had the foresight to give it the greenlight, it really has ushered in a paradigm shift in India's infrastructure development.
 
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण,कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे
हरे राम हरे राम, राम राम हरे हरे
17-08-2016

‪#‎Economy‬:Govt has substantially raised the limit for import of electronic goods 'through post or otherwise' for personal use to Rs 50,000 from Rs 2,000 earlier.

‪#‎Finance‬:Indirect tax collection rose by about 30.8% during April-June to Rs 1,99,970 crore, from Rs 1,52,740 crore collected in the year-ago period.

‪#‎The‬ Central Board of Excise & Customs has set up a panel to formulate the framework that could have wide ramifications for pharmaceuticals, FMCG and automobiles sectors that have thrived in the states enjoying area-based excise duty exemptions.

‪#‎Mera‬ Bharat Mahaan:India has the highest number of road fatalities in the world with road accidents claiming more than 1.4 lakh lives every year. The road transport and highways ministry has prepared a list of black spots on national highways to be fixed on priority basis to reduce the number of road deaths.

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July WPI inflation hits 23-month high of 3.55%

Wholesale price inflation hit a 23-month high of 3.55% in July, as primary food inflation scaled a 30-month peak and price pressure in manufactured items advanced at the fastest pace in 20 months.

Also, the base remained unfavourable (wholesale price inflation was -4% in July 2015), and even a deflation in fuel products narrowed sharply in July to -1%, the lowest deflation in 21 months, showed official data released on Tuesday.

Manufactured items in the wholesale price index (WPI) rose 1.82% in July, compared with 1.17% in the previous month, as inflation in manufactured food products touched a 45-month high of 10.19%. Inflation in sugar, which touched a 76-month high in July, remained a major driver of food product inflation and also added 76 basis points to the overall manufactured item inflation. Some analysts blamed a lagged impact of a rise in global commodity prices in May and June for the spurt in WPI inflation in July.

Shubhada Rao, chief economist at Yes Bank, said manufacturing-heavy WPI index would emerge as a clear beneficiary under the GST regime, compared with the consumer price index (CPI), given the expected lower rate of GST on manufactured products vis-à-vis current rates of excise duties. Manufactured items account for almost 65% of the WPI, while in the CPI, food (including some manufactured items) and fuel products dominate and make up for more than a half of it.

Coming on the back of a spike in retail inflation to a 23-month high of 6.07% in July from 5.77% in the previous month, the latest WPI data serves to project elevated price pressure. However, analysts say the inflationary pressure seems to have been exacerbated by seasonal effects on the food articles. RBI will closely monitor the progress of
monsoon before resorting to further monetary easing, they added.

Core inflation, or the price rise in non-food manufacturing segment, returned to the positive territory after a gap of 16 months, though it stood at a subdued 0.1% in July, against -0.3% in the previous month. WPI inflation for May has been revised up to 1.24% from 0.79%, thanks to upward revision across board. Better domestic demand drove up prices of manufactured items. However, viewing the recovery of demand-side pressures as broad-based could be premature, as only seven of over a dozen core item segments witnessed a rise.

Within the primary food article segment, inflation in vegetable touched 28.05%, in pulses 35.76% and potato 58.78%

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“Going forward, while expected disinflation in food products amid recent correction in commodity prices would help to contain the sequential build-up in headline inflation, adverse base effect amid recovery in domestic demand leading to improved pricing power could cap the downside,” said Rao. She expects headline WPI inflation to exceed 4% in coming months in contrast with the trend in CPI inflation.

Aditi Nayar, senior economist at ICRA, said: “Emerging trends regarding the ongoing kharif sowing suggest an imminent cooling of food inflation in the coming months. In contrast, we expect core WPI inflation to continue to rise, pushing up headline inflation, which would considerably narrow the gap between wholesale and retail inflation in the second half of this fiscal.”

http://www.financialexpress.com/economy/july-wpi-inflation-hits-23-month-high-of-3-55/349383/

SBI may raise credit growth guidance for current fiscal

State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya on Tuesday said the bank might revise its FY17 credit growth guidance upwards later this year.

“I’ve said 12% this year and 14% was what I had said last year. We’re already growing at very close to 12%, despite this being the slow quarter. That being the case, we may revise the projections sometime in the middle of the year,” she said on the sidelines of a FICCI banking event.

Bhattacharya also said the growth in credit will ultimately be a function of the availability of viable projects. “It depends on how the projects come, how the bidding happens in various areas and whether bidding happens in a manner we feel comfortable with. Last time, there were lots of risks that were not covered and we have pointed those out for mitigation. The fact that we’ve been able to grow at 12% (in the slow season), gives us hope that we’ll be able to keep this up,” she said.

The comments of SBI chairman came a few days after the lender reported a 10.7% (Y-o-Y) growth in its loan book to R14.16 lakh crore for the quarter ended June, with several other large public sector banks (PSBs) reporting a decline.

Bank of India (BoI), for instance, reported a 5.4% (Y-o-Y) decline in its loan book in Q1FY17 and its MD & CEO Melwyn Rego expects the loan book to grow by just 6% in the current fiscal.

Bhattacharya also spoke on the Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A) and said the fact that it was relevant only to stressed assets, in which current cash flows can service at least 50% of the debt, makes it unsuitable for several of them.

“If you take only the current cash flows, then it is really difficult to come up with projects which have 50% sustainable debt. If you’re projecting only on the basis of current cash flows, you’re not taking into consideration their interest flows, which will go down when you do the cut in the debt.

“And therefore, they’ll have better ability to ramp up capacity. You’re not taking the upside on it at all. If you want to take the upside, then the sustainable debt may go to 70-80%. These are questions we’re looking at,” she said.

Bhattacharya added that the forensic study that is required for invoking S4A is complete for one or two accounts, and once the bank receives them next month, it will be in a better position to take a call on whether to invoke it or not.

The RBI has been increasingly empowering banks to deal with stress assets through various schemes, the latest of these being S4A, which was introduced in June. S4A allows banks to resolve stressed loans by bifurcating the sustainable portion of the debt from the unsustainable part and converting the latter to redeemable cumulative optionally convertible preference shares.



http://www.financialexpress.com/ind...it-growth-guidance-for-current-fiscal/349340/

Now, use Aadhaar to get mobile connection

The government on Tuesday simplified the process of procuring a mobile phone connection by approving a policy to use electronic verification of Aadhar, the unique identity number as a identity and address proof. Hence, consumers need not submit multiple documents, and operators would be saved of time and money in verifying subscriber information.

As per the rules approved and made public on Tuesday evening, consumers can now authorise their Aadhar number and biometrics online to provide their details including name, address, date of birth, and gender along with their digitally-signed electronic know-your-customer data provided by Unique Identification Authority of India, the nodal agency that issues Aadhar numbers. The customers will be able to authorise on machine-readable data which in turn will be verified by the UIDAI and sent to DoT for final approval, all electronically, the DoT said in its notification.

To ensure data privacy, the department said the details on iris/ finger print will not be stored anywhere, while the telecom companies will store the details of the customer as verified by UIDAI. However, only one mobile connection will be given for a customer who verifies using Aadhar e-KYC, it said.

Welcoming the move, Gopal Vittal chief executive of Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest telecommunications company by revenue and users, said it plans to start rolling out Aadhar-based eKYC solutions this week itself.

http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/companies/now-use-aadhaar-to-get-mobile-connection/349223/


Maruti Suzuki to save Rs 4,000 on every car transported via Ganga


The journey of 34 cars of Maruti Suzuki being transported in barges along river Ganga from Varanasi to Haldia, covering a distance of 1,620 kilometres in six days, would transform the way cars are transported across the country, and its real impact could be seen in the cost of logistics.

"Maruti Suzuki stands to save Rs 4,000 in logistics cost in each car transported through waterways along this route in future," said Amitabh Verma, chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).

No doubt, after Maruti Suzuki, other automobile companies like Honda Motors have shown interest in transporting their vehicles through river transport infrastructure being built from Varanasi to Haldia as part of the Jal Marg Vikas project being funded by the World Bank and implemented by IWAI.

Shipping minister Nitin Gadkari on August 12 flagged off two vessels sailing from Varanasi carrying 34 cars that will arrive at Garden Reach in Kolkata on August 18.

While the initiative is just at the pilot stage now, the real potential is significant considering that cars can be moved in much larger volumes through waterways as compared to roads.

"A typical road trailer carries six cars. In comparison, a river vessel can carry 150, at best 300 if it's a double decker. So, a large vessel can easily replace 50 trailers on the road. Consider the benefits in terms of cost savings as well as in terms of the environment," Amitabh said on the sidelines of a stakeholders' conference for the project.

IWAI is currently learning from this pilot initiative and will improve its services once commercial-level movement starts.

"The trailers carrying the cars to Varanasi from its plant could not cross a bridge near Varanasi and individual cars had to be driven 10 kilometres to reach the barges. Again, we had to maneuver a Ganga festival being celebrated downstream," IWAI chairman disclosed.

India has woken up lately to the potential of cheaper inland water transport with minuscule investments compared to funds that had gone into roadways or railways, he said.

The share of waterways in the country was just 3.6% and efforts are now on to take it over 7% by 2018.

This compares poorly with countries likely China where the share of waterways in transportation is 47% while in Korea and Japan, it is above 40%.


http://www.dnaindia.com/money/repor...000-on-every-car-transported-via-ganga-2245832



 
Ok some information courtsey my brother on this coach chaos.
Initially Delhi Metro ran on Broad gauge, something Sreedharan sir was opposed to, he wanted standard gauge. But as I said earlier, he struggled with administration a lot.
Once phase 1 became a massive success beyond anybody's wildest guess, DMRC got a negotiating power of deciding technicalities and they adopted standard gauge.
All future metro projects that were conceived after Delhi, adopted the same model and specification albeit with different suppliers.
Now once standard gauge became a norm, foreign suppliers started participating in an open bid process, that further brought down the capital cost.
With huge business on horizon, Bombardier set it's own plant in Savli near Vadodara for manufacturing and (as I learnt yesterday) Hyundai Heavy Engineering too has collaborated with Bharat Earth Movers Limited Bengaluru for manufacturing.
The business potential is huge here as more and more cities are now planning for an effective and reliable metro system to decongest roads and reduce pollution. It is believed that most large state capitals would get metro by 2030-35.
 
modi lovers and hater should watch this video

world economy with indian economy.. must watch
 
Railways may renegotiate DFC loan condition with Japan
Press Trust of India | New Delhi August 17, 2016 Last Updated at 19:48 IST
Railways is contemplating to renegotiate loan condition with Japan for procuring high horse power electric locomotives for the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) as the procurement award is stuck over the pricing front.

Railways' ambitious plan to acquire 9000 high horse-power (HP) locomotives from Japan for hauling double stack containers on the Western DFC has come to a dead end with no further progress for more than last seven months.


Railways has found the price of Rs 50 crore per locomotive quoted by Kawasaki-led Japanese consortium too high and sought its reduction by almost half.

While the Japanese consortium has not reduced the price as desired by Railways, there was no further movement since January, said a senior Railway Ministry official.

"Since we will be getting the 12,000 HP locomotive at Rs 25 crore from our upcoming Madhepura plant, the price offered by the Japanese consortium is not acceptable," the official said.

Western DFC is entirely funded by JICA loan and as per the loan condition Railways has to procure locomotives from Japan.

As a way forward, Railways is contemplating to renegotiate the loan condition so that it can go for international bidding.

Railways is expected to procure 200 high power locomotives from Japan. The loco contract is estimated to be about Rs 4500 crore and the first batch of locomotives is expected to arrive two years after awarding of the contract.

The Japanese consortium comprising five companies including Kawasaki, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Corporate had submitted their bids in October last year for procurement of the 9000 HP locomotives for WDFC.

As per the agreement, 40 modern locomotives with 9000 HP and IGBT technology will be imported from Japan, 60 will be assembled at the Railways' Dankuni facility and the rest 100 will be manufactured at Dankuni.

The high-power locomotives will be used to haul double-stack containers on WDFC.

WDFC will cover around 1,534 kms from Dadri to Mumbai, passing through Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...loan-condition-with-japan-116081701307_1.html



@anant_s @Nilgiri @Ankit Kumar 002

What your take on the above news?
Are they exploiting us because they financed this project?
Can we use Alstom made loco's here or will they be overkill (12000 hp)?
 
"Since we will be getting the 12,000 HP locomotive at Rs 25 crore from our upcoming Madhepura plant, the price offered by the Japanese consortium is not acceptable," the official said.

@anant_s
So one Alstom locomotive rolling out of the factory , which will actually consist of 2 Permanently coupled locomotives together generating 12000 HP at peak will cost 25 Crore only ?

Asking because I read somewhere that one 6350HP WAG9H requires 14 crore to be built's , if its so, then I see single 6000HP Alstom locomotives from CLW too ....

Also 50 Crore for one 9000HP loco seems high.

Railways may renegotiate DFC loan condition with Japan
Press Trust of India | New Delhi August 17, 2016 Last Updated at 19:48 IST
Railways is contemplating to renegotiate loan condition with Japan for procuring high horse power electric locomotives for the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) as the procurement award is stuck over the pricing front.

Railways' ambitious plan to acquire 9000 high horse-power (HP) locomotives from Japan for hauling double stack containers on the Western DFC has come to a dead end with no further progress for more than last seven months.


Railways has found the price of Rs 50 crore per locomotive quoted by Kawasaki-led Japanese consortium too high and sought its reduction by almost half.

While the Japanese consortium has not reduced the price as desired by Railways, there was no further movement since January, said a senior Railway Ministry official.

"Since we will be getting the 12,000 HP locomotive at Rs 25 crore from our upcoming Madhepura plant, the price offered by the Japanese consortium is not acceptable," the official said.

Western DFC is entirely funded by JICA loan and as per the loan condition Railways has to procure locomotives from Japan.

As a way forward, Railways is contemplating to renegotiate the loan condition so that it can go for international bidding.

Railways is expected to procure 200 high power locomotives from Japan. The loco contract is estimated to be about Rs 4500 crore and the first batch of locomotives is expected to arrive two years after awarding of the contract.

The Japanese consortium comprising five companies including Kawasaki, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Corporate had submitted their bids in October last year for procurement of the 9000 HP locomotives for WDFC.

As per the agreement, 40 modern locomotives with 9000 HP and IGBT technology will be imported from Japan, 60 will be assembled at the Railways' Dankuni facility and the rest 100 will be manufactured at Dankuni.

The high-power locomotives will be used to haul double-stack containers on WDFC.

WDFC will cover around 1,534 kms from Dadri to Mumbai, passing through Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...loan-condition-with-japan-116081701307_1.html



@anant_s @Nilgiri @Ankit Kumar 002

What your take on the above news?
Are they exploiting us because they financed this project?
Can we use Alstom made loco's here or will they be overkill (12000 hp)?

The 9000HP locomotives are 1 unit producing 9000HP , compared to 2 units permanently coupled each generating 6000HP, together reaching 12,000 HP at peak for the Alsthom , so the Japanese locomotives are to be more costly. But 50 crore really is a high cost.
 
@anant_s
So one Alstom locomotive rolling out of the factory , which will actually consist of 2 Permanently coupled locomotives together generating 12000 HP at peak will cost 25 Crore only ?

Asking because I read somewhere that one 6350HP WAG9H requires 14 crore to be built's , if its so, then I see single 6000HP Alstom locomotives from CLW too ....

Also 50 Crore for one 9000HP loco seems high.



The 9000HP locomotives are 1 unit producing 9000HP , compared to 2 units permanently coupled each generating 6000HP, together reaching 12,000 HP at peak for the Alsthom , so the Japanese locomotives are to be more costly. But 50 crore really is a high cost.

My question is Do we strictly need a 9000 hp loco?
12000 hp alstom loco would be overkill?
 
My question is Do we strictly need a 9000 hp loco?
12000 hp alstom loco would be overkill?

High power locomotives are required. Especially for DFC.

Of course its not like we cannot do without these, but they bring technology , investments and jobs in addition to capacity addition.

@anant_s @AndrewJin
Some details (price too ) on HDX 3, as it was jointly built by Toshiba(Japanese Consortium) and Dalian Locomotives.

I am expecting a similar design in offering for us too by the Japanese Consortium.
 
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