Lok Sabha Question No. 831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Diesel Locomotives
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 831 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES

831.  SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of diesel and electric engines in operation in the country as on date, zone-wise;
- (b) the details of the number of new diesel engines required in the next  ten  years  and  the  diesel  engines  that  needs  to  be replaced/repaired along with the estimated expenditure therefor;
- (c) the details of the diesel locomotive manufacturing hubs in the country along with the diesel engines manufactured till date by these manufacturing hubs and the expenditure incurred; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  Marhowra  (Saran,  Bihar)  diesel  locomotive manufacturing factory project along with the progress made so far  and  the  expenditure  incurred  over  the  years  and  future estimated expenditure?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

- (a)

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 831 BY SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.12.2017 REGARDING DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES.

- (a) Zone-wise details of total number of diesel and electric engines in operation in the country as on date are as under:
- (b) It is expected that Indian Railways will procure 1107 BG and 25 NG  diesel  engines  in  the  next  ten  years.    The  approximate expenditure  for  this  would  come  to 12232.35  crores  for  BG engines and 75 crores for NG engines.

| S. No.   | Railway Zones      | Diesel Engines   | Diesel Engines   | Diesel Engines    | Electric                 |
|----------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|          |                    | Broad Gauge (BG) | Metre Gauge (MG) | Narrow Gauge (NG) | Engines Broad Gauge (BG) |
| 1        | Central            | 370              | 0                | 16                | 621                      |
| 2        | Eastern            | 397              | 0                | 04                | 274                      |
| 3        | East Central       | 356              | 02               | 0                 | 417                      |
| 4        | East Coast         | 297              | 0                | 0                 | 423                      |
| 5        | Northern           | 582              | 0                | 37                | 427                      |
| 6        | North Central      | 144              | 0                | 18                | 392                      |
| 7        | North Eastern      | 273              | 31               | 0                 | 33                       |
| 8        | Northeast Frontier | 415              | 0                | 6                 | 0                        |
| 9        | North Western      | 287              | 20               | 0                 | 0                        |
| 10       | Southern           | 351              | 05               | 0                 | 459                      |
| 11       | South Central      | 582              | 0                | 0                 | 606                      |
| 12       | South Eastern      | 339              | 0                | 0                 | 686                      |
| 13       | South East Central | 187              | 0                | 29                | 254                      |
| 14       | South Western      | 365              | 0                | 0                 | 0                        |
| 15       | Western            | 497              | 38               | 26                | 402                      |
| 16       | West Central       | 426              | 0                | 0                 | 596                      |
|          | GRAND TOTAL        | 5868             | 96               | 136               | 5590                     |

Number of diesel engines that needs to be replaced in the    next ten years would be 696 approximately.  Repairs/maintenance of locomotives  are  carried  out  as  per  prescribed  maintenance schedules.  Approximate expenditure on maintenance of diesel engines for the year 2017-18 comes to 55.12 lakhs per loco per annum.

- (c) The details of manufacturing hubs in the country, the details of diesel  engines  manufactured  till  date  and  the  expenditure incurred are as under:

|   S. No. | Name of manufacturing hubs                     | Diesel Engines manufactured till date   | Expenditure incurred in manufacture   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|        1 | Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi        | 7330 Nos.                               | 4012247.75 lakhs                      |
|        2 | Diesel Loco Modernization Works (DMW), Patiala | 291 Nos.                                | 178133 lakhs                          |
|        3 | Parel Workshop, Parel                          | 23 Nos.                                 | 6685 lakhs                            |

The  approximate  expenditure  of  manufacturing  of  one  HHP engine is 11.05 crores.

- (d) The  details  of  the  Marhowra  (Saran,  Bihar)  diesel  locomotive manufacturing Project are as under:
- (i) The Diesel Locomotive Project at Marhowra, Saran District, Bihar was sanctioned in December 2006. Letter of Award was issued to M/s General Electricals (GE) Global Sourcing India Private  Limited  on  09.11.2015.  Assured  off-take  agreement was  signed  on  30.11.2015  and  Share  holders  agreement signed on 12.03.2016

- (ii)     A Company, M/s GE Diesel Locomotive Pvt. Ltd. was set up on  16.09.2015 . It has an equity participation of 26% limited to 100  crore, from Indian Railways.  The Company  is  to  supply  1000  high  horsepower  diesel locomotives (700 numbers of 4500 horsepower and 300 numbers of 6000 horsepower) to Indian Railways beginning  from  February  2018,  over  11  years.  The project also envisages maintenance of first 500 locomotives.
- (iii) The Company is setting up a factory for manufacturing of  Diesel  Locomotive  at  Marhowra.  The  Company  will also  set  up  two  maintenance  depots  at  Roza  and Gandhidham.  The  work  of  setting  up  the  factory  at Marhowra is progressing on schedule.
- (iv) The  first  locomotive  under  the  project  has  already arrived  in  India  and  is  undergoing  testing  before  it  is handed over to Indian Railways.
- (v)   The expenditure incurred by Indian Railways till date on the Marhowra  diesel locomotive factory project is 127.4 crore. The future estimated expenditure on the Marhowra Diesel Locomotive Factory project is expected to be about 70 crore.
- Additionally,  since  the  project  is  under  Public  Private Partnership Mode, Indian Railways has infused equity of
- (vi) 100 crore in the project.

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