Lok Sabha Question No. 1584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Investment to Upgrade Rolling Stock
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, B.N. CHANDRAPPA, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

- (a)
- (b)
- Yes, Madam.
- Signalling - A work for modernisation of signalling system at a total cost of 44 million Euros on Ghaziabad-Kanpur section of

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1584 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## INVESTMENT TO UPGRADE ROLLING STOCK

1584.    SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA SHRI D.K. SURESH

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  efforts  to  attract large-scale  investment that is required to improve safety, upgrade signalling and rolling stock of the Railways;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  total  investment  made  by  various  agencies  including foreign funding  during  the  last  three  years,  year  and agency-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to utilize the investments  to  upgrade  signalling  and  improve  quality  of rolling stock?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

North  Central  Railway  was  undertaken  through  funding  from KFW (Kreditanstalt Fur Wiederaufbau) Bank, Germany. Electric Locomotives -A procurement cum  Maintenance Agreement(PCMA)  has  been  signed  with  Madhepura  Electric Locomotive Private Limited (MELPL), a Joint Venture Company of Alstom Manufacturing India Limited and Ministry of Railways(26%  equity  limited  to ` 100  crore),  for  setting  up  of electric locomotive manufacturing facility at Madhepura, Bihar for  manufacturing/supplying  800  High  Horse  Power,  State  of the  art,  Electric  Locomotives  of  12000  hp  capacity.    The Company will set up two maintenance depots at Saharanpur & Nagpur  and  undertake  maintenance  of  first  250  locomotives each  over  first  13  years  and  the  next  250  locomotives  for  a period of four years.  Total project cost is ` 1300 crore. Diesel Locomotives -A procurement cum Maintenance Agreement has been signed with M/s. General Electric Global Servicing India Pvt. Ltd. on 09.11.2015 for procurement of new generation  diesel  locomotives  of  4500  HP  and  6000  HP. Initially 100 diesel locomotives will be imported and subsequently they will be manufactured in India at Diesel Loco Factory,  Marhorwa.    The  anticipated  project  cost  is ` 1300 crore.

- (c) The Foreign investment details are as under :-
- (d) Signalling - The following Signalling and Telecommunication upgradation works are covered under the scope of the work :-

| Year    | Signalling (in million euro)   | Electric Loco   | Diesel Locomotive                         | Other Rolling Stock ( ` in Crore)   |
|---------|--------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 4.17 million euro              | -               | -                                         | ` 10,771                            |
| 2015-16 | 0.46 million euro              | -               | ` 0.99 crore                              | ` 14,000                            |
| 2016-17 | 0.62 million euro              | ` 150 crore     | ` 154.79 crore                            | ` 14,281                            |
| Total   | 5.25 million euro = ` 40 crore | ` 150 crore     | ` 155.78crore                             | ` 39,052                            |
| Agency  | KFW                            | JV with Alstom  | JV with GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Ltd. | IRFC                                |

- i)

- Electronic Interlocking system           -  47 stations

- ii) Automatic Signaling System               -  410 Rkm

- iii) Interlocking of Level Crossing gates  - 143 Nos

- iv)

- Centralised Traffic Control                  - 44 stations

- v) Mobile Train Radio Communication    - 755 Rkm

Electric and Diesel Locomotives -These modern locomotives      would be used for improving the       operation of freight trains over Indian Railways.

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