Lok Sabha Question No. 344 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Modernisation of Railways Workshops
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 344 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## MODERNISATION OF RAILWAYS WORKSHOPS

- *344.  SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:
- Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:
- (a)  the number of Railways workshops, zone-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Railways  proposes   to  revamp/modernise  and upgrade their workshops and induct new technology and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   the details of priority areas considered for the purpose, zonewise; and
- (d)   the action plan chalked out by the Railways in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  344  BY  SHRI  NISHIKANT  DUBEY  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 23.12.2015 REGARDING MODERNISATION OF RAILWAYS WORKSHOPS

(a): The number of Railway workshops, zone-wise are given below:-

| Zone               | No. of Railway Workshops   |
|--------------------|----------------------------|
| CENTRAL            | EIGHT                      |
| EASTERN            | FIVE                       |
| EAST CENTRAL       | FOUR                       |
| EAST COAST         | TWO                        |
| NORTHERN           | TEN                        |
| NORTH CENTRAL      | SIX                        |
| NORTH EASTERN      | FIVE                       |
| NORTHEAST FRONTIER | SIX                        |
| NORTH WESTERN      | SIX                        |
| SOUTHERN           | SIX                        |
| SOUTH CENTRAL      | SEVEN                      |
| SOUTH EASTERN      | FIVE                       |
| SOUTH EAST CENTRAL | THREE                      |
| SOUTH WESTERN      | THREE                      |
| WESTERN            | EIGHT                      |
| WEST CENTRAL       | THREE                      |

(b)  to  (d)  Yes,  Madam.  The  Indian  Railways  are  regularly  upgrading  and modernizing their workshops to enable them to cater to maintenance/manufacture of modern design coaches, wagons, locomotives and equipments being inducted from time to time, as well as to augment facilities for  increased  workloads.  Special  Committees  have  been  formed  to  provide focused  attention  in  the  areas  of,  inter  alia,  upgradation  and  induction  of technology and leveraging 'Make  in India' for Railways; upgradation of technical capabilities in workshops  and streamlining of business processes for induction of new technology; and Innovation Council (Kayakalp) for incubation of innovative ideas etc. Besides, quality audits are conducted in workshops to identify infrastructural, procedural and skill deficiencies for rectification of the same in a planned manner. Technical and infrastructural  inputs in  workshops are guided based on inputs received from such mechanisms.

Some priority areas in which Railways are modernizing rolling stock workshops and inducting new technologies are enumerated below:-

1. Induction of modern machines including robotic welding, laser cutting and welding,  CNC  machining  centres,  etc.  to  equip  workshops  for  repair  and production of modern  stainless steel wagons  and  augmentation of capacities of existing workshops to meet the requirements of increasing population of such wagons.
2. Augmenting facilities for periodic overhauling and intermediate overhauling  (POH/IOH)  of  modern  LHB  coaches  at  major  coach  repair workshops. Computerized test stands have been introduced for testing of brake system for such coaches.
3. Upgradation of workshops for periodic overhauling of modern high horse power diesel electric locomotives and high horse power electric locomotives.
4. Modernisation/revamping  of  layouts,  process  re-engineering,  introduction of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
5. 5.
6. Provision of facilities for generation of alternate energies.
6. Training of manpower for upgradation of skill for better absorption of new technologies.
7. Upgradation  of  workshop  infrastructure  and  compliance  to  international norms for quality, pollution control and factory safety.
8. Augmentation of bogie and roller bearings repairing facilities for improving safety.

At  present,  modernization  works  have  been  sanctioned  in  29  rolling  stock workshops  in  14  zones  across  Indian  Railways.  Zone  wise  details  for  these modernization works for various thrust areas are appended.

APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 344 BY SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 23.12.2015 REGARDING MODERNISATION OF RAILWAYS WORKSHOPS

| S.No.   | Zonal Railway   | Railway Workshop Location            | Thrust area of modernisation / upgradation being undertaken                                                          |
|---------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | CENTRAL         | Carriage Workshop, Matunga           | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                                                              |
|         |                 | Electric Loco Workshop, Bhusawal     | Augmentation of wheel sets manufacturing facility                                                                    |
|         |                 | Locomotive Workshop, Parel           | Facilities for Mid-life rehabilitation of coaches                                                                    |
|         |                 | Kurdwadi Workshop, Kurdwadi          | Augmentation of facilities for Rehabilitation of wagons                                                              |
| 2       | EASTERN         | Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Lilluah | Augmentation of facilities for Periodical / Intermediate overhauling of LHB coaches from 10 to 30 coaches per month. |
|         |                 | Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Lilluah | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                                                              |
|         |                 | Locomotive Workshop, Jamalpur        | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                                                              |

|    |               | Carriage Workshop , Kanchrapara        | Augmentation of Workshop capacity for periodical overhauling of 40 motor and 80 trailer coaches per month   |
|----|---------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    |               | Carriage Workshop, Kanchrapara         | Augmentation of POH capacity from 72 to 96 electric locos                                                   |
|    |               | Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Lilluah   | Facilities for overhauling of new generation coaches including upto 26 meter long coaches                   |
| 3  | NORTHERN      | Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Jagadhari | Augmentation of facilities for Periodic/Intermediate overhauling capacity from 15 to 35 LHB coaches.        |
| 3  | NORTHERN      | Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Alambagh  | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                                                     |
| 3  | NORTHERN      | Locomotive Workshop, Charbagh          | Facilities for intermediate overhauling of 60 coaches per month in loco shop                                |
| 3  | NORTHERN      | Locomotive Workshop, Charbagh          | Optimisation of capacity of shops, improvement in infrastructure decongestion, crane gantries etc.          |
| 4  | NORTH CENTRAL | Wagon repair Workshop, Jhansi          | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                                                     |
| 5  | NORTH EASTERN | Mechanical Workshop, Izzatnagar        | Facilities for augmenting periodic overhauling by 50 broad gauge coaches/ month.                            |
| 5  | NORTH EASTERN | Mechanical Workshop,                   | Augmentation of Broad Gauge coach periodic overhauling                                                      |

|    |                     | Gorakhpur                            | capacity from 125 to 175 coaches per month                                 |
|----|---------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 6  | NORTH EAST FRONTIER | Mechanical Workshop, Dibrugarh       | Creation of facilities for Periodical overhauling of LHB coaches.          |
| 7  | NORTH WESTERN       | Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Bikaner | Additional shed for bogie repair and roller bearing workshop               |
|    |                     | Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Bikaner | Creation of Periodical Overhauling facilities for BCN & BLC wagons.        |
|    |                     | Carriage Workshop, Jodhpur           | New Shed for augmenting periodical overhauling of Air- conditions coaches. |
|    |                     | Wagon and Loco Workshop, Ajmer       | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                    |
|    |                     | Wagon and Loco Workshop, Ajmer       | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                    |
| 8  |                     | Loco Workshop, Perambur              | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                    |
|    |                     | Carriage and Wagon Works, Perambur   | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                    |
|    | SOUTHERN            | Diesel Locos, Ponmalai               | Facilities for overhauling high horse power new generation diesel locos    |
|    |                     | Carriage and Wagon Works, Perambur   | Extension of paint shop from line 1 to 9 on Eastern side                   |
| 9  | SOUTH CENTRAL       | Carriage Workshop, Lallaguda         | Creating facilities for maintenance of LHB coaches.                        |

|    |                    | Carriage Workshop, Lallaguda                       | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                                          |
|----|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    |                    | Wagon Workshop, Rayanapadu                         | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                                          |
| 10 | SOUTH EASTERN      | Carriage, Wagon and Locomotive Workshop, Kharagpur | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                                          |
| 11 | SOUTH EAST CENTRAL | Motibagh Workshop, Nagpur                          | Setting up of Periodical overhauling shed for non-air conditioned BG coaches.                    |
| 12 | SOUTH WESTERN      | Carriage Repair Workshop, Hubli                    | Upgradation of assets & infrastructure.                                                          |
| 13 | WESTERN            | Loco, Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Dahod           | Augmentation of wagon shop maintenance capacity from 450 to 750 wagon per annum.                 |
|    |                    | Carriage Repair Workshop, Lower Parel              | Augmentation of Periodic /Intermediate overhauling capacity from 15 to 30 LHB coaches per month. |
|    |                    | Loco, Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Dahod           | Facilities to POH 54 electric locos per annum                                                    |
|    |                    | Loco, Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Dahod           | Augmentation of POH capacity from 54 to 108 electric locos per annum                             |
|    |                    | Loco, Carriage and Wagon Workshop, Dahod           | Modernisation and augmentation of POH capacity to 150 wagons per month                           |

| 14   | WEST    | Wagon Repair   | Upgradation of           |
|------|---------|----------------|--------------------------|
|      | CENTRAL | Workshop, Kota | assets & infrastructure. |

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