The Modern Coach Factory (MCF) in Raebareli is fulfilling the Modi authorities’s dream of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make in India’ by producing coaches for the Indian Railways community. The Foundation Stone of the manufacturing unit was laid in February 2007, nonetheless, building started in May 2010. In the 12 months 2014, the manufacturing unit manufactured its first in-house coach. According to the Railway Ministry, the MCF Raebareli has rolled out 140 coaches in 2014-15, 285 coaches in 2015-16, 576 coaches in 2016-17, 711 coaches in 2017-18, 1425 coaches in 2018-19, 1930 coaches in 2019-20, 1360 in 2020-21 and 1875 in 2021-22. Here’s a video shared by the Railway Ministry on how MCF is giving a lift to ‘Make in India’:
According to the nationwide transporter, the Modern Coach Factory bought an order to fabricate as many as 90 rail coaches for Mozambique. Earlier the ministry had stated that varied new ideas akin to in depth use of Robotics, automation, and so on. have been carried out in MCF. The ministry stated new era safer LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches are being in-built MCF. Also, Humsafar coaches had been constructed on this manufacturing unit. It had additionally rolled out sensible coaches, offering higher rail security and facilities in addition to enabling predictive upkeep.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the inspiration stone for the manufacturing unit of 9000 HP Electric Locomotives on the Indian Railways’ Production Unit in Dahod not too long ago. It is claimed to be the primary Indian Railways locomotive manufacturing unit within the state of Gujarat. According to a press release issued by the Railway Ministry, the upgradation value of the Dahod workshop to the manufacturing unit is almost Rs 20,000 crore. Gujarat’s Dahod workshop, which was established within the 12 months 1926 for periodic overhaul of steam locomotives, will now be modified into electrical loco manufacturing unit with infrastructural enhancements. It will present direct in addition to oblique employment alternatives to over 10,000 individuals, the ministry stated.
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