Member, Rolling Stock, Indian Railways, Mr.
Ravindra Gupta on Wednesday invited Indian industry to partner with railways
for its complete transformation as the new government has a firm commitment to
catapult railways in host of its operations beginning from railways safety to
refurbishment of coaches and wagons including laying of new railways lines.
Addressing a 4th Global Rail Convention-2017
under aegis of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here today, Mr. Gupta said
that close to 6,000 coaches would be refurbished with retrofitting which
offered huge opportunity for Indian Inc. to enlist its participation with
railways as it involves thousands of crores of investments.
Likewise, new and additional railway lines
would be added to the existing network of the railways which also offers
tremendous opportunities for private sectors to take part with railways,
emphasized Mr. Gupta
He was specific in making mention of Swachh
Bharat initiative of Indian railways, pointing out that annually it spends
close to Rs.1800-1900 crore on cleanliness of railways and its stations as its
water bills alone range between Rs.750-800 crore per annum. This also provides huge opportunity for
private sector to partner with railways, added Mr. Gupta.
Executive Director Finance (RM), Railway
Board, Ms. Namita Mehrotra in her remarks pointed out that safety and expansion
of railways have undergone massive changes in the last two and half years after
the new government has taken over.
The railways would spend Rs.131 lakh crores
alone on its safety in next few years as also make huge investments on creating
dedicated freight corridor in which trains carrying goods would run with
efficiency and their cost of operations would be minimum so that goods
transportation becomes cheaper and reasonable.
Ambassador of Czech Republic, Mr. Milan
Hovorka; Minister Counsellor & Deputy to the Ambassador of France, Ms.
Claire Thuaudet offering the expertise of their respective countries for
efficient uplift of Indian railways at economic cost.
Among others who also spoke on the occasion
comprised Member, Engineering, Railway Board, Mr. A K Mittal; President, PHD
Chamber, Mr. Gopal Jiwarajka and its Chairmen of Railways Committee, Mr.
Sandeep Aggarwal and Industry Affairs Committee, Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal including
its Secretary General and Director, Mr. Saurabh Sanyal and Mr. Yogesh
Srivastav.
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