Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Gujarat’s first railway locomotive production unit in Dahod today.
The new production unit will be able to manufacture 1200 engines of 9000 horsepower with a top speed of 120 kmph. The new production unit will help generate 3,500 direct jobs and 7,000 indirect jobs along with industrial development in Gujarat. The new unit will also produce standard gauge locomotives for the international market and broad gauge locomotives for the Indian Railways. The first locomotive is expected to leave the factory in the first quarter of 2024.
The new 9000 HP locomotives will be equipped with Digital Tracking System, Kavach (Automatic Train Protection System). The locomotive will be manufactured using green energy and will have a green manufacturing tag. The new locomotives will help reduce logistic costs and decongest saturated tracks by improving average speed and loading capacity of freight trains. The locomotives will be capable of carrying a cargo load of 4,000 tonnes.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate the Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar on April 20 at around 10:30. After this, at around 3.30 pm, he will attend the Adijati Mahasammelan in Dahod and will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for various development projects.