3rd April, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


PERFORMANCE OF RAILWAY PRODUCTION UNITS DURING APRIL-FEBRUARY 2002-2003


All the Railway Production Units performed well during the period from April 2002 to February 2003, with two of them exceeding the target.

The Rail Wheel Plant (RWP) (earlier known as Wheel and Axle Plant), Bangalore produced 92750 wheels exceeding the target of 91913 during the period. It produced 39021 axles exceeding the target of 37115. Similarly, Diesel Component Works (DCW), Patiala re-built 66 diesel locomotives against the target of 64, thus, exceeding by two.

The Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi and Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala just met the targerts. CLW rolled out 60 electric locomotive against the target of 60, DLW 89 diesel locomotive against the target of 89 and RCF 836 coaches against the target of 836.

The Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, however, fell short of target. It produced 782 coaches against the target of 797 for the period. The shortfall was caused on account of ongoing development of sources and equipment for prestigious Jan Shatabdi rakes, which would be made up in the coming months.

During February 2003, a total of 1384 wagons were produced as gains the target of 1400.