25th August, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


PERFORMANCE OF RAILWAY PRODUCTION UNITS IN FIRST QUARTER


All the Railway Production Units performed well during the first quarter of the current financial year, ending June 2003.

The Rail Wheel Factory (RWF), Bangalore exceeded the target of 24617 wheels by producing 25578 wheels and the target of 9740 axles by producing 11458 axles. The Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) met the target of 13 electric locomotives and the Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala by producing 240 coaches.

The Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi, rolled out 22 diesel locomotives against the target of 23 and the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, 179 coaches against the target of 187, the Diesel Component Works (DCW), Patiala, re-built 16 diesel locomotives against the target of 18. The shortfall is to be made good in coming months.

During June 2003, the total number of wagons produced was 539 against the target of 500, thus, exceeding it by 39 wagons.