00:00Following Operation Sindor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting his home state Gujarat for the first time.
00:09He will participate in events across three districts, Dahod, Kachch and Gandhinagar, on May 26th and 27th.
00:20After addressing a public meeting on Mirzapa Road in Bhuj, Kachch, he will pay a visit to the revered Mata Ashapura Temple.
00:29Notably, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the first 9,000-horsepower locomotive engine manufactured at the railway production unit established in Dahod,
00:41which was built with an investment of 20,000 crore rupees.
00:47The railway factory in Dahod, established under the PPP model, is set to manufacture 1,200 engines over the next 10 years,
00:56with plans to export them both domestically and internationally.
01:00In April 22nd, this is a very short record time.
01:07This is the challenge for this factory.
01:11It is a state-of-art locomotive which is a state-of-art locomotive.
01:17In April 22nd, we have inauguration after this tender float,
01:22we have given up to three to four months,
01:24we have given up to six months,
01:26we have given up to six months,
01:28and we have given up to cement,
01:31after the construction of cement,
01:33we have given up to a very short time,
01:35and the last model of cement we have given up to seven months,
01:41we have given up to seven months,
01:43the design of this factory,
01:45we have been on the floor of basically around 26.
01:48This is the project we have given up to six months.
01:49Certainly, the project we have made up to seven months,
01:53we have started in August 24 and now we are ready to go to the first locomotive
02:04I think you can see this workshop
02:28I think you can see this workshop
02:32that is very very important or manufacturing plan different stages
02:43that is very important while we have made this locomotive here so 90% as on even first
03:00locomotive 90% is indigenous only a few parts are imported as of now and that too in the next
03:09four to four to five years those also will be indigenized as you can see right now behind me
03:16is the first locomotive that has been manufactured at this workshop this dahoud locomotive manufacturing
03:26workshop the foundation stone was laid just a couple of years back in 2022 to be precise
03:34and within three years as we can see this production center is completely ready ready to be inaugurated
03:41shortly so so yes as far as the capacity of this workshop is concerned per year we plan to produce
03:54around 120 locomotives but if there is a need we can also increase this production capacity to almost
04:02150 as of now we have planned that for during the over the next 11 years we'll be producing around
04:101200 locomotives from this workshop some of these locomotives they'll be used within india and most
04:20importantly many of these locomotives they'll also be exported to other parts of the world as you can
04:26see here in this workshop we have two uh you know production uh facilities for two different uh gauge systems
04:34we have the our own normal gauge that we use in india and the standard gauge system uh locomotives can also be produced
04:41so uh so over the coming years we'll be exporting these locomotives to those countries which use standard gauge uh system of railways
04:50and uh we expect to export to countries like africa to europe to our uh uh neighboring countries as well
04:58so these locomotive engines will soon be produced entirely under the 100 percent make in india initiative
05:08a key feature of these engines is their ability to carry cargo weighing up to 4 600 tons
05:15for the first time the engines will be equipped with air conditioning and a toilet facility for the driver
05:25additionally an advanced cover system has been installed to enhance safety and prevent accidents
05:34built at a cost of 20 000 crore rupees the dahod factory is currently producing four engines
05:39all of which will proudly bear the label manufactured in dahod this project is expected to generate direct
05:48and indirect employment for nearly 10 000 people in dahod and nearby regions providing a significant boost to
05:55the local economy in addition the various components required for locomotive production by the multinational
06:03company that secured the contract as the lowest bidder will open up business opportunities for suppliers
06:09in the power sector as well as small and medium-sized engineering firms
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