Varanasi: A six-member high-level delegation of Mozambique Railways along with the officials of RITES, a PSU of Indian Railways, visited the Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW))on Monday.
According to the BLW spokesperson Rajesh Kumar, the BLW had signed an agreement with the RITES in November 2020 to supply six locomotives to Mozambique. As per the agreement, the BLW handed over the sixth and last locomotives to RITES in August 2021.
The high-level delegation of Mozambique Railways comprised of Chairman/CFM Board Miguel Jose Matabel, Chief of Cabinate of minister of Transport & Communication Antonio Manuel Mateus, Executive Board Member, Finance CFM Aboobacar Adamo Mussa, Executive Director, CFM-C Antonio Francisco Manuel Bie, Director Railway, CFM-S Teodomiro Angelo, Advisor to the board, CFM Arun Kumar Narasimha Pai.
In a meeting held under the chairmanship of BLW general manager Anjali Goyal, the delegation had detailed technical discussions with the heads of departments regarding the export of locomotives to Mozambique. All issues related to Mozambique locomotives were discussed during the discussion. The delegation also visited various workshop including New Block Shop, Engine Test Shop, Loco Assembly Shop, and inspected the process related to engine production and available manufacturing facilities.
The Cape Gauge Diesel Locos exported to Mozambique are manufactured in India and financed by India. This is BLW’s first AC-AC Traction System 3000 HP, Cape Gauge Loco. The capacity of these locomotives is 2255 tonnes at a speed of 100 kmph. The most important item of the engine -the crank-case assembly is made in-house at BLW. These were exported through RITES Limited.
Source:thetimesofindia.com