PM Modi dedicates to nation Marathwada Rail Coach Factory

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dedicated to the nation the Marathwada Rail Coach Factory and launched various other railway projects in Maharashtra officials said reported news agency PTIAs part of launch of the projects via video conference from Ahmedabad in Gujarat he also inaugurated five Jan Aushadi Kendras for affordable and quality generic medicines at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai Manmad Nashik Pimpri Solapur and Nagbhir Chandrapur reported PTIHe also inaugurated four rail coach restaurants at Nashik Road Akola and Mumbais Andheri and Borivali stations the railway officials saidThe PM inaugurated and dedicated to the nation 506 projects including the Laturbased Marathwada Rail Coach Factory a wagon repair workshop at Badnera and Vande Bharat chair car maintenancecumworkshop depot in Pune they said reported PTIThe Marathwada Rail Coach Factory will ensure supply of the Vande Bharat Train sets 16 car formation to the Indian Railways in coordination with its technology partners the Central Railway CR officials said reported PTIAll departments of the factory are equipped with the latest machinery and plants they said reported PTIIt will ensure development of the entire Marathwada region by bringing a whole new set of vendors to supply various components to this unit said a railway releaseIt will provide direct employment to around 1300 persons and indirect employment to more than 10000 persons in terms of various outsourced activities the release saidThe wagon repair workshop at Badnera will cater to two major freight depots of the Central Railway in Bhusaval and Nagpur and enhance the availability of wagons as per the CRPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government undertakes developmental works as part of its mission to build the nation and not to win elections as perceived by some peoplePM Modi was speaking at an event in Sabarmati area of Gujarats Ahmedabad city where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of Rs 85000 crore railway projects including the launch of 10 new Vande Bharat trainsSome people try to look at our efforts through the electoral lens Let me tell you that we undertake developmental works as part of a mission to build the nation not to form a government by winning elections We want to ensure that our youth do not suffer what their past generations suffered This is Modis guarantee he said reported PTIThe PM said that in the last 10 years his government spent around six times more amount for the development of railways than was done earlierIn just over two months of 2024 we have inaugurated and laid the foundation of Rs 11 lakh crore projects he saidI started my life on railway tracks so I know how bad our railways were earlier he saidWith inputs from PTI