GE will manufacture 1,000 diesel locomotives while Alstom has been picked for 800 electric locomotives meant mainly for heavy haulage,” he told AFP on condition of anonymity.Late on Monday, the government said it had awarded a $2.gif French engineering firm Alstom has won a contract worth $3 billion to modernise India’s vast colonial-era train network, the government revealed on Tuesday, a day after another mega agreement was announced.As a part of this effort, the Indian government last year also allowed 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the railway sector.. (and) noise control to the latest standards,” it said.The locomotives under the new deals will be highly fuel efficient “which will bring savings in fuel costs on Indian Railways”, the government statement had said.

These locomotives will be equipped with latest technology like electronic fuel injection China brake motors Manufacturers system, motor driven blowers and compressors. A statement on an Indian government website said the Alstom and GE deals signified “a giant leap forward in Make In India drive”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship manufacturing initiative.6-billion contract to General Electric to develop and supply Indian Railways with 1,000 diesel locomotives over a period of 11 years.India’s vast but crumbling railway network has received special attention under Modi’s government, with Union railways minister Suresh Prabhu pledging to spend around $137 billion to modernise it over the next five years.The PTI said the Alstom deal was worth 200 billion rupees ($3 billion)

French engineering firm Alstom has won a contract worth $3 billion to modernise India’s vast colonial-era train network, the government revealed on Tuesday, a day after another mega agreement was anno Alstom.Alstom will supply 800 electric locomotives and build a factory in the eastern state of Bihar as part of a contract expected to be signed in a month, a senior railways ministry official told AFP on Tuesday