(a) the details of the railway workshops under the various railway zones as on date;
(b) whether the Government are aware that the Matunga, Parel and Kurdwadi workshops are on the verge of closure;
(a) whether other railway workshops are also meeting with the similar fate; and
(d) if so, the action plan being prepared for proposed to be prepared by the Government for the renovation of railway workshops particularly Kurdwadi, Matunga and Parel workshops ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH)
(a) A statement is attached.
(b) No, Sir. These shops are not at the verge of closure.
(c) No, Sir.
(d) Does not arise.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.108 BY SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE TO BE ANSWERED ON 24-02-2000 REGARDING RENOVATION OF RAILWAY WORKSHOPS.
(a) : Indian Railway system is divided in nine zones. The list of workshops on these railway zones is as follows :
Mechanical repair workshops:
Central Railway- Parel, Kurduwadi, Matunga, Kurla, Jhansi, and Bhopal. Eastern Railway-Jamalpur, Kanchrapara(Loco), Kanchrapara(Carriage) and Lilluah. Northern Railway-Charbagh, Alambagh, Jagadhari, Amritsar, Kalka, Jodhpur and Bikaner. North Eastern Railway-Gorakhpur, Izatnagar and Samastipur. Northeast Frontier Railway-Dibrugarh, New Bongaigaon and Tindharia. Southern Railway-Perambur(Loco), Perambur(Carriage & Wagon), Golden Rock and Mysore. South Central Railway-Lallaguda, Hubli, Guntapalli and Tirupati. South Eastern Railway-Kharagpur, Nagpur, Raipur and Mancheswar. Western Railway-Dahod, Parel&Mahalaxmi, Ajmer(Loco), Ajmer(Carriage), Kota, Junagarh, Bhavnagar and Pratapnagar.
Civil Engineering workshops :
Central railway - Manmad Eastern Railway - Mughal sarai Northern Railway - Jallandhar, Lucknow North Eastern Railway - Gorakhpur N. F. Railway - Bongaigaon Southern Railway - Arakkonam South Central Railway - Sini South Eastern Railway - Lalaguda Western Railway - Sabarmati
Signal & Telecom workshops :
Central railway - Byculla Eastern Railway - Howrah Northern Railway - Ghaziabad North Eastern Railway - Gorakhpur N. F. Railway - Pandu Southern Railway - Podanur South Central Railway - Mettiguda South Eastern Railway - Kharagpur Western Railway - Sabarmati, Ajmer
Electrical Engineering Workshops:
Central Railway - Bhusawal, Nasik Northern Railway - Dayabasti (New Delhi)