Question : EXPANSION OF JAMALPUR DIESEL SHED

(a) whether large scale maintenance and repair work of D.E.M.U passenger trains is carried out in Jamalpur Diesel Shed under Malda Division of Eastern Railway;

(b) if so, the number of D.E.M.U. trains, the maintenance of which is done every month in this shed;

(c) the number of routes on which the D.E.M.U. train repaired in Jamalpur Diesel Shed is plied;

(d) whether the Government has received any proposal from Eastern Railways for overall expansion of Jamalpur Diesel Shed; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the time by which approval is likely to be accorded to the proposal?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS(SHRI R. VELU )

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. Presently, 14 Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit (D.E.M.U.) consisting of 14 driving coaches and 34 trailing coaches are based at Jamalpur for maintenance and repair work.

#10 pairs of passenger trains run over East Central Railway with Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit (D.E.M.U.) rakes.
# Each rake is given monthly maintenance at Jamalpur as per prescribed schedules. In addition, higher schedules are also done as per arising.
# The weekly maintenance and the trip maintenance are given over East Central Railway.

(c): The Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit (D.E.M.U.) trains maintained at Jamalpur Diesel Shed ply in 5 sections of East Central Railway namely Patna-Digha, Bakhtiarpur-Rajgir, Fatuha, Islampur, Mokama-Beghusarai and Patna-Mokama-Kiul sections.

(d) & (e): A proposal for infrastructural development for maintenance facilities of Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit (D.E.M.U.), was received. However, the proposal has not been adopted, as it suffers from operational demerits.