(a) whether there is a plan to establish a wagon factory at the identified patch of land in village Sitalapalli of Ganjam district and another wagon maintenance workshop in Kalahandi district of Odisha;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be started; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) to (c) Wagon factory has been sanctioned at Sitapalli, Odisha. However, the existing wagon manufacturing capacity including both private and public sector units is adequate to meet the current demand for new wagons based on traffic projections. As a result, setting up of this wagon factory could not be started.
As regards new wagon maintenance workshop at Kalahandi, such facilities are planned based on operational requirements. Presently, no such facility is planned in the State of Odisha.
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