Kapurthala's Rail Coach Factory sets a new record

Jalandhar, November 3

The Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, has been constantly setting new records in coach production. After delivering highest Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches in July and September, this production unit has achieved another milestone of record per day (LHB out-turn of 5.88 coaches) in October 2020.

Rajinder Singh, Senior Publicity Inspector, Rail Coach Factory, said, “Due to Covid-19, the world is facing a sharp decline in industrial growth, but the RCF has substantially enhanced coach production. We have converted this setback to an opportunity.”

He said, “Regardless of suppressed resources of manpower and supply chain in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the RCF managed to enhance its production growth constantly in the last few months. This constant outturn growth is more vital as it has proven a counter reply to industrial retardation arisen due to contagion.”

Notably, in the financial year 2020-21, the RCF had been producing LHB variants requiring more production time compared to conventional ones. But still the RCF has kept on achieving comparatively improved outturn. In the first seven months, the RCF produced 751 coaches. The staff believes that production escalation has also brought continuous growth of ancillary industries and generation of local employment. — TNS