Title - Sonepat RCF to roll out 1,000 coaches annually: Minister

Karnal:
The Rs 2,200-crore rail coach factory (RCF) to be set up at Sonepat would start with 400 coaches annually and roll out 1,000 coaches when fully commissioned, Minister of state for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said today.Chowdhary, who was here to lay the foundation stone of a railway under-bridge at Gharaunda, said the rail coach factory would come up on 500 acres and the Haryana Government had expressed its willingness to provide 370 acres “free of cost” for the project.The under-bridge would be a boon for the population of 60 villages which was facing closure of the highway at the railway crossing every 10 minutes with over 100 trains running on this track.The minister said plans were being worked out to extend the Delhi Metro to the National Capital Region (NCR) and Meerut. Terming the Bihar rail tragedy as unfortunate, he said that an inquiry committee has been constituted to probe the incident.Chowdhury said such underbridges would be constructed at other busy places in the state to reduce the number of accidents on railway crossings.