CAG criticises govt for awarding diesel locomotive factory contract to GE
The Ministry of Railways proposed setting up of diesel locomotive manufacturing unit at Marhowra, Bihar in September 2006. The contract was awarded to M/S GE Global Sourcing India Pvt. Ltd. in November 2015 for setting up a diesel locomotive manufacturing unit along with maintenance depot at Roza and Gandhidham.
The CAG report has said that the diesel locomotive unit being built by American manufacturer General Electric in Marhowra, Bihar, doesn't go with the Indian Railways' vision of large-scale electrification. Representational image, source: DNA