Shri Arun Arora, General Manager, Eastern Railway visited Jamalpur Workshop, also held a press conference at Jamalpur. While addressing the press and media, Shri Arora revealed the best-ever achievement of Jamalpur Workshop.
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The account of which is as follows:
- The Periodical Over Hauling (POH) outturn of Jamalpur Workshop has been increased by 11% and this workshop has done POH of even 703 wagons per month, which is highest in a month.
- Jamalpur Workshop is manufacturing 5 types of wagons and having sufficient supply for 2 years. In the FY 2022-23, Jamalpur Workshop is going to manufacture the highest number of wagons in the last 5 years. It is also projected that during March ’23, 100 wagons in a month will be manufactured.
- Jamalpur Workshop is manufacturing 6 numbers of 140T Crane every year which is an excellent performance. The workshop is also supplying 4 Nos. of 140T Crane to DFCCIL and one number to SAIL.
- Jamalpur Workshop has been entrusted with new works like manufacturing of 8-Wheeler Tower Cars and POH of High Horse Power Locomotives.
- The Workshop has reduced the POH cost by 11.5 % during 2022-23. The Workshop is also installing a Solar Power Plant to reduce Carbon Foot Print. By the end of 2023-24, Carbon Foot Print will be reduced from 8198 MT to 2810 MT which will be approximately 2/3rd of the earlier Carbon Foot Print.
- Extension of many shops and commissioning of modern machines is being done to meet the higher productivity requirement in future.
- During the visit at Jamalpur Workshop, the General Manager thoroughly inspected different units & sub-units and facilities at the workshop and appreciated the maintenance and developmental works carried out at this historical workshop in recent years.
- From beautification to performance, from environment care to manufacturing excellence, in every aspect Jamalpur Workshop has shown outstanding feats.
The details of which are as follows:
- Garden in front of the Administrative Building is beautifully maintained by displaying artefacts made from scraps and old heritage equipment. Also, a message about green energy is being displayed.
- The Workshop has developed a beautiful new heritage museum named “DHARA”. Heritage wall clocks and photographs depicting the history of Jamalpur, are beautifully displayed. Books more than 100 years old are kept in the museum.
- DFCCIL has placed an order for supply of 4 nos. of 140T cranes. Third crane in this series has been handed over to DFCCIL.
- Jamalpur Workshop has done extension of Wagon Repair Shop-4 for additional berthing of 12 wagons. This will result in an increase in wagon POH by approx. 50 numbers per month.
- The Workshop has developed the State-of-Art CTRB Overhauling Section which has all the modern machines and equipment for reliable maintenance of CTRB.
- The Workshop has also developed a very modern DV Overhauling Section which has 3 numbers of Computerised Test Benches.
- An old BST Shop which was earlier used for manufacturing of Rolling Stock Components has been modified for manufacturing of wagons. This project has been executed in a very short period. The Workshop’s effort is praiseworthy.
- The work of installing 3.7 MWP Solar Power Plant on PPP Model, is in full swing and expected to be completed by June, 2024. This will reduce Carbon foot Print of the Workshop upto a great extent.
- Flagging off of 5 Types of wagons manufactured at Jamalpur workshop had been done.
- A new double storey building along with a meeting room has been set up for better coordination and record keeping of Wagon POH. The power supply in the building is being catered through solar energy which is a good initiative.
- Shri Arun Arora, General Manager/Eastern Railway also visited the TA Camp at Jamalpur, built for accommodation of trainee JCOs at Territorial Army Camp. For this camp a double storeyed building has been constructed to accommodate a higher number of trainees.
Source: Eastern Railway- Press Release | Images Credit: Eastern Railway
