Railway Board Member (Infrastructure and Traction and Rolling Stock) Sanjeev Mittal visits RCF

Kapurthala, February 2, 2022: Shri Sanjeev Mittal, Member (Infrastructure and Traction & Rolling Stock), Railway Board, today visited Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala where on his arrival, he was greeted by General Manager of RCF, Shri. Ashesh Agrawal and other Senior Officers.
On arrival at RCF, Shri Mittal inspected the coach manufacturing processes in the workshop.  He examined various types of coaches being made by RCF viz, AC 3 Tier Economy Class, MEMU with 3 Phase Electrics, AC 2 Tier etc. He was also shown the mockup of Narrow Gauge Vistadome coach for Kalka Shimla Railways which was highly praised by Member (Infra & TRS). He also flagged off the second rake of Three Phase MEMU coaches (the first prototype had been flagged off on 27.11.2021). Later, Bhumi pujan of Vande Bharat Shed was held in his presence. Manufacturing of Vande Bharat trainsets is targeted for substantial production in next fiscal. Shri Mittal also inaugurated the Jig for manufacturing shell of Vande Bharat coaches at Shell Assembly Shop. He praised RCF infrastructure for speedy manufacturing of coaches and also gave valuable tips in the improvement of the processes. 
He held a purposeful meeting with General Manager and Senior officers on core issues pertaining to production output and manufacturing of new types of coaches and assured of giving full support from Railway Board. He complimented RCF for surpassing their previous record of 1500 LHB coaches in 2021-22 by January’22 itself. He also held a meeting with members of various unions/associations of RCF in which he stressed upon the importance of cordial relations between unions and administration and at the same time reaching out to them to cooperate in increasing the production of coaches.
Shri Mittal appreciated RCF’s contribution in making Indian Railways attuned to world standards and stressed upon RCF to work hard to conserve its apex position in designing and manufacturing. He applauded RCF for attaining silver category certification in International Railway Industry Standard last month, making it the only rail unit of India to be part of only 118 rail companies worldwide to have acquired the coveted silver performance certification. IRIS is a globally recognized system for the evaluation of business management systems, tailored to the specific needs of the rail sector. He advised RCF to follow the best practices to enhance its production as Railway Board is keen in RCF achieving even greater heights in terms of coach production.