PM inaugurates made-in-India loco

1,200 Electric Locos To Be Built For ₹21,405 Crore At Dahod, Gujarat

- ADITI RAJA & DHEERAJ MISHRA

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi on Monday inaugurated the first 9,000 horsepower locomotive manufactured at the rolling stock workshop facility in Dahod. The locomotive, called D9, is the second-most powerful locomotive of the Indian Railways after the 12,000 horsepower WAG-12B.

Once "counted among the 100 backward districts in the country", Modi said Dahod now finds itself on the world map.

"Made in India locomotives from Dahod will also now be exported to various countries across the world... It will also generate employment in the tribal region and support ancillary industries," he said.