Hyderabad: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said production at the upcoming rail coach factory in Kazipet, Telangana, would begin next year.
Vaishnaw, who visited the unit in Kazipet, about 130 km from Hyderabad, added that the facility is a mega, state-of-the-art factory being built with an investment of Rs 500 crore.
Coaches, engines, and other components can be manufactured at the unit, which has been designed to support multiple types of railway manufacturing, said the Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology.
“Production of railway coaches in Kazipet will commence in 2026,” he announced. Vaishnaw also revealed that 150 locomotives would soon be exported from Kazipet, and in the future, the factory would also manufacture metro coaches.
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy remarked that the Kazipet Railway Coach Factory was the result of a 40-year struggle.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi sanctioned the establishment of a railway wagon, coach, and engine manufacturing unit here,” he said. Reddy also mentioned that 40 railway stations in the state are being modernised.
Addressing another long-pending demand, Kishan Reddy stated, “Warangal should have already had an airport. We have repeatedly asked the previous KCR government for land for the airport. We are now asking the current government about land acquisition for the same.”
