Another Step Towards Strengthening Railway Infrastructure In Bihar

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology laid the foundation stone for the project of wagon POH capacity augmentation at Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop.

Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Mr. Samrat Choudhary, Dy. Chief Minister of Bihar and Mr. Vijay Kumar Sinha, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar present on the occasion.

Hon’ble Union Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology, Mr. Ashwini Vaishnaw reached Patna on his visit to Bihar where he met Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar Mr. Nitish Kumar today on 23.05.2025 and discussed on the issue of ongoing railway projects in Bihar.

During his visit to Bihar, Hon’ble Railway Minister Mr. Ashwini Vaishnaw conducted window trailing inspection between Patna to Jamalpur and gave necessary instructions to the officials. Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairy Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh and Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar Mr. Samrat Chaudhary and Mr. Vijay Kumar Sinha were also present with him during his visit to Bihar.

After reaching Jamalpur, Hon’ble Minister Mr. Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected Jamalpur station and inspected the redevelopment work at a cost of Rs. 30 crore and gave necessary instructions to the officials.

In another bonanza for fresh impetus in the form of Rs. 78.96 crore towards development of Jamalpur Workshop, Mr. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology laid the foundation stone for the project of Wagon POH capacity augmentation at Jamalpur Workshop. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Mr. Samrat Choudhary, Dy. Chief Minister of Bihar and Mr. Vijay Kumar Sinha, Dy. Chief Minister of Bihar were also present on the occasion.

On arriving at the Jamalpur Workshop, Hon’ble Union Minister for Railways, Mr. Vaishnaw along with the other ministers and dignitaries visited different shops like wagon manufacturing shop and crane shop. At Wagon Manufacturing Shop, the Minister inspected manufacturing of BOXN Wagons, BLCS wagons and Brake Van having provision of toilets, manufactured at Jamalpur Workshop. At the Crane Shop, Hon’ble Minister inspected newly manufactured 140 tons crane, 8-wheeler tower car and Jamalpur Jack which are the icons of this Workshop. While at the Workshop, the Union Railway Minister got warm welcome by the staff of the Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop.

Afterward, the Union Railway Minister visited IRIMEE Jamalpur where he released a booklet titled “Centre of Excellence” containing detailed development scheme on different branches of engineering like Welding, Pneumatics, Hydraulics & Mechatronics. The book contains the action plans on these four subjects to develop the infrastructure, training facility at this prestigious training centre for engineers at IRIMEE, Jamalpur. This endeavor contains an investment plan of Rs. 350 crore for development of the whole area.

Hon’ble Minister during his inspection said – Under the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, the development of Bihar reflects to the giant leap in budgetary allocation for Railways in Bihar of about Rs.1000 crore a decade ago to the present-day budgetary allocation for railways to the tune of Rs.10,000 crore. Moreover, there are many other in the anvil for the development of Bihar like redevelopment of 98 stations and other Railway projects worth Rs. 1,00,000 crore. The Railway Minister informed that, 1832 km of new track has been laid in Bihar and 34000 km of Railway track laid all over India in the last 10 years. Electrification has been completed over 50,000 km. Electrification of Railways has also reduce the dependence on oil imports.

Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying appreciated the Union Railway Minister for his micro-level thinking and for driving development through a holistic approach.

Mr. Samrat Choudhary, Dy. Chief Minister of Bihar and Mr. Vijay Kumar Sinha, Dy. Chief Minister of Bihar speaking on the occasion, expressed their thanks for the Railways contribution towards the development in Bihar.

With the laying of foundation stone for of the project for wagon POH Augmentation at Jamalpur Locomotive workshop, the wagon overhauling capacity per month will be increased progressively. This capacity enhancement project will be executed at a cost of about Rs 79 crore. This will lead to improvement in turnaround time, increase in availability of wagon & improvement in operation.

Mr. Pranav Kumar, Hon’ble MLA, Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Hon’ble MLA, Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Hon’ble MLA, Mr. Lal Mohan Gupta, MLC and General Manager of East Central Railway, Mr. Chhatrasal Singh, General Manager of Eastern Railway, Mr. Milind Deouskar and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.