PR to get 25 locomotives after Eid

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Pakistan assembles and overhauls tanks and airplanes. It cannot even make an engine for the Mushhak, let alone the Al-Khalid.

Dont show your stupidity here.. go s... somewhere else.

 

[ghoul]

Pakistan assembles and overhauls tanks and airplanes. It cannot even make an engine for the Mushhak, let alone the Al-Khalid.

Nah man, don't underestimate Pakistanis. And that's what I was thinking. We should be licensing technology from other countries, and assembling them in Pakistan. After all, the manufacturing industry makes hundreds of jobs.

We do.. Risalpur locomotive factory..

Railways to lease out Risalpur locomotive factory

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has decided to lease out its Risalpur factory to private sector to convert it into a modern, state-of-the-art locomotive manufacturing facility.
The main objective of the move is to manufacture 25 locomotives yearly for the Railways and to unitise any excess capacity for potential export opportunities, according to a project document made available to Dawn.

The private sector consortium would make an upfront payment of Rs1 billion to the Railways after signing of the concession agreement.

The private party would make investment through its own resources without any financial assistance from the locomotive factory or PR to make the plant a successful and self-sufficient unit. The private party would have no access to locomotive factory’s assets for securing financing for the project.

The locomotive factory in Risalpur was commissioned in 1993 at a cost of Rs2.28bn with the Japanese assistance. Spreading over 100 acres and with production capacity of 25 locomotives in single shift basis, the factory has so far manufactured 97 locomotives and rehabilitated another 26.
The factory has been running into losses with only 97 locomotives manufactured in 21 years instead of estimated 235 locomotives since January 1993.

The Railways has offered the factory to a private sector consortium through the Infrastructure Project Development Facility (IPDF) of the Ministry of Finance.

The factory will partner with the private sector by contributing land and its existing facilities as a form of equity, while the private party will be responsible for upgrading the factory and its operations.

The project would have a possible capacity to export products while still retaining the functions of fulfilling the local railway transportation demand and achieving high delegation levels for the industry.

The concession to private consortium would be for 25 years subject to a manufacturing capacity of at least 25 locomotives a year.

Official statistics showed that the Railways currently has 300 locomotives which are out of service, waiting major repairs. The government is arranging funding of Rs6.1 billion through a consortium of commercial banks for the rehabilitation of 66 held-up locomotives through PRACS.

Rehabilitation of 27 locomotives is being arranged through PSDP at a cost of Rs5.108bn for which an agreement has been signed with a US locomotive manufacturing enterprise.

Special repair of 150 locomotives to improve their reliability and performance was also being carried out through PSDP at a cost of Rs5.005bn. Under this initiative, 20 locomotives would be repaired in 2012-13 and 65 locomotives each in the next two years.

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) has already approved the procurement of 275 locomotives, and the delivery of first 50 locomotives will start from March 2014. PR has also submitted a proposal to Planning Commission for another 100 locomotives for approval by Ecnec.

The Railways has a total of 515 locomotives, out of which more than 300 are off-track for want of service. Since 2011, the number of locomotives available for use has reduced by an average of 10 locomotives a month. By June 2012, only eight locomotives were available for freight and 92 for passengers. As a result, PR revenue earnings have drastically fallen by 25 per cent.

The worst crisis of the Railways is evident from the fact that the passenger traffic which was 230 trains a day has been reduced to 92 trains daily, while the number of freight trains has dropped from 96 to merely one per day.

Good news. Pakistani entrepreneurs should focus on manufacturing instead of services imo.

 

[Sandeep Das]

What was Pakistan's share in Railways after Partition?

How many locomotive factories? Wheel factories? Axels etc

 

[VCheng]

Dont show your stupidity here.. go s... somewhere else.

The Mushhak uses a Lycoming engine. The al-Khalid uses a Ukranian engine.

 

[Mike_Brando]

India has 12 locomotive factories. All functional.

You make JF 17. Cant make a train engine. ( I assume coaches can be made in Pakistan )

Here comes the newly certified troll!Now shoo off,people are discussing serious matter here.Go and troll somewhere else..

 

[Bilal.]

Pakistan assembles and overhauls tanks and airplanes. It cannot even make an engine for the Mushhak, let alone the Al-Khalid.

Wrong we are manufacturing tanks. Yes certain crucial components like engine and transmission are yet to be indeginized but most parts are locally manufactured.

 

[VCheng]

Nah man, don't underestimate Pakistanis. And that's what I was thinking. We should be licensing technology from other countries, and assembling them in Pakistan. After all, the manufacturing industry makes hundreds of jobs.

I do not underestimate, and not overestimate either, the abilities. I tell it like it is. Not every technology is available for transfer easily.

 

[ghoul]

The Mushhak uses a Lycoming engine. The al-Khalid uses a Ukranian engine.

Engines are one of the hardest technologies to master. I think even India just mastered it recently as a comparison.

I do not underestimate, and not overestimate either, the abilities. I tell it like it is. Not every technology is available for transfer easily.

Realism is a good outlook at life, but it is hope and optimism which is keeping Pakistan alive. Not a lot of countries would manage a 3%+ growth rate with energy crisis, terrorism, non existent tourism and wide scale corruption.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

What was Pakistan's share in Railways after Partition?

How many locomotive factories? Wheel factories? Axels etc

None.. no ordinance factories,no locomotive factories nothing.. except 1 useless jute mill and a shitty textile mill wothout equipment..

India had 18-22 ordinance factories alone.. inherited..

The Mushhak uses a Lycoming engine. The al-Khalid uses a Ukranian engine.

Turkeys altay uses a german power plant... Indias arjun uses a foriegn power plant... and so on.. just because engines are foriegn doesnt make it an "assembled" product... dont be a ignorant fool.

 

[Jango]

IMO the only guy in the current cabinet who can really do some work and not fool around in Khwaja Saad rafique.

THis guy can turn the railways around....he ain't corrupt.

 

[Bilal.]

Additionally, HMC has some railway related manufacturing capacity too:

HMC - PRODUCTS RANGE

Interestingly they can manufacture pressures vessels too

 

[ghoul]

IMO the only guy in the current cabinet who can really do some work and not fool around in Khwaja Saad rafique.

THis guy can turn the railways around....he ain't corrupt.

Ahsan Iqbal and Qadir Baloch are also good. The bad eggs are Nawaz himself, his daamaad, and Hanif Abbassi. I'm neutral about the Khwaja Asif guy.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

IMO the only guy in the current cabinet who can really do some work and not fool around in Khwaja Saad rafique.

THis guy can turn the railways around....he ain't corrupt.

I hate the guy... "bazari londa"..

 

[ziaulislam]

Can Pakistan even make sewing needles, let alone locomotives? Assembly is not manufacture.

yes we make sewing needles, infact i just brought a few in newyork that were made in Pakistan and jersey too

 

[khail007]

Can Pakistan even make sewing needles, let alone locomotives? Assembly is not manufacture.

Sir, no offense, you are an elite member of this forum. Your thinking should be encouraging. The dilemma of Pakistan is that we don't have a mature leadership. Every few years and the peoples choose stooges to govern them - Democracy. The leaders we choose all have properties and bank accounts outside the borders of Pakistan and still the foolish peoples chose them.

The constitution is to be amended that following categories should barred from serving public offices/institute of Pakistan including Judiciary:

• Dual nationals
• Property holder Ex-Pakistan
• Bank account holder Ex-Pakistan

Just these conditions and 80% of the mess will be cleared. May Allah (SWT) bless Pakistan and save it from such demons (Ameen).