CAG questions need for GE's diesel locomotive manufacturing unit in Bihar

The diesel locomotives procured under this agreement would have no scope for productive utilisation in the Indian Railway network in future, CAG said in its report

In a major blow to General Electric’s (GE’s) plan to come up with a diesel locomotive manufacturing unit at Marhowra in Bihar, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Friday came out with its report that stated the project was not “in sync with the overall strategic vision of Railways”.

Diesel locomotives procured under this agreement would have no scope for productive utilisation in the Indian Railways network in future, CAG said in its report. The Railways themselves had decided to significantly reduce in-house production of diesel locomotives at Varanasi from 2019-20, it added. Hence, setting up a new infrastructure for