Alstom to set up Rs 20k-cr Bihar unit to make 800 high-power locomotives

Phase-I of the facility, to produce India's most powerful locomotives, may be completed by September

French mobility equipment manufacturer Alstom expects the first phase of its Rs 20,000-crore electric locomotive manufacturing facility, which will manufacture 800 super high-power locomotives, in Madhepura, Bihar, to be ready by September this year.

The company, which is currently exporting rail solutions to Australia from India, is now looking at exports to the Middle East, said Bharat Salhotra, managing director for transport operations at Alstom in India and South Asia.

"The factory is under construction and phase one is expected to be ready by September of the current year. We should be rolling out the first locomotive from the plant