[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Railways has bagged an Rs 680-crore export order to supply modern locomotives and train sets to Sri Lanka. It is among the largest such orders for a public transporter.
The contract is for the supply, over the next two years, of 10 broad gauge diesel locomotives and 6 diesel multiple units (DMU) train sets equipped with state-of-the-art technology. It will be funded under the Indian Line of Credit to Sri Lanka announced in 2011.
RITES, which is also the export arm of the Railways, has been facilitating rail infrastructure development in neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, the release added.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
