Observations:
There are 6 major workshops catering to overhauling of coaches and wagons, both for Central and Western Railway in Mumbai. These workshops are almost 100 year old. They employ around 25,000 people which in turn support almost 1 lakh people directly (assuming a family size of 4)
They occupy huge prime space in Central Mumbai. Run-down coaches (after every 12 months) and locomotives (after every 6 years) are brought in for over-hauling. These coaches and locomotives are stripped and generate large amount of scrap. New material is then brought for replacement, mostly from outside Mumbai. Thus, there is a huge amount of cross movement of material, consuming large amount of fuel and leading to congestion on the roads.
As these workshops are very old, their lay-outs are primitive, and productivity, extremely low. Railways are planning to spend almost 600 Crores to renovate these. This will only lead to spending "good money" after "bad money".
Suggestions:
What is required is: construction of modern workshops in areas that need industrialization and use this prime space for re-development from which Railways can easily generate 5,000 - 6,000 Crore rupees.
The new workshops can be developed along with township so that the staff / workers can be re-located. In case those who do not want to move out, they can be given VRS / option for employment of their children. This will be a WIN -WIN situation.
Almost 1 Lakh people would get re-located to a better quality of life. No more old dilapidated caches / locomotives will have to be stabled in the yards occupying huge spaces. It will increase line capacity and release space for maintenance and running of commuter trains.
This will help both Indian Railways to increase the productivity of their workshops and also help Mumbai in becoming a better place.
There are 6 major workshops catering to overhauling of coaches and wagons, both for Central and Western Railway in Mumbai. These workshops are almost 100 year old. They employ around 25,000 people which in turn support almost 1 lakh people directly (assuming a family size of 4)
They occupy huge prime space in Central Mumbai. Run-down coaches (after every 12 months) and locomotives (after every 6 years) are brought in for over-hauling. These coaches and locomotives are stripped and generate large amount of scrap. New material is then brought for replacement, mostly from outside Mumbai. Thus, there is a huge amount of cross movement of material, consuming large amount of fuel and leading to congestion on the roads.
As these workshops are very old, their lay-outs are primitive, and productivity, extremely low. Railways are planning to spend almost 600 Crores to renovate these. This will only lead to spending "good money" after "bad money".
Suggestions:
What is required is: construction of modern workshops in areas that need industrialization and use this prime space for re-development from which Railways can easily generate 5,000 - 6,000 Crore rupees.
The new workshops can be developed along with township so that the staff / workers can be re-located. In case those who do not want to move out, they can be given VRS / option for employment of their children. This will be a WIN -WIN situation.
Almost 1 Lakh people would get re-located to a better quality of life. No more old dilapidated caches / locomotives will have to be stabled in the yards occupying huge spaces. It will increase line capacity and release space for maintenance and running of commuter trains.
This will help both Indian Railways to increase the productivity of their workshops and also help Mumbai in becoming a better place.
1 comment:
Hey Priya... Good beginning to the blogosphere ! on a lighter note, do i detect a rly connection in the family behind the 2 articles ? hehe... wish u good luck and will be curious to find out whatz coming up (from which walk of life) in ur next article...
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