Indian Railways' Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Builds 250 Locomotives In Record Time In 2020

Indian Railways’ locomotive manufacturing factory Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) stepped up its productions to a record high in 2020, Financial Express reports.

The CML’s pace of manufacturing visibly picked up as the country crawled out of the Covid-19 lockdown months. 100 locomotives were constructed in 102 working days by 8 September 2020. Going ahead, the next 50 locomotives were created in 27 working days by 13 October.

Thereafter, the following set of 50 locomotives was made in 30 working days by 23 November whereas the factory took 29 working days to manufacture 50 more locomotives. Hence, the final target of 250 locomotives was reached in 188 working days on 29 December 2020.