Railways to float tender worth Rs 25,000 crore to buy wagons
The Ministry of Railways intends to acquire approximately 60,000 additional wagons. As per updates, the ministry would float a tender worth Rs 25,000 crore for the same soon. Ministry is expected to initiate the tendering process for the procurement of the wagons, including a potential 10,000 wagons made of aluminum, between July and September.
These new tenders would be a part of the government's plans to deploy more than 1 lakh wagons in the coming years to increase freight loading to 2,000 million tonnes (MT) by 2024-25.
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