NEW
DELHI:
Bombardier Transportation India has won the bid to produce rolling stock for the country’s first regional rapid rail corridor, the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut
Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).
“Bombardier emerged as the L1bidder in the tender, with its price bid of Rs 2,577 crore, which, among other costs, includes the procurement and maintenance cost of rolling stock for 15 years,” said an official at NCRTC.
Against the
Make in India bid requirement of at least 75% quantity to be mandatorily manufactured in India, the Canadian manufacturer of planes and trains offered to make 100% of the required rolling stock at its plant in Savli, Gujarat, using 83% local content, officials aware of the matter said.
“As the contract negotiations are still on-going, we cannot comment at this stage," a Bombardier spokesperson said in response to an email query from ET.