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New Delhi:On Tuesday the heavy industries minister Anant Geete said that the government is working on a collaboration model under which the CPSU Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd (BHEL) with four other foreign firms to set metro coach development facility in the country .In which BHEL will have a 20% stake in the project while four foreign firm will have majority of stake. Like other countries in the world .India has also embarked on electrifying its transport sector .The best example of this could been seen through recent achievement of Mumbai which has got 80 electric buses under FAME (Faster Adaptation and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India) scheme of phase 1, Nagpur has set up India’s first electric vehicle charging station. [caption id="attachment_14392" align="alignnone" width="300"] Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete emphasis on development of electric vehicle in India.[/caption] So to obtain 100% electric mobility in India we need...

New Delhi: State-run engineering firm BHEL today said that it has entered into an agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (KHI), Japan, to produce stainless steel coaches and bogies for metro rail. "To this effect, the Technology Collaboration Agreement was signed by Amitabh Mathur, Director (IS&P), BHEL and Makoto Ogawara, Senior Vice President, KHI in the presence of Atul Sobti, Chairman and Managing Director, BHEL and Yoshinori Kanehana, President, KHI," BHEL said in a statement. According to the statement, the agreement covers establishing state-of-the-art design, engineering and manufacturing facilities at BHEL, India, using Japanese technology. It will also entitle BHEL for technology advances and upgrades. BHEL has been a steady partner in the growth of Indian Railways for over 50 years by supplying electric as well as diesel locomotives, EMUs, and propulsion system sets and drives for the same. Kolkata Metro, the first metro in India, is equipped with BHEL-ma...