Pakistan Railways got nine new locomotives
Published: Fri, 2014-11-28 08:00Nine new engines imported from China were inducted recently into Pakistan Railways, Dunya News reported.Locomotives were inaugurated in a ceremony held in Karachi newly. It is first induction of new engines in PR in 13 years.
On the occasion, the government minister said Railways need four hundred more engines to revamp the department.
The agreement states that China will provide fifty eight engines by the end of this year and another consignment of twenty three engines will reach Pakistan shortly.
On the other hand, there is even some bad news in Pakistani rail business. The Pakistan Railways has suffered a loss of Rs 20 billion 82 crores due to the irregularities by the employees of the department.
According to a report of 2013-2014 by the Auditor General of Pakistan, Pakistan Railways has suffered a huge loss amounting to Rs 10.2 billion because of delay in repairing of the rolling stocks during the year 2012-2013.
Source: Dunya News