On Monday 23rd June, Indian railways answered questions on the issues concerning the German manufacturer Siemens providing a locomotive project of 9,000 horsepower with an output of 9,000 horsepower by explanations of the bidding procedure carried out in 2022.
Indian National Congress (Inc) on Monday questioned Indian railways during the process by which £The manufacturer was awarded 26,000 Railway Agreement of the Crore, while claiming that the PTI news agency said.
The leader of the Brijendra Singh congress raised an alleged problem with conflict of interest, because the Minister of the Union’s railway Ashwini Vaishnaw was formerly vice president of Siemens India, the same company that acquired the railway agreement.
“It sounds more about the fact that the current Minister of the Union, Ashwini Vaishnaw, was in the past vice president of Siemens India in the past. Previously he was employed in the transport of Siemens and GE, a company that confirmed interests in the Indian railway sector in the Indian railway sector,” Singh said.
The opposition party demanded a parliamentary investigation of the contract, while Indian railways rejected this accusation by calling it “misleading” according to the agency report.
“This raises a direct question of conflict of interest, especially because Siemens has secured his biggest contract in India for his term of office as a minister of railway. Is it a coincidence or a clear case of conflict of interest?” Singh was quoted in the report.
Rail explanation
The Ministry of Railway issued an official statement that ensured the public that the offer for the Dahoda locomotive with 9,000 horsepower was carried out transparently.
“The offer for production and maintenance of 9,000 hp electric locomotives has been made in a transparent way. There are two manufacturers of electric locomotives around the world who have the ability to design and produce 9,000 hp electric locomotives – Alstom and Siemens – both participated in the bid procedure.”
The Ministry also stated that the offer of the offer was evaluated by a team of technical and financial experts, with regard to processes required in Indian railways.
“The price discovered by this transparent method is highly competitive. The contract is according to the documents on the bidding procedure. There is no change in the bid conditions,” he said in the edition.
The Ministry rejected the claims on the conflict of the interests of Congress and stated that there is no involvement of the Minister of Railways in the process of evaluation of the bid procedure.
“There is no role in the process of evaluation of the selection procedure,” the Ministry of Railway said in the edition.
The Ministry also stated that almost 89 percent of the ingredients used in the production of 9,000 horsepower locomotives and maintenance will be carried out in four railway depots, namely Visakhapatnam, Raipur, KharaGPur and Pune.
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