KAPURTHALA: Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala has won Best
Production Unit Shield for exemplary performance during the year
2020-21. RCF will share this shield jointly with Banaras Locomotive
Works, Banaras for 66th National Railways Awards-2021. This coveted
felicitation comes second time for RCF, earlier being in 2013.
During 2020-21, RCF Kapurthala performed excellently in all
departments and the coach production stood at 1500 coaches . There was
a record increase in production of LHB coaches ( 1497 ) as compared to
previous year ( 928 ) thus registering an increase of 61% in LHB
production in the year 2020-21.
RCF rolled out new version of parcel coach (LVPH Mark -II) on
07.11.2020. by bringing some significant design changes and reducing
the tare weight of Mark-I by 03 tonnes.This coach is well endowed to
carry heavier parcel goods at faster speed thus imparting a new annexe
to parcel business. The new AC Three Tier Economy Class coach was
rolled out on 10.02.2021 from RCF incorporating many passenger
friendly innovations besides increasing the passenger capacity from
72 to 83 berths by introducing 11 additional berths. Also, while
fighting against COVID fear, RCF turned out Post Covid coaches during
the 2020-21 .
RCF resumed its production activities on 23.04.2020, when most of
the big industrial units of country were under lockdown.The resumption
of production within a month of nation-wide lockdown garnered interest
in the industrial units of the region. RCF thus, became a model of
industrial recovery in the region.Besides, RCF also excelled in other
fields too, significant being its footmark in digitization of office
working.
Sh Ashesh Agrawal , General Manager of RCF said that this award was
due to the untiring efforts and dedication of the RCF employees who
worked relentlessly for increasing the satisfaction quotient of the
passengers. He said that the RCF is all geared up to increase its
coach production during 2021-22 besides working on the design of
other coach variants . He announced a group award of Rs 50000/- for
RCF personals on this laudable achievement.