Railways scrap tender for Vande Bharat trains month after getting bids from Chinese JVindiaUpdated: Aug 21, 2020 23:33 ISTThe Indian Railways has cancelled its global tender issued for manufacturing 44 sets of semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains, the ministry of railways announced late on Friday. “Tender for manufacturing of 44 sets of semi high speed train set (Vande Bharat) has been cancelled. Indian Railways’ Integral Coach Factory, Chennai had floated a tender for manufacturing 44 rakes or train sets of semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains on July 10. The ambitious ‘Make in India’ project involves the manufacturing of 44 train sets comprising 16 coaches each for Vande Bharat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flagged off the maiden run of a Vande Bharat train on the New Delhi-Varanasi route on February 15, 2019.

Source: Hindustan Times August 21, 2020 17:50 UTC