Maruti Suzuki India information the highest-ever dispatch in a monetary yr as far as the auto main ships 2.33 lakh models of vehicles through Indian Railways final fiscal, a senior firm official mentioned. The firm’s dispatch in 2021-22 was 23 % up from 1.89 lakh models it transported utilizing Railways in the 2020-21 monetary yr. Cumulatively, the auto main has transported near 11 lakh vehicles through Indian Railways in the final eight years, serving to keep away from over 4,800 MT of carbon dioxide emissions.
The transfer has helped save over 1,56,000 truck journeys and over 174 million liters of gas. “Railway logistics offers a significant potential over road logistics to lower carbon footprint and reduce road congestion. Over the years we have consciously increased the share of car dispatches from our factory to dealers using railways,” MSI Executive Director Rahul Bharti informed PTI in an interplay. From round 66,000 models in 2014-15, it has reached an all-time excessive of 2.33 lakh models in 2021-22, he famous.
“To further increase the share, we are taking several steps. As an industry-first initiative, we have formed joint ventures with the governments of Gujarat and Haryana to set up in-plant railway sidings at Hansalpur and Manesar manufacturing plants,” Bharti mentioned. The firm stays dedicated to rising its share of rail transportation from the present degree of 15 %, he mentioned.
Realising the environmental advantages, the auto main mentioned it has labored with Indian Railways to extend using rail transport for car dispatch. Among a number of different advantages, railway transportation helped the corporate attain its prospects in Southern and North-Eastern states a lot sooner, it added.
The firm said that throughout the interval, Indian Railways prolonged immense assist with operational logistics like environment friendly rake availability and precedence transit en route. MSI was the nation’s first vehicle producer to acquire an Automobile Freight Train Operator (AFTO) license in 2013.
This license allowed the corporate to manufacture and function high-speed, high-capacity auto-wagon rakes on the Indian Railways community. The firm has 41 railway rakes, with a capability of over 300 vehicles per rake.
Currently, MSI makes use of six loading terminals throughout Delhi-NCR and Gujarat (Gurgaon, Farukhnagar, Kathuwas, Patli, Detroj, and Chharodi) and 16 vacation spot terminals (Bangalore, Nagpur, Mumbai, Guwahati, Mundra Port, Indore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Farukhnagar, Siliguri, Coimbatore, Pune, Agartala, and Silchar).
With the addition of Agartala (in 2019) and Silchar (in 2021), vehicles dispatched for North-Eastern states now attain in almost eight days. This is 50 % sooner than street transportation, which might usually take 16 days, MSI famous.Â
(With inputs from PTI)
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