Ms Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister on 28 May 2012, laid the foundation stone for an Electric Loco Component factory and inaugurated a Diesel Loco Component factory at Dankuni in the Hooghly district of the State.
The diesel loco factory will manufacture components for diesel locomotives built at Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi.
Besides, work on 15 other rail projects, including two projects at Budge Budge, Metro Railway Rehabilitation Centre at Noapara, Rs 1,000 crore railway factory at Kanchrapara, projcts at Haldia, Siliguri and Cooche Behar and an industrial park at Jellingham will be completed shortly.