EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Our Founder and Managing Editor Mr Narendra Shah had a brief conversation with Mr Rakesh Gaur, President of Railway Division at Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited.
Here are some excerpts from the conversation:Narendra Shah - How do you take your association with the firm? What are your responsibilities here in your company? Please also tell something about your works? Rakesh Gaur - I am the President for Kalpataru's Railway Division and I am accountable for Group Railway Business globally. My association with the firm is 2 year old and I am with the industry for more than 30 years. We execute all kinds of Railway projects and we operate with Indian Railways especially in the domain of Electrification, Signaling and Telecommunication, Traction Sub Stations and Composite Track jobs, track modifications, gauge conversion, major and minor bridges, Station building and associated works like Platform etc. Narendra Shah -What do you think about the condition of the power sector in India when it comes to Railways and Metros? What are the future perspectives ahead in this business?
Rakesh Gaur President of Railway Division at Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited.
Rakesh Gaur - The power sector in India is in a very good shape in terms of stability and capability. We have a very stable Grid. But, if we see it in context of Indian Railways, we are going to electrify approximately 68,000 Route KM (RKM. If we electrify the complete 68,000 RKMs we will have approximately 1000 Traction substations, 4000 switching posts and around 2000 feeders will come in for Railway connectivity and it will require connectivity at various grid levels of different electricity boards. In terms of power consumption, 2% of Country’s total power generation is generally consumed by Indian Railways. They are the largest consumer of power and consume 85% for traction works, and 15% for amenities, station works and other non-traction works. At present, since the complete network is not electrified and the electrification is done for only 42000 RKM, diesel is also being consumed on un-electrified routes METRO RAIL NEWS | January 2020 | WWW.METRORAILNEWS.IN
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