7th RaiIndia Conference and Expo 7th edition was held on 27th Oct 2023 and a presentation was made on "Opportunities in Railway Construction - development/operations of railway infrastructure. This was held at Shangri-La Eros New Delhi and the theme was Next Gen Railways: Smart, Safe and Sustainable....

1. Opportunities in Railway Construction –
Development/Operations of Infrastructures…
by
Rajesh Prasad
Director (Operations)
27.10.2023

2. Scope
• About Indian Rly. and RVNL – A ‘Navratna’ PSU
• Growth Story of RVNL – creating large opportunities . .
• Developments, Challenges and Opportunities. . .
• Vision of Indian Railways
• NewIndia @75
• National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)
• PM GatiShakti Plan
• National Rail Plan
• Green Initiative
• National Logistic Policy 2022
• Vision 2047
• Flagship Projects by RVNL
• 3D approach in Turnkey Workshop Projects
• Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP)
• Opportunities galore . . .

3. Railway Infrastructure in India
 4th largest Railway Network in the world.
 Total Network of 68,103 route kilometer (RKM)
 First Passenger Train : 1853
 Total 7349 nos. of Stations
 In 2022-23, IR loaded 1512 million tonnes of freight traffic.
 CAPEX in Indian Railways 2022-23: INR 2452 billion & 2023-24
plan: INR 2652 billion (14% higher)
 Approx. 13,313 passenger trains carry more than 2.3 crore
passengers daily (nearly equal to the population of Australia).

4. RAIL VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED (a Navratna PSU)
National Railway Vikas Yojna - Announced by Hon’ble Sh. A B Vajpayee
 Incorporated as a PSU on 24-1-2003.
 Began operations in 2005.
 Granted ‘Navratna’ status on 01st May, 2023.
 15500+ Km Railway Infrastructure commissioned.
 Contributes 30% of total Indian Rly infrastructure each year.
 Evolved in to one of the government’s major Capex spender – 1.3 lakh core
cumulative expenditure.
 MOU Ratings – “Excellent for last 12 years”
 CARE Rating AAA with outlook “STABLE”

5.  Employer entity of Ministry of Railways.
 “Concept to commissioning” - FLS, DPR, Plans & GADs, Land, Commissioning.
 Innovative execution model - excellent contract management practices.
 Evolved in to one of the government’s biggest Capex spender and now Govt.
desires to more from #LocalRailInfra to #GlobalAllInfra.
 Mandated to constitute Project specific SPVs….and successfully commissioned.
 100 % dedicated to IR and now Govt. has also asked to have presence in all kinds
of Infrastructure and not limited to India.
RVNL
Path breaking effort in Railway Infrastructure ………

6. Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Posted on 03 May 2023

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Success story of RVNL . . . TURN OVER and PAT
* 10 times in last 10 years
** 14 times in last 12 years
All time
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8. New Railway line/Gauge Conversion/Doubling
Commissioning of 1042 km of NL and DL thus crossing 1000 km bench mark for 2nd year in row.
All time
High

9. PROJECTS COMMISSIONED
S. NO. HEADS UPTO 31.03.2023
(km)
No. of Projects
1. New Line (NL) 589.29 5
2. Gauge Conversion (GC) 2095.83 10
3. Doubling (DL) 5670 54
4. Railway Electrification (RE) 7106.05 35
5. Metropolitan Transport Project 73.1 1
TOTAL 15,534.27
6. RE as part of Doubling/GC/NL 3818.89
7. Workshop projects (Nos.) 17
8. Cable Stayed Bridge (No.) 1
9. Others 17
140 nos. of project fully commissioned and handed over to I.Rly. for operations.

10. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL)
Subsidiary SPV’s
Kutch Railway Company Ltd. (KRCL)
(50.00%) - Commissioned
HSRC Infra Services Limited (100%)
Krishnapatnam Railway Company Ltd. (KPRCL)
(49.76%) - Commissioned
Bharuch Dahej Railway Corporation Ltd. (BDRCL)
(35.46%) - Commissioned
Haridaspur Paradeep Railway Company Ltd. (HPRCL)
(30.00%) - Commissioned
Angul Sukinda Railway Ltd. (ASRL)
(32.87%)- Commissioned
RVNL promoted SPVs
to attract private participation in railway infrastructure
 Rs. 1,04,031 crore revenue generated for Indian
Railways without any additional investment.
 Equity contribution of Rs. 1238.86 crore at a total
project cost of Rs. 12,242 crore.

11. Share Price and Market capitalization as on 20.10.2023
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Jun-23 Jul-23 Aug-23 Sep-23
20.10.
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RVNL 33.65 32.4 30 30.95 32.9 33.7 40 74.1 68.25 76.1 57.45 68.6 107.55 120 121.9 124.1 131.05 169.45 168.25
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RVNL
Market capitalization
During Listing (Apr-2019) 3960 CRORE INR
20.10.2023 35112 CRORE INR
9 times increase in 4.5 years.
Paid up share capital : Rs. 2085 crore
IPO:-12.16% April 2019, OFS 1:- 9.64% March 2021, OFS 2:- 5.36% July 2023
168.25

12.  Uni-gauge
 100% Railway Electrification
 Green Transport
 Connecting unconnected areas
 Station Development
 Safety कवच
Vision of Indian Railways

13. The collective efforts of 1.25
billion Indians is transforming
the country. The Union
Government is an active
partner in the people’s quest
for building a New India.
The ‘Strategy for New India
@75’ put together by NITI
Aayog is an attempt to bring
innovation, technology,
enterprise and efficient
management together, at the
core of policy formulation
and implementation.

14. Strategy for New India
• The government’s goal is for India to be a USD 5.0 trillion economy
• First, development must become a mass movement, in which every Indian recognizes
his/her role and also experiences the tangible benefits accruing to him/her in the form
of better ease of living.
• Second, development strategy should help achieve broad-based economic growth to
ensure balanced development across all regions and states and across all sectors.
• Third, the strategy when implemented, will bridge the gap between public and private
sector performance.
Railway Objectives: Present Future
Increase the speed of Infrastructure creation 7 Km/day 19 Km/day
Increase the avg. speed of mail/express trains 50 Km/hr 80 Km/hr
Electrification of broad gauge track 40% 100%
Freight load/movement 33% 40%

15. • National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) Rs.111 lakh crore ($1.5 trillion) in
Infrastructure with energy, roads, urban infrastructure, Railways having
major share in it.
• Railway alone has a share of about Rs.13.58 lakh crore in it.
• 724 identified Railway projects (Centre and States) for between 2020-25
of which 697 projects worth Rs.11.97 lakh crores will be implemented in
EPC mode and 27 projects worth Rs.1.61 lakh crore will be through PPP
mode.
National Infrastructure Pipeline

16. PM’s GatiShakti…
The GatiShakti National Master plan, supported by seven engines of
Infrastructure, aim to develop a multi-modal network with
comprehensive support for planning, financing, innovation and
technology.
Launched on 13th Oct. 2021

17.  Indian Railways carries only 27-28% of the freight traffic and 20% of
passenger traffic loosing even intercity travel to emergence of other
modes such as domestic civil aviation.
 National Rail Plan, Vision 2024 - 100% electrification, multi-tracking
of congested routes, upgradation of speed to 160 kmph on Delhi-
Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes, upgradation of speed to
130kmph on all other Golden Quadrilateral-Golden Diagonal
(GQ/GD) routes and elimination of all Level Crossings on all GQ/GD
route.
VISION 2024

18.  Indian Railways achieves an originating Freight loading of 1512 MT
in 2022-23 (growth of 7% )
 Mission By 2030 ---> 2030 MT
MISSION 2030

19. Vision: To develop capacity, infrastructure and enhance rail
freight share ahead of the demand. Develop capacity by 2030
that will cater to growing demand up to 2050.
 Create a ‘future ready’ Railway system by 2030.
 Formulate strategies based on both operational capacities
and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of
Rlys in freight to 45%.
 Reduce transit time of freight (avg. speed 50 Kmph)
National Rail Plan Vision 2030

23. MAKE IN INDIA
https://www.makeinindia.com
Launched :- 25th September 2014

24. Make in India focuses on the following 25 sectors of the economy:
1. Automobiles
2. Automobile Components
3. Aviation
4. Biotechnology
5. Chemicals
6. Construction
7. Defence Manufacturing
8. Electronic Systems
9. Electrical Machinery
10. Food Processing
11. Information Technology and Business Process
Management
12. Leather
13. Media and entertainment
14. Mining
15. Oil and gas
16. Pharmaceuticals
17. Ports & Shipping
18. Railways
19. Renewable Energy
20. Roads and Highways
21. Space
22. Thermal Power
23. Textiles and Garments
24. Tourism and Hospitality
25. Wellness

25. EASE OF DOING BUSINESS
Ranking system established by the World Bank Group.
India has emerged as one of the most attractive destinations not
only for investments but also for doing business.
India jumps 79 positions from 142nd (2014) to 63rd (2022) in Ease of
Doing Business Ranking'.
Construction Permits: India’s ranking :- 184 in 2014 and 27 in 2019.
Getting Electricity: India’s ranking :- 137 in 2014 and 22 in 2019.
Apart from these significant improvements, among the 190
economies, India ranks 13th in Protecting Minority Investors and
25th in Getting Credit.

26. TOI-12.08.2020

27. Make in India Policy :- Manufacture of Cables by M/s. Usha Martin,
Ranchi on behalf of Freyssinet – subcontractor (a french company)
using their technology in India.

28.  Aeroplane – 250 Eq. CO2 gm/passenger/Km
 Rail – 30 or less Eq. CO2 gm/passenger/Km
 Eclectic vehicle – 40-50 Eq. CO2 gm/passenger/Km
 Vehicle two wheeler/car/bus – 60-100 Eq. CO2 gm/passenger/Km
 Indian Railways plans to become Net Zero Carbon Emitter by 2030
 100% electrification.
 IR has electrified 59,818 RKM out of total BG network of 65,384
RKM (91.49%)
 Modal share of Railway 26% - Target 45% by 2050.
(Carbon Emissions)
Green Initiatives . . .

29. National Logistics Policy 2022
Aiming to achieve ‘quick last-mile delivery', end transport-related challenges.
• Logistics costs have to be cut by half to be near global benchmarks by 2030 by
reducing the cost of logistics from 14-18% of GDP to global best practices of
8%.
• Being the 5th largest economy in the world, India aims to be among the top 10
in the LPI (Logistics Performance Index) by 2030.
• In 2023, India was ranked 38th in the LPI.
• Creating data-driven Decision Support Systems (DSS) to enable an efficient
logistics ecosystem.
• The policy’s target is to ensure that logistical issues are minimised, exports
grow manifold, and small industries and the people working in them benefit
significantly.
Goals:
India’s Logistics Market > 250 billion US dollar

30. Vision @ 2047
 Two-three fold increase in speed in inter-city transport
 Eliminate waiting list in railways
 60% of rail passengers using high or semi-high speed trains for inter-city travel
 100% green technology for public transport
 Expanding metro rail & mass transport system to 5,000 km in 75 cities
 Build 32000 KM Expressways & access-controlled highways
 More than 70 multi-model logistics parks
 Increase port capacity to 10,000 MTPA
 20 new airports on aerotropolis approach
 20 integrated testing facilities for drone manufacturing & examination
 5 Hyperloops as well as 2 Hyperports
( अमृत काल )

31. Looking for opportunities. . .
Source :- India’s Infrastructure spending spree
published on 24.10.2023
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/

32. Rishikesh-Karanprayag New Rail Link Project-125 km
• Involves construction of 110km + 95 km tunnels.
• Longest tunnels is 15.2 km long-1st time use of Tunnel boring machine(TBM) on Indian Railways.
• State of art mechanization of construction of Tunnels.
125 km of Tunneling completed.
Flagship Projects of RVNL:

33. 4.62 km long bridge in Kerala completed in 27 months
Vallarpadam – Idapally Project

34. Indore Metro
Package IN-03
Project Cost : Rs. 10.35 bn.c
Package IN-02
Project Cost : Rs. 3.82 bn.
6.6 Km trial run including stations in less than two years.

35. 4-lane Cables Stayed Bridge, Barddhaman
Erection completed in 197 days

36. • 99 span of 18.3 m and 1 span of 72.5 m (Navigational Lift Span).
• Existing navigational span is “Scherzer span”- Roller Lift
arrangement.
• Proposed navigational span “Vertical lift span” - Steel through Girder
1200 MT.
the only movable railway bridge in India and Asia…
RECONSTRUCTION OF PAMBAN BRIDGE
Video link: https://youtu.be/_ZWAUAjjvPA
TDC: FY 2023-24

37. RVNL’s expertise in Turnkey Workshop projects
PROJECTS COMPLETION TIME
Diesel Loco Component Workshop at Dankuni (Phase-I) 12 months
DMU Factory at Haldia 16 months
Electric Loco Factory at Dankuni 25 months
Augmentation of Production Capacity of DLW at Varanasi
Commencement was done by Hon'ble PM who gave a target of 24 months. RVNL
completed this work in 22 months and was inaugurated by Hon'ble PM.
22 months
Manufacture of Fiat Bogies for LHB Design Coaches, Yadgir 17 months
DEMU Shed at Aunrihar 21 months
Wagon POH workshop of 200 Nos capacity, Vadlapudi 25 months
Diesel Loco Shed, Barauni 27 months
Marathwada Rail Coach Factory, Latur (video link:- https://youtu.be/ccik3zCS4PE ) 26 months
MEMU Shed, Kanpur 22 months
Rail Coach Naveenikaran Karkhana, Sonipat (video link:- https://youtu.be/9jzapN2H6q4 ) 31 months
Contributing to efficient, reliable supply chains by building robust Workshops and Production
Units through 3D approach (Design, Develop, Dedicate)

38. Multi-Modal Logistics Parks (MMLPs)
A Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) as an inter-modal freight-handling
establishment comprising warehouses, dedicated cold chain facilities, freight or
container terminals and bulk cargo terminals. It eases and optimizes merchandise
movement via Road, Rail, Waterway and Air.
Advantages & Significances of MMLP:
• Minimise Costs of Logistics (14% to 10%)
• Reduce cost of storage and trans-shipment
• Efficient Inventory planning (end-to-end visibility of inventory, collaboration, agility
and optimization)
• Optimize efficiency through technology (information technology infrastructure and
integrated Application Programming Interface (APIs) based platforms)
• Maximise Utilisation of Assets
• Environment Friendly (increased freight movement on higher sized trucks and rail )
• Social Benefit (Create employment opportunities)

39. Multi-Modal Logistics Parks (MMLPs)
Challenges:
• Availability of Affordable land:
• Issues with material handling infrastructure highly unorganized
• Poor Skill set
• Red Tapism in the departmental works Numerous approvals
• Skewed modal transportation mix
Way Forward:
• Promote private sector participation (PPP Model):
• Single window Clearance:
• Selection of Best suited location
• Using of Modern cutting-edge Technology
• Develop Efficient connectivity

40. Multi-Modal Logistics Parks (MMLPs)
 MOU with NHAI represented by National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML) : 2021
 Objectives of improving logistics efficiency for goods generating and aggregating from ports, hinterland
and for the Country as a whole, RVNL and NHLML agreed to co-operate and collaborate with each
other in achieving the objectives for development of MMLP Project in an integrated manner.
 Role of RVNL - Design, planning, feasibility study, DPR, implementation and commissioning of the track
connectivity work for MMLPs.
 Separate MoUs and Agreements shall be drawn at appropriate stage for each MMLP which are planned
at 35 locations in the Country.
 35 MMLPs (JVs) will be incorporated. Following three(3) SPVs has been incorporated :
• “Chennai MMLP Pvt. Ltd.”, (NHLML: 40.18%, ChPA: 26.02%, RVNL: 26%, TIDCO: 7.80%)
• “Bengaluru MMLP Pvt. Ltd.” (NHLML: 51.29%, KIADB: 32.38%, RVNL: 16.33%)
• “Indore MMLP Pvt. Ltd.” (NHLML: 52.83%, MPIDC: 25.16%, RVNL: 22.01%)

41. FINANCIAL EXPRESS:
October 26
- Youths
- Not so desirable habits
- Help the country
- Reduce corruption
- Reduce Delays in our Bureaucracy
Then only country will grow more
and will get more opportunities …

42. So we need to have Change in approach and attitude
“Change is not the enemy;
it is the path to transformation.”
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

43.  Govt. has a target of achieving a self-reliant $ 5 trillion
economy by 2025
 National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) Rs.111 lakh crore in
infrastructure with energy, roads, urban infrastructure,
Railways having major share in it. Railway alone has a share
of about Rs.13.58 lakh crore in it.
 PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan to ensure faster
execution of Railway Infrastructure.
 RVNL has synergy of strategic planning, structural changes
and effective employee orientation.
 RVNL’s consistent growth in the last few years should give
ample confidence to any objective observer of its ability to
build further on these opportunities
OPPORTUNITES IN INFRASTRUCTURE DOMAIN…
CONCLUSION…

44. THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR PRECIOUS TIME
“हम भारत का स्वर्णिम कल हैं, बात नह ीं इर्तहास क I
राहें दुर्िम पर हम सक्षम, हम हैं र्र्त र्िकास क I”
RVNL Anthem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG8V8G8-UBc
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