Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) has turned out 300th locomotive of the FY20 on December 21, 2019 evening, in less than 9 months (in 216 working days) of the current fiscal FY20.
The number of working days for production of 300th loco has reduced from 292 days in the year FY18 to 249 days in FY19 and further to 216 days in FY20.
Praveen Kumar Mishra, General Manager flagged off the 300th loco, WAG-9 HC (32692) from CLW in the evening on December 21, 2019.
CLW produced 402 locomotives in 2018-19 and thus became the world’s largest producer of locomotives.