The Ministry of Railways has said that the contract awarded to M/s Beijing National Railway Research & Design Institute of Signal & Communication Group Co. Ltd has been terminated by DFCCIL.
The Ministry of Railways has said that the contract awarded to M/s Beijing National Railway Research & Design Institute of Signal & Communication Group Co. Ltd has been terminated by DFCCIL.
In the year 2016, CRSC (China Railway Signal and Communication (CRSC) Corporation) had won the contract to install signalling systems in over 400 km of rail lines on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
As per reports, this is the only Chinese presence in the mega Indian Railways project, which is now eyeing to engage players from India. The contract, worth around Rs 500 crore involved designing, constructing, testing, supplying, telecommunications, commissioning signalling as well as associated works for two lines of 413 km in UP’s New Bhaupur-Mughalsarai section.
The sources quoted in the report said that to initiate the process, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited had applied to the World Bank, which is the funding agency.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has also asked the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) not to use Chinese-made equipment in the upgradation of its 4G facilities. Now, the entire tender will be reworked, they said.
As per reports, DoT was considering telling private mobile service providers to reduce their dependence on equipment that are made in China. The security and safety of networks developed with Chinese equipment in the present situation will be under scrutiny. The patterns of ownership of ZTE and Huawei could become a sticking point in the network upgradation plans of India.
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