India’s largest rail private coach factory was inaugurated in Telangana’s Kondakal village on June 22. Built by a joint venture of Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd and Stadler Rail, the facility was inaugurated by the state’s Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

• The firm designs and makes  electrical and electronic Railway products.
• The chief minister said Telangana expressed happiness over Medha Servo Drives getting the Monorails orders from Mumbai.
• He also said the state was proud of the fact that home-grown Medha Servo Drives will build rail coaches for Telangana.
• The first phase of the factory has been set up in about 100 acres with an investment of over Rs 805 crore, the firm’s Managing Director Kashyap Reddy said. It has a production capacity of 500 coaches and 50 locomotives annually. More than 550 people have reportedly been employed because of the plant so far and 1,000 more will be added soon.