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In 1947, after independence, the truncated North Western Railway, renamed as East Punjab Railway, had no workshop to undertake repairs of Broad Gauge rolling stock. For sometime, the repairs to BG stock were carried out at Kalka. Later, it was decided to set up the first major post-independence Carriage & Wagon Workshop of Indian Railways at Jagadhri as part of Northern Railway and foundation stone of the workshop was laid on dt. 08.02.1952 by DAYA CHAND JAIN, then CAO/East Punjab Railway . The workshop was constructed at a cost of Rs. 32 Lacs to undertaking the POH of 75 Units of Coaching stock and 225 units of Goods stock per month. The key features of the workshop are 6058 workforce employed in this workshop including Store, Accounts, Medical , RPF & RPSF , 9 Lac units of energy consumed per month , 70,265.2 sq. meters covered area, 286 acres total area, 1926 Staff quarters, 929 machinery and plant including 31 CNC & high capacity machines with 50 Kms track length. Jagadhri has always been at the forefront of technological developments of the railways and has a number of first to its credit. Jagadhri was the first workshop in Indian Railway to be nominated for the POH of state-of-art LHB Coaches imported from M/s ALSTOM/Germany and POH of BLC container wagons. A Store Depot is attached to the Workshop and is headed by Dy. Chief Material Manager. A 55 Bedded Hospital is also attached to the Workshop. Medical Superintendent heads the Hospital and functions under administrative control of Chief Workshop Manager. Kalka Workshop is also under the administrative and technical control of Chief Workshop Manager, Jagadhri Workshop and caters to POH Narrow Gauge stock of World Heritage Kalka -Simla Railway. Committed towards Quality, Jagadhri was the first workshop to get ISO 9001:2000 certification for the complete shop. This workshop has also achieved prestigious certificates of ISO 9001 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System) & OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System) under Integrated Management System in the year 2010. The workshop is dedicated and committed to continuing the good work in future.+ Read More
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