The Indian Railway Ministry signed two memoranda of understanding with the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport and Communications of the Swiss Confederation for technical cooperation in rail sector.
The first agreement is a follow up on bilateral cooperation in the rail sector discussed in the meeting held between Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and the Swiss Ambassador in July 2016. The MoUs aim at cooperation in the areas of traction rolling stock, electric multiple unit and train sets, traction propulsion equipments, freight and passenger cars, tilting trains, railway electrification equipments and tunnelling technology among other things.
The second memorandum of understanding was signed between Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology which will help the former in establishing the George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology (GFITT) at Goa especially for assimilation and dissemination of knowledge in the field of tunnelling.
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