New Delhi, Sept 2 Setting into motion its plan to roll out high-capacity freight bogies, Railways have floated tenders inviting prospective bidders for setting up of manufacturing units in Majerhat (Kolkata) and at Dalmianagar in Bihar.

Both the factories will be set up under public-private partnership (PPP) mode within five years and will produce 25,000 freight bogies each.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced the setting up the two manufacturing units in her Railway Budget speech this year.

She has also set up an expert committee headed by Amit Mitra to suggest innovative measures to execute railway projects under the PPP mode.

Both the projects are estimated to be established at a cost of Rs 100 crore each.

Railways have fixed September 28 as the due date for submission of application.

These manufacturing units will use latest technologies to produce the freight bogies which will have a higher axle load capacity of 25 to 32.5 tonnes

Execution of the dedicated freight corridor project in the coming years is also expected to raise the demand for high-capacity bogies.