RITES to undertake safety assessment of Vande Bharat trains

New Delhi: RITES Limited, a prime transport infrastructure consultancy in India, on Monday said that it will undertake safety assessment of Vande Bharat trains.

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According to an official statement, RITES together with ItalCertifier SPA, an Italian State Railways Group company, has won a contract to undertake Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) of the Vande Bharat sleeper trains.

The contract has been awarded by Integral Coach Factory (ICF)-Chennai, a production unit under the Ministry of Railways. The consortium will conduct design reviews, final safety acceptance assessments and review test results.

With this contract, RITES, the only ISA-certified CPSE, has ventured into a new business stream and is committed to advancing ISA works by leveraging its expertise in Quality Assurance segment.

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