Friday, March 25, 2011

Private Sector was called for Establishing the Overhauling the T-72 and BMP Tsanks.

It is understood that Dir EME(Prod), Dte Gen of EME, MGO Branch, issuead a letter to the Private Parties to submit their proposals on or before 15th Feb 2010, for establishment of a Overhauling plant at North India for the Tanks.
It seems that at present that Indian Army is carrying out Overhauling of its armoured vehicles(AFVs) through its army base workshops (ABWs) as well as Ordnance factories,(HVF,OFPM,). HVF and OFPM are manufacturing of these tanks. The overhauling of T-72 were established in 1994 at HVF, and parallel facilities are created at 505 Army Base Workshop in 2005. Similar facilities for BMPs also exis at 512 Base work shop and OFPM.
Now the MOD considering to further enhance the overhaul capacity these AFVs utilising the services of experience with indian public/private industries. The want to utilise their services for 20 tanks in the first yer and 30 during the second year and 50 from third year onwards. This indicates that MOD is desires to utilise the services of private parties for only 50 tanks per a year.
It is a common knowledge that no private party willing to spend money for establishing a seperae plant for meger 50 tanks overhauling per year, with out any other orders to sustain their profits, since they are not philothropists.
Here the following questions arises :
1.Is the existing Base Work Shops and the two Ordnance factories failed to do the overhauling the tanks with their existing man power and facilities to meet the requirements of MOD ?
2.Is it the reason, the two ordnance factories are existing in south india and not at North India ?
3.Is the ordnance factories workers, the staff & Officers are in competent to do the overhauling of their produced tanks?
4.Is MOD is going to gain any financial benefits, getting done by private parties for the nation or any person?
5.Is MOD feeling that the ordnance factories workers are not upto the mark/are not interested, to carry out the overhauling the tanks. If workers are fails to do the job, then what these Officers are doing ? Can any body beliefe the producer of tanks are not capable of doing overhauling inspite of cretion of the facilities along with the production ?
Now the readers are requested to give their suggestions.

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