Varanasi, Sept. 1 -- A five-member delegation from South Africa, led by Shivapragasen Naidoo, Chief Executive Officer, Tsiko Africa Energy and Infrastructure, South Africa, visited Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) on Monday to review the facilities and capabilities of loco manufacturing at BLW.

The main objective of the South African delegation's visit to BLW is to purchase 3,100-horsepower broad-gauge Alco locomotives, which currently serve in the Indian Railways after conversion to Cape gauge. For which the delegation took technical information of the loco, saw the production and design capabilities of BLW.

This five-member delegation included Shivapragasen Naidoo, Mesela Mary Nhlapo, Ivan Prinsloo, Munish Gupta and Vaugn Johan Christia...