<P> In November 2015, the Ministry of Railways awarded the contracts for Madhepura project and Marhowra project to Alstom and General Electric respectively in a collective amount of USD 6 billion . This multi crore rupees deal was seen as the country's first FDI in the railway sector . </P> <P> In December 2015, Indian Railways issued the Letters of Award to both the companies to establish diesel and electric locomotive factories in Bihar . French PM Francois Hollande's visit to India in January 2016 has made this project sharper to execute . </P> <P> After the allocation of 275 acres of land to Alstom, the ground breaking ceremony was held secretly in March 2016 . Although, land acquisition was sometimes tense, construction of the factory will start by July 2016 . </P> <P> After all ups and downs, the ELF Madhepura project will get kick - started from July 2016 . As soon as the construction begins, it will take at least 3 years to complete and the plant will be ready for production from 2019 . </P>

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