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The Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, has been sanctioned a Rs 250-crore project for manufacturing technologically upgraded coaches.Addressing the gathering on the 66th Independence Day celebrations here on Wednesday,  ICF General Manager Abhay K Khanna said that the coach manufacturing unit had rolled out 1,511 coaches last year, which was an all-time record production.More than 45,000 coaches had been produced till date by ICF since its inception, he added.Pointing out that the new bogie manufacturing facilities were likely to be completed by June 2013 and shell manufacturing facilities by March 2014, he said, “With this project, ICF will usher in a new era in manufacturing state-of-the art coaches, in house.”As the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) rakes had become highly popular in the Mumbai suburban network, Khanna said, MRVC had placed another order and ICF was in the process of manufacturing 72 rakes.This would be a major step towards manufacture of stainless steel coaches, he added.In line with the ICF’s ‘Go Green policy’, the furnishing materials used in these coaches would be eco-friendly and recyclable, the General Manager claimed.Earlier, Railway Protection Force contingents presented a colourful march past and a Guard of Honour to the General Manager.A large number of ICF officials, staff council members, employees and children of ICF schools were present on the occasion.