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

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.