Goyal recently informed the parliament that when the nation celebrates its 75 years of independence, both the Dedicated Freight Corridors- Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor and the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor will be operational.
Dedicated Freight Corridor Project: Indian Railways’ freight transportation is all set to get better with the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project, which is said to be operational by India’s 75th Independence Day, next year. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal recently informed the parliament that when the nation celebrates its 75 years of independence, both the Dedicated Freight Corridors- Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) will be operational. Under the first phase of the DFC project, which is being executed by Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL), 1504 Rkm WDFC and 1856 Rkm EDFC including the PPP section between Sonnagar-Dankuni are being constructed.
The EDFC will begin from Sahnewal. The corridor will pass via the states of Punjab, UP, Haryana, Bihar and Jharkhand. The EDFC will then terminate at Dankuni in the state of West Bengal. While the WDFC will connect Dadri to JNPT in the financial capital, Mumbai. The freight corridor will pass via Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra of both the DFCs (excluding the PPP stretch of Sonnagar – Dankuni). It is being said that 2800 Rkm will be commissioned by June 2022.
Source : Financial Express
