India’s biggest freight infrastructure project is nearing completion with a major milestone achieved in Maharashtra. The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) has achieved the breakthrough on the Kundevahal Tunnel in Panvel, opening the way for the final 102.90 km Vaitarna-Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC).
This tunnel marks the completion of all major tunnel work on the WDFC, which is 1,504 km long from Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to JNPT in Navi Mumbai. The last segment goes through Palghar, Thane, and Raigad districts and is crucial to link India’s busiest container port with the industrial corridor.
The Kundevahal breakthrough is not merely symbolic; it removes a major bottleneck and allows the final stretch to move ahead unhindered.We are well on track to complete the Vaitarna–JNPT corridor by December 2025.
The final stretch involves 81.47 km of alignment alongside Indian Railways’ existing route and 21.42 km of diversion alignment. Construction had been delayed due to high-density urbanisation and environmental issues in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, but progress has now been made on a large scale. Approximately 225 hectares of land were procured at Rs 2,600 crore, and almost 2,960 project-affected families were resettled.
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