88 Per Cent Work On Two Dedicated Freight Corridors Complete, 2513 Km Route Length Commissioned Till October 2023

As much as 88 per cent of the dedicated freight corridors have been commissioned till October 2023, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday (13 December).

Indian Railways has undertaken a mega-infrastructure project of two Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs) namely Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors (EDFC & WDFC) to facilitate faster evacuation of freight traffic.

"Construction of EDFC has been fully completed and 1,176 km out of 1,506 km of WDFC has been completed," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

As of October 2023, a cumulative route length of 2,513 km has been completed out of the total of 2,843 km. Additionally, the Ministry of Railways has expended Rs 1,08,558 crore on the construction of two Dedicated Freight Corridors.

Out of the revised total cost of Rs 1.24 lakh crore for the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors, the EDFC has incurred Rs 51,000 crore, whereas, the revised cost for WDFC is Rs 73,000 crore.

On the other hand, barring a 109-km stretch between Vaitarna (river in Maharashtra) and JNPT, the remaining alignment of the western corridor is targeted for completion this fiscal year.