New Delhi: Union Minister for Railways and Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday reviewed the progress of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL), a Miniratna PSU under the Ministry of Railways. During the meeting, the senior officials of DFCCIL informed about the current status of the project to the Minister. It is expected that Western Corridor connecting Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) in Mumbai and Eastern Corridor starting from Sahnewal near Ludhiana (Punjab) to terminate at Dankuni in West Bengal shall be completed by December 2021.
Goyal directed the DFFCIL management team to take necessary steps to speed up the project to compensate for the loss of time due to lockdown during COVID-19. He also advised the officials to identify the most challenging area and come up with a solution in a mission mode. He suggested that involving young fresh minds to suggest best solutions may be encouraged.
During the meeting, it was decided that strict monitoring of work of all contractors to be done. Resolution of all issues, including coordination with the states to be done on a mission mode and innovative mechanisms to constantly monitor the weekly progress of the project to be evolved.
Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) is one of the largest rail infrastructure projects undertaken by the government. The overall cost is pegged at Rs 81,459 crores. DFCCIL has been set up as a special purpose vehicle to undertake planning, development, mobilization of financial resources, construction, maintenance and operation of Dedicated Freight Corridors. In the first phase, the organisation is constructing the Western DFC (1,504 Route km) and Eastern DFC (1,856 route km) spanning a total length of 3360 route km.
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