The Prime
Minister has directed that the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project costing
nearly one lakh crore
rupees should be given the highest priority by Central Ministries and urged
the State Governments to also do so. The project will connect a land mass
over 3300 kilometers in the country and could prove
to be a backbone of India’s
economic transport facility. The Western corridor from Dadri
in Uttar Pradesh to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust near Mumbai will be 1499 kilometers and will connect Haryana,
Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
with an exclusive high speed railway track. The Eastern Dedicated Freight
Corridor from Ludhiana to Dankuni
will be 1839 kilometer long and will connect
Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
A major part of Western corridor will be funded with Japanese assistance and
nearly two third of the Eastern corridor will be built with World Bank
assistance. The Sonnagar- Dankuni
section will be executed on PPP mode. Indian Railways is also investing a
substantial amount in the Project.
In a
meeting held in the Prime Minister’s Office, the Chief Secretaries and the
representatives of the States assured the full cooperation of their state
governments in taking forward this important project. It was decided that
Monitoring Committees will be constituted by the State Governments to resolve
the issues relating to the Dedicated Freight Corridor project especially
land-acquisition in an expeditious manner. The representatives of the nodal
authority Dedicated Freight Corridor Cooperation India Limited (DFCCIL) will
be overseeing progress of work with the targeted project completion date
being March 2017.
The DFCCIL
has said that 67% of the land-acquisition has been completed through the
Railway Amendment Act 2008 and as of now the project by and large is on
target. The Prime Minister’s Office will be closely monitoring progress of
the project so that necessary action is taken in a time-bound manner.
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Thursday, 9 February 2012
PM says top priority for Dedicated Freight Corridor project
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