New Delhi: The Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) network, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, achieved a milestone of running one lakh trains. Member, operations and business development at Railway Board, Jaya Varma Sinha, flagged off the 100,000th train on the corridor on Friday.
The first train on the DFC network launched by PM Modi on December 12, 2020. Till now 55,332 trains have been operated on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) while 44,658 trains on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), DFC said in a statement.
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So far about 2089 route KM – 73.5% of the DFC has been commissioned, it said, while adding that DFC alignment except for Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) connectivity is expected to be commissioned by December 2023.
“With the commissioning of the New Dadri – New Rewari section, freight transportation can be seamlessly done from the hinterlands of Uttar Pradesh to the Western ports of India,” the release said.
DFC is a vital initiative under the National Logistics Policy and is aimed at reducing the cost of logistics from 15% of the country’s GDP to 8% by 2030. “With the commissioning of the New Dadri – New Rewari section, freight transportation can be seamlessly done from the hinterlands of Uttar Pradesh to the Western ports of India, the release said.
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According to an official release, Jaya Verma Sinha also footplated in the train along with Nanduri Srinivas, Director, Operations and Business Development, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC), ” says an official release.
“The DFC alignment, except JNPT connectivity, is expected to be commissioned by December 2023,” said an official of Railway ministry.
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With the commissioning of the New Dadri–New Rewari section, freight transportation can be seamlessly done from the hinterlands of Uttar Pradesh to the western ports, the release added. “DFC is a vital cog in the National Logistics Policy which aims to reduce the cost of logistics from 15 percent (approx.) of the country’s GDP to eight percent by 2030.” The freight infrastructure capacity augmentation by DFC is crucial in achieving the Indian Railways target of 3,000 million tonnes freight loading by 2030, the release added.
