DFCCIL | 64th Annual Railway Awards at Ranchi

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Participation in 64th Annual Railway Awards at Ranchi
Participation in 64th Annual Railway Awards at Ranchi

DFCCIL’s stall showcasing live working model of the freight carrying capacity and advantages over the existing Indian Railway system proved to be a big hit at the 64th Annual Railway Awards function held at Ranchi on 14.07.2019. Shri Raghubar Das, Chief Minister Jharkhand, Shri Suresh C Angadi, Minister of State for Railways, Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman Railway Board, MRS, FC, GM SER & ER Shri P S Mishra and senior IR officials visited the DFCCIL stall and appreciated the rapid strides taken by the organization to complete the Eastern & Western Dedicated Freight Corridors by 2021. The exhibition highlighted the contribution of IR to the inclusive growth in the country and showcased cutting edge technology.

DFCCIL is working towards fast-tracking the construction of the Western and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridors. The two DFCs are targeted to be completed in phases by 2021.

WDFC:

  • The first Double Stack Container Goods train was successfully run between Ateli – Phulera section (190 km) on 15.08.2018.
  • A trial run on WDFC’s 306 km Madar (Ajmer) – New Rewari – Kishangarh Balawas section was completed on 30.12.2018.
  • The Rewari – Madar section (306 km) will be completed by October 2019
  • The Madar – Palanpur (335 km) section will be completed by March 2020
  • The Rewari – Dadri (127 km) section will be completed by March 2021
  • The Palanpur – Makarpura section (308 km) will be completed by December 2021.
  • The Makarpura to JNPT (Mumbai) section (430 km) will be completed by 2021.

EDFC:

  • A freight train trial run was done on the Bhadan- Khurja section (194 km) on 30.11.2018.
  • The Khurja- Bhaupur section (351 km) will be completed by November 2019.
  • Bhaupur- Mughalsarai section (402 km) will be completed by December 2020.
  • The Mughalsarai- Sonnagar section (126 km) will be completed by December 2020.
  • The Mughalsarai- Sonnagar section (126 km) will be completed by December 2020.
  • The Khurja Dadri section (46 km) will be completed by December 2020.
  • The Khurja – Ludhiana section (401 km) will be completed by December 2020
  • Entire EDFC (excluding PPP) will be completed by December 2021
  • Entire WDFC will be completed by 2021.

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