March 12, 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated to the nation two new sections of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). These include a 401-km section between New Khurja to Sahnewal (part of the Eastern DFC) and the 244-km New Makarpura to New Gholvad (part of the Western DFC).
During the occasion Modi also laid the foundation stone of various developmental projects worth over Rs 1,06,000 crore at the Dedicated Freight Corridor’s Operation Control Centre in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Noting that this is a crucial step towards accomplishing the goal of Viksit Bharat, the Prime Minister said that projects worth about Rs 1 lakh crore have been inaugurated or foundation stones laid where projects worth around Rs 85,000 crore are dedicated to railways.
The Prime Minister presented the eastern and western dedicated freight corridors as an example of development in the last 10 years.
“This separate track for goods trains improves speed and is important for agriculture, industry, export and business. In the last 10 years, this freight corridor, connecting the east and west coasts, has been almost completed,” the PM said.
“Today, about 600 km of freight corridor has been inaugurated along with the Operation Control Center in Ahmedabad,” he added.
The Prime Minister also flagged off freight trains on the Dedicated Freight Corridor from various locations: New Khurja Junction, Sahnewal, New Rewari, New Kishangarh, New Gholvad and New Makarpura.
(Featured image sourced from www.narendramodi.in)
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