Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry reviews the progress of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL). 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. Innovative mechanisms to be evolved for constant monitoring the weekly progress of the project. Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) is one of the rail infrastructure projects spanning a (total length of 3360 route km) undertaken by the government. The overall cost is `81,459 crore. Eastern DFC & Western DFC (excluding the Sonnnagar — Dankuni PPP section) is expected to be completed by December 2021.

During the meeting on Monday, the senior officials informed the current status of the project. It is expected that Western Corridor connecting Dadri in Utttar 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 next year.

Goyal directed the DFFCIL management team to take necessary steps to speed up the project to compensate the loss of time due to lockdown during COVID. He also advised the officials to identify the most challenging area and come up with solutions. He suggested involving young fresh minds.

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. Innovative mechanisms to constantly monitor the weekly progress of the project to be evolved.