Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal directed the officials of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) to take all possible steps to speed up the work on all the sections of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (1504 Route km) and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (1856 route km).
The direction came in a review meeting called on Tuesday. “The progress of each individual state was discussed in detail and instructions were given to ensure smooth progress by resolving all hindrances,” the ministry said in a statement.
During the review meeting, progress made about acquisition of land and construction of road over bridges (ROBs) in the states were discussed and resolved. State officials were asked to expedite the process of arbitration and enforce law if there were issues like obstruction of work in any patch of work, it said.
Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) is one of the largest rail infrastructure projects a (total length of 3360 route km) undertaken by the Government of India.
The overall cost is pegged at Rs 81,459 crores. DFCCIL has been set up as a special purpose vehicle to undertake planning, development, mobilization of financial resources, construction, maintenance and operation of Dedicated Freight Corridors.