During Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that regions like Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Eastern Coast Line are being linked via dedicated freight corridors.
“Be it Gujarat, Maharashtra or our Eastern Coast Line, today they are being connected through dedicated freight corridors,” PM Modi said.
In India, the dedicated freight corridors are a network of broad gauge freight railway lines that solely serve freight trains. These will make the freight service in the country faster and more efficient.
The Railways Ministry has taken up construction of two Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs):
a) Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) – Ludhiana to Sonnagar. Its length is 1337 km.
b) Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) – Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) to Dadri. Its length is 1506 km.
Construction status
The construction of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor is done. 1176 km out of 1506 km of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor is completed.
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024
At Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar on Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024. The theme of the summit this year was ‘Gateway to the Future’. It included the participation of 34 partner countries and 16 partner organizations. The summit was being used as a platform by the Ministry of Development of the North-Eastern Region to showcase investment prospects in the North-Eastern parts of the country.