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.and b) Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC)
– Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) to Dadri. Its length is 1506 km.The
construction of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor is done. 1176 km out of
1506 km of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor is completed.
At Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar on Wednesday, 10 Jan ,
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.