A corridor to power: The project that will speed up India and boost its economyDFCs will help India reduce its high logistics costs from some 13-15 per cent of the GDP and help it move towards the target of 8 per cent ...
21 Nov, 2023, 11.41 AM IST
DFC commissions critical leg to usher seamless freight connectivity from Bihar to GujaratAccording to Ravindra Kumar Jain, DFCCIL’s Managing Director, this paves the way for enhanced efficiency, reduced transit time, and increas...
15 Jun, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman highlights investment opportunities in India in bilateral meeting with Korean FMFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday highlighted greater opportunities in India for investment in manufacturing, food processing...
04 May, 2023, 03.26 PM IST
Nearly 56% of dedicated freight corridors completeThese freight corridors are essential to help decongest the Indian Railways network that struggles with track availability issues. Passenge...
20 Oct, 2022, 11.54 PM IST
Mega plans announced for Railways, substantial mark-up in budgetary allocationThe eastern and western dedicated freight corridors will be commissioned by June 2022, it was announced. The FM also announced plans for ea...
01 Feb, 2021, 06.50 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi attacks previous govts for delaying work on dedicated freight corridor projectTill 2014 not a single km track of the project was laid and the funds sanctioned could not be spent properly. After 2014 ,it was restarted ...
29 Dec, 2020, 02.07 PM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate 'New Bhaupur-New Khurja' section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor todayThe Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India is building the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight corridors (DFCs), which are expec...
29 Dec, 2020, 07.20 AM IST
Freight corridor among key infra projects set to be inauguratedWhile PM Modi will inaugurate a portion of the dedicated freight corridor on Tuesday, he will launch six light house construction technolog...
28 Dec, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
DFC delay: Railways blames contractors, law & order issues, slow land acquisition by statesWhile the original deadline for completion of these DFCs was December 2021, the Railways recently said it has been pushed back by six month...
27 Aug, 2020, 12.05 PM IST
Dedicated freight corridor to bring down charges by 50 per centThe haulage charges on Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd network will be 50 per cent lower compared to the freight tariff...
23 Feb, 2020, 01.17 PM IST
Varanasi terminal: Modi's ambitious project to speed up economyThe terminal will help correct India's transport modal mix that imposes huge logistics cost on the economy.
12 Nov, 2018, 07.30 PM IST
'Multi-modal terminal at Varanasi to be major logistic hub'The development of NW-1 through the JMVP will facilitate diversion of a substantial portion of this cargo through IWT route to this ports, ...
29 Jan, 2017, 01.33 PM IST
Railways sanctions implementation of high speed dedicated freight corridorsThe Eastern Freight Corridor, starts from Sahnewal near Ludhiana in Punjab and passes through Haryana, UP, Bihar, & terminates at Dankuni.
09 Mar, 2015, 04.00 PM IST
'GMR-led group lowest bidder for two packages of EDFC projects'As part of Asset Light Asset Right (ALAR) strategy, GMR Group is not required to provide any equity for the project since it is to be imple...
25 Nov, 2014, 10.24 PM IST
IMG on Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Corridor submits reportADKIC also proposes to leverage the existing Highway system on this route and the Inland Water System being developed along National Waterw...
18 Sep, 2013, 03.29 PM IST
- Dedicated Freight Corridor to help railways to reduce green house gases emission by over 64%
The projects will not only upgrade rail transport capacity but also increase market share of railways.
07 Nov, 2011, 04.29 AM IST
- Mamata takes charge of Railways
For Mamata Banerjee home is clearly where the heart is. On Tuesday, she formally took charge of the railway ministry in Kolkata in her inim...
27 May, 2009, 02.52 PM IST