Lok Sabha Question No. 1357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Dedicated Freight Corridors
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, BHARAT SINGH, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, ANIL SHIROLE, Richard Hay, George Baker

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1357

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2018

## DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDORS

†1357. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

PROF. RICHARD HAY:

SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (DFCP);
- (b)  the  details  of  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilised  under  the scheme till date, State-wise including Gujarat;
- (c) the States and corridors selected under the scheme  till alongwith the current status thereof;.
- date
- (d) whether the Government is facing any type of difficulties in certain States for its construction; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof, State-wise along with the reasons therefor and the measures taken by the Government to deal with these difficulties?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)  Some  of  the  salient  features  of  Dedicated  Freight  Corridor  (DFC) Project are as:-
-  Eastern  Dedicated  Freight  Corridor  (EDFC)  is  from  Ludhiana  to Dankuni  (1318 Kms Ludhiana to Sonnagar and 538 Kms Sonnagar to Dankuni) and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) is from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) to Dadri (1504 Kms);

-  Designed for a maximum speed of 100 Kmph;
-  Substructure designed for an axle load of 32.5 tons and superstructure with axle load of 25 tons; and
-  Capacity to run long haul train of 1500 meter length.
- (b) The  project  is  not  State-specific  and  no  State-wise  position  for funds  allocated/utilised  is  kept.  However,  total  estimated  cost  and expenditure incurred on both EDFC and WDFC is as under:
- (c)    Western  DFC  passes  through  States  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra and Eastern DFC through States of Punjab,  Haryana,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Jharkhand  and  West  Bengal. 98.7% of land required for both the corridors has been acquired.  Overall 97.2% of total contracts have been awarded.  The financial and physical progress on both corridors is 47.2% and 49.6% respectively.

| Corridor   | Estimated Cost (in Crore)   | Expenditure incurred till May 2018 (in Crore)   |
|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| EDFC       | 30,358                      | 16,308.55                                       |
| WDFC       | 51,101                      | 22,156.43                                       |
| Total      | 81,459                      | 38,464.98                                       |

Both  EDFC  and  WDFCs are targeted for commissioning in phases by year 2020.

- (d) & (e) The project faced some difficulties usually faced in execution of any Railway project such as delay in land acquisition, resistance by Project-affected  Persons  (PAP)  and  environmental/forest  clearance. These  are  resolved  by  constant  interaction  with  and  assistance  from concerned agencies and the State Governments.

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