Dedicated Freight Corridor Project

 The Ministry of Railways, under the heading of the Indian Government, had taken up the committed cargo passageway (DFC) project. The undertaking includes the development of six cargo halls crossing the whole nation. The reason for the task is to give a protected and productive cargo transportation framework. 

Dedicated Freight Corridor Project

At first, the development of two cargo halls, the Western DFC interfacing the conditions of Haryana and Maharashtra and the Eastern DFC associating the states Punjab and West Bengal, is being embraced. The joined length of the Western and Eastern DFCs is roughly 2,843km. The complete expense of the task is assessed at $11.38bn. It is relied upon to get operational somewhere in the range of 2019 and 2021. 

The other four passageways incorporate North-South (Delhi-Tamil Nadu), East (West Bengal-Maharashtra), East-South (West Bengal-Andhra Pradesh), and South-South (Tamil Nadu-Goa). These four halls are as yet in the arranging stage. 

In 2006, The Government of India set up a devoted body to actualize the undertaking, called the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL). The DFCCIL started assembling the eastern and western halls at the same time, in three stages. Development work on stage one of the venture, which incorporates the 105km Sonnagar-Mughalsarai part of the Eastern DFC, started in February 2009. 

The DFC project is required to diminish clog at different terminals and intersections. It will consider productive and quick development of cargo along the hallway. 

The absolute land needed for the hallway is 11,180ha, however, at first, the DFCCIL has a notice for just 5,000ha, across eight states. The last notification for the ownership of land under area 20E of the Indian Railways (Amendment) Act gives the undertaking ability to obtain land for what it's worth of public significance. Around 6,000ha of land has been informed by DFCCIL under this segment. 

Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Project

Be that as it may, the Railway clergyman's goal not to procure the land persuasively upset the venture and constrained the DFCCIL to rethink the arrangement of halls. This is relied upon to bring about time and cost over-runs, and cargo stifling on both the halls. 

The offering cycle for the eastern passage, which was planned for May 2010, was likewise deferred 

Before the finish of November 2019, DFCCIL dispensed 4,419ha of land for Eastern Corridor, barring the Sonnagar-Dankuni segment, which was apportioned 918ha. The Western Corridor was distributed 5,985ha. 

The committed cargo passage project 

The DFC project was first proposed in April 2005 to address the necessities of the quickly creating Indian economy. The current quadrilateral railroad organization otherwise called the brilliant quadrilateral, which connects the significant metropolitan urban areas of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata, can't uphold the developing interest because of limit limitations. A committed cargo hallway was needed to address these worries. 

A few huge coal mineshafts and steel creation offices are situated along the proposed Eastern DFC line. Compartment traffic is likewise prevalent along the Western DFC course, showing up chiefly from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT). By 2022, the port is relied upon to deal with 5.29 million 20ft-comparable units of holder traffic. 

In January 2006, RITES, a designing consultancy set up by the public authority, presented an achievability report for the two halls. Customs proposed the course and length of the passages. The Eastern DFC is 1,337km and reaches out from Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni in West Bengal, while the Western DFC stretches out for 1,506km from Dadri in Haryana to JNPT in Maharashtra. 

The venture is being executed in a few stages. Stage one incorporated a 920km fragment of the western hall between Rewari in Haryana to Vadodara in Gujarat. The 105km Sonnagar (Bihar) to Mughalsarai (Uttar Pradesh) area and the 710km Mughalsarai to Khurja (Uttar Pradesh) fragment of the eastern passage are likewise important for stage one. 

"The venture is being financed in a 2:1 obligation value proportion." 

Around 67% of the development expenses of the Western DFC are financed by a delicate credit of $4bn gave by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The excess assets are given in value by the Ministry of Railways. The Eastern DFC is developed through assets got from the World Bank and the Ministry of Railways. 

The World Bank consented to fund 1,192km of the Khurja-Kanpur, Khurja-Dadri, Kanpur-Mughalsarai, and Khurja-Ludhiana segments. The leftover bit among Mughalsarai and Sonnagar is supported by the Ministry of Railways. The Sonnagar-Dankuni segment got financing through a public-private association. 

An agreement for the development of the 105km Sonnagar-Mughalsarai segment was granted to the Gurgaon-based C&C Constructions in December 2008. Another agreement for the development of 54 scaffolds on the Western DFC was granted to Hyderabad-based Soma Enterprises. 

The Sanehwal-Khurja segment on the eastern hall was offered on a plan fabricate premise. 

Eastern DFC line courses 

The course of the Eastern DFC running from Ludhiana to Dankuni goes through Asansol, Gomoh, Sonnagar, Mughalsarai, Kanpur, Khurja, and Saharanpur. The 426km Ludhiana to Khurja segment of the eastern DFC is a solitary electric line, while the remainder of the passageway is an electric programmed twofold line. 

"The Eastern DFC's course expected to keep away from some significant urban areas and towns because of land obtaining issues." 

To interface the passageway with major mechanical focuses, a few centers or intersections have been arranged along the hallway. The intersections will be situated in spots, for example, Ganjkhwaja, Jeonathpur, Naini/Cheoki, Prempur, Bhaupur, Tundla, Daudkhan, Kalanaur, Rajpura, Sirhind, and Dhandarikalan. 

The Dadri to JNPT course of the Western DFC will go through Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Phulera, and Rewari. This segment of the passageway will be a twofold line electric track. The hall additionally incorporates another 32km single line from Pirthala to Tughlakabad. 

DFC project foundation 

The Eastern DFC plan incorporates the development of 104 scaffolds, 368 street over-spans (ROBs), 189 street under-spans (RUBs), and 21 flyovers. It additionally incorporates the recreation of nine existing ROBs and the expansion of ten existing RUBs. 

The Western DFC plan incorporates a 4km-long passage, 262 extensions, 33 flyovers, 505 ROBs, and 200 RUBs. The western passageway additionally incorporates the recreation of 24 existing ROBs and stretching ten existing RUBs. 

A sum of 211 scaffolds was finished and 145 are in advancement as of the finish of November 2019. Additionally, 271 RUBs were dispatched out of 562 and 259 were in advancement. Out of 296, 67 ROBs have been finished and 138 are in advancement. 

Hallway flagging and interchanges 

Programmed motioning with 2km dividing between signs will be utilized for the two passageways. The Ludhiana-Khurja portion of the Eastern DFC will also highlight an outright square framework. Traffic signal interchanges on the two hallways will include an autonomous OFC framework. A GSM-R correspondence framework will be received for versatile train radio correspondence. 

DFC moving stock 

The undertaking will utilize single-stack compartments on the Eastern DFC and superload holders on the Western DFC. The holders will be driven by electric trains on the Eastern DFC and diesel trains on the Western DFC. The greatest speed of the trains will be 100km/h.