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Modi launches 351km-long eastern dedicated freight corridor
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SME Times News Bureau | 29 Dec, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 351 km long 'New
Bhaupur-New Khurja section' of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
(EDFC) and Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj.
Speaking
on the occasion, Modi said, "After Independence we are witnessing the
inauguration of the most advanced rail section in the country. The first
goods train that will run on the New Bhaupur-Khurja section will give a
message of the new 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' (self-reliant India) and the
new operation control centre in Prayagraj is one of the best control
centres in the world."
"The Operation Control Center in Prayagraj
is also a symbol of the new power of the new India. Anyone will be
proud as the management and data technology used in the control centre
has been prepared in India," he said.
Modi also emphasised that "infrastructure" is the biggest source of the country's development.
The
Prime Minister said the connectivity is the nerve of the nation, and if
the nerves are in better shape then the health and prosperity of the
nation is much higher.
He said that today, when India is moving
fast towards becoming the biggest economic power of the world, "then the
best connectivity is the priority of the country".
"With this ideology, we have worked on every aspect of modern connectivity in the country over the last six years," Modi said.
The
Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) is one of the largest rail
infrastructure projects undertaken by the government. The overall cost
is pegged at Rs 81,459 crore.
Dedicated Freight Corridor
Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has been set up as a special
purpose vehicle to undertake planning, development, mobilisation of
financial resources, construction, maintenance and operation of the
Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC).
In the first phase, the
organisation is constructing the Western DFC (1,504 route km) and
Eastern DFC (1,856 route km) spanning a total length of 3,360 route km.
The
Prime Minister further said in India the passenger and the goods train
run on the same tracks. "Thus the speed of the goods train is slow. In
such a situation, passenger trains are stopped at stations to give way
to goods trains. This results in delay of the passenger trains.
"These
special corridors for freight trains would ensure passenger trains run
on time. It will also ensure that carriage trains can run at thrice the
speed and they will be able to carry double load capacity," Modi said.
Modi
said the freight corridors will be a very big mode for self-reliant
India, whether it is industry, trade or business, farmer or consumer,
everyone is going to benefit from it.
He said the 'Kisan rail' would also benefit from these freight corridors.
The 100th Kisan rail has just started. With the launch of this freight corridor, Kisan rails would run faster, he said.
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