The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) is more than infrastructure; it is a strategic inflexion point for India’s manufacturing, exports, and the long-awaited shift from road to rail, writes Lalit Chandra Trivedi. India’s freight logistics story is being rewritten, not on a highway, not at a seaport terminal, but on a dedicated railway corridor that...
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JICA to provide Rs 7k cr loan for western freight railway project
Phase II will connect freight lines of Dadri-Rewari, Vadodara-Mumbai
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Ports – Porting Ahead
A lot of optimism has set in with 100 per cent FDI inflow, the Sagarmala Project, greater thrust on PPP projects, and the ´Make in India´ initiative. The Indian ports and shipping industry plays a vital role in sustaining growth of the country´s
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625 km double track rail corridor awarded at Rs 6,700 cr
In yet another important development in the implementation of the ambitious Dedicated Freight Corridor Project of Indian Railways, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) has awarded a major contract for construction of 625 km of double track corridor from Rewari (Haryana) to Iqbalgarh (Gujrat) via Rajasthan at a cost of about Rs 6,700 crore.
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DFCCI awards Rs 67 bn corridor project to L&T consortium
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCI) awarded a Rs 6,700 crore contract, the single largest rail contract so far in the country, to a consortium of L&T and Sojitz, a Japanese infrastructure major. The consortium is said to have received the letter of award for the project. According to the terms of the contract, the consortium is responsible for laying an 643 km of rail track between Rewari in Haryana and Palanpur in Guja
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General consultant appointed for DFC project
General consultancy contract for Kanpur–Mughalsarai, Khurja–Ludhiana and Khurja–Dadri section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor project has been awarded to AECOM Asia Company at a cost of Rs 18.18 crore, according to the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCIL).