Dedicated Freight Corridor

Shally Rathi

Introduction A Special Purpose vehicle under the

Ministry Of Railway

Consist of 2 Corridor: - Eastern Corridor - Western Corridor

Covering about 2762 route-km on two corridors

India being developing country, need for Transport system

Project at a Glance

Eastern Corrido

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Sonnagar- Mughal Sarai- Kanpur- Khurja-

Dadri,Khurja- Kalanaur-

Dhandari Kalan

1309 KM 31 Rail Flyover

Cost- 212,437 million

Western

Corridor

JNPT- Vasai Rd- Vadodara- Ahmedabad-

Ajmer- Rewari- Dadri

1468 KM 41 Rail Flyover

Cost- 287,420 million

Project at a Glance

Estimated Cost For DFCDescription Western

CorridorEastern Corridor

Total (Million Rs.)

Total Project Cost

287,420 212,437 499,857

Items Excluded from DFC Project CostDescription Western

CorridorEastern Corridor

Total (Million Rs.)

Wagon & Depot Cost

20,999 16,004 37,003

New Construction & Land Cost

30,605 21,962 52,566

Project Funding Project funded by a combination of debt from

bilateral/multilateral agencies and equity from Ministry of Railways

The capital structure of DFCCIL will entail a debt equity ratio of 2:1

For the Western corridor, the Government of Japan will provide a loan to meet about 67% of the construction cost

The Eastern Corridor is proposed for funding from multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank

Project PhasingWestern Corridor Phase I Rewari- Vadodara (920 Kms) 2009- 2016 Phase II Vadodara- JNPT(430Kms) 2010-2017 Phase III Rewari – Dadri(140 Kms) 2010-2017

Eastern Corridor   Phase I Sonenagar -Mugalsarai 2009-2016 Phase II Mughalsarai-Khurja (710 kms) 2010-2016 Phase III Khurja-Ludhiana (Dandarikalan) 2011-

2017

Environmental and Social Considerations

Relative high concerns on railway noise and vibration for residents

Impact to livelihood for farmers

Benefits from DFC Acceleration of nationwide development

Promotion of Industry

Promotion of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Improvement Of living Standard