With the work on the Eastern dedicated freight corridor in its advanced stage, a 175.1-km section, from Sahnewal in Punjab to Pilkhani in Uttar Pradesh under the Ambala unit is expected to be commissioned in the next six months.
The project was divided into three parts — Sahnewal to Shambhu in Punjab, covering 81.6 km, Shambhu to Kalanaur in Haryana, covering 76.7 km and Kalanaur to Pilkahni in Uttar Pradesh, covering 16.8 km.
The work in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are being covered under Phase-I and Phase-II respectively, and the work in Haryana is being carried out as Phase-III of the project.
