Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Indian Railways with the aim to promote MSME markets has undertaken a massive infrastructure project, Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) as per the information given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, ANI reported.
The DFC project comprises Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC – from Dadri to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust – 1506 Km) and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC – from Ludhiana to Sonnagar -1337 Km) with a total cover span of 2,843 km route.
Out of the total route, almost 1,610 km (799 Km of EDFC and 811 Km of WDFC) was completed till October, 2022.