Coal, food grain, and Export-Import freight movement is expected to get a boost as 90 per cent of the Dedicated Freight Corridor is now scheduled to be completed in June 2023.
“Most of dedicated freight corridor (DFC) tracks, over 90 per cent, will be operational in next one year by June 2023. This will mean that around 2750 route kilometres (RKM) of the Eastern and Western DFC will be ready by then, another 100 RKM is expected to be left for completion,” Ravindra Kumar Jain, Managing Director at Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp Ltd (DFCCIL) told ET.
