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Prayagraj to house the nerve centre of automated goods train running system
Built by the French railway technology company Alstom, it will also host a 90-metre-long digital wall for train operation, said to be the second largest in Asia
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Andhra govt requests dedicated freight corridor connectivity to its ports
The Andhra Pradesh government has requested the Railways to extend its dedicated freight corridor connectivity to ports in the state
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Dedicated Freight Corridor braves Covid, completes 17% planned expenditure
DFC employed over 22,000 people during lockdown. For 2020-21, total capex lined up for project is Rs 11,344 cr, up 13% from Rs 10,034 cr during 2019-20
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Govt plans to lease out dedicated freight corridor tracks to private firms
To rope in telecom companies and make use of optic fibre network
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Sonnagar-Dankuni freight corridor section likely to get aid from World Bank
The 538-km stretch is estimated to cost Rs 15,000 crore
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JICA grants Rs 11,033-cr ODA loan for Freight Corridor, Mumbai Metro
Japanese ODA loans are long-term low interest rate loans advanced to the developing countries
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Dedicated rail freight corridors look to rope in Amazon, Flipkart
'A game-changer for parcel industry'; move expected to slash parcel delivery times drastically
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Private sector players to add steam to eastern dedicated freight corridor
If public sector majors like NTPC or Coal India show any interest, the possibilities of a joint venture cannot be ruled out
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Dedicated Freight Corridor gets a new deadline, it's a race against time
DFC may finally see the light of day with the Narendra Modi government planning to complete it by December 2021, ahead of India's 75th Independence day in 2022
800-km stretch of dedicated freight corridor to be opened this year
The railways opened the 190-km Ateli (Haryana)-Phulera (Rajasthan) section of the Western DFC earlier this year
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There has been a five-fold rise in progress of work on DFCC: Adesh Sharma
Q&A with Managing Director, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC)
India to invest Rs 3.3 lakh cr on three new rail freight corridors
The 5,500 km-long corridors will supplement plans to lay 3,300 km of two arms of Dedicated Freight Corridor project
Quiet first trial of freight corridor
Dedicated track for goods opened between Durgawati and Sasaram in Bihar
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