3 new dedicated freight corridors will be built | Indian Railways

The DFCCIL build 3 new dedicated freight corridors East Coast corridor and North South Corridor and East West Corridor .
that three projects are worth Rs 1.78 lakh crore, which includes the cost of the land acquisition and the cost of construction

The three corridors — East-Coast Corridor, which is 1,115 km from Kharagpur to Vijaywada, East-West Corridor, which is 1,673 km from Bhusaval to Dankuni and 195 km Rajkharsawan to Andal and North-South corridor, which is 975 km from Vijaywada to Itarsi.

Sharing details of the East-Coast corridor from Kharagpur to Vijaywada, an official of the DFCCIL said that the approximate length is 1,115 Km which passes through three states of West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

The DFCCIL official said that it also traverses over three zonal railways (South East Railway, East Coast Railway and South Central Railway) and four divisions — Kharagpur, Khurda Road, Waltair and Vijayawada.

The official said that the proposed East Coast Corridor starts from Kharagpur near Hijli station of railways and passes through Rupsa, Jakhapura, Haridaspur, Rajatgarh, Khurda Road, Naupada, Vishakhapatanam and ends near north of Vijayawada station. This route connects the ports of Paradeep and Vishakhapatanam with the Dharma and Gangavaram.
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