Govt may shelve Rs 2-trn freight corridor planThe Indian government is likely to abandon its plan to build three more dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) – East Coast, East-West, and North-South – due to low capacity utilization of the existing east and west freight corridors. Instead, the government will focus on building commodity-specific rail networks, such as those for...
more... energy, minerals, and cement, as announced in the recent budget. These commodity-specific corridors are expected to be more successful as there will be existing customers for them. The existing DFCs have faced challenges in attracting enough customers and have been hard-sold to potential bulk customers. The decision to focus on commodity-specific networks comes after the government received detailed project reports for the East Coast and North-South DFCs, and the DPR for the East-West DFC is expected soon. These new corridors were initially proposed in 2021 but were seen as a deviation from the previous plan to focus on generic DFCs.
India government abhi three more dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) – East Coast, East-West, aur North-South – banane ka plan chhodne wala hai. Iska reason hai ki existing east and west freight corridors pe capacity utilization bahut low hai. Instead, government commodity-specific rail networks pe focus karega, jaise ki energy, minerals, aur...
more... cement ke liye. Ye commodity-specific corridors zyada successful hone ki ummeed hai kyonki unke liye pehle se customers hain. Existing DFCs ko bahut mushkil se customers mil rahe hai aur unko bulk customers ko bechna pad raha hai. Ye decision government ko East Coast aur North-South DFCs ke detailed project reports milne ke baad aaya hai, aur East-West DFC ka DPR bhi jaldi aane wala hai. Ye new corridors pehle 2021 mein propose hue the, lekin ye generic DFCs pe focus karne wala previous plan se alag tha.