The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the revised cost estimate of Rs 81,549 crore for the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), after including the cost of land acquisition and financing plan. The revised cost estimate comprises of construction cost of Rs 73,392 crore of both Eastern and Western corridors. Of this, the land acquisition cost will be Rs 8,067 crore.
The government notified that the Eastern and Western DFC project, approved in 2008, will augment commercial transport and aid power, mining, ports and container sectors. The Eastern DFC is expected to carry 153 million tonne of traffic in 2021-22, which will increase to 251 million tonne in 2036-37. The Western DFC is expected to carry 161 million tonne of traffic in 2021-22, which will increase to 284 million tonne in 2036-37.
The Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and World Bank will loan Rs 52,347 crore for the ambitious project. For the Eastern DFC, the commitment of World Bank loan is for $2.725 billion. For the Western DFC, the commitment for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) loan is for 550 billion Japanese yen and the first tranche loan agreements of 230 billion yen for both Phase-I and Phase-II, have been signed.
The Eastern DFC is planned to be implemented in parts; EDFC-1 of 343 km, from Khurja-Kanpur; EDFC-2 of 402 km, from Kanpur-Mughalsarai; EDFC-3 of 447 km from Ludhiana-Khurja-Dadri, while the Western DFC is planned to be implemented in two phases. Phase-1 of 963 km, from Rewari-Vadodara and Phase-2 of 557 km, from Vadodara-Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and Rewari-Dadri.
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