00:00The Government of India established the Dedicated Fright Corridor Corporation of India DFC-CIL
00:06on 30 October 2006 to undertake construction of this project.
00:12India's first two DFCs, Western Dedicated Fright Corridor from Dadri in Uttar Pradesh
00:18to Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra and Eastern Dedicated Fright Corridor from Ludhiana in Punjab to
00:24Dhankuni in West Bengal, are aimed to decongestating the railway network by moving 70 percent
00:29of India's good strength to these two corridors.
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00:53The Dedicated Fright Corridor will change the dynamics of fright movement in the country
00:58and enable the Indian railways to improve their customer orientation and meet market
01:02demands more effectively.
01:04Talking about the route, the WDFC will begin at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh near Delhi, covering
01:10a new patch of railway line between Dadri-Rewari and then it will run parallel to existing railway
01:16line via Narnal, Srimadhapur and Ringu's at Sikhar.
01:26The other important stations will be Fulera and Marwar Junction in Rajasthan, Palanpur,
01:32Amli Road in Sabarmati, Makarpura in Valodra, Kothangam, Kosar in Gujarat and Vasai Road
01:38in Maharashtra before it terminates at JNPT, the Navaseva port in Maharashtra Raigarh district.
01:46The total length of this Fright Corridor is 1504 km which will cover 177 km in Haryana,
01:54567 km in Rajasthan, 565 km in Gujarat, 177 km in Maharashtra and 18 km in Uttar Pradesh.
02:04Well, this project is divided into 6 parts, as Dadri to Rewari is 141 km, Rewari to Madar
02:15is 305 km, Madar to Palanpur, 325 km, Palanpur to Varodra, 304 km, Varodra to Sachin, 163 km,
02:26and Sachin to JNPT that is 265 km, and today you are watching the progress of Varuj area
02:32which comes under Varodra Sachin section.
02:36While the contactors engaged in this section are Mitsoe, Irkon and Tata projects.
02:42In this section, the main point of attraction is the bridge over Narmada river, as this bridge
02:47number 57 will be longest steel bridge in the entire western corridor, and the total length
02:53of this bridge is 1.4 km.
02:57Talking about some features of this ride corridor, these corridors are proposed to adopt world
03:02class and state of the earth technology.
03:06Significant improvement is proposed to be made in the existing carrying capacity by modifying
03:11basic design features.
03:14The permanent way will be constructed with significantly higher design features that will enable it
03:19to withstand heavier loads at higher speeds.
03:23Simultaneously, in order to optimize productive use of the right-of-way, dimensions of the rolling
03:28stock is proposed to be enlarged.
03:31Both these improvements will allow longer and heavier trains to ply on the derogated
03:36freight corridors.
03:3825 tons axle-load wagons are expected to run on this freight corridor.
03:46This will significantly increase throughput on Indian Railway.
03:51Like the existing height on the Indian Railway is 4.265 m.
03:56On DFC, it will increase to 7.1 m for double stack and 5.1 m for single stack.
04:03The existing width is 3.2 m, where on DFC, it will be 3.66 m.
04:10On existing Indian Railway, the width of the container stack is single stack system, where
04:15on DFC, it will be double stack on western corridor and single stack on eastern corridor.
04:21Where the existing length is 700 m, on DFC, it will be 1.5 km.
04:28The train load on existing Railway system is 5400 ton, where on DFC, it will be 13,000
04:35ton.
04:37The existing design axle load is 22.9 ton or 25 ton.
04:43On DFC, all tracks are designed for 25 ton, where bridges and formation design for 32.5 ton
04:50load.
04:52The minimum speed of current IR system is 75 km per hour.
04:57On DFC, the minimum speed will be 100 km per hour.
05:02Well, besides all these developments, this project is having a green initiative too.
05:08As DFC-IL is expected to offer reduction of more than 450 million ton of CO2 in the first
05:15year of operation, leading to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport system of India.
05:22Talking about the project cost, the entire western corridor is being funded through loan from
05:28JICA as Japan International Cooperation Agency in two phases.
05:33Well, phase 1, that is Rewari to Varudra, the loan amount of 22,667.9 crore, and the
05:42phase 2, as Varudra to JNPT, the loan amount of 19,225.5 crore.
05:49Well, this also includes the cost of 200 locomotives to be produced by Ministry of Railways.
05:57Talking about the progress, as you can see in most of the area, Earthwalk is still
06:01going on.
06:02And about the steel bridge, maximum PR caps are done, and Dexlab work in progress.
06:08So, this is a project which enables Indian Railways to regain its market share of ripe transport
06:15by creating additional capacity and guaranteeing efficient, reliable, safe, and cheaper options
06:21for mobility to its customers.
06:23This will set up multimodal logistics parks along the DFC to provide complete transport
06:30solutions to the customers.
06:32This will also support the government's initiatives toward ecological sustainability by encouraging
06:38users to adopt railways as the most environment-friendly mode to their transport requirements.
06:45So, what is your thought about this project?
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