Mega rail and infra projects raise hope for the city dwellers
There are a lot of expectations from the new BJP led government this year. The new railway minister will have to begin working towards his responsibilities as soon as possible and Prime Minister Narendra Modi must lay special emphasis and focus on the Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Corridor and the Dedicated Freight Corridor so that the implementations are quick and fast.
According to a senior railway official, the focus of the BJP will be on the bullet train and quick implementation of the DFC. According to the BJP manifesto, once it comes to power, a bullet train will be launched soon. Freight corridors and industrial corridors will be added to this new project so that there is faster movement of people as well as commodities and goods.
The Japan International Cooperation Energy has financed phased 1 of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. This will effectively study bullet trains as it runs on the Mumbai to Ahmedabad route. In order to capture the market share, the freight corridors in the east and west have been considered very important. These trains are going to run on electricity at 120 kilometres per hour and will take up about 20 to 24 hours instead of 30 to 40 hours. There could be more passenger services on the current routes because of the shift to DFC from freight traffic.
If the DFC is commissioned in the year 2017, then only 10% of the freight traffic will remain in the western corridor.
Source -The Times of India
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