Advocating the need to de-clog the road network in the country, the Union Minister insisted transporting bulk goods through rail instead of roadways as it would be cost effective and environment friendly.
"The 570 km long corridor from Sonnagar to Dankuni in the Eastern DFC will be executed through PPP route," Bansal said at a conference in New Delhi.
The Eastern and Western corridors of DFC are being constructed covering a length of 3,328 km route for exclusive freight movement in the country.
Giving the timeline, Bansal said: "The DFC project has to be completed by 2018 which is an uphill task. There is a tangible progress as 87
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