Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has sanctioned the preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for new Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) on three routes to ensure smooth flow of rail transportation in both passenger and freight segments. The three routes included the East-Coast Corridor, East-West Sub-Corridor and North-South Corridor. The East Coast Corridor- Kharagpur to Vijayawada will have a distance of about 1115 km. Preparation of DPRs has been entrusted to Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), a public sector unit under the Railways ministry. The DPRs would be the primary basis for arriving at an investment decision as the report would essentially bring out some key stats such as alignment, technical feasibility, major streams of freight and growth potential of key sectors along the corridor, financial internal rate of return (FIRR), economic internal rate of return (EIRR) and other relevant details.
