Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor- Strengthening Course of Industrial Development

Shobhit Verma, Uttam Kumar Roy

Abstract


This paper seeks to explore the potential of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor and how it can help in the industrialization of the areas. In order to reduce the disparity in economic condition of different states/regions of India,the Government of India after the Delhi Mumbai industrial Corridor has developed another high capacity freight corridor i.e. eastern dedicated freight corridor. The Eastern Dedicated Freight corridor has a span of about 1839 km connecting Amritsar in Punjab to Kolkata in west Bengal, connecting major industrial clusters and cities. This paper examines and discusses salient features of the EDFC, benefits, recent development and opportunity for investment in the EDFC regions.

Keywords


Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, EDF, Dedicated Freight corridor

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