📋 Tender Overview
ScopeThe Indian Railways will take up the East-West Deicated Freight Corriodor EWDFC which are expected to be completed by 2027. The project completion cost was estimated based on the current price till 2026-27. The Dedicated Corridor Corporation of India DFCCIL also suggested a debt to equity ratio of 31 for the project. Based on the new plan the EWDFC will be truncated and start from Sindi near Nagpur to Hijli near Kharagpur covering 1152.18 km and equated length total length including connections with the Railways network of 1260 km. A total of 23 junction stations three future junctions and 13 crossing stations have been proposed in this network which is expected to be completed at a cost of Rs 73804 crore. The EWDFC may handle around 449.88 million tonne traffic by 2031-32 and 690.6 million tonne by 2041-42. By completion of the first two DFCs the total traffic of the Railways will increase by at least 144 million tonne by 2022.
