INTRODUCTION DFCCIL is a corporation run by GOI to undertake

planning & development, mobilization of financial resources and construction.

It maintained and operated the dedicated freight corridors.

Registered as a company under Companies act 1956 on 30 October 2006

DFCCIL is rated   ‘AAA’, the    highest Corporate Credit Rating   given   by CRISIL and LAAA (SO) (pronounced L triple A (Structured Obligation) Credit Opinion by ICRA

MISSION

As the dedicated agency to make the vision into reality, DFCCIL's mission is:

• To build a corridor with appropriate technology that enables Indian railways to regain its market share of freight transport by creating additional capacity and guaranteeing efficient, reliable, safe and cheaper options for mobility to its customers.

• To set up Multimodal logistic parks along the DFC to provide complete transport solution to customers.

• To support the government's initiatives toward ecological sustainability by encouraging users to adopt railways as the most environment friendly mode for their transport requirements.

NEED FOR DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR PROJECT

• Two diagonals of golden quadrilateral adding up to total route of 10,122 km carries more than 55% of revenue earning freight traffic of IR

• The existing trunk route of Howrah-Delhi and Mumbai-Delhi are highly saturated, line capacity utilization varying between 115% to 150%.

• The surging power needs requiring heavy coal movement, booming infrastructure construction and growing international trade has led to the conception of the Dedicated Freight Corridors along the Eastern and Western Routes.

• The successful award of this Design and Build contract will pave way for finalization of other DFCC packages which are in various stages of bidding project

• L & T provides 14 billion of technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services conglomerate, with global operations

• DFCCIL is the country largest project awarded so far in rail sector and first of its kind in India

• DFCCIL has been designated as a special purpose vehicle.

• Upgrading of transportation technology, increase in productivity and reduction in unit transportation cost are focus area of project.

• Dedicated freight corridor covers about 2762km long 2 routes-

1.The Eastern Corridor

2.The Western Corridor

THE EASTERN CORRIDOR

The Eastern Corridor

• From Ludhiana to Punjab to Kolkata (1839 Kms).• Mughalsarai-Ludhiana (1183 km) section of Eastern

Corridor funded by World Bank for US$ 2.725 billion• 122 km Mughalsarai-Sonnagar section funded by

Budgetary Support• Dankuni-Sonnagar (534 km) section to be funded

through PPP.• The total land requirement for the project is around

10,661 hectares

THE WESTERN CORRIDOR

The western corridor

• Joint venture of Larsen & Toubro and Japan based sojitz corporation.

• It will be connecting 4 states Haryana(192km),Rajasthan(553km),Gujarat(588km),Maharashtra(150km).

• The Western Corridor covers a distance of 1483 km of double line electric (2 X 25 KV) track from Jawaharlal Nehru Port JNPT to Dadri via Vadodara-Ahmedabad-Palanpur-Phulera-Rewari

• 626 km double-track corridor is to contruct from Rewari in Haryana to Iqbalgarh in Gujarat via Rajasthan.

• It also includes1,400km track of railway line, 50 major and 1,250 minor bridges and 20 stations.

• Funding by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for 645.173 billion