Indian Railways Completes Valsad Road-Over Bridge Work In Record 20 Days

The reconstructed Valsad highway over-bridge on Western devoted freight hall

The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) - the Indian Railways' particular objective automobile for implementing the devoted freight hall (DFC) undertaking within the nation, accomplished the dismantling and reconstruction work of the Valsad highway overbridge (ROB) on the Western DFC in a report time of 20 days. The work on the Western DFC's Vaitarana – Sachin part witnessed a bottleneck of crossing the highway over-bridge close to the Valsad city in Gujarat, in line with an announcement launched by the railway ministry on Tuesday, June 22. 

Due to limitations, the work on the highway over-bridge couldn't be began. The track-laying project- which utilises the brand new observe building (NTC) machine, would have been severely impacted.

The Western hall connecting Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) in Mumbai will go by way of Gujarat, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra of Eastern DFC and Western DFC. (Also Read: Rewari-Madar Section Of Western DFC To Benefit Industries: All You Need To Know )

The 306 km lengthy Rewari - Madar part of the Western DFC was devoted to the nation on January 7, 2021. The trial run of 369 km freight hall between New Palanpur to New (*20*) was additionally performed by railway authorities. The operation management centre (OCC) for the DFC undertaking is located at Prayagraj.

A complete of roughly 2,800 route km of the Western DFC and Eastern DFC (excluding the Sonnagar – Dankuni PPP part) will likely be commissioned by June 2023, in line with the railway ministry. In the commissioned sections, a complete of greater than 4,000 trains have been operated. The speeds attained by freight trains on the DFC tracks are corresponding to any of the quickest mail categorical trains on the community.