The longest within the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, the 1034-m Yamuna Bridge, has been accomplished, the Union Ministry of Railways has introduced. The nation’s largest transporter has additionally accomplished bearing fixation work on the up and down strains and strategy work, with observe linking and walkway work now in progress.
“Work on the 1034 m Yamuna Bridge, one of the longest in EDFC, has been completed. The bearing fixation work on the UP & DN lines and approach work has also been completed; track linking & walkway work are in progress,” the ministry introduced with a video on Twitter.
The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor is an under-construction broad gauge freight hall. Once accomplished, the railway line will hyperlink Ludhiana in Punjab to Dankuni in West Bengal by way of Khurja in Uttar Pradesh. The line is one in every of a number of freight corridors being constructed by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India.
The jap hall will largely have double tracks and electrification — the 365-km Ludhiana to Khurja part will probably be single line electrified due to the dearth of house. The freight hall will cowl 1,839 km, with a 46-km department line becoming a member of Khurja in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district with Dadri in Gautam Buddha Nagar district on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.
As of June, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India has accomplished 50% of the work (923 km) of the jap hall. It has additionally acquired 99% of the land for the venture and expects to finish the complete hall by March 2023.
The hall has been divided into a number of sections: Ludhiana-Khurja (365 km), Dadri-Khurja (department line) 46 km, Khurja-Bhaupur (351 km), Bhaupur-Manauri-New Ganjkhwaja (279 km), New Ganjkhwaja-New Chiraila Pauthu (123 km), New Chiraila Pauthu-Sonnagar (137 km), Sonnagar-Dankuni.
The two devoted freight corridors are anticipated to decongest the railway community by shifting 70% of the nation’s items trains to the corridors.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”