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PM inaugurates 306km section of western DFC
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, inaugurated the 306km section of the western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) from Rewari to Madar through video conferencing.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, inaugurated the 306km section of the western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) from Rewari to Madar through video conferencing.
The Western DFC covers 1,504km of double line electric track from Dadri (Uttar Pradesh) to Mumbai via Rewari-Ajmer-Ahmedabad-Vadodara, of which, about 177km length is passing through Haryana.
Union railway minister Piyush Goyal, Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, Union ministers and Ambassador of Japan to India Satoshi Suzuki also joined the programme through video conference, an official spokesperson said.
On this occasion, PM Modi also flagged off world’s first double-stack long haul (1.5km) goods trains from New Ateli station in Haryana and new Kishangarh station in Rajasthan.
The Haryana CM said that the Western DFC will benefit the automobile, IT, textile, engineering, electronics, chemical and pharmaceutical industries of Gurugram and Faridabad.
