World Bank Assistance for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor

  • The World Bank has offered to give financial assistance to the last remaining portion of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) between Sonnagar (Bihar) and Dankuni (West Bengal), which India is originally slated to construct in the private public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
  • Currently, the entire EDFC is being built with loan from World Bank, except for the last portion between Bihar and West Bengal.

Key Points

  • The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) with a route length of 1856 km runs from Dankuni in West Bengal to Ludhiana (Punjab).It covers Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,Jharkhand and West Bengal.
  • The railway is one of ....
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