Land Acquisition for 2,800 Km Dedicated Freight Corridors Nearing Completion

The Minister of Railways Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal has said that land acquisition for nearly 2,800 km of the eastern and western freight corridors is almost complete.

The first major civil construction contract on the 343 km Kanpur-Khurja section of the eastern corridor has already been awarded and by the end of 2013-14, construction contract to cover up to 1,500 km on the two corridors would be awarded and the work started. Preliminary Engineering-cum-Traffic Studies (PETS) have been taken up on four future Dedicated Freight Corridors.

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(Release ID :92503)