NEW BHAUPUR-NEW KHURJA SECTION OF EASTERN DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR

Dec. 30, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the ambitious New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) in Uttar Pradesh.

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  • The 351-kilometre New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of EDFC is built at a cost of Rs. 5,750 crore and most of its part passes through Uttar Pradesh.

  • The section will decongest the existing Kanpur-Delhi main line and will enable Indian Railways to run faster trains.

  • The agro products of Uttar Pradesh will now reach at a faster speed to other parts of the country and it will increase the export capacity of the state which is a landlocked area and doesn’t have any port to send the items abroad.

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