June 09, 2021
Ravindra Kumar Jain, Managing Director, DFCCIL×
Lives before business: The company set up an oxygen bank for employees and vendors, upgraded hospital to serve train pilots and guards
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has put in place an oxygen concentrator bank that can be used by its own staff, employees of its contractors, and technical consultants engaged in implementing the mega rail project.
The concentrator bank, which started with just four oxygen concentrators procured from Doha in April, helped three-four patients tide over an initial two-three days with home treatment till they got a hospital bed for treatment of Covid-19. This was shared with
Despite Covid-19 Induced Delays, Capex Utilisation For Dedicated Freight Corridor Project Up By 21 Per Cent
by Arun Kumar Das - Feb 16, 2021 04:51 AM
Western Dedicated Freight Corridor that will connect Rewari, Haryana to Jawahar Lal Nehru port in Mumbai (representative image) (Source: @dfccil india/Twitter)
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According to the Railways, higher capital utilisation was possible due to the relentless monitoring of the project, which led to the resolution of issues which otherwise used to delay execution in the past.
Despite the project getting adversely affected due to Covid-19 induced lockdown, capital utilisation in the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) has registered an increase by 21 per cent in the first 10 months of the financial year 2020-21 as compared to the last fiscal.
Uttar Pradesh: PM To Inaugurate Bhaupur-Khurja Section Of Dedicated Freight Corridor Tomorrow
by Arun Kumar Das - Dec 28, 2020 04:52 AM
PM Modi
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Expected to be a catalyst for the development of industries and growth centres along the corridor, the section will also decongest the existing Kanpur-Delhi main line and will enable Indian Railways to run faster trains.
Launching one of the largest rail infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the âNew Bhaupur- New Khurja sectionâ of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) tomorrow (December 29).
Built at a cost of Rs 5,750 crore, the 351-km New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of EDFC in Uttar Pradesh will open new vistas of opportunity for local industries such as aluminium industry (Pukhrayan region of Kanpur Dehat district), dairy sector (Auraiya district), textile production/block printing (Etawah district), glassware industry (Firozabad district), pottery products (Khurja o