PM Modi to inaugurate New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of EDFC today
The new EDFC section will help in decongesting the Kanpur-Delhi main line and it will furthermore enable the Indian Railways to run faster trains. The New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of the EDFC, which is located in UP, is built at a cost of Rs 5,750 crores. (Image: ANI)
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Updated: Dec 29, 2020, 06:41 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to inaugurate the New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) today (December 29).
The prime minister will attend the event and inaugurate the section of the corridor at 11 am via video conferencing.
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the New Bhaupur-New Khurja of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) to the nation on Tuesday and said these freight corridors will play a major role in making India self-reliant. These freight corridors will play a major role in making India self-reliant. Be it traders, farmers or consumers, everyone will be benefitted from these, said PM Modi through video conferencing. We are seeing today, the biggest and modern railway infrastructure project after independence on the ground. Today, when the first goods train ran on the Khurja-Bhaupur freight corridor route, we heard the buzz and roar of the new and self-reliant India, he added.
Ajay Kumar, executive director at Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor speaking to ANI on Tuesday. (Photo/ANI)
New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of EDFC will benefit public with increase in speed of trains, says official ANI | Updated: Dec 29, 2020 19:34 IST
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 29 (ANI): The New Bhaupur-New Khurja of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) dedicated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the nation will be beneficial for the public as it will increase the speed of goods and passenger trains, said an official on Wednesday.
Bhaupur is a town in Kanpur Dehat district and Khurja is a town in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.
Modi launches 351km-long eastern dedicated freight corridor
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Modi launches 351km-long eastern dedicated freight corridor. ( https://www.narendramodi.in/) Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Dec 29 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 351 km long New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj.
Speaking on the occasion, Modi said, After Independence we are witnessing the inauguration of the most advanced rail section in the country. The first goods train that will run on the New Bhaupur-Khurja section will give a message of the new Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) and the new operation control centre in Prayagraj is one of the best control centres in the world.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that development of infrastructure should be kept above politics and if there has to be a competition among political parties on infrastructure, it should be on its quality, speed and scale. The PM was speaking after inaugurating the 351-km New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh through videoconference. Our past experiences tell us that the infrastructure projects related to the country s development should be kept out of politics. The country s infrastructure is not tied to any party s ideology. It is not for meant for five years, but a mission to benefit the people of the country. If any political party has to do competition on the issue, it should be on the infrastructure s quality, speed and