PM Modi dedicates New Rewari, New Madar section of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor to the Nation
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Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2021, 16:15 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 07: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated to the nation the 306 Km New Rewari - New Madar Section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) via video conferencing.
The Prime Minister also flagged off the world s first Double Stack Long Haul 1.5 Km long Container Train hauled by electric traction from New Ateli -New Kishangarh during the event. Governors and Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Haryana along with Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal were present on
the occasion.
Updated Jan 07, 2021 | 06:28 IST
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New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 306-km New Rewari-New Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) virtually on Thursday, a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. The statement said PM Modi will also flag off the world’s first Double Stack Long Haul 1.5 km container train hauled by electric traction from Haryana’s Ateli to Kishangarh in Rajasthan.
Japan International Cooperation Agency has extended a cumulative total of 464,267 million Japanese yen (approximately Rs 33,000 crore) in official development assistance for the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor project up to now, the agency said on Thursday. The remarks by Katsuo Matsumoto, Chief Representative, JICA India, came at an event at which Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 306-km New Rewari-New Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) to the nation. Suzuki Satoshi, Ambassador of Japan to India, attended the ceremony and flagged off this project together with other dignitaries, a statement issued by JICA said. Japan has been providing funds and expertise for the dedicated freight railway system having route length of approximately 1,500 km, which has been constructed, under the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor project, along the Industrial Corridor between Dadri-Delhi and Mumbai.
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PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Rewari-Madar Section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor via video conferencing in New Delhi on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dedicated the 306-km New Rewari-New Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) to the nation. Through video-conferencing, Modi also flagged off the world s first double-stack long-haul 1.5-km-long container train hauled by electric traction from New Ateli-New Kishangarh.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister said, The mahayagya to modernise the country s infrastructure today gained a new momentum. This dedicated freight corridor project is being seen as a game changer for India in the 21st century, said Modi.
Read more about Freight corridor will lead to rapid development: Prime Minister Modi on Business Standard. Modi inaugurated the 306-km Rewari-Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor section