Dedicated Freight Corridor
India has been seeing a rapid growth in its economy since the last 7 years. Each financial year since 2016 has seen a growth in services and demand in every sector, be it Manufacturing, IT, Food, Finance etc. With the launching of campaigns such as “Make in India” and “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”, there has been a rise in number of startups resulting to a rise in exports particularly from the manufacturing and food Industry. But this growth met with an unexpected obstacle. This obstacle was the lack of a cheap and quick transportation system for the delivery of products from the factories and farms to wholesale markets and urban areas. In this blog, we will see how India is overcoming this obstacle by the construction of the DFC, that is, Dedicated Freight Corridor. INTRODUCTION- In October 2006, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Cooperation of India Limited (DFCCIL) was formed under the Ministry of Railways. The DFFCIL planned a “Golden Quadrilateral” of DFCs which will inter-connec...