The top brass of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL), on Thursday, met project consulting firm Aarvee Associates Architects, Engineers & Consultants (P) Ltd to discuss the new Dedicated Freight Corridor between Dankuni and Surat.
The items on the agenda included updating of the Detailed Project Report (DPR), modifications suggested by Zonal Railways, the basis of traffic projections, and financial models incorporated in the DPR. [ The DPR has to be updated because the earlier plan of East West DFC was to connect Dankuni and Palghar. However, this would have meant building many tunnels on the Western Ghats to reach Palghar. With the DFC alignment now ending at Surat, there would be no tunnelling required as the line would run parallel to the Tapti valley line between Jalgaon and Udhna near Surat. The East-West DFC will connect to the Western DFC at Surat as per the new alignment.]
These discussions are being done to strengthen planning and advance the development of the proposed East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor.
Praveen Kumar, MD/DFCCIL, Shobhit Bhatnagar, Director/OP&BD and Anurag Sharma, Director/Infra attended the meeting along with other DFCCIL officials.
Meeting FIs, industry and customers on March 11
On Wednesday, March 11,2026, Praveen Kumar, MD/DFCCIL, chaired a high-level financial consultation meeting for the upcoming Dankuni-Surat East–West Dedicated Freight Corridor.
Stakeholders from railway, banking, infrastructure, and financial sectors attended. Discussions revolved around financial structuring, investment opportunities, and collaborative partnerships for the freight corridor.
Senior Railway Board official Shyam Sundar Gupta, PED/Infra attended the meeting, Representatives from banks and financial institutions such as SBI, Bank of Baroda, Central Bank of India, UCO Bank, Union Bank of India, SBI Capital Markets Ltd., HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and NABFID attended.
International development agencies including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and MIGA also attended.
Other important attendees included representatives from IRFC, PFC, HUDCO, REC, and industry leaders such as Tata, GMR, L&T and Coal India.
From DFCCIL, Shobhit Bhatnagar, Director/OP&BD, Anurag Sharma, Director/Infra and Rahul Kapoor, Director/Finance attended the proceedings.
