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New Bhaupur-New Khurja Section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Infrastructure

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Indian Prime Minister dedicated to the nation the ambitious New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Key takeaways

The 351-kilometre New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of EDFC is built at a cost of Rs. 5,750 crore and most of its part passes through UP.
The section will decongest the existing Kanpur-Delhi main line and will enable Indian Railways to run faster trains.
The agro products of UP will now reach at a faster speed to other parts of the country .
It will increase the export capacity of the state which is a landlocked area and doesn’t have any port to send the items abroad.

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The Prime Minister also inaugurated Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor’s Operation Control Centre at Prayagraj,UP.
This will act as the command centre for the entire route length of the EDFC.
The Operation Control Centre is equipped with state of the art facilities which are indigenously designed.

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