Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has written to Chief Ministers of various States requesting to expedite the progress and resolve critical issues related to Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC).
The minister also held a review meeting on Monday with Chief Secretaries of State Government to expedite the progress and resolve critical issues of DFC.
“DFC of Indian Railways is gathering speed On a mission mode. Constant weekly monitoring and meetings with all stakeholders lead to acquisition of patches and sections of land which were long delayed. Indian Railways even deployed its experts to assist the contractors to tide over operational difficulties at ground level implementation,†the ministry said in a statement.
Goyal has been holding review meetings with DFC contractors to resolve their problems and issues. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board Vinod Kumar Yadav also wrote letters to Chief Secretaries of State Governments and General Managers of Zonal Railways to expedite the progress and resolve critical issues. Yadav also held a meeting with Dedicated Freight Corridor contractors to resolve their problems and issues.
In the last week more than 20 meetings (contract package wise) were held with respective field officials of L&T, PMC, TATA and DFC Officials. Various issues discussed in the meeting and resolved and timelines given.
A senior railways official said that a dashboard is being created to monitor km by km progress of the project.
“Open house video conferencing also started on a daily basis to resolve critical issues of states governments, zonal railways, contractors on real time basis. Various issues like land possession for RUB/ROB, mutation of land, land issue for construction of high tension line, disbursement for private land, award for land as per original methodology etc. also resolved with State Governments of Punjab, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat in last one week to expedite the progress of Dedicated Freight Corridor,†he said.
