(a) whether the Railway’s ambitious plan of dedicated freight corridors has not made much progress so far;
(b) if so, the details thereof during the XIth Plan period, especially in South Central Railway, zone-wise;
(c) the steps taken to complete said plan in the remaining XIth Plan period;
(d) whether the Railways is hopeful of achieving freight target and carry nearly 900 million tonnes
of freight during the current Five Year Plan (FYP); and
(e) if so, the details thereof, Zone-wise?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI K. H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) to (c): Substantial progress has been made in the implementation of Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight
Corridors (DFC). In the current 11th Plan period, funding for Phase-I (Rewari-Vadodara) has been tied up with
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and for Phase-II( JNPT-Vadodara and Rewari-Dadri), Engineering
Services loan agreement has been signed with JICA. Work has been taken up for 54 major and important bridges.
On Eastern DFC, Appraisal for Khurja- Bhaupur Section has been targeted in March 2011, as a part of the
proposed World Bank funding of Ludhiana- Khurja- Bhaupur-Mughalsarai Section. Work has been taken up in
Mughalsarai-Sonnagar section and Dankuni to Chandanpur. Eastern and Western DFCs are targeted for
commissioning in 2016-17 and project implementation is being closely monitored. The Eastern & Western
DFCs do not touch South Central Railway.
(d): The target for freight loading for terminal year of current Five Year Plan (2007-2012) has been kept
at 993 million tonnes.
(e): The details of freight loading, targets, achievements till January 2011 is as under:-
                                                       (Figures in Million Tonnes)
Zonal Initial Budgeted Pro-rata Targets Actual Freight Loading Railway Target for 2010-11 upto January 2011 till January 2011
Central 60.40 49.65 44.74
Eastern 56.27 45.99 44.24
East Central 85.00 69.89 72.12
East Coast 112.50 91.48 89.93
Northern 46.00 38.00 38.56
North Central 9.50 7.79 7.24
North Eastern 1.75 1.45 1.41
Northeast Frontier 11.75 9.29 9.35
North Western 18.65 15.25 14.88
Southern 37.50 30.72 28.60
South Central 93.25 76.43 78.47
South Eastern 127.50 104.20 101.85
South East Central 140.50 115.12 116.37
South Western 47.23 38.55 29.06
Western 62.25 51.49 52.05
West Central 32.20 26.27 25.87
Konkan 1.75 1.43 1.23
Total 944.00 773.00 755.97