New freight corridor a big boost: PM

He flays off world's first 1.5 km-long electrified double stack container train. 


Jan 07, 2021, 11:38 AM IST / SOURCE : IOT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Rewari-Madar section of WesternDedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) virtually. PM Modi flagged off the world's first double-stack long-haul 1.5-km-long container train hauled by electric traction from New Ateli-New Kishangarh. The New Rewari-New Madar section of the WDFC is situated in Haryana --approximately 79 km in Mahendragarh and Rewari districts -- and Rajasthan --approximately 227 km in Jaipur, Ajmer, Sikar, Nagaur and Alwar districts.

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