Japan tells India to speed up freight track project

Prakash Chawla
Cha-Am Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 24 (PTI) Japan, a major
partner in the Indian Railways’ Rs 60,000 crore dedicated
freight corridor project, Saturday said it would like the
project implemented at the earliest.

In his meeting with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
here, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said the building
of exclusive rail lines for freight carriers alongwith
dedicated industrial corridor should take shape fast.
Singh agreed with Hatoyama that these projects should be
completed without delays. The two leaders met on the sidelines
of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits
here.
"The Prime Minister underscored the importance of an
early finalisation of major economic initiatives that the two
sides have jointly begun, in particular the dedicated freight
corridor project," Secretary (East) in the Ministry of
External Affairs N Ravi said after the meeting.
A special purpose, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation
of India has been incorporated that will build one of the
country's largest infrastructure projects, creating a 3,300 km
railway network exclusively for the freight movement.
At present, the goods carriers share the track with
passenger trains with the latter getting preference. In the
process, the freight movement gets delayed. MORE PTI PC
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