Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India

The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) is a corporation run by the Govt of India to undertake planning & development, mobilisation of financial resources and construction, maintenance and operation of the Dedicated Freight Corridors. DFCC has been registered as a company under the Companies Act 1956 on 30 October 2006

Under the Eleventh 5-year Plan of India(2007–2012), Ministry of Railways is constructing a new Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) covering about 2762 route km long two routes -

• the Eastern Corridor from Ludhiana(Punjab) to Dankuni(in Hooghky district in West Bengal) and 

• the Western Corridor from Jawahar Lal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva in Navi Mumbai to Tughlakabad, Delhi/Dadri

 along with interlinking of two corridors at Khurja (in Bulandshahr District in Uttar Pradesh)