Question: On 7th January 2021, PM Modi inaugurated which section of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor virtually?
a) Rewari – Madar section
b) Rewari – Iqbalgarh section
c) New Bhaupur- New Khurja section
d) None of the above
Answer: a)
Context
- • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation the 306 km long Rewari – Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) on 7th January through video conference.
Facts
- Rewari – Madar section is in between Harayan (rewari) and Rajasthan (Madar village near Udaipur).
- PM Modi also flagged off the world’s first Double Stack Long Haul Container Train that is 1.5 kilometre long, between New Ateli and New Kishangarh which has an electric traction track.
- Due to Double Stack Container Trains, the capacity of freight transportation will be increased.
- Freight trains on this track will also run at higher speed from current 75km/hr to 100km/hr now.
- This will reduce delivery times.
- It will provide direct benefit to various industrial areas such as Bhiwadi, Kishangarh, Rewari, Dharuhera, Ajmer, Manesar, and Pushkar in Haryana and Rajasthan.
- With the inauguration of the New Rewari-New Madar section, seamless connectivity between the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor will be achieved.
- Western dedicated freight corridor will connect Delhi ( dadri in Noida)to Mumbai( JNTP).
By – Kameshwar Shukla
Reference: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1686746