Summary:
The WDFC alignment which is 177 km from JNPT to Bordi in Maharashtra will also pass through Palghar district. File picThe construction of the WDFC's (Western Dedicated Freight Corridor) double line railway tracks from JNPT to Dadri (near Delhi), will now require diversion of close to 12.86 hectares of forest in Palghar and Thane district. The Ministry of Railways plans to construct a dedicated freight corridor with Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) named Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited covering about 2,843 kilometres on the Western corridor from JNPT Mumbai to Dadri and an eastern corridor from Ludhiana to Sonia Nagar, Dankuni. The proposed Western route between Mumbai and Delhi, of dedicated freight corridor double line starts from the JNPT terminal yard and ends at Dadri about 35 kilometres from Delhi. The total length of alignment in Maharashtra which is 177 km from JNPT to Bordi passes through Raigad, Thane and Palghar districts..