GMR DFCC

As part of the Dedicated Freight Corridor project towards Nation building, GMR Infrastructure
Limited was awarded Contract Package-201 and Contract Package-202 projects in 2015 in the
Eastern Corridor, which involved the development of 417-kilometer-long dedicated freight
corridor between New Bhaupur and New Deen Dayal Upadhyaya stations in Uttar Pradesh. In
this awarded stretch, GMR’s EPC Team has successfully completed 417 kilometre- of track
laying in Contract Package-201 & 202 i.e., between New Bhaupur to DDY by May 2023.

One of the most notable structures constructed in the Project is the 1040 metres (1.040 Km)
long bridge over Yamuna River comprising of ‘34’ span girders with each girder weighing ~ 286
MT. Completion of this section will enable DFCC to run high speed freight trains (100km/hour)
over ~ 700 km stretch throughout from Khurja to Chunar in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

Apart from reducing the gap between supply and demand for freight services, this initiative will
decongest the already saturated road network & promote shifting of freight transport to more
efficient rail transport. This shift is expected to offer significant reduction of Green House Gas
(GHG) emissions in the Transportation Sector in the Country. Presently 25 pairs of goods trains
are running on the DFCC Track from Bhaupur to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya junction.

GMR’s EPC Team faced several challenges on the ground on account of construction material
availability, Pandemic, tough weather conditions etc. and yet stayed on course to build this
project. With its strong on ground stakeholder management in UP’s Purvanchal area, the Team
is well on its way to successfully completing the entire project wrt finishing works by September
2023.