DFCC pins hopes on new Maharashtra govt approval for stuck freight corridor

Previous government had banned earthwork for project, following an order by Pune Bench of NGT

With the change of government in Maharashtra, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCC) is hoping for a change in the fortunes of the western dedicated freight corridor (DFC). The company has approached the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government to overturn an earlier state government order banning earthwork for the project, Business Standard has learnt.

“Highest-level bureaucratic representations have been made to the new state government and a request from the railways minister is also expected,” senior officials in the public sector undertaking and the Ministry of Railways said.

The issue dates back to February, when the Pune