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Rlys plans concessions for truckers on dedicated freight corridors

Move aimed at capturing modal freight share from national highways

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Dhruvaksh Saha New Delhi
The ministry of railways is likely to offer a slew of concessions to truck operators on dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) in a bid to capture the modal freight share from national highways, Business Standard has learnt.

Sources in the ministry said 25-30 per cent relief in the existing roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) charges may be in the offing, along with higher concessions on traffic captured for empty wagons.

The railway board and Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) have been deliberating on the issue after the latter said that existing RoRo rates were too high for truckers to make the shift from

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