Ladakh stand-off: Railways cancels Chinese contract for dedicated corridor

Govt has already approached the funding agency, World Bank, seeking termination of contract citing poor progress

Amid the India-China faceoff at the Galwan Valley in the east of Ladakh, the Indian Railways on Thursday decided to cancel a Rs 471-crore contract given to a Chinese company for a dedicated freight corridor (DFC). 

The Railways said it would cancel the signaling and telecommunication work for a 417-km stretch on the Kanpur-Deen Dayal Upadhyay section, which is part of the eastern DFC being set up by the railway PSU Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCCIL). 

 

The government has approached the funding agency,