These two freight corridors will change the way India transports goods

Indian Railways is building two world-class freight corridors that will transform the way goods are being transported on Indian tracks

India is all set to get its first publicly owned freight corridors on August 15. According to the Make-in-India report of 2017, three million tonnes of freight is transported through rail tracks daily. Moving freight by rail is cheaper and more eco-friendly than sending it by road. If you are wondering what are freight corridors and how Indian Railways is working on it, here is all you need to know. 
 

The corridors: Indian Railways is building two world-class freight corridors — Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor and  Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.   

What are dedicated freight corridors?

These are