The PM inaugurated the New Bhaupur - New Khurja section and the Operation Control Centre of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
The Operation Control Centre at Prayagraj of Uttar Pradesh is to act as the command centre for the entire route length of the corridor.
The project was funded by World Bank.
The Length of this corridor is 1856 km.
It starts from Sahnewal near Ludhiana (Punjab) and will pass through the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand to terminate at Dankuni in West Bengal.