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Indian Railways Plans for DFC, Multomodal & International Rail Cargo Transportation Sanjiv Garg Additional Member Railway Board, India September 28, 2018 DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDORS Golden Quadrilateral & Its Diagonals High Density Corridor (Golden Quadrilateral DELHI + Diagonals) 16% of route KOLKATTA Km carries more than MUMBAI 52% of passenger & 58 % of freight CHENNAI www.dfccil.gov.in CONCEPT PLAN OF DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR NETWORK LUDHIANA DELHI KOLKATA MUMBAI Sanctioned projects VIJAYAWADA VASCO Unsanctioned projects CHENNAI www.dfccil.gov.in Eastern Corridor (1856 km) Khurja -Bhaupur (343 km) Bhaupur-Mughalsarai (402 km) Khurja-Ludhiana (400 km) Khurja-Dadri (47 km) Western Corridor (1504 km) Mughalsarai-Sonnagar (126 km) Rewari-Vadodara (947 km) Sonnagar-Dankuni (538 km) Vadodara-JNPT ( 430 km) Rewari-Dadri (127 km) 5 Introduction Feb 2006 CCEA approved feasibility reports of DFC. Nov 2007 CCEA gave ‘in principle’ approval with authorization to incur expenditure on preliminary and preparatory works. Feb 2008 CCEA approved undertaking work & extension of EDFC from Sonnagar to Dankuni. Directed MoR to finalise financing and implementation mechanisms Sept 2009 Cabinet approved JICA loan for WDFC along with STEP loan conditionalities Mar 2010 JICA Loan Agreement for JPY 90 billion (Rs. 5100 crores) signed for WDFC-I. Oct 2011 Loan Agreement with World Bank for USD 975 Million (Rs. 5850 crores) signed for EDFC -1 (Khurja-Bhaupur). Mar 2013 JICA Loan Agreement for WDFC Phase-II: 1st Tranche amounting JPY 136 billion (Rs. 7750 crores) signed. Dec 2014 Loan Agreement with World Bank loan of USD 1100 million signed (EDFC-2). June 2015 Cost estimate of Rs. 81,459 Crores approved by CCEA. March 2016 First Goods train run between Sasaram-Durgawati. Oct 2016 Loan Agreement with World Bank loan of USD 650 million signed (EDFC-3). Jan 2017 All Civil, Electrical and S&T contracts of WDFC finalized. Feb 2018 All Civil contracts of Eastern Corridor finalized. 6 Basic features of the project Name of State Length in Length in Total % of total EDFC WDFC (in length (in length (in KM) KM) KM) Uttar Pradesh 1058 19 1077 38% Bihar 100 - 100 3.5% Punjab 88 - 88 3.1% Haryana 72 176 248 8.8% Rajasthan - 567 567 20.1% Gujarat - 565 565 20% Maharashtra - 177 177 6.3% Total 1318 1504 2822* 100% * This excludes 538 km of Sonnagar-Dankuni section. 7 Funding Plan Particulars Eastern Wester(All figs. in INRTotal Crores) Corridor n Corrid or Equity from MoR 11,334 7,996 19,330 Loan from JICA - 38,722 38,722 Loan from World Bank 15,340 - 15,340 Total Funding 26,674 46,718 73,392 (without Land) MoR (Land) 3,684 4,383 8,067 Total Funding with 30,358 51,101 81,459 Land Multi-lateral (JICA/World Bank) Funding details World Bank loan for EDFC Section KM Loan Amount Loan Agreement (in Million US$) Date Khurja-Bhaupur 343 EDFC-1 800 27-Oct-11 Khurja-Dadri 46 EDFC-2 Bhaupur-MGS 402 910 11-Dec-14 EDFC-3 Ludhiana-Khurja 401 650 21-Oct-16 Total 1192 2,360 JICA loan for WDFC Phase Section KM Loan amount LOAN Tranche Loan Date of (Billion Yen) tranche (Billion Yen) Agreement 1 90.2 31-Mar-10 I Rewari-Vadodara 947 273 2 103.6 31-Mar-16 Vadodara-JNPT 430 II 296 1 136.1 28-Mar-13 Rewari-Dadri 127 TOTA 1504 569 329.9 L Though the project was approved in 2008, real project implementation started with the approval of first loan for construction works in WDFC & EDFC in March, 2010 & October, 2011 respectively. 9 Basic Design Features Indian Railway DFC Routes Moving Dimensions 5.1m 4.265 m 7.1 m Height Western Corridor Eastern Corridor Width 3200 mm 3660 mm Container Stack Western Corridor Eastern Corridor Train Length 700 m 700/ 1500 m Axle Load 22.9 t / 25 t 32.5t/25 t Maximum Speed 75 Kmph www.dfccil.gov.in100 Kmph Basic Design Features (Contd.) Indian Railway DFC Routes Heavier Axle Loads 25 t (Track Structure) Axle Load 22.9 t / 25 t Bridges & formation designed for 32.5 t (+30%) Maximum Speed (+33%) Predominantly 75 Kmph 100 Kmph Average speed 26.5 kmph 65 kmph (+145%) Gradient Upto 1 in 100 1 in 200 (easier) Traction Electrical (25 kV) Electrical (2 x 25 KV System) Signalling Absolute /Automatic Automatic with 2 Km spacing in with 1 Km spacing Automatic territory11 Heavier, longer & faster freight trains will enhance freight throughput – additional 120 train paths each way. BROAD FEATURES OF CONCESSION AGREEMENT • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIAN RAILWAYS AND DFCCIL GOVERNED BY A CONCESSION AGREEMENT • CONCESSION IS FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY YEARS FROM THE DATE OF START OF OPERATION. • INDIAN RAILWAYS IS THE SOLE OWNER AND FOR THE PRESENT ONLY CUSTOMER OF DFCCIL. • DFCCIL’S - INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER WITH RESPONSIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. • IN FIRST PHASE, TWO CORRIDORS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED– • EASTERN CORRIDOR FROM LUDHIANA TO DANKUNI AND • WESTERN CORRIDOR FROM DADRI TO JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT . • PROVISION FOR NON-DISCRIMINATORY ACCESS TO INDIAN RAILWAYS AND OTHER QUALIFIED OPERATORS. 12 OPERATING ASPECTS OF DFCC DFCCIL TO MANAGE TRAIN OPERATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE ON DFC. DFCCIL TO HAVE OWN STATIONS AND CONTROL CENTERS. ROLLING STOCK OWNERSHIP & ITS MAINTENANCE BY IR. FEEDER ROUTES /SIDINGS TO BE UPGRADED BY IR . COMPLETE GRADE SEPERATION - ALL LCS TO BE REPLACED BY ROBS / RUBS. MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT OF TERMINALS BY IR AND DFCCIL www.dfccil.gov.in Projected Traffic on DFC Corridors C+2 C+30 Freight Traffic (MTPA) C+5 Years C+10 Years Years Years -Traffic due to IR 235 264 300 523 -Additional Traffic (Non- IR) 150 280 489 1242 Total Traffic 385 544 789 1765 - Eastern DFC 163 277 427 956 - Western DFC 222 267 362 809 This will help increase rail share gradually from 30%-35% to more than 50%. Source: Study by PWC. Summary of Achievements as on 30.07.2018 Award of contracts (on design build lump sum basis) • Overall 97.2% Tenders awarded (worth ₹ 51,906 crs) • WDFC - All Civil, Electrical and S&T contracts finalised. • EDFC – All Civil contracts finalized. Contracts worth ₹ 1524 crores under finalization. Overall progress • Overall Financial progress (including land) – 48.1% • Overall Physical progress - 50.7% Land acquisition – 98.3% (overall under section 20F) • WDFC – 99.1% • EDFC - 97.3% • Use of Advance Technology in construction & maintenance • Track laying of 1445 km completed by Mechanised track Construction (NTC Machine) • OHE mast foundation using mechanized auguring mechanism & wiring using mechanized wiring train being done for the first time in India. 15 Achievements • First Double Stack Container Goods Train was run on Ateli Phulera section (190 km) on 15.08.2018. 16 Trends/Projections for Capital expenditure Cumulative CAPEX upto 30.06.2018 - ₹ 39,139 crores. 25000 21803 20000 15711 15000 15000 13037 CAPEX 10000 6579 5488 4345 4163 4427 2150 crs 5000 (upto June’18) 1961 1237.6 521.1 925 500 0 0 0 0 0 Avg upto 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2013-14 Capex on Land CAPEX on Contract Projections 17 Section-wise progress - WDFC Section/ Packages Civil/ Cost (Rs Land Physical Progress Financial (with Kms) Elec./ Crores) available / (%) Progress (%) S&T affected Patch 1. Rewari-Iqbalgarh CTP1- 2801 Civil 80.7% 72.3% CTP -1& 2 (639 Km) CTP2- 3898 99.70% Syste EMP-4- 3097 1/0.8 km 35.4% 28.9% m STP-5- 1780 2. Iqbalgarh- 99% Vadodara CTP-3(R)- Civil 4744.00 23.7% 19% (308 Km) 2/2.0 km 3. Vadodara-Sachin 99.7% Civil 2157.60 16.8% 15.6% CTP-13 (133 Km) 2/0.86 Km 4. CTP-12 Sachin- 94.8% Vaitarna (186 Km) Civil 2170.65 14/13.875 15.2% 10% Km 5. Vaitarana-JNPT 88.5% Civil 2949 9% 5.1% CTP-11 (102 Km) 9/12.5 Km 6. Dadri-Rewari Civil, 98.80% CTP-14 (127 Km) Elect 3799 14.9% 13.1% S&T 4/3.347 Km 18 Section-wise progress - EDFC Section (with Civil/ Cost Land Physical Financial Kms) Elect/ (Rs availability/ Progress Progress S&T Crores) affected (%) (%) Patches 1. Bhaupur-Khurja Civil 3267 99.30% 87.6% 79.2% EDFC-1 (343 km) Elect & S&T 1497 0/0 km 46.4% 41.9% 2. Bhaupur- Civil 5087 42.7% 39.6% 99.40% Mughalsarai Elect & 1600 2/2.95 km 20.4% 13.6% EDFC-2 (402 km) S&T 3. Durgawati- Civil, Elect 750 100% Ready for commissioning. Sasaram (56 km) and S&T 4. Balance portion Civil 1450 49% 43.1% of Mughalsarai- 95.5% Civil, Track System work will be awarded Sonnagar (70 km) 355 22/14.75 km & System by August, 2018. 19 Section-wise progress - EDFC Section (with Civil/ Cost Land Physical Financial Kms) Elect/ (Rs availability/ Progress Progress S&T Crores) affected (%) (%) Patches 5. Khurja-Dadri 87.20% Civil 511 24.2% 20.9% EDFC-1 (46 km) 9/10.26 km Contract will be awarded by Elect & S&T 188 October, 2018. 6. Pilkhani – Civil 1769 100% 25.2% 21.7% Ludhiana (179 km) 1/0.3 km Contract will be awarded by Elect & S&T 462 November, 2018. 7. Khurja-Pilkhani (222 km) Civil 1873 8.6% 5% 90.7% 2/5.5 km Contract will be awarded by Elect & S&T 524 December, 2018. 20 Commissioning Targets-WDFC SN Sections Targets 1. Rewari-Marwar (432 Km) December 18 2. Marwar-Palanpur (207 Km) September- 19 3. Palanpur-Makarpura (308 Km) March -20 4. Makarpura-Vaitarna (313 Km) March - 20 5 Vaitarna – JNPT (117 Km) March -20 6.
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