Team News Riveting
New Delhi, September 1
The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL), an arm of Indian Railways would explore the possibility of offering some kind of incentives to contractors willing to take up and finish the project work before or within the stipulated time frames
The suggestion came from Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal while reviewing the progress of DFCCIL. The minister directed the DFFCIL management team and the contractors to take all possible steps to speed up the pace of works on all the sections of the Western DFC (1504 Route km) and Eastern DFC (1856 route km).
In the review meeting, progress of each individual section was discussed in detail and instructions were given to ensure smooth progress by resolving all hindrances. In order to fast track the projects, Minister suggested a slew of measures that included holding regular weekly meetings with all contractors, vendors and suppliers besides working out the possibility of offering some kind of incentives to contractors willing to take up and finish their work before the stipulated time frames.
The minister asked for creating a dashboard by the DFCCIL to facilitate real time ‘Km by Km’ project monitoring and follow up. This would also be accessible to the Railway Board officials. Provision of dashboard will help in resolution of all contracts implementation matters on an urgent basis and would also act as Institutional mechanism for resolving contract related issues through the dashboard.
During the meeting, stress was given for strict monitoring of work of all contractors besides resolution of all issues, including coordination with the States to be done on a Mission mode. The Ministry has already written letters to all the States concerned to resolve the pending issues of land, ROBs and law and order.
Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) is one of the largest rail infrastructure projects a (total length of 3360 route km) undertaken by the Government of India. The overall cost is pegged at Rs 81,459 crore. DFCCIL has been set up as a special purpose vehicle to undertake planning, development, mobilization of financial resources, construction, maintenance and operation of Dedicated Freight Corridors.
