3.6. Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

♤ Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a mega infra-structure project with financial & technical aids from Japan. It covers an overall length of 1483 km between Delhi and Mumbai.

♤ It will pass through six states - U.P, NCR of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, with end terminals at Dadri in the National Capital Region of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru Port near Mumbai.

♤ This Dedicated Freight Corridor envisages a high-speed connectivity for High Axle Load Wagons (25 Tonne) of Double Stacked Container Trains supported by high power locomotives. The Delhi-Mumbai leg of the Golden Quadrilateral National Highway also runs almost parallel to the Freight Corridor.

♤ This corridor will be equipped with an array of infrastructure facilities such as power facilities, rail connectivity to ports en route etc.