Dankuni-Surat Freight Corridor: Bengal's Lifeline for Prosperity and Global Hub Status

• The Dankuni-Surat Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) is touted as a bridge of prosperity for West Bengal, connecting its industrial centers with Surat's business hubs across six states.
• It will provide a high-speed, heavy freight transport route, empowering agricultural produce to reach national markets and boosting the apparel and handicraft sectors.
• The DFC will cut transit time from Kolkata to Surat by almost half, resolving the "logistics bottleneck" caused by shared tracks with passenger trains.
• This corridor will transform Dankuni into a global logistics hub, attracting international investment and creating thousands of jobs for the youth of Bengal.
• It will ensure timely passenger train operations and facilitate the fresh delivery of perishable goods like mangoes and winter vegetables to western India, securing better prices for farmers.