DFC cuts milk travel time from Gujarat to NCR by 37%

Dedicated freight corridor has brought Delhi National Capital Region closer to the dairy co–operatives of Gujarat, emerging as both faster and economical conduit for milk transport. The DFCCIL has been transporting milk trucks in Delhi NCR since June this year.

"With the operationalisation of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) from New Dadri (in UP) to Sanand (near Ahmedabad in Gujarat), the transportation of milk tank wagons has benefitted significantly with faster speeds. Consequently, the transit time has been slashed drastically ensuring efficient and reliable movement of essential commodities," DFCCIL said in a release.

"The transit time for Millennium (Milk) trains for Banas Dairy from DFC New Palanpur station/Gujarat to Palwal in Haryana (covering a distance of approximately 855 km) has been reduced to 14.49 hours from the previous 23.29 hours on the Indian railways alignment," the release said.

This has resulted in a whopping 37.23% reduction in travel time in the month of July 2023. "Now the Milk trains originate from New Palanpur (WDFC) and run on WDFC upto New Prithla in Haryana. From here, these then move on to Indian Railways alignment before terminating at Hind Terminals Multi Modal Logistics Park in Palwal," DFCCIL said.

A large portion of Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) milk requirements is fulfilled from dairy plants located in the state of Gujarat. 35 lakh litres of milk is supplied daily by Banas & Mehsana dairy among others around Palanpur area. "Indian Railway undertakes transportation of milk through efficient deployment of Rail Milk tanks in a dedicated circuit between Palanpur' Gujarat and Delhi NCR area," it said.