Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha has said that tenders worth 17,500 crore rupees related to dedicated freight corridor (DFC) project will be finalised by March this year. The Minister said this while talking to the reporters at Vadodara yesterday. <br/><br/>He also said that most of the land acquisition and statutory clearances for DFC have been completed or obtained. Project execution has also begun with the award of civil contracts for 1,100km route. <br/><br/>The ambitious 81,459-crore rupees project envisages freight rail lines along the western corridor between Delhi and Mumbai and the eastern corridor between Ludhiana and Howrah, running through Delhi. He also said that work on DFC will be completed in phases between 2017 and 2019. <br/><br/>Railways is constructing the 1,502 km long western corridor from Dadri to Jawaharlal Nehru Port and the 1,840 km long eastern corridor from Ludhiana to Dankuni of West Bengal.