The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has directed the central ministries to give top priority to the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project costing nearly one lakh crore rupees.

The Chief Secretaries and the representatives of the States assured their full cooperation in taking forward this important project in a meeting held in the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi last evening.

It was decided that Monitoring Committees will be constituted by the State Governments to resolve the issues relating to the Dedicated Freight Corridor project, especially land-acquisition in an expeditious manner.

The Prime Minister’s Office will be closely monitoring progress of the project so that necessary action is taken in a time-bound manner.

AIR correspondent reports, the project will connect a land mass over 3300 kilometers in the country and could prove to be the backbone of India’s economic transport facility.