Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the ambitious New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in Uttar Pradesh through video conference today.<br />''<br />''He said that this corridor will become a medium of Atmanirbhar Bharat and help the Kisaan Rails.<br />''<br />''He also opined that this corridor will open new economic activities and boost employment opportunities in the region.<br />''<br />''The 351-kilometre New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of EDFC is built at a cost of Rs. 5,750 crore and most of its part passes through Uttar Pradesh.<br />''<br />''The section will decongest the existing Kanpur-Delhi main line and will enable Indian Railways to run faster trains.<br />''<br />''Talking about the importance of connectivity in development the Prime Minister said this Connectivity is for the nation what arteries and veins are for the body.<br />''<br />''He termed the corridor as the biggest and most important rail project after independence.<br />''<br />''Mr. Modi said that development of infrastructure is not a matter of politics but it is for the future generations.<br />''<br />''The infrastructure is of the people of the country and not of any political party.<br />''<br />''He said that every attack on this is an attack on countrymen and while protesting for our democratic rights we must not damage the infrastructure.<br />''<br />''Talking about the various infrastructure developments projects initiated by his government, he said that developing the infrastructure of railways was not the priority of earlier governments and only the number of passenger trains was increased for benefit in elections.<br />''He said that his government has changed the situation and now people are getting new facilities.<br />''<br />''Lamenting about the slow speed of the work on freight corridors in earlier governments Mr. Modi said that we had the same tracks for passenger and goods trains which affected the speed of both and further increased the cost of transportation and adversely affected the economy.<br />''<br />''He said that now the capacity of goods trains will increase two times and speed will increase three times with this new corridor and help in generating new employment avenues.<br />''<br />''Speaking of the occasion, Railway Minister Piyush Goel said that this dedicated freight corridor will open new avenues of development.<br />''<br />''Chief Minister of state Yogi Aditynath said on the occasion that the New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor will make a new environment for development.<br />''<br />''The Chief Minister said that he hopes that production units of railways will also help the MSME sector units of state.<br />''<br />''Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandi ben Patel also attended the function through video conferencing.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor will help a lot to the farmers and industries of the state.<br />''<br />''The agro products of Uttar Pradesh will now reach at a faster speed to other parts of the country and it will increase the export capacity of the state which is a landlocked area and doesn't have any port to send the items abroad.<br />''<br />''The section will open new vistas of opportunity for the local industries.<br />''<br />''The Prime Minister also inaugurated Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor's Operation Control Centre at Prayagraj.<br />''<br />''This will act as the command centre for the entire route length of the EDFC.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Talking about the Operation Control Centre at Prayagraj Prime Minister said that it is equipped with state of the art facilities which are indigenously designed.</span><br />