Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor-3: The PDO for EDFC3 is to: (a) provide additional rail transport capacity, improved service quality and higher freight throughput on the 401 km Ludhiana- Khurja section of the EDFC; and (b) develop the institutional capacity of DFCCIL to build, maintain and manage the DFC infrastructure network. Approval completed on 30 June 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P150158. US$650.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited Tel: (91-11) 2345-4601, E-mail: adeshsharma@dfcc.co.in, Contact: Adesh Sharma, Managing Director; Railway Board, Ministry of Railways Tel: 91-11-23389215, E-mail: gpillai213@gmail.com, Contact: Girish Pillai, Advisor Infrastructure.