The World Bank has approved a $975-million (around Rs 4,368 crore) loan for developing the first phase of the eastern arm of the Rs 77,000 crore Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Project in India.

The 1,800-kilometre Eastern DFC is being constructed for freight specific transport of commodities by Indian Railways between Delhi and Howrah.

Vidyasagar Setu spurs illegal business in coal the Hooghly River Bridge Commission (hrbc) has begun filling up deep holes at the base of the Vidyasagar Setu on the Howrah side of the bridge that coal pilferers had dug up over two decades. The state-run commission initiated the work after it apparently learnt about the diggings allegedly by an organized network in June following a media