Jaipur, June 12 -- The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), one of India's largest freight infrastructure projects, is expected to significantly boost industrial development, improve logistics efficiency and generate employment opportunities across Rajasthan. A release from the CM's office states that the corridor is also projected to bring major socio-economic changes to both urban and rural areas by strengthening rail-based freight transportation and supply chain reliability. Stretching 1,506 kilometres from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (JNPT) near Mumbai to Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, the WDFC has been developed at a cost of over Rs.1.24 lakh crore. Nearly 39 per cent of the corridor passes through Rajasthan, providing the state with enhanced connectivity to major markets in northern and western India. The recently completed trial run on the JNPT-New Safale (Vaitarna) section marks the completion of the entire corridor. Freight operations have already commenced on several stretches. The corridor passes through key locations in Rajasthan, including Sikar, Ringas, Phulera, Beawar and Sirohi, facilitating faster access for products from these regions to national and international markets. A major addition to the network is the newly inaugurated Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal at Saradhana in Ajmer district. The facility offers modern cargo-handling infrastructure, warehousing facilities and seamless multimodal connectivity aimed at making freight movement faster, safer and more economical for industries and traders. The terminal has the capacity to handle around 40 freight rakes every month, equivalent to approximately 1.5 million tonnes of cargo annually. Commodities expected to be transported through the facility include marble, granite, minerals and other industrial goods. The terminal is expected to particularly benefit the marble industry in Kishangarh by enabling quicker transportation of marble consignments to major ports such as JNPT, Pipavav and Mundra through the high-speed freight network, thereby improving export competitiveness. One of the features of the corridor is its Rail-on-Truck (ToT) service, developed as part of Indian Railways' long-term freight transportation strategy to promote multimodal logistics. Under this system, loaded trucks are transported on specially modified flat wagons running on the dedicated freight corridor. The service is designed to reduce highway congestion, lower dependence on imported fossil fuels and optimise national logistics costs. The facility is expected to benefit farmers and entrepreneurs by enabling faster transportation of agricultural produce and industrial goods. For instance, onions produced in Sikar can be moved to nearby ToT terminals and then transported rapidly through the freight corridor to distant consumer markets, reducing transit time and post-harvest losses....