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Tata Projects started work construction work on the 337 km Bhaupur-Khurja stretch in UP, which forms part of the Rs 5,500 crore eastern dedicated rail freight corridor (EDRFC) project. The infrastructure arm of Tata Group expects to complete it by 2016 for trial runs. The commissioning would take place by end 2017. The company has secured the project to construct the 337 km stretch along with the 50:50 joint venture partner Aldesa of Spain. The project is expected to ease the heavy burden of freight from the passenger rail tracks and roads. At present, around 60 per cent of the freight traffic moves on golden quadrilateral, which would definitely get declogged from the eastern to western side, he said. Aldesa, the Spanish JV partner, will provide the technological expertise in mechanically laying the tracks using the best technologies used in Europe and other developed countries. Aldesa Grupo plans to bid for other projects alongwith Tatas, both on the western as well as other corridors coming up across India. The firm plans to explore all the possible options to source the machines from partners in India for the near future. The chances of importing or setting up a plant is highly unlikely in the immediate future, a leading official of the Spanish firm said. The entire EDRFC project is around 1,839 km long and runs from Dhankuni in West Bengal to Ludhiana in Punjab.