Exclusive | Railways to introduce BOT model in dedicated freight corridors This will be for the first time that the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model will be introduced in a railway infrastructure project February 15, 2021 / 03:30 PM IST Following the roads sector, the Indian Railways, for the first time, is planning to introduce the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model for the construction of dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) by roping in private players. Design, Build, Finance, Maintenance and Transfer (DBFMT), a type of BOT model, will be first experimented in a stretch of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) between Sonnagar in Bihar and Dankuni in West Bengal.