With the eastern DFC being constructed at a fast pace, the load on the trunk lines in UP, Bihar shall reduce as many freight shiall be diverted to DFC. With CNB-LKO already a double line, not much traffic should be there on the newly converted route,so immediate doubling is not warranted. How ever electrification may be started after 1-3years of completion of Gauge conversion, in line with the plan of IR to convert 24000 RKMs in next 6 years.