Nagpur has full potential of becoming a logistics capital: Nitin Gadkari

In Maharashtra, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said that, since the city of Nagpur is a place of zero mile and is at  the heart of the country, it has the full potential of becoming a logistics capital.

He was speaking in Nagpur today, on the occasion of the memorandum of understanding (MoU)  signing ceremony  between the National Highways Authority and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) today  for  setting  up a multi-modal logistics park at Dryport in  Wardha district’s Sindhi (Railway).

Through this multi-model park, worldwide export opportunities will be  made available from the Sindhi (Railway) Dry Port of Wardha. Mr. Gadkari also expected that the park would provide employment opportunities to 50,000 people in the next five years.

For this project, the National Highways Authority has established  National Highway Logistics Management Limited (NHLML),a  Special Purpose Vehicle- and  JNPT will start working with this S.P.V.  Gadkari said that  the multi-modal logistics park would help in reducing the  logistic cost  for exports in the country.

Mr. Gadkari informed that, The  multi-modal logistic  park would be connected to the railway and Mumbai-Nagpur  Samruddhi Highway as well as the Nagpur-Hyderabad National Highway.

This park would have a facility of cold storage containers  which would enable perishable fruits and vegetables to last longer  and farmers’ farm produce and other goods could be exported at affordable logistic cost.

Gadkari also suggested that all the associations in Vidarbha  like  Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Laghu Udyog Bharti and Vidarbha Industries Association should come together and hold a seminar  on the issue to take advantage of this export facility.

Glimpses of the MoU signing ceremony for Multi-Modal Logistic Park (MMLP) Nagpur between NHLML and JNPT Dry Port. pic.twitter.com/4FKDc92li4

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) October 22, 2021