Under Bharatmala programme, around 3,300 km of border roads of strategic importance have been identified to be built and around 2,000 km of roads are required for connecting India’s major highway corridor to International trade points so as to facilitate Export-Import (EXIM) trade with Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Multi-Modal Logistics Park is planned by the Centre at Jogighopa in Assam to promote international trade with neighbouring countries like Bhutan and Bangladesh.

As was expected, the removal of inter-state check-posts has resulted in significant reduction in waiting/idle time for trucks, thereby improving their turnaround time and efficiencies, as confirmed by 60% of transporters that we interacted with.

Transport & Logistics sector plays a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of goods from the place of production to the consumption point. The sectoral challenges include need for constant improvement in the overall efficiency in terms of handling, loading, transporting and unloading of goods throughout.

In the last five years, there has been a big jump in the retail, hospitality and industrial activities. India is certainly at the cusp of getting more FDI, which will be the biggest stimulants for the next phase of growth

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been assigned the work of Development of Multimodal Logistic park at Bengaluru, Chennai and Guwahati.

Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd is selected by the Government of Andhra Pradesh for the development of Bhavanapadu Port located in the north-coastal district of Srikakulam. Around 2500 acre of land will be provided to the private sector partner to create logistics and industrial infrastructure besides the port.

Started in 1963, Godrej MHE has been the pioneers in material handling industry. We manufactured the first forklift truck in India. Since then we have been manufacturing counterbalance trucks of various capacities along with useful attachments.

As per rating agency ICRA report, Indian logistics sector is likely to grow 9-10% per year over the medium term. The rating agency is hopeful about the logistics industry growth as it is likely to benefit from economic recovery and revival in industrial output.

Allcargo Logistics Ltd plans to set up a logistics park at Jhajjar in the state of Haryana. Land is likely to be acquired at Rs 200 crore.