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Centre’s PM GatiShakti Push Gains Traction As Nagpur Multi Modal Logistic Park Begins Commercial Operations—What You Need To Know
Sindi Multimodal Logistics Park
The Multi Modal Logistics Park, Nagpur (MMLP Nagpur) in Sindi near Wardha, Maharashtra, has officially commenced commercial operations under the PM GatiShakti initiative, with its first rake of 123 Maruti cars arriving from Farukhnagar on 28 April.
The facility is being developed by the National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), a fully owned subsidiary of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
Spanning 150 acres and planned in three phases, the MMLP is being built through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, with a 45-year, according to a statement by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
The total estimated project cost is Rs 673 crore, with Phase I set to be completed at an investment of Rs 137 crore.
A special purpose vehicle—Maharashtra MMLP Pvt. Ltd.—has been constituted jointly by NHLML and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) to oversee development.
The logistics park is designed to support a range of freight services, offering facilities such as warehouses, cold storages, intermodal transfers, handling facilities for container terminals, bulk and break-bulk cargo terminals.
It will also provide Value Added Services such as sorting, grading and aggregation, desegregation areas, bonded warehouse and customs facilities as well as support logistics facilities such as offices for freight forwarders and transporters and truck terminals.
The MoRTH said that the development of MMLP Nagpur will help improve country's freight logistics sector by enabling efficient inter-modal freight movement to lower overall freight costs and time; providing efficient warehousing, improved tracking and traceability of consignments, thereby enhancing efficiency of the Indian logistics sector.
It will further create employment opportunities and bring in economic development in the region, the ministry added.
