Gadkari inaugurates India Integrated Transport and Logistics (रसद) Summit 2017
New Delhi, May 4: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated
the India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit 2017, in Delhi. The summit is the first step to the government's aim to have an effective multimodal logistics and transport sector to make Indian economy more competitive and the ministry for road transport has taken a lead in it. File photo of Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari For the first time all transport ministries like air, water, road and railways are available at the same platform and are together accessible(सुलभ) for the investors. The transport ministry is expecting IITLS to draw big investments of around Rs 2 lakh crore including from the countries like Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong. Popular Videos 01:43 Eman Ahmed : Abu Dhabi doctors to train her to use toilet 02:54 India to create no fly list for unruly passengers 01:41 Indian Army is best in the world; Here are top reasons The integrated policy would include construction of 50 Economic Corridors and upgrading (उन्नयन) key feeder and inter corridor routes to improve overall efficiency(दक्षता) of freight movement. The plan also includes developing 35 multimodal logistics parks to serve as centres for freight (भाड़ा) aggregation and distribution, multimodal transportation, storage and warehousing and value added services. In addition, there are also plans to construct 10 Inter-Modal Stations which integrate various transportation modes like rail, road, mass rapid transit system, bus rapid transit, auto-rickshaw, taxi and private vehicles. PTI
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