Recently, the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways visited the construction site of India’s first International Multi Modal Logistics park in Jogighopa, Assam to review the progress.
Key points
- The project is likely to unlock huge potential for the region along with the neighbouring countries like Bhutan and Bangladesh.
- The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan has been conceived to revive and rejuvenate the transportation to become an efficient & effective agent of change.
- In order to ensure trickle down of economic prosperity, the PM Gati Shakti NMP aims at strengthening the coastal regions of both sea and rivers.
- The park is being developed under the ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojana of the Government .
- First such MMLP, it is being made by NHIDCL in Jogighopa of Assam. The park will be connected to road, rail, air and waterways.
- This is being developed in 317-acre land along the Brahmaputra.
- The distance of 154 km between Jogighopa and Guwahati will be covered by making a 4-lane road on this stretch, a 3-km rail line will connect Jogighopa station to the MMLP, another 3-km rail link will connect it to the IWT, and the road to newly developed Rupsi airport will be upgraded to 4-lanes for easier connectivity.
