Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways & MSMEs, Nitin Gadkari, on 20 October 2020, laid the foundation stone of India’s first multi-modal logistics park at Jogighopa of Bongaigaon district in Assam.

The logistics park to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 694 crore will provide direct connectivity through air, road, rail and waterways to people.

The park in Jogighopa will be one of the 24 state-of-the-art Multimodal Logistic Parks (MMLP) under the Bharatmala Pariyojana project. It is going to be the only state-funded logistics park out of the 24.

The park will have facilities like freight-handling facility with various modes of transport access, and comprising mechanised warehouses, specialised storage solutions such as cold storage, facilities for mechanised material handling and inter-modal transfer container terminals, and bulk and break-bulk cargo terminals.

As per government’s norms, logistics parks will further provide value-added services such as customs clearance with bonded storage yards, quarantine zones, testing facilities, and warehousing management services.

Provisions will also be made for late-stage manufacturing activities such as kitting and final assembly, grading, sorting, labelling and packaging activities, reworking and returns management.