PM’s Gati Shakti launched the National Master Plan in October last year to build integrated infrastructure to reduce logistics costs. Taking this further, the Network Planning Group, which handles all logistics and connectivity infrastructure projects of over ₹500 crores investment, gave permission to add more lines between Aurangabad and Ankai in Maharashtra.
This addition will provide alternate routes to cities like Mumbai, New Delhi, and Amritsar from Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Nizamabad. The additional routes fall on the Aravali Dakshin Sampark Corridor. They are expected to add to the freight movement in the nearby industrial clusters.
A part of the new move, the Bhadrak -Vizianagaram project, is bound to improve freight movement between southern and western Indian coasts. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry organised the first National Master Plan regional workshop for west and central zones on February 20th to discuss infrastructure development and social sector ministries at the centre and state levels.
