January 22, 2021
Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd CEO Karan Adani (left) and MK Das, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Industry and Mines, Government of Gujarat (right) signed an MoU in the presence of Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani (centre)
Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd CEO Karan Adani (left) and MK Das, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Industry and Mines, Government of Gujarat (right) signed an MoU in the presence of Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani (centre)×
Spread across 1,450 acres, the park near Sanand will attract investments worth ₹50,000 crore
The Gujarat Government, on Friday, inked an agreement with India’s largest ports operator, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), to set up India’s largest multi-modal logistics park.
With 2 big ports, Gujarat sets off race for Tesla plant
Jostling has started to host the assembling or production plant of Tesla Inc, after the Elon Musk-led electric car-maker opened a research and development unit in Bengaluru ahead of hitting the road in India.
With India’s biggest ports Kandla and Mundra in Gujarat, the State is pitching for the Tesla unit.
The first indication that Gujarat will pursue Tesla aggressively came from SK Mehta, Chairman of Centre-owned Deendayal Port Trust (formerly Kandla Port Trust).
“The Smart Industrial Port City that Deendayal Port Trust is developing on more than 800 acres could be ideal for Tesla,” Mehta told BusinessLine. According to industry sources, Gujarat is on Tesla’s radar as the State has established itself as a manufacturing powerhouse for auto and auto components, which Tesla can leverage.
Additional 400 kms of dedicated freight corridors to be ready by March: Piyush Goyal
DFCs are exclusive corridors for faster movement of freight trains. The Western DFC is a 1,525 km corridor between Delhi and JNPT (Mumbai) while the Eastern DFC connects Ludhiana and Dankuni, spanning 1,800 km
Ashutosh Kumar | January 20, 2021 | Updated 05:10 IST
Within weeks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating a total of 657 km stretch on the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today said that additional 400 km stretch will be ready on the corridors by March this year.
Addressing the first national conference of states on logistics today, Goyal also said that construction of the entire Eastern and the Western DFCs will be complete by 2022. The minister also said that a national logistics policy is under consultation adding that the country has a $200 billion logistics ecosystem .
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New Delhi, January 17
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off eight trains connecting different regions of the country to Gujarat’s Kevadiya, home to the Statue of Unity.
IRCTC announces Bharat Darshan trains
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched a series of Bharat Darshan tourist trains aimed at taking people to various pilgrim towns
These trains will originate from Hyderabad and Secundrabad and cover various destinations. The first such train will start from Hyderabad on January 22. TNS
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50L visited since 2018
More tourists flock to the Statue of Unity than the Statue of Liberty in the US. Nearly 50 lakh have visited the former since it opened in 2018
Modernisation Of Railways Comes To The Fore As PM Flags Off Eight Trains
by Arun Kumar Das - Jan 18, 2021 05:31 AM
PM Narendra Modi
The Prime Minister flagged off eight new trains from various destinations to Kevadiya.
The rail connectivity with Kevadiya is expected to script a new chapter in the development of the area, which will benefit both tourists and local adivasis as this will bring in new avenues of employment.
Underlining changes in approach in development of rail infrastructure in recent times, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that this led to unprecedented progress in modernisation in Indian Railways.