The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) is giving enormous thrust on improving Logistics in the country and taking steps to bring efficiency into Logistics management.
Delivering a talk on "Improving Operational Efficiency in Logistics Infrastructure; Multimodal Integrated Logistics Parks; Technologies" at "Smart Mobility Conference 2021" at Pragati Maidan in the Capital on Tuesday, Joint Secretary (Logistics), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Suman Prasad Singh, said: “Our present focus to have integrated planning of transport network development. We should not develop it in silo, That’s why the “GatiShakti” portal has already come.”
“So far as infrastructure of MoRTH is concerned, our basic purpose is to reduce the travel time. There are instances near ports, when a distance of 10 km, sometimes, takes more than 24 hours to cover. The reason is not the distance but many other factors like traffic restrictions,” he said.
He said the Ministry is trying to develop dedicated highway to the port so that the travel time gets reduced, and it is operational all the time. “Similarly, whenever there is congestion, we are coming up with flyovers, bypasses, Ring Roads etc. “All such aspects have been studied and incorporated in the “Bharatmala Pariyajana”, Shri Singh pointed out.
He said a number of steps have been taken by to strengthen the Logistics in the country. “The serious of the Government towards addressing the Logistics issue can be understood by the fact that a dedicated Logistics department has been set up to bring down the cost of Logistics. The Government is trying to bring down this cost,” said the JS (Logistics).
Calling upon the private sector to join hands with the Government in true spirit of “partnership”, he said the policies, introduced by the Ministry, should be complied in positive manner. “Compliance attitude needs to be developed by the users of these policies,” he said.
The session was also addressed by Amrit Lal Meena, Additional Secretary (Logistics), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Prakash Gaur, CEO National Highway Logistics Management Limited, aibhav Dange, Advisor National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), besides others.