The construction of Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) coming up at Mappedu near Chennai will begin by June.
Built on 184.27 acres of land in Tiruvallur district, the MMLP will come up at an estimated cost of Rs 1,424 crore. The contract for this work was given to Reliance Industries Ltd. in November last year. This project is part of PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan whose objective is to offer smooth intermodal freight movement and will have a host of facilities like warehouses, cold storage, customs facilities, cargo terminals and truck terminals.
According to officials of the Chennai Port Trust, they visited the project site last month and expect the work to begin in full swing in three months. “The project will be developed in three phases and phase I will be finished in two years. While the phase II will take close to 10 years for completion, phase III will take 15 years from the appointed date,” an official said.
The Southern Railway had given clearance for having a railway corridor plan from the closest railway line near Kadambattur station to the facility, he added.
According to the NHAI, various commodities including textiles and apparel may be handled at the MMLP. A cargo volume of over 7.17 million tonnes would be catered to by this facility over a period of 45 years.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways stated in a release issued last year that the MMLP is situated at 52 km from Chennai Port, 87 km from Kattupalli Port and 80 km from Ennore Port and will be a “focal point of logistics in the southern region”.
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