PANAJI: The Union ministry for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is working on a pre-feasibility study for the proposed multi-modal logistics park, which is expected to come up around the state capital. The park will be developed by a private player and the model concession agreement and request for proposal is in the pipeline.
MoRTH and the Goa government have yet to identify a location for the logistics park, which is one of the 35 being planned by the Centre across the country.
“Pre-feasibility study is in progress. Land parcel to be identified,” the MoRTH said.
On October 2017, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had mandated MoRTH to develop 35 logistics parks across the country. The logistics parks will be developed under Public Private Partnership (PPP) on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) mode.
“Based on the outcome of the detailed project report or feasibility studies and approved bidding document, the tender will be invited from companies,” MoRTH officials said.
These logistics parks will enable optimum and efficient vehicular movement in the country and thus lead to reduction in vehicular pollution and congestion, and enable the reduction in warehousing cost.
As part of a 2030 plan, the Centre has been promising to setup a multi-modal logistics hub in Panaji since January 2019, but state government officials said that a logistics park in Panaji will be counter productive.
A multi-modal logistics park will require a vast container terminal along with a rail link to quickly move containerised cargo. The closest rail link to Panaji is the Karmali railway station.
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The proposed park will cater to expansion and consolidation needs for engineering, electronics, energy, construction, machinery, automobile, auto-ancillary, e-commerce, and 3PL companies in the region. The park is well connected to Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, Kandla Mundra, ICD Khodiyar and Thar Dry Port.