Railways exceeds commissioning target for Gati Shakti Multimodal Cargo Terminals

 

Indian Railways has so far commissioned 112 Gati Shakti Multimodal Cargo Terminals (GCTs) against the target of 100 GCTs by the end of financial year 2024-25 (April-March), said Railway Minister Mr Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. He further stated that a total of 301.7 million tonnes of cargo traffic has been handled at these terminals since their commissioning, with the major commodities being coal, container, foodgrain, fertilisers, cement, crane consignments, petroleum, automobiles, etc. The government has been putting out tenders for the development of GCTs, both on private land as well as on land alongside the western and eastern dedicated freight corridors, as per a report.

Please visit our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@ikargos2719 for fortnightly logistics news analysis and more!