Nitin Gadkari emphasizes on reduction of logistics cost to 10% with joint efforts of all stakeholders
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin
Gadkari has emphasized on reduction of logistics cost from 14 - 16% to 10% with
cooperation, coordination and communication among stakeholders. Addressing program ‘Climate Goals:
Technological Roadmap to Net Zero’ he said by reducing logistics cost there will be a great saving and by which 50% increase
in exports can be achieved which is very important for our economy.
Talking about pollution he said we are importing 16 lakh
crore of fossil fuel which is creating a lot of pollution. He said decision has
been taken to make 27 green express highways to reduce travel time and by end
of December there will be new highways wherein travel time from Delhi to
Chandigarh will be 2 1/2 hour , Delhi to Amritsar 4 hours, Delhi to Katra
6 hours, Delhi to Srinagar 8 hours and Delhi to Mumbai 12 hours, Delhi to
Jaipur two hours and Chennai to Bangalore also two hours .The Minister
said Technology, innovation and research are very important for achieving the vision
of Prime Minister for making India a 5 trillion dollar economy.
Addressing
AIMA's 49th National Management Convention - 'Advantage India: Thriving in the
New World Order' Nitin Gadkari said public transport needs to be encouraged
with centre and states working together as a team. He said India has a huge
domestic market with young and
talented engineering manpower, skilled workforce and low labour cost. He
stressed on diversification of agriculture into energy and power sector and use
of alternative fuels like bio ethanol, LNG and bio CNG. The Minister said
ethics, economy, ecology and environment are the three most important pillars
of the society.