The Adani Logistics Services, a subsidiary of the Adani Group, has decided to shut its inland container depot, or dry port, at Kila Raipur in Ludhiana district as its operations have been suspended since January due to the farmers’ dharna at the entrance of the facility.
District industry centre general manager Rakesh Kansal said he had spoken to depot operations head Ravinder Singh who confirmed having served termination notices on 450 dry port employees. “He also confirmed that the company has terminated business operations at the road- and rail-linked depot,” Kansal added.
Ludhiana deputy commissioner Varinder Sharma said he had no information about the Adani Group shutting down the depot .
Also, company spokesperson Mitul Thakkar refused to comment on the development.
Since January 1, the farmers protesting against the Centre’s three contentious agriculture laws have blocked the main gate of the dry port by placing tractor-trailers, thus completely halting the operations there.
An official said the company was incurring a daily loss of ₹50 crore due to the closure of the depot. “The government incurred a loss to the exchequer in the form of Goods and Services tax (GST), customs duties and other taxes to the tune of ₹700 crore and an overall economic impact around ₹7,000 crore.
Source : Hindustan Times
