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Port-Led development is highest priority: Nitin Gadkari

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Developing sustainable infrastructure in the Country remains the highest priority of the current Government said Mr Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Government of India recently.

Mr Gadkari also said that initiatives are being taken to connect inland waterways with ports.

India’s GDP will grow if there is focus to create an export model economy and work towards a sustainable growth. Government of India’s initiatives of developing industrial corridors will further enhance these goals, said Mr Alkesh Sharma, CEO, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC). The 5 industrial corridors proposed for development by the Government of India will be running across the length and breadth of the Country connecting the major manufacturing hubs and facilitating development of new industrial clusters. These industrial corridors will encourage world class infrastructures development, generate employment, enhance GDP, bring regional development and help promote Make in India campaign. It will also increase the share of manufacturing in GDP, improve the efficiency of logistics supply chain, promote FDI and facilitate better utilisation of resources.

Giving investors ample reasons to invest in the industrial corridor development projects, Mr Sharma added that the Government will extend all support to investors by providing large land parcels, ease of doing business environment, environmental clearance and ICT enabled infrastructure.

Mr Sharma also focused on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, Dholera Special Investment Region, Aurangabad Industrial Corridor, and Integrated Industrial Township in Greater Noida which are envisaged to be world class destinations with efficient infrastructure opportunities. Government of India has also planned for developing a world class International Exhibition and Convention Centre in Delhi by 2019.

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