In the year 2022, Reliance Industries bagged the project for which even the Adani Group was contending. The project cost is estimated at Rs 1,424 crore and will be spread on 184.27 acres of land in Tiruvallur district. All activities related to cargo consolidation, stuffing/de-stuffing, packaging and intermodal transfer will be performed at the facility. Initiation of the project was delayed due to connectivity issues.
The MMLP is located at a distance of 52 km from the Chennai Port, 80 km from Ennore Port and 87 km from Kattupalli Port. The projects is expected to handle 7.17 million tonnes of cargo in about half a century period. The MMLP will also serve as a secondary market clusters for regions including Ranipet, Ambur, Tirupur, and Bengaluru, which are home to industries like leather, heavy machinery parts, automobiles, cement, sugar and chemicals.
