Rajasthan ready to be India's logistics hub: Raje

Projecting Rajasthan as a growth engine, its Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today called upon investors to come for a 'fruitful handshake' with a state that is emerging as India's logistics hub.
Addressing the India Integrated Transport & Logistics Summit, Raje said Rajasthan, bordering prosperous northern and western regions of the country, is implementing highway projects worth Rs 40,000 crore both by the Centre and the state.
She said it has the highest National Highway length of 29,500 km in the country and is well connected with air and road infrastructure offering "tremendous opportunities to investors for a fruitful handshake".
Raje said the state has a road network of 2.2 lakh km and is geared up to construct 2,000 km of border roads under Bharatmala -- the Centre's ambitious umbrella programme for roads.

"Rajasthan plays an important role in logistics. Forty per cent of the freight corridor passes through the state," she said adding that this gave the state tremendous scope of development.
Ajmer, Jaipur and Pali will see setting up of three logistics hubs, she said adding 180 km rapid railway system between Alwar and Delhi is in the process of approval while Khushkhera, Bhiwadi and Neemrana have been selected for industrial parks.
She said six economic corridors pass through the state and multi-modal integrated transport and logistics would benefit Rajasthan to a great extent.