Odisha identifies six hubs for logistic parks

In its endeavour to provide one-stop solution to industries in the areas of transportation, inventory management and ware housing material handling, the state government has identified six industrial hubs- Rourkela, Paradeep, Kalinganagar, Jharsuguda, Angul and Dhamara for developing logistics parks.

According to preliminary estimates, each of these logistics parks would need 50-150 acres of land with investment in the range of Rs 50-500 crore.

The logistic parks will include facilities like warehouses, distribution centres, storage areas, offices, truck services, parking lots, truck terminals, container rail terminal, container handling facilities, cold storages, distribution centers, air cargo points, lorries, maintenance points, service stations, hospitals and restaurants. In addition, such parks would be equipped with weighbridges, telecommunication facilities, banks, health awareness units and recreation centres.

 

The logistics parks to be developed on the public private partnership (PPP) mode would be served by roads, railways, inland water ways and air ways.

To ensure that these parks are taken up on a priority basis, the Chief Secretary B K Patnaik had urged the commerce & transport department to expedite the process of land identification and short listing of investors. Patnaik has also stressed on engaging a transaction advisor for the purpose.

Meanwhile, the commerce & transport department has gone ahead with the process of alienation of land for establishment of logistics parks at Bhutmundei near Paradeep and Kansbahal near Rourkela. Besides, the collectors of Angul, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Jharsuguda have been asked to specify the land for development of such parks.

The state government has received one proposal by Container Corporation of India (Concor) which intended to set up a logistics park at Kalinga Nagar steel hub in Jajpur district at a cost of Rs 70 crore. This park would come up on an area of 30 acres. The project has been cleared by the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority.

The logistics park is expected to be commissioned within three years of acquisition of land. It is set to offer multi-modal transport solutions for existing and upcoming steel industries in the Kalinga Nagar cluster.

The facilities at the proposed park include two full length railway lines, paved surface for handling containers, warehousing for domestic and export cargo, bulk and break-bulk facility, modern container and bulk handling equipment.

Concor is also keen on setting up multi-modal logistics parks at other industrial clusters of the state like Angul and Jharsuguda. It is also interested to take up a container freight station at Paradeep. Presently, Concor operates two terminals in the state at Balasore and Rourkela.