Shri Nitin Gadkari digitally flags off  from NIC District Center Nagpur , a RORO Ship carrying trucks from Chennai Port to Mongla Port in Bangladesh

The Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Hi ghways and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari today digitally flagged off a RoRo cum general cargo vessel M.V. IDM DOODLE carrying a consignment of 185 trucks from Chennai Port to Mongla port in Bangladesh via video-conferencing from NIC office in  District Collectorate Nagpur.

Shri Gadkari informed that these trucks, which are being exported by M/s.Ashok Leyland Ltd, were being sent to Bangladesh through the land route till now, travelling a distance of about 1500 km. Transport through the  sea route will save about 15-20 days of travel time. For this trip alone that involves transport of 185 trucks, a total of about 3 lakh vehicle km of road travel will be saved as the land route is  longer  and much time is lost at the congested Petrapole-Benapole check point at the Indo- Bangladesh border. Besides saving time, coastal transport will also be more cost effective and environment friendly. The Minister called upon all automobile manufactures to use coastal shipping mode for transporting their vehicles.

M/s.Ashok Leyland Ltd is currently exporting around 12000 truck chassis to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and countries in Africa . The volume to Bangladesh and Sri lanka is likely to increase by 80% in the coming years. Now, more than 500 trucks per month are expected to be exported via the sea route which will take away a lot of traffic from our roads.

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Shri Nitin Gadkari digitally flags off  from NIC District Center Nagpur , a RORO Ship carrying trucks from Chennai Port to Mongla Port in Bangladesh The Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Hi ghways and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari today digitally flagged off a...

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