Gadkari for innovative logistic management in Northeast

Spread the love

Post Views: 472

Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari on Saturday emphasized on innovation, entrepreneurship, science, technology, research skills and successful practices and conversion of knowledge into wealth as the future for the country. He was addressing an e-symposium on Logistics Management under the e-Symposia Series on Emergent North East India: Strategic and Developmental Imperatives.

The e-symposium was hosted by the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research & Analysis under the aegis of IIM Shillong. “Unless innovative transportation models are executed, high logistic management cost will remain,” Gadkari said.

Congratulating IIM Shillong on its delivery of business, management, and innovation leadership, Gadkari said, “I believe that you have a relatable responsibility to oversee the socio-economic growth of the region. This can only be achieved through cooperation, coordination and communication with stakeholders of the region.”

Also ruing on the country’s extensive import requirement despite the presence of minerals like copper, aluminium, gold, and coal as examples, Gadkari felt that impetus is on management institutes to contribute management strategies and solutions by comprehensively assessing the strengths and weaknesses related to industrial uplift.

Speaking specifically on logistics management, Gadkari opined the need to augment water transport while citing its cost effectiveness as compared to road or railway mode of transportation while sharing his insights on possibility of boosting Ro-Ro and Ropax water travel mode for easy connectivity, and cutting short distance coverage using the mighty Brahmaputra.

Assam Chief Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the centre is unleashing undivided policy attention towards the north-eastern region across various dimensions of development while looking at the region as an upcoming engine of growth.

“With his (Modi) policy of transformation through transportation, the Prime Minister has given a special thrust on boosting the connectivity infrastructure of the Northeast,” Sonowal said, adding that the e-symposium would be helpful for us to draw a broad roadmap for realizing the growth visions of Northeast