CHENNAI : India’s first Multimodal Logistics Park at Mappedu near Chennai will see the limelight as Reliance Industries(RIL) starts construction in June, according to multiple sources. The project aims to facilitate efficient, cost-effective and value-added logistics services such as cargo aggregation and disaggregation, distribution, intermodal transfer, sorting, packing, and repacking. However, it did not take off due to the poor response from the private sector on issues like connectivity.

In 2022, the Centre awarded the contract to Reliance with Prime Minister Shri Narendra . . .