Bangalore: After automobile logistics
hubs, Railways is examining the possibility of providing
vacant land earmarked for commercial utilisation for setting
up auto ancillary industries, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee
said today.
Addressing a Railway programme here, she said the
first automobile logistics hub is already coming up in Howrah.
Nine more such hubs, including in Bangalore and
Mysore, would be established (in collaboration with Society of
Indian Automobile Manufacturers) in various parts of the
country.
"We have received proposals from automobile ancillary
industries. That also we are examining. When it's cleared, you
(Karnataka) will get your share", Banerjee said at the
function, also attended by Railway Ministers of State K H
Muniyappa and E Ahamed and Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.
Banerjee also said that once work on dedicated freight
corridor in western and eastern regions of the country is
completed, the Government would take up the one for the south.
She made a strong pitch for a public-private
partnership approach in providing rail link to industrial
hubs, ports and coal mines, saying it would benefit all the
stakeholders -- State and Central governments and industry.
The Minister also announced a new train between
Bangalore and Howrah and also extension of Mumbai-Karwar train
up to Mangalore.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, December 08, 2009, 18:47