New Delhi, Dec 03: After success of Whitefield, Bangalore, rail-side warehousing Scheme with gowdown capacity of 15,000 million tonnes, Indian Railways would sign an MOU with Central Warehousing Corporation to develop similar integrated rail-side warehouse complexes at 22 locations. The complexes would be built by the CWC at its own cost like that of Whitefield Pilot Project built by it, an official release said, adding it generated additional revenue of Rs 20 crores annually.

The rail-side warehousing provides integrated seamless services to customers and reduces the overall logistic costs.

The 22 locations for development of rail-side warehouse complexes are new Guwahati and Changsari (Assam), Shakur Basti, Holambikalan (Delhi), Ambala and Rohtak (Haryana), Ganganagar (Rajasthan), Rajkot (Gujarat), Kalamboli (Navi Mumbai), Pune and Nasik (Maharashtra), Hatia (Jharkhand), Mandya, Hassan, Hubli, Hosur and Dharampuri (Karnataka), Kottayam and Kannur (Kerala) Sambalpur (Orissa) and Royapuram Chennai (Tamil Nadu), it said. Bureau Report