The State Government is in the process of facilitating road connectivity for Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Kapa in Raipur to Raipur- Bilaspur Highway (NH-200), officials stated.
The project had been taken up under Central Government’s Assistance to States for Developing Export Infrastructure & Allied Activities (ASIDE) scheme.The State Government is already in the process of upgrading infrastructural facility to further accelerate Export-Import ( EXIM) activity from its Inland Container Depot (ICD) located at Kapa in Raipur.
The project cost of the proposed works within the ICD campus is Rs 3.10 crore, officials stated.The project had also been undertaken under ‘Developing Export Infrastructure & Allied Activities’ (ASIDE) scheme of the Central government .Early this year, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had also put forward a proposal that a ‘Cargo Hub’ should be developed in Naya Raipur with a Container Depot in Chhattisgarh.
He said that his Ministry will bear the entire development cost if the Chhattisgarh Government agrees to provide land for the proposed hub.To this, Chief Minister Raman Singh who had met the Union Railway Minister in New Delhi had assured the latter that his government will provide land for the project.
It may also be recalled that in November last year, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation last year had approved construction of domestic cargo terminal in 24 airports of the country, including one at Raipur. Significantly, in 2014-15, Raipur Railway division coming under South East Central Railway (SECR) loaded 31.85 million tonnes of freight which is highest since the formation of its Raipur division.During the past five years, Railway division has earned Rs 11.78 crore from non conventional sources, officials said.