Lok Sabha Question No. 5747 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Queen Oja, Shankar Lalwani, Anil Firojiya, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5747 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## GATI SHAKTI CARGO TERMINALS

†5747.   SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA: SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  inaugurated  Gati  Shakti  Cargo Terminal;
- (b)    if  so,  the  State-wise  details  of  the  locations  in  the  country where the said terminals are likely to be set up in the first phase in addition to Asansol;
- (c) the details of the features of the said terminals; and
- (d) the time by which the said terminals are likely to be set up?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****

STATEMENT  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5747  BY  SHRIMATI  QUEEN  OJA,  SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI, SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA AND DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI  SHIYAL  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  06.04.2022 REGARDING GATI SHAKTI CARGO TERMINALS

(a) and (b) : In order to boost investment from industry in development of additional terminals for handling rail cargos, a new 'Gati  Shakti  Multi-Modal  Cargo  Terminal  (GCT)'  policy  has  been launched on 15.12.2021. The locations for GCTs are being identified/finalized on the basis  of  demand  from  industry  and potential  of  Cargo  Traffic.    So  far,  6  GCTs  have  already  been commissioned and around 74 more locations have been provisionally  identified  for  development  of  GCTs.  The  State-wise details of the provisionally identified locations in the country are as under :

|   SN | Name of State   |   Locations for GCTs identified |
|------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|    1 | Andhra Pradesh  |                               4 |
|    2 | Assam           |                               2 |
|    3 | Bihar           |                               8 |
|    4 | Chhattisgarh    |                               1 |
|    5 | Delhi           |                               1 |
|    6 | Gujarat         |                               3 |
|    7 | Haryana         |                               2 |
|    8 | Jharkhand       |                               4 |
|    9 | Karnataka       |                               3 |
|   10 | Kerala          |                               1 |
|   11 | Madhya Pradesh  |                               1 |
|   12 | Maharashtra     |                              11 |
|   13 | Odisha          |                               4 |
|   14 | Punjab          |                               6 |
|   15 | Tamil Nadu      |                               3 |
|   16 | Telangana       |                               5 |
|   17 | Uttar Pradesh   |                              10 |
|   18 | Uttarakhand     |                               1 |
|   19 | West Bengal     |                               4 |

- (c) The  salient  features  of  Gati  Shakti  Cargo  Terminals  (GCTs) are as   under -
-  Simplified  application  and  approval  process,  for  quick  and hassle-free approvals.
-  No departmental charges will be levied on the applicant.
- No Land License Fees to be charged for the Railway land
-  used for connectivity.
-  No cost of commercial staff to be charged
-  All common-user traffic facilities at the serving station to be constructed and maintained by Railway
-  For Terminals giving 1 MT or more outward traffic, cost of mid-section  Block  Hut/  Block  station  to  be  reimbursed  as 10% freight rebate.
-  Maintenance of all assets (track, signalling, OHE) by Railway at its own cost, excluding the yard and loading/unloading lines
-  Railway  will  reserve  the  right  to  grant  connectivity  to another  Terminal(s)  from  such  portions  of  track  being maintained by Railway
- (d) It has been targeted to set up 100 GCTs within the next three financial years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.

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