Logistics infrastructure will be accorded priority sector status under the Gujarat Industrial Development (Gid) Act. With this, the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) will be able to partner with the private sector to jointly take up big infrastructure development projects through private-public partnership (PPP) mode.
An official statement said that a ’City Logistics Masterplan’ for each of the eight big cities of the state is being finalised, and CM Bhupendra Patel asked officials to ensure that planning is done considering the requirements two decades from now. In addition, close to 150 small islands are located off the Gujarat coastline, and the Island Development Authority has been mandated to ensure the overall development of these islands.
