Serampore to get Rs 112 crore logistics hub and truck terminal

KOLKATA: The West Bengal state government has given a go ahead and all clearances for a logistic hub cum truck terminal at Serampore. To be set up on approximately 144 acres of land this hub cum terminal would include costs to the tune of Rs 112 crores.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced the project at the Bengal Global Business Summit last year and a memorandum of understanding was signed between the representatives of the CGTA and the state transport. Accordingly, the CGTA gave a detailed project report to the transport department in June last year.

The hub would be hosuing storage and warehousing facilities, long-axle truck parking and allied amenities, auto workshops, administrative buildings, fire stations, post offices along with police check posts. Weigh bridge and truck parking areas, skill development centres, fuel stations, commercial complexes, common driver dormitory and administrative office complex tower will also be a part of it.


The idea of the hub is to have heavy trucks park at the facility while smaller ones are used to carry goods to the wholesale market.