Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) Managing Director Sandeep Naduri said that the preparation of city logistics plans for Chennai and Coimbatore are underway.

Sandeep made an elaborate presentation at a session on State Logistics Policy, organised by TIDCO and Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry

He said that the multi-modal logistics park (Phase 1), coming up at Mappedu, near Chennai, will become operational by 2027 and added that the The MMLP Coimbatore land acquisition is in advanced stages.

Container Corporation of India Ltd (CONCOR) will be establish a net zero ambient cold storage warehouse at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. 

“We chose this area mainly because we had land there and that’s the electronics corridor of Tamil Nadu. We have a 1.30 lakh sq ft of warehouse space at Sriperumbudur. The tenders will be coming out soon,” said G.Gayatri, Area Head – III, CONCOR.

“Our target is by next April, we should have it ready. The investment will be substantial at around Rs.60 crore. We are in talks with MNCs in Sriperumbudur,” she said