Friday, 3 February 2012

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to set up Transport Hubs on Pilot Basis

The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has approved projects under two schemes, viz. Institute of Driving Training Research (IDTR) and Inspection & Certification Centres (I&C) during the Eleventh Five Year Plan at a cost of Rs. 14.00 crores and Rs. 14.40 crores respectively per centre. The land for these projects have been identified by the State Govenments and the work is expected to commence shortly.

The IDTR and I&C projects are being implemented with the support of private partners who will take care of the operational issues of these centres.

As a consequence of these investments on IDTR Institutes and I&C Centres, it is expected that these projects will Catalyse the emergence of these places into transport hubs after these projects start functioning by 2013.

In order to facilitate the emergence of these centres as Transport Hubs, it is necessary that all major players in the transport sector, including Original Equipment Manufacturers’(OEM’s), manufacturers of transport components, transport logistic suppliers and public sector banks etc. give their support and enable the local unemployed youth to get involved in the activities of the Transport Hub.

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