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Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Sunday, assured that India’s logistics cost will come down to a single digit by the end of 2026.
India’s logistics cost is 14-16 per cent, China’s is 8 per cent, while Europe and America have 12 per cent each, Gadkari said, addressing the event in New Delhi that marked the inauguration of two major National Highway projects by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Gadkari affirms on dropping logistics costs
”I want to assure the Prime Minister and all of you that before the end of 2026, the logistics cost of our country will come in the single digits, which will be very important for our exports. We will become even more competitive,” Gadkari said.
Prime Minister Modi inaugurated two major National Highway projects on Sunday worth a combined cost of nearly ₹11,000 crore.
The projects, including the Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway and Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II), have been developed under the government’s comprehensive plan to decongest the capital.
The objective is to greatly improve connectivity and reduce travel time, while decreasing traffic in Delhi and its surrounding areas.
All about the National Highway projects
The 10.1 km long Delhi section of Dwarka Expressway has been developed at an estimated cost of ₹5,360 crore.
The section will also provide Multi-modal connectivity to Yashobhoomi, DMRC Blue line and Orange line, the upcoming Bijwasan railway station and the Dwarka cluster Bus Depot.
PM Modi earlier inaugurated the 19 km-long Haryana section of the Dwarka Expressway in March 2024.
He also inaugurated the Alipur to Dichaon Kalan stretch of Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) along with new links to Bahadurgarh and Sonipat, built at a cost of around ₹5,580 crores.
“With both these projects, the people of Delhi NCR will get great relief from traffic jams. If I say that the problem of 50 per cent traffic jam in Delhi will be reduced due to these highways, I think it will not be surprising,” Union Minister Gadkari said.