Draft warehousing policy aims to decongest Capital

The Delhi government’s draft warehousing policy aims to decongest the Capital through better freight management and also provide state-of the-art warehousing and logistics, Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said.

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

It will be tabled before the cabinet after a stakeholder consultation—feedback from Delhi's fruit and vegetable mandis, industrial associations and those involved in the construction sector—the minister said.

According to a copy of the draft policy accessed by HT, the government has proposed to create three mega “Urban Consolidation and Logistics Distribution Centre” (UCLDCs) at the periphery of the city, each spread across 70 to 80 hectares, to reduce the need for freight and other movement to the heart of the Capital.

“The goal is to create these mega hubs on the city periphery and to create a more dedicated freight route, in addition to state-of-the-art warehousing facilities. Through this policy, we will not only provide adequate logistics for freight and storage, but it will simultaneously bypass freight traffic, which would earlier enter the city,” Sirsa told HT.

‘According to the draft policy, these hubs will include warehousing, cold storage and sorting facilities. The proposal aims to set up the UCLDCs towards Jaipur in southwest Delhi, towards Meerut in east Delhi and towards Mathura in southeast Delhi, Sirsa said.