The railway ministry is going to start negotiations with state governments this month for identifying locations for setting up of multi-modal logistics parks (MMLPs) along the Diamond Rail Corridors (dedicated freight corridors), an official at the railway ministry revealed. These logistics parks, spanning an area of around 400-500 hectares, would be developed through participative funding on a public-private partnership basis. The MMLPs would house rail sidings with sheds, large inland container depots, warehouses for storage, office buildings for logistics operators and assembly units for processing raw materials for export.
