Varanasi's game-changing freight village up, extends gateway to Bangladesh

Big move not just in multi-modal transportation but also in logistics and warehousing segment

The country’s first freight village in Varanasi, which is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, is a one-of-its-kind concept that can prove to be a game changer not just in multi-modal transportation but also in the logistics and warehousing segment of the value chain.
 
Freight village is a specialised industrial estate to attract companies in need of logistics services and can cluster to improve their competitiveness.
 
The concept will also bring together retailers, warehouse operators and logistics service providers supplying the regional FMCG market.
 
“It is modelled on concepts that are prevalent in Europe. The World Bank