India, June 18 -- Pune

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis Wednesday proposed the creation of a dedicated rail freight corridor linking Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) and the upcoming Vadhvan Port with the Samruddhi expressway (e-way), saying that the project could reduce logistics costs to just 7 to 8% and help integrate large parts of Maharashtra into global supply chains. Fadnavis said that the proposed corridor will run along the Samruddhi e-way, where land has already been reserved for a railway line, and connect major logistics and industrial centres across the state.

"Maharashtra has JNPT, which handles nearly 60% of India's container traffic. We are also building Vadhvan Port, which will be three times bigger than JNPT and among the ...