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Delhi, Oct 28: Shipping, Road Transport & Highways and Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari
digitally flagged off a RoRo cum general cargo vessel here on Saturday. The
cargo vessel MV IDM DOODLE is carrying a consignment of 185 trucks from Chennai
Port to Mongla port in Bangladesh. After the flagging off Mr Gadkari said,
transport through the sea route will save about 15-20 days of travel time. For
this trip alone that involved transport of 185 trucks, a total of about three
lakh vehicle km of road travel would be saved as the land route is longer and
much time was lost at the congested Petrapole-Benapole check point at the Indo-
Bangladesh border, he said. Besides saving time, Mr Gadkari said, coastal
transport will also be more cost effective and environment-friendly. The
Minister called upon all automobile manufactures to use coastal shipping mode
for transporting their vehicles. Notably, M/s Ashok Leyland Ltd is currently
exporting around 12,000 truck chassis to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and countries in
Africa. UNI
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