The logistic sector has a promising growth in Madhya Pradesh, highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Invest Madhya Pradesh- Global Investors Summit (GIS) 2025 in Bhopal today. He credited India's decade-long infrastructure push for fueling MP’s rapid development, making it one of the biggest beneficiaries.
"A large part of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which is connecting two big cities of the country, passes through MP. This means that on one hand MP is getting fast connectivity to the ports of Mumbai, on the other hand it is also connecting the markets of North India," the Prime Minister noted.
He also added that MP has a road network of more than 5 lakh kilometers and its industrial corridors are getting connected to modern expressways, indicating fast growth of logistics-related sectors in the state.
Speaking on air and railway connectivity, Modi highlighted that the government did not stop at the expansion of Gwalior and Jabalpur airport terminals but also modernised its rail network.
"100% electrification of the rail network in MP has been done... On the same lines, 80 railway stations of MP are being modernised under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme." Modi highlighted.
Modi invited investors to capitalise on MP’s infrastructure boom, emphasising its power surplus status with 31 thousand megawatt power generation capacity, out of which 30% is clean energy. He also lauded the mega mission of river interlinking and said that the Rs 45 thousand crores Ken-Betwa River Interlinking Project will increase the productivity of about 10 lakh hectares of agricultural land.
He also claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party government has majorly focused on governance in MP in the last two decades, as before people were afraid of investing in the state.
"MP, where even buses could not run properly due to bad roads, is today one of the leading states of India's EV revolution. By January 2025, about 2 lakh electric vehicles have been registered in MP. This is about 90% growth," Modi noted.
