Archive · 20 Jun 2025
Andhra Pradesh to Cut Logistics Costs with Major Infra Plan
Andhra Pradesh is spending a lot of money to make it easier and cheaper to move goods around the state.
They want to build better roads, ports, and other ways to transport things.
This big plan, costing Rs 20,000 crore, aims to cut the cost of moving goods in half.
The state already has busy ports and wants to make them even better, while also building new ones.
This should create many jobs and make Andhra Pradesh a major hub for moving goods, like a superhighway for trade, making it easier to send and receive items.
Andhra Pradesh plans a Rs 20,000 crore investment to become a logistics gateway.
The state aims to cut logistics costs from 15.7% to 7-8% by improving infrastructure.
Focus will be on building better highways, ports, and multimodal networks.
The state is constructing 1,040km of new highways and developing major transportation modes.
The state is developing an integrated port-led model with six operational and three new ports.
- Who
- The Andhra Pradesh government.
- What
- Andhra Pradesh is investing in infrastructure to boost its logistics capabilities.
- When
- Between 2024 and 2025, Visakhapatnam Port handled 82.62 million tonnes of cargo.
- Where
- Andhra Pradesh
- Why
- To reduce logistics costs, generate jobs, and become a major logistics gateway.
- Investment Amount
- Rs 20,000 crore
- Targeted Logistics Cost Reduction
- From 15.7% to 7-8%
- New Highways Planned
- 1,040 km
- Visakhapatnam Port Cargo (2024-2025)
- 82.62 million tonnes
- New Ports Planned
- 3 greenfield
- Existing Ports
- 6 operational