We Will Help Make India The Centre Of The Logistics World: Gautam Adani

These nodes now are made up of ports, rail, highways, warehouses, inland container depots, fulfillment centres, and trucking in a way no other company has ever achieved in the world: Adani

The time is ripe to leverage India's geographic location and help make the nation become the centre of the logistics world, opined Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani.

Addressing the 51st India Gem and Jewellery Awards, Adani said that in the case of logistics, what started as a port jetty, to import coal in 1998, has become the country’s largest port business.

"This business today spans a network of 15 national and 5 international ports and, thereby, allows us to expand into building a network of integrated logistic nodes," he told the gathering.

These nodes now are made up of ports, rail, highways, warehouses, inland container depots, fulfillment centres, and trucking in a way no other company has ever achieved in the world. "This journey has taken us deep into the Middle East — all the way into the Mediterranean through Israel — and into the heart of Africa. For me, it is no more just about ports. It is now about leveraging India's geographic location and doing our part to help make our nation become the centre of the logistics world," he noted.

Likewise, what started as a single power plant in 2007 has now become not just India’s largest private thermal power generation company but has also allowed the Adani Group to expand into adjacencies.

"This expansion has seen us become India’s largest private transmission company, largest private power distribution company, largest mine developer and operator, as well as the only company that successfully took up the challenge of cross-border supply of power to help a neighbouring nation," Adani said.

Furthermore, it has allowed the company to move into the area of renewable energy.

"Today, we are India's largest solar panel manufacturing company as well as the world’s largest single-site renewable energy facility, well on our way to generating 30 GW of power, spread over a massive single span of land of more than 500 square km" he emphasised.