Gateway Distriparks Limited (GDL), India’s leading rail-led multimodal logistics company, has acquired approximately 25 acres of land in Indore, near the Pithampur Industrial Area, to develop and operate a new Inland Container Depot (ICD).
The proposed ICD has already received In-Principle Approval from Indian Railways, and will be developed with two rail sidings with a planned capacity of handling around 120,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) annually. The total investment for the project is estimated at ₹150 crores. Once operational, the facility will provide integrated services including rail transportation for EXIM and domestic containers, container handling, bonded warehousing, and last-mile road distribution.
This marks GDL’s first entry into Central India and Madhya Pradesh, expanding the company’s footprint into a fast-growing industrial and manufacturing region. The ICD is expected to serve a wide regional catchment including Indore, Pithampur, Dewas, Dhar, Mhow, Ujjain, Sanwer, and surrounding industrial clusters. It will handle a diverse mix of cargo including auto components, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, polymers, textiles and garments, agricultural products, and other commodities.
Prem Kishan Dass Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, said, “While Gateway remains strongly focused on the EXIM market, the Indore ICD will also strengthen our domestic container logistics and rail-based distribution network. This will enable manufacturers and shippers in the region to access cost-efficient containerised movement not only to ports, but also across India’s key consumption and industrial corridors.” The ICD is expected to benefit significantly from the upcoming Indore–Dahod rail line, which is expected to reduce rail lead distance from Indore to JNPT and accelerate the shift of container movement from road to rail.
