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Driverless Tesla trailers on US National Highways, Zomato, Swiggy and Dunzo getting DGCA’s approval for drone-deliveries, autonomous trains going faster than the speed of a Formula 1 car are all luxurious problems that the Wild West and highly urbanised Indian metropolitan cities have to worry about. When it comes to ensuring sustainable daily supply of salt, spices, milk powder, biscuits, tea leaves, and dairy products, medicines among other essentials, to the most underdeveloped villages of Odisha at optimum lead times and cheap prices, the transport industry of Odisha has a long way to go. This paper aims at finding out the types of transporters for consumer goods in the Odisha market at present the types of services they offer and if and how modern transporters are giving the reputed traditional transporters of the State a run for their money. Modern transporters employ technology and have strong pan-India presence so the local transporters who have historically worked out of one State only primarily are finding it tough to compete with them. While the modern transporters are high on financing their services and tech, the traditional local transporters know their local markets and governing bodies best. However, can Odisha’s own learn and grow from this opportunity or will they succumb to these giants and perish? |
