Stairway to seven sister states: why Kolkata needs Guwahati to fire up warehousing in east India

From being a hub of petroleum products, steel fabrication, and plastics, Assam’s largest city is fast emerging as a demand center for modern warehousing. As the ‘gateway’ to the Northeast, Guwahati, and Kolkata can be the perfect hub for companies to cover the seven sister states.
Commercial real estate was one of the worst-hit sectors after a countrywide lockdown was imposed last year to fight the pandemic. However, India’s warehousing sector has witnessed a rapid transformation during the same period, with the demand for organized, modern facilities shifting to smaller cities.