Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (Phase-I)
If things go as planned, the ambitious DMIC project – building manufacturing centers and townships along the 1,483-km Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor – will see two groundbreaking events in 2014. In the October-December quarter, global bids are likely to be awarded for creation of truck infrastructure at four project sites – industrial townships at Dholera (Gujarat), Vikram Udyogpuri (near Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh) and two multi-modal logistics hubs at Shendra (Maharashtra) and Greater Noida. The per-engineering master plans for the four sites are expected to be finalized by June. This will be followed by a contractor outreach program in July.
The $90-billion project spread over eight states had to be ring-fenced from political challenges. According to Shinya Ejima, India representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is funding the project, such sovereign-guaranteed projects aren’t affected by change in governments at the state or Center. But experts point out the government of the day could play a key role in accelerating the pace on the ground.
The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project is a State-Sponsored Industrial Development Project of the Government of India. It is an ambitious project aimed at developing an Industrial Zone spanning across six states in India. The project will see major expansion of Infrastructure and Industry – including industrial clusters and rail, road, port, air connectivity – in the states along the route of the Corridor. The ambitious Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) has received major boost with India and Japan inking an agreement to set up a project development fund. The initial size of the Fund will be INR1000 crore (US$167.0 million). Both the Japanese and Indian governments contribute equally.
A band of 150 km to 200km has been chosen on both the sides of the Freight corridor to be developed as the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. Accordingly, the project influence region of DMIC includes parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
In addition to the influence region, DMIC would also include development of requisite feeder rail/road connectivity to hinterland/markets and select ports along western coast
Integrated Corridor Development Approach for DMIC:
High impact/market driven nodes- integrated Investment Region (IRs) and Industrial Areas (IAs) identified at strategic locations within the influencing region to provide transparent and investment friendly facility regimes.
These regions are proposed to be self-sustained industrial townships with world-class infrastructure, road and rail connectivity for freight movement to and from ports and logistics hubs, served by domestic/ international air connectivity, reliable power and other quality social infrastructure, and provide a globally competitive environment conducive for setting up businesses.
An Investment Region (IR) would be a specifically delineated industrial region with a minimum area of over 200 square kilometers (20,000 hectares), while an Industrial Area (IA) would be developed with a minimum area of over 100 square kilometers (10,000 hectares).
24 such special investment nodes – 11 IRs and 13 IAs spanning across six states have been identified after wide consultations with the stakeholders’ i.e the State Governments and the concerned Central Ministries. It is proposed that 6 IRs and 6 IAs would be taken up for implementation in the 1st Phase during 2008-2012 and rest of the development would be phased out in the next 4 years. The nodes identified for Phase-1 are:
Short listed Investment Regions:
- Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region in Uttar Pradesh as General Manufacturing Investment Region;
- Manesar-Bawal Investment Region in Haryana as Auto Component/ Automobile Investment Region;
- Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Investment Region in Rajasthan as General Manufacturing/ Automobile/ Auto Component Investment Region;
- Pitampur-Dhar-Mhow Investment Region in Madhya Pradesh as General Manufacturing Investment Region;
- Bharuch-Dahej Investment Region in Gujarat as Petroleum, Chemical and Petro-Chemical Investment Region (PCPIR);
- Gatpuri-Nashik-Sinnar Investment Region in Maharashtra as General Manufacturing Investment Region;
- Ahmadabad – Dholera Investment Region in Gujarat as a mega industrial park
Short listed Industrial Areas:
- Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Industrial Area in Uttar Pradesh, Engineering/ Manufacturing;
- Faridabad-Palwal Industrial Area in Haryana, Engineering & Manufacturing;
- Jaipur-Dausa Industrial Area in Rajasthan, Marble/Leather/Textile;
- Nimach-Nayagaon Industrial Area in Madhya Pradesh, Engineering/ Agro-Processing;
- Vadodara-Ankleshwar Industrial Area in Gujarat, General Manufacturing;
- Industrial Area with Greenfield Port at Dighi in Maharashtra.
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