Project Development Planning and Implementation by Pm Gati Shakti

The program is aimed at providing multi-modal connectivity with complete “plug and play” infrastructure till the plot level along with building resilient and sustainable future ready cities. As part of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project, 4 cities in the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have already been implemented and 77 plots covering an area of 536 acres have been allotted so far with a committed investment of around Rs. 16,100 crore. Total developed land available which is additionally ready for allotment to industries is 3,620 acres and 3,000 acres for non-industrial uses.

Phase 1: Projects approved:

• Dholera Special Investment Region (22.5 sq. km) under DMIC in Gujarat.
• Shendra Bidkin Industrial Area (18.55 sq. km) under DMIC in Maharashtra. AURIC - Aurangabad Industrial City
• Integrated Industrial Township Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh (747.5 acres) under DMIC in Uttar Pradesh. DMIC Integrated Industrial Township Greater Noida Limited
• Integrated Industrial Township Vikram Udyogpuri near Ujjain (1100 acres) under DMIC in Madhya Pradesh. DMIC Vikram Udyogpuri Ltd
• Integrated Multi-Modal Logistics Hub at Nangal Chaudhary (886 acres) in Haryana under DMIC has been approved by CCEA and implementation is likely to be initiated shortly.

The program is aimed at providing multi-modal connectivity with complete “plug and play” infrastructure till the plot level along with building resilient and sustainable future ready cities. As part of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project, 4 cities in the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have already been implemented and 77 plots covering an area of 536 acres have been allotted so far with a committed investment of around Rs. 16,100 crore. Total developed land available which is additionally ready for allotment to industries is 3,620 acres and 3,000 acres for non-industrial uses.

Phase 2: Projects in advance stage of planning and implementation to be initiated by 2022

• Krishnapatnam Industrial Area (2,500 acres) in Andhra Pradesh approved by NICDIT and approval from CCEA is being sought
• Tumakuru Industrial Area (1,736 acres) in Karnataka under CBIC has been approved by NICDIT and approval from CCEA is being sought.
• For Multi-Modal Logistics Hub (MMLH) & Multi-Modal Transport Hub (MMTH) (1,208 acres) at Greater Noida in UP under DMIC, NICDIT has accorded its approval & CCEA approval is being sought.
• As part of DMIC, for Dighi Port Industrial Area (7,413 acres), activities pertaining to detailed master planning and preliminary engineering has been completed.
• For Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) at Sanand (500 acres) under DMIC in Gujarat, master planning activities are being finalized;
• As part of Hyderabad Nagpur Industrial Corridor, master planning has been completed for Zaheerabad (3,500 acres)
• As part of Hyderabad Warangal Industrial Corridor, master planning has been completed for Hyderabad (8,000 acres)
• As part of Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor, master planning has been completed for Raghunathpur (2,483 acres)

Phase 3: Projects under development and implementation likely to be initiated by 2023

• As part of CBIC, activities pertaining to detailed master planning and preliminary engineering for Ponneri (4,000 acres) has been initiated.
• As part of extension of CBIC, activities pertaining to detailed master planning and preliminary engineering for Palakkad (1,878 acres) in Kerala has been initiated
• As part of extension of CBIC, activities pertaining to detailed master planning and preliminary engineering for Dharmapuri Salem (1,733 acres) in Tamil Nadu has been initiated
• As part of Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor, master planning activities are being initiated for Hisar (4,000 acres) in Haryana
• For VCIC Corridor, project development activities are being initiated for Kopparthy (4,085 acres) in Andhra Pradesh
• For VCIC Corridor, project development activities are being initiated for Chittoor (8,967 acres) in Andhra Pradesh
• For Vizag (4,311 acres) Node under VCIC in Andra Pradesh, State Govt. is carrying out the Detailed Master Planning and Preliminary Engineering.
• For AKIC Corridor, Integrated Manufacturing Cluster at Prag Khurpia (2,935 acres) under AKIC in Uttarakhand is being taken up and tender documents for selection of consultants have been issued.
• For DMIC Corridor, Jodhpur Pali Marwar Industrial Area at Rajasthan is being taken forward and project development activities will be initiated shortly.

Phase 4: Projects under conceptualization and implementation likely to be initiated by 2024

• For BMIC Corridor, Dharwad (5,800 acres) in Karnataka is being taken up.
• For BMIC Corridor, Sangli/Satara/Solapur Node in Maharashtra is proposed for development and State Govt. has been requested for a concurrence on prioritized node
• For Integrated Manufacturing Cluster at Rajpura Patiala under AKIC in Punjab, project development activities are being initiated as confirmation from State Govt. regarding availability of land has been received.
• For Integrated Manufacturing Cluster under AKIC in Uttar Pradesh, State Govt. has been requested for confirmation on prioritized node
• For Integrated Manufacturing Cluster under AKIC in Jharkhand, State Govt. has been requested for confirmation on land details
• For Integrated Manufacturing Cluster under AKIC in Bihar, State Govt. has been requested for confirmation on land details
• For Odisha Economic Corridor, two nodes have been identified i.e. Gopalpur, Bhubaneswar Kalinganagar (GBK node) and Paradip –Kendrapada – Dhamra – Subarnarekha (PKDS node) and have been recently approved by NICDIT for development under National Industrial Corridor Programme and are being taken forward
• Orvakal (Andhra Pradesh) node under Hyderabad Bengaluru Industrial Corridor has been recently approved by NICDIT for development under National Industrial Corridor Programme and project development activities are being initiated
• For DMIC Corridor, Khushkhera Bhiwadi Neemrana Investment Region at Rajasthan is being taken forward and project development activities will be initiated shortly.
• For Delhi Nagpur Industrial Corridor, discussions will be initiated shortly for project development activities

State Govt.(s) have been urged to transfer land to the project SPVs for commencement of project development activities or identify land for conducting the feasibility studies as the case may be. NICDC is in constant engagement with the States to fructify this.

Now to develop Dholera like Projects, both State and Central Governments need to be on the same side, irrespective of different Political Parties.