Land acquisition underway for Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

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SME Times News Bureau | 08 Aug, 2013
The process of acquisition of land for the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project is currently underway, Minister of State for Commerce E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan said Wednesday.

In a written reply, the minister informed parliament that the land acquisition process is in progress in Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra and master-planning has started in Uttar Pradesh.

The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor(DMIC) Project consists of various infrastructure projects for development of new industrial cities in the DMIC Region.

The planned cities are the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region, Uttar Pradesh; Manesar-Bawal Investment Region Haryana; Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Investment Region, Rajasthan; Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow Investment Region, Madhya Pradesh; Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment Region, Gujarat; Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Park city near Aurangabad, Maharashtra; and Dighi Port Industrial Area, Maharashtra.

The government has approved Rs.17,500 crore ($3.24 billion) for the DMIC, which is estimated to cost around $100 billion overall. It is to be implemented in partnership with the respective state governments.