It is indeed surprising to me that the mother of all Infra projects in India doesn't have a thread of its own. I decided to take the initiative to launch the thread inorder to track the development of DMI Corridor. I understand that most of the posters here are far more knowledgeable than me & if senior posters feels that it is pre-mature to launch the thread then I request the MODS to kindly delete it or freeze it to revive at some later date. Otherwise, please contribute whole-heartedly.

Information from Wikipedia:
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Mumbai_Industrial_Corridor_Project)

The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project is a State-Sponsored Industrial Development Project of 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.

Conceived to be developed as a Global Manufacturing and Trading Hub, the project is expected to double employment potential, triple industrial output and quadruple exports from the region in 5 years. The total employment to be generated from the project is 3 million. The bulk of which will be in the manufacturing/processing sectors.

The ambitious project will be funded through private-public partnership and foreign investment. Japan will me a majour investor for this project. The corridor will span across 1483 km. Tokyo was roped in as partner for this project, during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit in December 2006. The project will cover the seven states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. It will include a 4000 MW Power Plant, three Sea Ports and six Airports in addition to connectivity with the existing ports. The industrial corridor project will be implemented by the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation, an automomous body comprising of Government and Private Sector. It will be implemented through special purpose vehicles [SPVs]. The project is expected to deliver a 2-3-4-5 benefit, to double employment (2), triple industrial output (3) and quadruple exports (4) from the region in five years (5).

India's $90 bln industry corridor on track - minister (http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-33551320080513)
Tue May 13, 2008 2:30pm IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's ambitious $90 billion industrial corridor project is on track, and rising prices of steel and cement will not hamper work, Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar said.

The project spanning New Delhi and Mumbai is being built with Japanese help on the lines of the Tokyo-Osaka industrial corridor.

It includes high speed rail freight lines, power plants to supply an additional 4,000 megawatt, three new sea ports and six airports, 12 new industrial clusters, 10 logistic parks and agricultural hubs.

"I believe that between October and December, the trial runs of the electric tractions between Mumbai and Pune should be completed," Ashwani Kumar told Reuters in an interview.

"Depending on the results of the trial runs, the matter will then be pushed full steam ahead so that we achieve the target date of 2012 for the first phase."

Kumar said he did not expect rising prices of steel, cement and other metals and building materials to hamper the process, adding that the total cost may rise to $92 billion which should not matter.

Japanese and German companies were among those that have showed interest in the project, he said.

Kumar said the government was actively involving private and foreign players for improving India's infrastructure, which would require $500 billion by 2012, and provide the trigger for growth in Asia's third-largest economy.

"We are encouraging domestic, private and government, investment in infrastructure under public-private partnership mode. We are also actively wooing foreign investment and technology in the infrastructure sector."

Madhya Pradesh to set up industrial corridor panel (http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/madhya-pradesh-to-set-up-industrial-corridor-panel_10048347.html)
May 13th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT

Bhopal, May 13 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Rakesh Sahni will head the empowered committee to be set up by the state government to oversee the development of Rs.400 billion ($10 billion) industrial corridor, officials here said. The corridor, part of the Delhi-Mumbai corridor, will go through western Madhya Pradesh.

The decision was taken at a meeting Tuesday Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held with officials. He also sanctioned Rs.10 million for the initial preparations of the project, said the officials.

The Madhya Pradesh Trade and Investment Facilitation Corp (TRIFAC) will be the nodal agency for setting up the project.

The government is also planning to develop an industrial area on both sides of the corridor with financial and technical cooperation of Japan.

With the new industrial projects coming up, the state government is hopeful that the employment opportunities would be doubled and production and exports would soar in the next five years.

The 1,483-km corridor between Dadri (Delhi) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai will go through Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Japan will provide an assistance of Rs.2.42 trillion for the project under which a knowledge city will be developed near Dewas, Madhya Pradesh. A logistic hub between Indore and Dewas and a diamond park at Indore are also proposed.

Consultants for Delhi-Mumbai corridor by June (http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14651919)
Promit Mukherjee / DNA MONEY
Friday, 18 April , 2008, 12:02

The government will soon appoint a group of consultants for the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project, one of the most ambitious trade and business development initiatives in India.

"Sixteen consulting agencies have been short-listed and the government is expected to take a final call in June," said Abhaya Agarwal, senior vice-president, IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (IIDC).

He said the group of consultants appointed by the government will start work by July 2008. "Seventeen consultants from across the world had submitted expressions of interest for participating in DMIC. Of these, 16 were finally short listed," he said.

The DMIC project is spread over an area of 4,36,486 square kilometers and will pass through Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra and the union territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagra Haveli.

The project will synergise with the 1,483 kilometre high-speed dedicated freight corridor (DFC) that connects Delhi and Mumbai.

The project will have a spread of 150 square kilometers on both sides, wherein airports, ports, manufacturing and industrial hubs and special economic zones will be developed. "This is where the major part of private investment will come," said Agarwal.

The government of Japan is expected to fund a major chunk of the project.Several private companies from Japan will also set up shop under DMIC, saida Japan External Trade Organisationofficial.

According to the figures available from the commerce ministry, the DMIC's influence area comprises a combined population of 178 million, constituting 17% of the total population of the country. The states falling under DMIC contributes 60% of overall exports from the country.

India seeks French help for rail development (http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-33571420080514)
Wed May 14, 2008 5:55pm IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will seek assistance from France on building rail systems in freight corridors, introducing high-speed trains and upgrading safety systems, with officials from the countries signing a cooperation agreement on Wednesday.

"Indian Railways have an ambitious plan of network expansion, increasing rolling stock production capacity, world-class passenger terminals and in future the country requires high-speed passenger services," Junior Railway Minister Naranbhai Rathwa said.

On Tuesday, India's junior industry minister told Reuters an ambitious $90 billion industrial corridor project between Delhi and Mumbai, which is being built with Japanese help, was on track.

Japanese and German firms have already shown interest in the project, which will include high speed rail freight lines, power plants, three new sea ports and six airports, 12 new industrial clusters, 10 logistic parks and agricultural hubs.

India seeking UAE investment for Delhi, Mumbai Industrial Corridor (http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/25/stories/2008042555721300.htm)
Atul Aneja

DUBAI: India is seeking investments from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to modernise its infrastructure and expand trade ties. The visiting minister of commerce and industry Kamal Nath said at a press conference that India was encouraging the UAE to invest in the $92 billion Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

He pointed out that several funding models were under scrutiny for the development of the DMIC. He added that massive commercial investments were required for the construction of roads, power generation and other utilities. Mr. Kamal Nath said that the basic framework to promote investments between India and the UAE was already in place. The India-UAE Investment Council set up during the visit to India by UAE’s Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is expected to convene within the next six months.

The dates for the next meeting of the bilateral Trade Policy Forum were also being fixed. The minister pointed out that the signing of the India-GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Free Trade Area agreement had been delayed because of administrative reasons. “The same set of people are involved in FTA talk s with several countries including the European Union (EU) and Korea,” he observed. Mr. Kamal Nath said that progress on the finalisation of FTA with the GCC was expected within six months. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait and Oman comprise the GCC. Trade between India and the UAE was burgeoning and had reached $20 billion in 2006-07, the minister said.

Asked about the problems in India’s rice exports to the UAE, the minister said that the decision on restricting exports to the Gulf would be reviewed in the light of the quantum yielded by the upcoming rice crop in Andhra Pradesh.

Mr. Kamal Nath said that inflation in India would be arrested soon due to the steps taken regarding monetary policy and the management of the economy. “We see that inflation has been contained and has peaked out. The monetary policy and other steps that we have taken will now yield results,” he observed.

Good job ab041937. I had thought of opening a thread on the DMIC once we were done with the reorganization but forgot about it.


Here's a map showing the alignment of the high speed freight corridor (from Tehelka):
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ILFS (Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services) had prepared a concept paper for the GoI and the Ministry of Commerce. It comprehensively highlights the role of each region, the investment it would receive and the infrastructure that would be built/upgraded. Click here (http://cii.in/documents/DMIC%20-%20IL&FS%20Report.pdf) to read it.


Here's some info from another PDF (http://www.ilfsindia.com/downloads/bus_rep/DMIC_brief.pdf) on ILFS's website:

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Map of the corridor indicating the regions of investment and industrial areas -

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Key to the above map-

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Here's another map with the infrastructure marked-
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great thread you guys.

This is HUGE !!. Look at the states involved. Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi & very little of UP which is good. out of this 2 are the most industrialized states of India & one is quite, calm laidback state without any naxal problems.

Bombay to Delhi infra corridor will soone become reality in no time. :cheers:

This is definitely happening baby. I dont see why not. :banana:

Thanks IU for that comprehensive information. It does really seem big. I suppose DMIC can cover the whole of western region forming the backbone & branching out to interiors in Rajasthan, Haryana, MP & Gujrat.

Madhya Pradesh to set up industrial corridor panel (http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/madhya-pradesh-to-set-up-industrial-corridor-panel_10048347.html)
May 13th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT

some proposals from the MP government -

MP wants links to Delhi-Mumbai corridor (http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu2&subLeft=1&autono=324011&tab=r)

Madhya Pradesh has asked for fast and efficient rail links to markets and ports under the proposed Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

The state has proposed the creation of the Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow mega industrial region over at least 200 square km, where an apparel park, a gem & jewellery park, a software technology park, a herbal park and clusters for pharmaceutical firms, textiles, food-processing and auto components will come up.

The state government has said there is an urgent need to expedite the gauge conversion of the Neemuch-Ratlam track of 135.38 km to strengthen transport linkages of the Neemuch-Nayagaon industrial region and Ratlam Nagda mega industrial region with Ajmer, Jaipur, the National Capital Region of Delhi, Ahmedabad, Vadodra, Surat and Mumbai. Further, fast and efficient connectivity with ports in Maharashtra and Gujarat is equally important, the state has said.

Similarly, the government has pointed out that the existing meter gauge (MG) rail route between Indore and Khandwa, which is connected to the age-old Ajmer-Hyderabad meter gauge rail route, should be converted into broad gauge quickly.

"It is essential to complete the ongoing Dahod-Sardarpur-Dhar-Indore broad gauge new line at a fast pace to ensure better connectivity to the Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow mega industrial region and the Shajapur-Dewas industrial region with cities of Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Surat and parts of Kandla, Mundra, Pipapav, Bedi in Gujarat," a highly placed source in the department of industries told Business Standard.

The source further said, "The conversion of the existing Pratapnagar (Vadodra)-Chhota Udepur narrow gauge line into broad gauge in progress and the construction of a new line from Indore to Chhota Udepur via Dhar and construction new Dhar Indore broad gauge line is in progress but linkage between Dhar and Chhota Udepur has yet to be taken up.

To ensure direct and shorter rail link between Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow mega industrial region and Shajapur-Dewas industrial region with ports in Southern Gujarat namely Hazira, Dahej and Maroli the central government should establish the link through a broad gauge line on priority basis," the source said.

16 consultants selected for DMIC project (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/The_Sunday_ET/Companies/16_consultants_selected_for_DMIC_project/articleshow/3089226.cms)

I am happy to see this thread cant wait to see this project turning into reality.

Here are some slides from a brief presentation (http://www.ilfsindia.com/downloads/bus_rep/Status_DMICDC_180208_R0.pdf) made by DMICDC in Tokyo on Feb 18. I converted the pdf pages to jpegs using a demo version of a converter software so it left behind a demo mode watermark.

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Great info, IU. Thanks!

Nashik to be developed on Delhi-Mumbai Freight route (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1176386)

NASHIK: Nashik has been identified as the first development node on the Delhi-Mumbai Freight Corridor to boost business activities in the cities that fall along this rail route.

The freight corridor is being developed to establish connectivity between the state and the economic capital and to connect the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, and Gujarat to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s largest container port, said Ajij Khan, principal secretary, Industry, Ministry, Govt of Maharashtra.

Khan was in Nashik to inaugurate Nashik Engineering Cluster (NEC), a training-cum-assisting centre for industries in Nashik.

Developed at Rs50 crore, this is the third such cluster in the state after Pimpri–Chinchwad in Pune and Ichalkaranji, to provide training to engineers and
industry personnel for CAD, CAM, CAE and CNC software.

A Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Corporation has been formed to look into potential development centres in six states along the freight rail route.

In the first phase of this project, Nashik-Igatpuri-Sinnar zone has been selected. The focus in this area will be on industrialisation, promoting economic activities, and developing the infrastructure for it.

Khan said that a Japanese firm had shown interest.

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor by 2013 (http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2008/jul/16corridor.htm)


An ambitious $90-billion industrial project along side the Delhi-Mumbai dedicated rail freight route will be ready with manufacturing and trading hubs by 2013, a senior official said on Wednesday.

However, the project faces daunting tasks ahead in terms of meeting requirements of water and electricity.

"The electricity capacity that exists and the capacity being planned is not adequate. Water availability in sufficient amount is also an issue," Adviser of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Ajay Dua said at a Confederation of Indian Industry and Japan External Trade Organisation function in New Delhi.

Dua who was instrumental in finalising the project, as DIPP Secretary, said Japan is committed to make big investment in DMIC. He has since retired from that post advises the DIPP on the project.

The 1,483-km corridor would cover six states Delhi and NCR, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

The corridor, for which a company has been incorporated, would have a 4,000-MW power plant, three greenfield ports and six airports. It would also link 10 cities with over 10 lakh (1 million) population including Faridabad, Surat, Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Meerut, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune and Nashik.

Industrial units would come up along major transport arteries such as highways and railways connecting to ports to facilitate internal and external trade.

Meanwhile, the industry body CII and Japan External Trade Organisation have launched a portal for investors.

This is a great thread about a great project! I guess one of the presentation slides above can now add nuclear power as sources for additional power generation required for this project :D

A rather loooong article from Railway Technology, but an interesting read nevertheless.

India's Speedy New Scheme (http://www.railway-technology.com/features/feature2025/)

India is building an ambitious industrial corridor from New Delhi to Mumbai, which includes high-speed freight lines. Neil Pulling looks at the project, due to be complete in 2012.

Following a radical shift in 1991 from a centrally controlled economy that included restrictions on overseas investment and licensing of operations by foreign companies, India's economic advance looks set to continue.

Moving from reliance upon agricultural and still faced with the challenge of reducing poverty, India has become renowned for its educated and youthful workforce, movement towards broader-based affluence and multi-national corporate expansion (the country's population of 1.45 billion is predicted to China by 2025). Its demographic structure is such that a future workforce for an economy that has recorded 8% pa growth in recent years seems assured.

A major barrier to growth, however, has been India's infrastructure: in the wrong place for new developments, worn out, or simply insufficient. The government is seeking to address these issues through the country's largest-ever project, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), promoted to triple industrial output, quadruple exports from the regions within five years, and create three million new jobs.

The $90bn project which will start this year will see trial runs of the electric traction between Mumbai and Pune as part of its first phase, and Japanese and German companies are helping out on the project.

STOKING THE ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE

On the south-west coast, Mumbai (formerly Bombay) is India's largest city with a population of around 20 million, handling around 50% of the country's sea cargo. Capital Delhi is 1,400km (870 miles) to the north east, with approximately 18 million in the metropolitan area. They constitute one side of the so-called Golden Quadrilateral, defined by Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata (Calcutta) and Chennai (Madras). Rail routes between these cities currently handle over three-quarters of state operator Indian Railways' traffic.

About 1,500km long and up to 300km wide, the DMIC will spread from the Delhi National Capital Territory through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat to Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is capital. There will be special economic zones, new airports, industrial parks, power supplies and roads, plus ports on the Arabian Sea coast. With up to 120 component DMIC projects, a crucial element for incoming and outgoing goods is an entirely new railway, the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC).

Projected for construction from 2008, the DFC will be 1,483km (920 miles) long. Maintaining the Indian track gauge of 1,676mm to allow through running and ease of transfers, the DFC will however differ significantly in other respects from the rest of national network. Above all, it will be freight-only and designed for faster running. By avoiding traffic conflicts, the current 60-hour Delhi-Mumbai journey is envisaged to fall to 36, and a spin-off is increased capacity for passenger services elsewhere on the network. With older lines used as feeders to the DFC, a programme to increase the clearances needed by new freight stock will be implemented, for example cutting back station canopies, easing curves and rebuilding bridges.

The most substantial of several proposed freight-only routes, the DFC provides the opportunity to increase clearances beyond the limitations of the present network. In spite of a generous 1,676mm track gauge, the dynamic (or kinematic) envelope on Indian Railways has restricted volumes being moved, increasing the cost base for shipments, not least because of the number of workings required for a given tonnage.

To be diesel-worked and handle double-stack container trains and road trailers, the DFC will have higher axle loading of at least 30t, representing a 50% increase over present lines. To provide operational flexibility and maintain timings, 1,500m passing loops will be able accommodate trains up to 16,000t.

Transporting goods by rail remains a huge undertaking, vital to the national economy and a profitable activity that, with 70% of overall revenues, helps underpin Indian Railways' passenger operations. The segregation of freight and passenger flows should help improve the ability of Indian Railways to compete with road competition in both markets.

However, its share of the national freight market is in a long decline, falling by about a third over the last decade, a trend the DFC is intended to help turn around, offering inter-modal services that represent a better and cheaper alternative to road. In spite of a substantial highway building programme, road journey times are long and unpredictable. India's prosperity has encouraged around 16% more cars being registered each year, a conflict of interests for government as it attempts to balance this expression of wealth, the country's expanding automotive sector and increasing already problematic congestion and pollution levels.

FUNDING, POLITICS AND OPPORTUNITIES

The DMIC was formally announced in December 2006 by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a visit to Japan, with the Tokyo-Osaka industrial corridor being cited as a parallel to the impending developments. An Indo-Japanese task force to further the project has been constituted under a memorandum of understanding between the governments.

The Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry cited the Delhi Metro as an indicator of the success of the countries working together on infrastructure projects. Funding will involve both governments, companies in the Japanese private sector and Indian companies raising funds on Japanese markets.

With protectionism consigned to history, India has become an attractive investment proposition and trading partner for Japan. A stable regional democracy with a huge consumer market, India has natural resources such as iron and copper ores, bauxite and coal that Japan does not possess. Seeking Indian involvement in his 'Cool Earth 50' environmental initiative, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that a dedicated DMIC fund would be created, with low-cost loans being made available for the DFC.

As the world's second biggest railway network and with the DFC being one of several projects indicating long-term commitment to renewal and expansion, India is a prime export target. Inherent in making use of the greater capacity potential of the new lines, a new generation of freight rolling stock will be required, similarly with motive power. Possibly in concert with domestic suppliers, for Japanese manufacturing giants such as Hitachi, Kinki Sharyo and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the Indian market represents a huge target.

France SNCF signed an agreement in May 2008 to cooperate on rail modernisation and China has demonstrated interest in a long-term plan for high-speed passenger lines. India is therefore clearly a magnet for those with products and services to sell or capital to invest. As home or headquarters for companies such as multi-industry Siemens, Bombardier Transportation and Vossloh, also with national operator Deutsche Bahn expanding activities overseas, the interest of Germany in the freight corridor project is no surprise.

The German Ministry of Transport and Urban Affairs has already discussed the role their country's rail industry may play in the DFC's development and operation. Their ministerial visit was also to promote the opportunities open to Indian investors in Germany, especially the states of the former East Germany. Since the watershed 1991 economic reforms, over 2,500 joint ventures have been established between the two countries.

Across the DMIC projects, special purpose vehicles (SPVs), a widely used financial structure for public-private ventures, are to be established to handle funding and construction, also to represent the interests of stakeholders, not least the investors contributing up to two thirds of the DFC capital. Like the DFC itself, this project management structure will represent a significant change for Indian Railways. In May 2008 an Indian Government minister announced that in spite of recent materials cost increases, the DMIC project remained on course for a 2012 inauguration.

^^ A good read. Thanks for posting.

This sounds like the mother of all infrastructure projects. As and when this comes through, it is sure to transform the region.

Japan interest boosts Delhi-Mumbai corridor (http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20080726/1059/tbs-japan-interest-boosts-delhi-mumbai-c.html)

Japan has indicated that it would extend extensive support for the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), according to government officials. The project, as well as another flagship infrastructure project, the Delhi-Mumbai Dedicated Freight Corridor, was extensively discussed at the second India-Japan Strategic Dialogue on Economic Issues held in Tokyo this week, they said.

"This dialogue assumes significance as it sets the agenda for the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Japan in October, 2008," a finance ministry statement said. The 1,483-km DMIC would include six mega investment regions of 200 square kilometres each, and will run through seven states-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

It would be built along the proposed Delhi-Mumbai dedicated rail freight corridor. The DMIC would have six specifically delineated investment regions planned for manufacturing facilities for domestic and export-led production, along with associated services and infrastructure.

These investment regions are: Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh; Manesar-Bawal in Haryana, Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemra in Rajasthan, Pitampura-Dhar-Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, Bharuch-Dahej in Gujarat and Igatpuri-Nashik-Sinnar in Maharashtra. The minimum processing area in these regions will be about 40 per cent of the total designated area, which may or may not be contiguous.

An estimated $90 billion would be required to create the infrastructure in the first phase of the project. In addition to the investment regions, the DMIC will also have six industrial areas of 100 square kilometres each.

The project would be overseen by an apex steering authority, headed by the Finance Minister, and would have central ministers and chief ministers of the states concerned as members. A corporate entity-Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC)-would undertake planning of the project, development of its various components, coordinating with all stakeholders, monitoring of implementation and raising all finances.

The corridor will have a 4,000 mw power plant, three greenfield ports and six airports. It will also link 10 cities with over 10 lakh population, including Faridabad, Surat, Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Meerut, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune and Nashik.

this thing will never get built...the sheer size and scale of this project requires amazing dedication, stability and organization. there's absolutely no way states like MP, UP and Rajasthan could pull something like this off without riots, corruption and other shitty stuff that'll probably end up destroying the entire project. not to mention this is project is being carried out by the government, which automatically means it won't get done

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Oh, I see. :crazy:

this thing will never get built...the sheer size and scale of this project requires amazing dedication, stability and organization. there's absolutely no way states like MP, UP and Rajasthan could pull something like this off without riots, corruption and other shitty stuff that'll probably end up destroying the entire project. not to mention this is project is being carried out by the government, which automatically means it won't get done

from another thread

Look at the last 8 years. did you ever imagine delhi metro to get as big and popular as it did? did you ever expect 2 international quality greenfield airports to get built in bangalore and hyderabad? did you ever expect mumbai and delhi airports to get privatized? did you ever expect bangalore metro to actually get UC with the awesome stations it has planned? did you expect delhi to actually prepare fort he commonwealth and introduce a worldclass BRTS system? did you expect something like GIFT and DMIC to even be thought of? did you think the India-US nuclear deal could happen? did you think bollywood would suddenly corporatize and become rich and produce good movies? did you expect indian railways to ever make the kind of comeback it did and expand to the North East? did you ever expect the kashmiri terrorism problem to practically cease as it has nowadays? did you expect all these malls being built left and right and tata buying jaguar and indian companies going global to happen the way it did? did you expect 3-4 years of continuous 8-9 percent GDP growth? did you expect 4 years of continuous positive agri-sector growth? did you expect The Imperial towers to get built? did you expect gujarat to boom the way it is right now?

answer is NO to alll of these.

all this in just 8 years. this sort of thing gets better exponentially. imagine another 8 years what'll happen. then add another 4 to that. in 2020 india won't be developed, but it'll be a HELL of a lot better than it is now.

hehe....

well then

from another thread

Seems little ambitious though!! ahve u ever thought of india becoming a country with a population of more than 1Billion! The answer is again NO!! hehehe

What makes it all the more challenging is the deadline of 2012 , as that date nears the speculation and media interest would be immense and all the more pressure on govt. to complete it

What makes it all the more challenging is the deadline of 2012 , as that date nears the speculation and media interest would be immense and all the more pressure on govt. to complete it

i dont think they mean the whole thing by 2012- thats definetely impossible- i mean more than a dozen major projects spanning more than 1500 kms in 4 years is impossibe-im guessing they mean just the first phase by 2012- which is more logical..

Seems little ambitious though!! ahve u ever thought of india becoming a country with a population of more than 1Billion! The answer is again NO!! hehehe

with the kind of bomb blasts, the population will be kept under control

Amen !

with the kind of bomb blasts, the population will be kept under control

Amen !

good One bro!!

sorry , wrong thread

no work has started :(

they said that work would begin 7 months ago

Indeed the DMIC is very ambitious and is certainly a boost to economic development and employment. Two questions though:

1. What kind of industries will be implemented? What kind of pollution and waste will they generate in areas already lacking land, water and electricity?

2. Why developing the west coast of India, already doing well; while the eastern part is still looking for investments and development?

If somebody could help me in answering those questions...

Regards,
David John

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Indeed the DMIC is very ambitious and is certainly a boost to economic development and employment. Two questions though:

1. What kind of industries will be implemented? What kind of pollution and waste will they generate in areas already lacking land, water and electricity?

2. Why developing the west coast of India, already doing well; while the eastern part is still looking for investments and development?

If somebody could help me in answering those questions...

Regards,
David John

2. The same reason that the Tokyo-Osaka Industrial Corridor was built from Japan's most economically developed cities. It's the only way to get investment, minimize corruption and ensure that the project actually happens. There's a good reason 40 percent of this project goes through Gujarat alone. You can't build such a project through Bihar because the law and order situation is not suitable, nobody will invest there, and there are no skilled workers or good civil servants dedicated to development.

really delhi and mumbai should have a bullet train running between them.
two biggest metros its a no brainer. get those TGV's from france.

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I dunt understand why Railways chose diesel when India is already suffering a lot due to high oil imports.

really delhi and mumbai should have a bullet train running between them.
two biggest metros its a no brainer. get those TGV's from france.

High-Speed Rail is only viable over shorter distances, because after a certain threshold is crossed, highspeed rail is neither faster nor cheaper for longer distances compared to planes.

I dunt understand why Railways chose diesel when India is already suffering a lot due to high oil imports.

Initial thought was that double-stack container rakes would not pass under OHE pantographs. i.e, they would need a larger clearance. The report states that the new study has concluded that it would be possible, hence approval of electric traction.

http://www.livemint.com/2008/09/05123206/Changes-in-Western-Dedicated-F.html

New Delhi: The alignment of the first phase work of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor has been finalised with about 20 changes from the original route plan.
“Deviations have been made at a few places to avoid congested areas and railway junctions between Rewari and Vadodara,” said a senior Railways Ministry official.
Changes in the alignment were necessary because heavy settlements were coming on the way along the 917-km long route, said the official.
The route was diverted at many places including Bangugram, Makrena, Mahesana, Palanpur, Marwar and Phurela to avoid heavy displacements.
The total length of the electrified Western Corridor from Rewari to JN Port Trust is 1426 km out of which work will begin between Rewari to Vadodara in the first phase.
The Japan Bank International Corporation (JBIC), which is to fund 85% of the total cost, is currently conducting an environment and social impact study of the first phase project.
The report is likely to be submitted by November and after that a loan agreement will be signed with JBIC, said the official.
The first phase is estimated to cost about Rs 25,000 crore.
The Western corridor will run the double stack container train with highest pantograph (current collection device) in the world.
Indian railways will run the new generation pantograph at 7.5 metre height which will enable double stack container on flat wagons on the electrified route, said the official.
Though double stack containers are running in China but they are not the standard international containers as they run on a lower height. In USA double stack containers run on non-electrified diesel locos.
There was a successful trial run conducted between Daitari and Jakhapura in Orissa to establish a new height for the overhead electrical equipment line so that double stack container can run on electrified line,“ said the official.
The construction of Dedicated Freight Corridor aims to link the ports of western India and the ports and mines of eastern India to Delhi and Punjab.

this is a mega project & will help alter the face of india.
Much like the HK - shangha coastel version taking in a ll the NEZ's
Awesome

Super-Fast Trains for Industrial Corridor (http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=336266)

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) has identified four “early bird” rail infrastructure projects, including a high-speed rail link between Delhi and Jaipur, at an investment of over Rs 20,000 crore. All these projects will be undertaken in the next six to 12 months through public-private partnership.

The key projects include a 300-km rail link between Delhi and Jaipur up to the proposed airport at Shivdaspur in Rajasthan at an estimated investment of Rs 10,000 crore; a 45-km Metro rail system between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore; a 15-km Metro rail link connecting IGI Airport in New Delhi to Hero Honda Chowk in Haryana at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore; and a 25-km Metro rail system between Noida and Greater Noida at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore.

DMICDC was set up to oversee the construction of the industrial corridor between Delhi and Mumbai that would include industrial estates, townships, and transport and logistical hubs.

Besides these projects, the corporation is planning three regional rail links — Pune-Nashik in Maharashtra, Palwal-Rewari in Haryana and Palwal in Haryana to Khurja in Uttar Pradesh. However, these proposals are yet to be finalised.

The link between Delhi and Jaipur will have trains running at a minimum speed limit of 250 kilometres per hour, which means they will cover the distance in slightly over an hour. The link is aimed at decongesting Delhi and allowing other areas to grow with better connectivity.

“We have identified a few standalone and viable infrastructure projects to develop them as model initiatives for capitalising on the existing growth potential in these areas and mobilise global investments in the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor project,” said a senior government official.

To implement these projects, DMICDC is in the process of signing memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with six states — Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. All these states have already nominated their nodal agencies that would work with DMICDC and various other central and state government agencies to implement these projects.

The rail infrastructure projects are critical for the success of the industrial corridor since such corridors are generally built along major transport arteries like railways, highways, airports and ports.

A senior DMICDC official said: “We are in the process of appointing consultants who will prepare a detailed master plan for the project. The plan will identify the missing infrastructure links for the industrial corridor and suggest more such projects.”


^^ exciting stuff if it gets past the planning stage!

WOW, thats a lot of activity!! wasn't there a second DFC proposed for the eastern states?

"The key projects include a 300-km rail link between Delhi and Jaipur up to the proposed airport at Shivdaspur in Rajasthan at an estimated investment of Rs 10,000 crore; a 45-km Metro rail system between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore; a 15-km Metro rail link connecting IGI Airport in New Delhi to Hero Honda Chowk in Haryana at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore; and a 25-km Metro rail system between Noida and Greater Noida at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore."

3/4 projects in delhi? what happened to the other areas?

The plan for fast railway between key metros should be extended throughout India. Like the Golden Quad and cross (north-south-east-west) highway system, India needs a similar railway plan for the nation. The railways have a quad plan for commercial goods traffic. The next step is the high speed connect for passenger traffic for the major Tier 1 and Tier II cities of India. If they can come up with a comprehensive plan and implement it in phases, the payback dividends would be enormous.

"The key projects include a 300-km rail link between Delhi and Jaipur up to the proposed airport at Shivdaspur in Rajasthan at an estimated investment of Rs 10,000 crore; a 45-km Metro rail system between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore; a 15-km Metro rail link connecting IGI Airport in New Delhi to Hero Honda Chowk in Haryana at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore; and a 25-km Metro rail system between Noida and Greater Noida at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore."

3/4 projects in delhi? what happened to the other areas?

Is there a Mumbai somewhere in Haryana or Rajasthan?:nuts:

Why is the project called Delhi/Mumbai corridor when nothing much is done towards Mumbai?

This one is a month old article from TOI.

Delhi-Mumbai corridor: A road to prosperity (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jaipur/Delhi-Mumbai_corridor_A_road_to_prosperity/articleshow/3473700.cms)
12 Sep 2008, 0508 hrs IST, Rachna Singh,TNN

JAIPUR: An ambitious project, the $90 billion Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), in times to come will change the face of Rajasthan.

With over 58% of DMIC passing through Rajasthan, the state is set to witness big time boom in industrial development. And unlike Singur, the nodal agencies in the state will as far as possible avoid acquisition of agricultural land, according to the DMIC project report.

Keeping in mind the expanse of the corridor falling in Rajasthan and in order to take a cue from industrial corridors across the globe and explore investment opportunities, the PHDCCI on Thursday organised a conference on Opportunities for Industrialisation and Infrastructure Development on the DMIC. According to PHDCCI officials about Rs 70,000 crore investment is expected in DMIC in Rajasthan.

The DMIC envisioned to be a power house of economic growth is now in the process of appointing a consultant to develop a master plan for the industrial corridor. The prestigious project is to be undertaken by the Centre, in support with the Japanese government. "Despite that, the state governments have a major role in setting up of various investment nodes/industrial areas in the DMIC," according to ministry of commerce officials.

The 1,483 km project that envisages world class infrastructure development will cover six states including Rajasthan and would also link 10 cities with a population exceeding a million each.

"It is the government's vision to convert the DMIC passing through Rajasthan to a power house. We have identified Bhiwadi, Neemrana investment region under the DMIC to be made into a model investment region in north India," said Digamber Singh, industries minister who inaugurated the conference. The DMIC would lead to creation of six lakh jobs in Rajasthan alone.

On the other hand, development plans for this region are being prepared on a war footing jointly with the DMIC Development Corporation. "A MOU is proposed to be signed shortly with the DMIC Corporation," confirmed Ashok Sampatram, principal secretary, industries, Rajasthan.

"The corridor of 150 km on either sides of the DMIC is likely to change the face of not just industrial development in Rajasthan but across the country. It would provide an opportunity for substantial economic development in a globally competitive environment by creating state-of-the-art infrastructure to boost local commerce, enhance FDIs and promote sustainable development," said Ashok Kajaria, vice-president, PHDCCI, Rajasthan.

The project would be implemented in two phases, starting with first phase during 2008-2012. A total of 24 nodes in six states have been identified in consultation with the state government that would create 11 large investment regions and 13 industrial zones.

"DMIC is being planned and exercise is on for detailed planning of each node in the corridor, how they can be expanded and how the inefficiencies in infrastructure can be overcome. Lot of emphasis is being laid on environmental planning," said Abhaya K Agarwal senior vice-president, IL&FS.

For Rajasthan, a major beneficiary with 58%, the project will be an excellent opportunity for upgradation of existing industrial clusters/ industrial estates and developing new townships. It shall also facilitate developing the state as a knowledge hub and healthcare destination; developing agro processing centres and attracting mega infrastructure projects, especially in power and roads.

Is there a Mumbai somewhere in Haryana or Rajasthan?:nuts:

Why is the project called Delhi/Mumbai corridor when nothing much is done towards Mumbai?

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial corridor will start in Delhi and arrive in Mumbai in 2020 probably...

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I am really glad to see agriculture included in this industrial corridor. IMHO, just like Special Economic Zones, India needs a lot of Special Agricultural Zones, that can help in improving the living conditions of our farmers on a major scale. Agriculture is the back bone for our country and it has helped in shaping our economy since the beginning.

We shouldn't just focus on industrialization. Developments in agriculture are equally important as industrialization. Some people on this board have voiced out their opinions in which they have said that employing farmers in industries would solve the problem of poverty. I beg to differ on this point and I would suggest to employ them in special agricultural zones, in which organized and modern farming is practiced. The biggest hurdle for organized farming in most of the southern states, as fas as my knowledge is concerned is that neither the government has control over huge areas of fertile land, nor do the local farmers have a large piece of land to implement organized farming. The fertile lands are distributed in small pieces among the various farmers and any attempts in bringing them together has turned out to be a herculean task, as these farmers are neither willing to sell their lands nor are they willing to cooperate. This is because of the differences between them on the basis of class, status and stature.

The government should make serious attempts in bringing them together, no matter how difficult the process is. Instead of buying these lands, the government, through private participation should encourage farmers to lease their lands and should pay a suitable rent for these lands every month. Through this process, they can have access to huge mass of fertile land and set up organized farming and food processing units. Each and every farmer in that village should be employed in these farms with labor rules, monthly wages and all benefits including health insurance, pension and education to their children just like the way private industries in SEZs and software companies provide to their employees. The women in the families could be trained and employed in food processing units and they should also be paid according to the wage scheme with all the benefits. Imagine the impact this process could have on changing the standard of living of these farmers, who usually work for nearly 12 hours a day to bring food to our tables, yet don't find money to buy their own food.

Our farmers are much more experienced and they know A-Z about the problems and richness of their lands and hence they wouldn't need major training. They just need to be educated about the proper usage of modern methods that the employer plans to use in his farm. The employer can use the expertise of these skilled farmers and fuse it with all the technological advancements in agriculture. With this process, both the farmer and the employer would find success, job satisfaction and the productivity could be increased many fold times, leading to a larger percentage of contribution from agriculture towards our GDP.

On the other hand, if we plan to employ these farmers in industries, they have to be trained right from the basics and even after all those efforts, it is not sure if the farmer would adapt himself into the industrial environment, as most of the farmers are highly passionate about their job and if adequate support is provided to them, they would choose to be in the farming sector, where they have a greater job satisfaction.

This industrial corridor with good amount of emphasis on agricultural development is a good starting point and we need more such industrial corridors with many SAZs in the south.

Only when industrialization and agriculture development go together with equal weightage, we would be able to narrow the difference in income between rural and urban India. This process would also prevent mass urbanization and help in maintaining a balance in the overall development of our country.

Cheers!

Certainly - this is great news , Agriculture in DMIC would be a very welcome move as it would reduce dependency on age old factors and increase productivity by finding new ways and means.

NEW DELHI: The government has accorded 'in- principle' approval to the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project outline in August last year,
the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

The project would be developed through Public-Private- Partnership with world class infrastructure in the region including road transport connectivity, Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar said in a written reply.

A Central special purpose vehicle - DMIC Development Corporation (DMICDC) - has been incorporated in January and the corporation has appointed an international consultant, he said.

A detailed perspective plan for overall DMIC region with pre-feasibility studies, which includes road linkages to be developed in the region, would be prepared by the consultant, he added.

Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB), a state government-owned entity has forwarded a proposal for augmentation of roads in the state in the DMIC.

DMICDC has also entered into a memorandum of understanding with GIDB in July to facilitate development of select 'early bird' projects. The SPV has since then appointed an international consultant for preparation of development plan for the identified investment region in Gujarat.

According to estimates, the 1,500 km project with manufacturing and trading hubs along the way between New Delhi and Mumbai involves an investment of $100 billion. The industrial project would be developed along side the Delhi-Mumbai dedicated rail freight route and is expected to be ready by 2013.

The corridor would cover six states Delhi and NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infrastructure/In-principle_govt_nod_to_Delhi-Mumbai_Industrial_Corridor/articleshow/3629404.cms

Cross Posted in Gujarat Thread

Railways to acquire land in Gujarat for freight corridor (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Transportation/Railways_to_acquire_land_in_Gujarat_for_freight_corridor/articleshow/3642925.cms)

VADODARA: The Railway Ministry has issued a notification for acquisition of land from 59 villages in Bharuch and Vadodara districts in Gujarat fo
r a Rs 22,000-crore Delhi-Mumbai dedicated freight corridor project.

The notification, while announcing the State's intention of acquiring the land, said those interested in the land may raise objection to its acquisition and use, in writing, within thirty days of the publication of the notification in the official gazette.

Land from 31 villages of Karjan, Padra, Vadodara talukas in the district and of 28 villages from Ankleshwar, Bharuch and Amod talukas in Bharuch district are to be required for execution of this project, it said.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during his visit to Japan last week is understood to have been assured of financial assistance for the project from the Japanese government.

Another project, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, to be developed through Public-Private Partnership (PPP), will be developed simultaneously along with the freight corridor, Minister of State for Railways Naranbhai Rathwa told media.

A special purpose vehicle, Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation, has been set up and an international consultant has already been appointed to carry out a pre-feasibility study for the project, he said.

Both the freight corridor and the industrial corridor covering Delhi, National Capital Region (NCR), Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, are expected to be completed by 2013, Rathwa said.

Meanwhile, farmers in Bhrauch and Vadodara, whose lands are to be acquired have opposed the move and are demanding more compensation.

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To us 'lets not miss the wood for the trees ... progressive types', let's not forget the south and north of this project. The north is fairly siempre ... it's truly more north-west and blank yet strategic desert ... :(^^

The south .. or more truly south-east of the corridor is where the magic is.

* The Sardar Sarovar project. Check the pic, the area covered by the SS ('Sardar Sarovar'... German investment anyone ... hehe;

http://emilie.cremin.free.fr/HTML/Memoire_fichiers/image007.jpg

plus me no likes calling it Narmada project) ... is the new Punjab of India. Word is that our Yadav cowheards from the semi arid desert of South Delhi border ie. Gurgaon, are selling for millions and gladly too ... to realtors ... this is semi-arid

http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=gmail&q=south%20haryana&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il

This google grab shows desert. Believe me, you strip the topsoil .. even if not,
... the land in South Haryana borders the visible desert, and is pretty much so. For the price of Gurgaon, and in future other S. Haryana land, a lot more acreage can be acquired and put into production in the corridor, .. yes hard work and automation, planning, banking involved ... semi-industrial scale farming ... yes our cowherds are upto the task:lol:.

southern Haryana are moving in to the Sardar catchment area which, with the new SS canals and irrigation goes all the way to the Kutch and with Rajasthan Canal (whatever they are calling it now ... methinks ... Indira) all the way to the border Barmer (oil&gas) district, the future looks good. The cowheard s are good at milking ... hehe, ans osme wheat and veg. and 'sarson' farming, but no matter. It is the size of 25 Punjabs put together. The new Doaba (do+ab= 2, persian for rich Himalaya mineral backwash soil between - Punj+ab=5 rivers+ area in between) Doaba lands are the best irrigation lands Globally ...

This brings me right back to our corridor ... it arcs to the north-west of our SS project ... WHY?:nuts:

... because those lands are not so productive, desert shit bro ... siempre Thar ... and therefore not much population either ... I know ppl. from those parts; the best thing to do if you are from them THAR parts ... get lost. Sorry, 'tis true ... remember this is Marwari heartland we are talking about.
Remember the movie 'GURU', the scene where AB Jr. defends himself saying me baniya and all that. Well, Marwari's ... all know .. are king baniyas. and the corridor is homeland ancestral. Sorry, all the famous Marwari's make there money elsewhere ...

It's funny that the project goes through the richest parts of India ... Guj., Delhi, Maha., Mumbai. Pls. to note, it's human endeavour and not natural endowment that makes this areas rich. Also, foreign influence ... but imho ... less pop. density. So whoever is left behind moves either to Mumbai or Delhi, or nowdays, to Aurangabad, Vadodra, Amdavad and Jaipur, Gurgaon.

for the above meta reasons, this is AWESOME ... AESOMIEST ... AWSOMIESTANI ... corridor Globally. It serves the new SS doab ... I just figured out while posting the maps ... the valley region between the Aravallis and the Vindhyas, watered ... no irrigated by teh SS and watered by the extreme reaches of the monsoon ... the worst extreme bieng Barmer in Rajasthan. It will be better than the Montreal to Windsor corridor we have right here in Ontario, or I heard they have something similar in New York state, California, North-West-South (Ruhr?) Germany. Sao-Paolo to Rio in Brazil, and of course Tokyo-Osaka corridor ... I will post a nightlight pic of the world where these areas are explicitly visible, and f**k the environMENTALals for now; I say 1st we create wealth, then fix the problems with the money, rather than do-nothing, India need water NOW ... India is good .. it's got balanced growth and our new corridor will be Japan style 'green' ... all good ... and water will come from SS project.

Red Clusters Show How It's Done (Notice Ontario corridor, and Germany)
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My logic says it's a gonna be a whole m*therf**kin bigger than what they letting on. And 1 thing- I notice ... project mgmt. is something our guys have
shown some class in ... too many good meta level projects doing well, to
slow momentum ... good k-base ... imho ... this is easy from proj. mgmt. view.
And should be done before deadline ...

Fantastic!

:cheers:

The plan for fast railway between key metros should be extended throughout India. Like the Golden Quad and cross (north-south-east-west) highway system, India needs a similar railway plan for the nation. The railways have a quad plan for commercial goods traffic. The next step is the high speed connect for passenger traffic for the major Tier 1 and Tier II cities of India. If they can come up with a comprehensive plan and implement it in phases, the payback dividends would be enormous.

Why bother losing good money after bad re: passengers, when 1 can fly.

In Inida, flying is fastest. It's silly for railways to try to run an 'ailine co. on rials', instead focus on frieght and money. Re: public, they should privatise things like cleaning, stations and even ticketing. 1 hell of an idea would be to actually also get into airline business to keep high-end customers, ... but then again ... why bother? Railways should improve quality for passengers and make major places overnight sleeper destinations. Delhi-Mumbai ... and what have you ... Mumbai-Kolkotta, Kol-Madras ... or whatever. That's all ! No need to go in for ultra and super speed 250 km and over upto 500 km/hr. and bite into airline biz., the investment of 100,000's Cr.'s is not worht it. and the following:


#1 Rialways lose moeny on passengers, and they are unlikely to go away
#2 Freight makes money, and with economic progress, will increase more
#3 Special tourist, festival and holiday runs make a killing, whynot make Rs.'s

:banana:

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial corridor will start in Delhi and arrive in Mumbai in 2020 probably...

An Exclusive Corridor Making Co. - Howzzat?
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12 infrastructure projects in Gujarat, MP, Haryana on DMIC (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/12-infrastructure-projects-in-gujarat-mp-haryana-on-delhimumbai-cor.../400288/)

In a move to quicken the pace of infrastructure development on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the Government has identified twelve early-bird projects in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, which will kick off before the master plan is put in place. These include an international airport, a knowledge city and mass rapid transport system (MRTS) links for which the government is on course to invite bids at the request for qualification stage (RFQ). The investment required for these projects is expected to be an additional Rs 20,000 crore over and above a similar amount announced earlier for railway projects on the DMIC.

The $75-million funding received from Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC), committed during the PM’s visit to Tokyo, will be routed through India Infrastructure Corporation Limited (IIFCL) and used for doing the preparatory work for the project. It will have two accounts — Indian and Japanese. “It is being routed through the state-run IIFCL as Japan wanted sovereign guarantee against the investment,” the official added. The government has also shortlisted a few names for the post of the CMD DMIC Development Corporation and a decision is expected soon.

As far as Gujarat is concerned, apart from an international airport, the centre has identified three other early-bird projects. These include the setting up of the Ahmedabad-Dholera investment region, six-laning of the 200 km Ahmedabad-Bhavnagar highway and a regional MRTS connecting Gandhi Nagar, Ahmedabad and Dholera. These alone will require an investment of over Rs 10,000 crore, which is planned under the public-private-partnership mode.

Along with a knowledge city at Ujjain in MP, other projects on the cards are development of an economic corridor between Indore and Pitampur special economic zone, a multi-modal logistics hub at Dewas-Maksi and a water waste management project at Pitampur industrial area.

Projects identified for Haryana are an MRTS link between auto hub Manesar and Delhi, logistics hub at Manesar, exhibition centre in the national capital region and a few rail connectivity projects. The latter will be awarded by the Indian Railways in PPP mode.

The government has already appointed international consultants for various phases of the DMIC. While Halcro has been appointed consultant for projects in Gujarat, another South-Asia consultant, Lea Associates, has been appointed to prepare a detailed report for infrastructure projects in Madhya Pradesh. However, the master plan for the entire project spanning six states is expected to come over the next 8-10 months. International consultant Scott Wilson has been appointed to prepare the draft master plan by the commerce and industry ministry out of a list of sixteen consultants

I think we might see a slowdown in this ambitious project due to the on going financial crisis.

it shouldnt make any difference.its about putting things in place for the future.
If anyone in power can get round that concept is another story.

DMIC modelled along Tokyo-Fukuoka (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/DMIC_modelled_along_Tokyo-Fukuoka/articleshow/3929590.cms)

AHMEDABAD: There is a reason why Japan is so much interested in Gujarat. The biggest foreign delegation at the Vibrant Gujarat summit will be from Japan which is helping build the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

And it is not just because 40 per cent of DMIC falls in Gujarat. More importantly, Gujarat has a ring of ports to fuel an industrial boom in closely-linked clusters.

Just like the Pacific Belt Region through the Tokyo-Fukuoka corridor in Japan, along which DMIC has been modelled. The cluster based develop-ment of Tokyo-Fukuoka corridor is what catapulted Japan from an agrarian economy to a global economic superpower.

In 1960, the development of the Pacific Belt Region was initiated. There were 18 ports which were re-developed and today about 70 per cent of Japan's industrial output comes from here, housing all big names in Japan Inc. which felt comfortable in the city regions' where they were located. They also served as global gateways with high speed
linkages, airports, container ports and other world-class infrastructure. It is along this corridor that cities like Nagoya, Osaka, Keihin, Hanshin, Chukyo, Kitakyushu, Kayo, Tokai, Setonai, Shinkansen, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Kyoto, Kobe etc are located.

Railways invites EoIs for 20 logistic parks (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Transportation/Railways/Railways_invites_EoIs_for_20_logistic_parks/articleshow/3965414.cms)

KOLKATA: The railways ministry has invited applications for the development of multi-modal logistic parks proposed to be set via public-private
partnerships. The Railway Board on behalf of the ministry recently invited expressions of interest (EoI) for such projects. These parks will be built along the railways' much-vaunted flagship project, the 3,300-km Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC).
The logistic parks project consists of a few mega multi-modal logistic parks. These will be in the nature of hubs providing state-of-the-art integrated logistic facilities. They will also be equipped with mechanised handling and intelligent inventory management at select locations along the DFC. This is likely to reduce the overall logistical cost for customers.

The overall plan is to set up some 20 logistic parks, which are estimated to involve an investment of about Rs 10,000 crore. The railways' is keen to identify and shortlist interested partners that will be willing to participate in the development of these parks

Development on Gujarat leg of DMIC soon
Centre issues notification to start developing 309 kms


Ahmedabad: Delhi-Mumbai Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation Ltd managing director VK Kaul on Monday declared at a Vibrant Gujarat seminar that out of 565 km long portion passing through Gujarat, a notification to start developing 309 km area of the freight corridor has been issued by the Central government. “Our planning is over. Survey and data collection too have ended. By early February work will start,” Kaul said.

Earlier, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) CEO AK Sharma said that the state government has already put Dholera SIR, to come up on the western side of the freight corridor, on the fast track by acquiring 26,000 hectares (ha) of land out of a total of 36,000 ha. “We have also acquired 17,000 ha for the new international airport near the SIR,” he said.
[TOI]

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor in troubled waters
Tuesday, 26 May 2009

www.SteelGuru.com (http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/05/26/OTU4MjU%3D/Delhi-Mumbai_Industrial_Corridor_in_troubled_waters.html)

Projects Today reported that the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project being executed by DMIC Development Corporation has hit a road block, with Japan setting tough conditions to finance the project.

The conditions include a comprehensive sovereign guarantee by India that will also extend to penal interest and overdue charges in case of late repayments as well as payment of components.

Following these developments, the Central Government is reportedly looking out for additional partners from countries like Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Korea.

However, the 1,483 kilometer long corridor costing USD 90 billion will pass through 5 states with a series of industrial zones that will be serviced by a string of dedicated freight expressways, rail links and other facilities.

(Sourced from Projects Today)

Conversely, here's a positive development :) :

Madhya Pradesh, IL&FS tie up to develop industrial zones
26 May 2009

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Economy/Madhya-Pradesh-ILFS-tie-up-to-develop-industrial-zones/articleshow/4581031.cms)

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government has signed an agreement with IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corp (IIDC) for the development of three
industrial zones under the central government's ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project.

This project will prove to be a milestone in the future industrial development of the state, Minister for Commerce, Industry and Employment Kailash Vijayvargiya said Tuesday.

The agreement was signed Monday between Madhya Pradesh Trade and Investment Facilitation Corp (Trifac) and IIDC.

Under the deal, Trifac and its partner firm will jointly work to develop three industrial areas - Ratlam-Nagda Investment Region, ShajapurDewas Industrial Area and Neemuch-Nayagaon Industrial Area, an official of the state Industry department told IANS.

"Trifac has appointed IIDC as the project management consultant for the development of the investment nodes as per the conditions laid down in the agreement," said the official, who did not want to be identified.

The 1,483-km long DMIC, which is expected to cost $90 billion, passes through five states with a series of industrial zones that will be serviced by a string of dedicated freight expressways, rail links and other facilities.

According to government reports, once the DMIC project is complete, the employment potential will double and the industrial output will go up three-fold in five years.

A more comprehensive article about the latest turn of events:

http://static.expressindia.com/pic/uploadedImages/mediumImages/M_Id_81460_DMIC.jpg

DMIC project hits funding roadblock
May 25, 2009

http://www.financialexpress.com (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/dmic-project-hits-funding-roadblock/465222/2)

New Delhi: India's largest infrastructure project, the $90 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, which was initiated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, appears to be heading for a dead-end, with Japan setting tough conditions to finance the project.

The conditions include a comprehensive sovereign guarantee by India that will also extend to penal interest and overdue charges in case of late repayments as well as payment of components, including taxes and duties.

The Indian government is, instead, mulling roping in more partner countries to get the project going.

DMIC Development Corporation, the company undertaking this project, has a minority ownership of the government. Hence India had initially refused to provide any guarantee for the Japanese loan terming it as a ‘commercial loan’. The government has a 49% stake in the corporation, while infrastructure companies private firms IL&FS and IDFC own 41% and 10%, respectively.

In its negotiations with Japan, India had instead suggested that it would give a loan to the state-owned India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), which will then on-lend this amount to the DMIC project. Since there is an automatic sovereign support for any loans raised by government-owned companies, this would have, from India’s point of view, offered a similar comfort level. The other advantage is that it would have cut the cost of providing the guarantee that a loan of such size entailed.

However, Japan in the latest round of discussions has said routing of the loan through IIFCL was not acceptable to it. The chief representative of JBIC, through which Tokyo has supported the project, Kurihara told FE, “We are still negotiating the loan agreement with the government of India and the guarantee part of it. (India) has provided the guarantee letter but the guarantee is very limited. So we are insistent to change the coverage (of guarantee)”.

According to him, besides principal and nominal interest, the guarantee should also cover default cover, penal interest and tax imposed on transactions in India. “It is a very important project for Japan and it should not get stuck,” he said.

But New Delhi feels that the conditions that Tokyo has set are so tough that it is considering involving more partner countries like Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Korea. Noting that progress has come to a standstill due to the face-off, India is also considering taking e responsibility of shelling out the full cost of the fund, government officials said.

Though the final call on roping in more partner countries will be a ‘political decision at the highest level’, such a scenario cannot be ruled out either, an official said.

The 1,483 km-long corridor will pass through six states with a series of industrial zones that will be serviced by a string of dedicated freight expressways, rail links and other facilities.

While the finance ministry has only allocated a token Rs 330 crore, a sum of $150 million (about Rs 750 crore ) is to be spent for the project development fund. JBIC was to pitch in with $75 million for the revolving fund.

This means once the projects are launched and bidders are chosen, they will pay DMIC Development Corporation, which in turn will use these funds for further planning and implementation.

India and Japan had inked an MoU in December 2006 to jointly develop DMIC, when Manmohan Singh visited Tokyo. Originally, the cost of developing the project was thought to be only $20 billion. But later on due to several additions, it has risen to $90 billion.

India had sent a delegation of representatives from six states forming part of the corridor—Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra—to Japan in February 2009 to showcase the investment possibilities in their individual states.

While India has finalised 15 ‘early bird’ infrastructure development projects in Haryana, Gujarat and MP, Japan has listed five. The government also has appointed renowned international consultants—Scott Wilson, Halcrow, Lea Associates and Jurong—for this corridor

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THIS PROJECT IS VERY VERY IMP FOR DEV. OF INDIA

what i last heard was that the delhi-gujarat part is commercially feasible and not the gujarat-jnpt... tokyo only wants to fund delhi-gujarat section.

modi has already started building out highways from the gujarat terminal to all the ports in his state expecting the corridor to end in gujarat. this will bring huge traffic to gujarat ports - away from jnpt.

The bungling mah. govt seems to be dropping the ball on this one as well.

Here is the link to the article that suggests what i said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Pipavav-set-to-pip-Mumbai-port/articleshow/4642523.cms

Port Pipavav could well emerge as Gujarat's answer to Mumbai as India's ultimate
'gateway port'.

The proposed Central Spine, a 10-lane road linking Ahmedabad and Pipavav, will provide the much-needed hinterland connectivity. Out of 287 kms, Gujarat intends to build the stretch up to Bhavnagar (152 km) and is seeking Central support for the Bhavnagar-Pipavav (135 km) belt.

This will help the port cater to northern hinterland using the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). The port's main business will of course come from the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR). Luck turned Pipavav's way after doubts arose earlier this year over feasibility of a new port at Dholera.

Nikhil Gandhi, who built this port, later sold his stake to Denmark-based AP Moller Maersk, the world's third largest port operator.

But, connectivity remained an issue. A study by IIM-A in 2007 said bad roads were one of the main reasons Gujarat's own trade preferring Mumbai to ship their containerised cargo.

"Connectivity to Pipavav will significantly increase cargo movement from north India," Gandhi told TOI. He said there would be significant savings for exporters and importers, if they chose Pipavav over Mumbai.

In fact, both Mundra and Pipavav ports, which started operations in 1998, will have locational advantage over Mumbai in terms of attracting business from the DMIC. Mundra today does at least four times more business than Pipavav because of better connectivity.

"Pipavav is better located as it is closer to Mumbai. The proposed 10-lane highway will make an even more attractive proposition for our customers located in north and west India," said Ravi Gaitonde, COO, Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.

what i last heard was that the delhi-gujarat part is commercially feasible and not the gujarat-jnpt... tokyo only wants to fund delhi-gujarat section.

modi has already started building out highways from the gujarat terminal to all the ports in his state expecting the corridor to end in gujarat. this will bring huge traffic to gujarat ports - away from jnpt.

The bungling mah. govt seems to be dropping the ball on this one as well.

Yeah, I cant seem to find the article right now, but if i remeber correctly, it said that the Dedicated Freight Corridor will now only run from Delhi to Vadodara, In all honesty though, its quite easy to see the logic in bypassing Bombay if the Indian heartland can be just as easily reached by the Ports of Gujarat alone.

Obviously, not great news for Bombay/Maharashtra though.

The truncated route would be a bummer. Is this the interview article you're talking about GJ10 and Qwerty?

http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/economy/freight-corridor-to-be-operational-by-2016-forbes-india/402134

The article has a link to the actual video of the interview with Forbes' India editor.

anyways the MEA - SM Krishna will be in Tokyo this Friday. I hope this is more than a chai-biscuit discussion and something tangible comes out of this visit.

Krishna to visit Japan this week for strategic dialogue (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Krishna-to-visit-Japan-this-week-for-strategic-dialogue/articleshow/4718198.cms)

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister SM Krishna is set to visit Japan this week for the third annual strategic dialogue in which the Dedicated Freight Corridor and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) projects will come up for discussion.

The ministry of external affairs said Mr Krishna will meet his Japanese counterpart Hirofumi Nakasone and call on Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso during his two-day trip starting on July 3. During the strategic dialogue, the two foreign ministers are set to review the progress on the Dedicated Freight Corridor and $90-billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, which are two big-ticket infrastructure projects that the Manmohan Singh government is keen to push forward. Even though the projects are running behind schedule, sources said that there should be good movement soon.

The foreign ministers’ meeting also comes after the India-Japan task force meeting on the two projects, which took place in February. And this will be the first high-level discussion between the two sides on the two infrastructure projects after the Manmohan Singh government was sworn in for a second term.

Japan has already committed to an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of Rs 17,045 crore for the first phase of the Dedicated Freight Corridor from Rewari-Vadodara sector and had committed a similar loan for the rest of the stretch of the Western corridor. Discussions are likely to revolve around this issue too. The western corridor of the Dedicated Freight Corridor is seen as a flagship project between the two countries.
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India, Japan agree to fast track work on freight, industrial corridors (http://in.biz.yahoo.com/090703/139/batu1i.html)

Tokyo, July 3 (ANI): India and Japan on Friday agreed to take steps to fast track work on the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) and the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project.

The decision was announced at a joint press conference by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries-Hirofumi Nakasone and S.M. Krishna-after the conclusion of the two-day Third Japan-India Strategic Dialogue here.
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Amitabh Kant may head DMIC project (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/The-Sunday-ET/Amitabh-Kant-may-head-DMIC-project/articleshow/4739052.cms)

NEW DELHI: Amitabh Kant, the man behind the ‘Incredible India’ campaign, may soon be appointed to lead one of the country’s
largest industrial-cum-infrastructure projects — Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

Mr Kant, who is known for his tenure as joint secretary in the tourism ministry for almost six years beginning 2001, may be appointed as the CEO of the newly-created DMIC Development Corporation (DMICDC), the nodal agency to handle the proposed $90-billion project in collaboration with Japanese government.

According to an official in the ministry of personnel, who did not wish to be identified, the order of his appointment may be issued soon as the government has now decided to move ahead with the project which got stuck last year over the delay on Japan's release of a part of the project development fund (PDF) worth $250 million, or Rs 1250 crore.
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India, Japan agree to fast track work on freight, industrial corridors (http://in.biz.yahoo.com/090703/139/batu1i.html)




Amitabh Kant may head DMIC project (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/The-Sunday-ET/Amitabh-Kant-may-head-DMIC-project/articleshow/4739052.cms)

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Thats a very good news cheers.............finally a ray of hope that India can become world's most industrialized nation................!:cheers1::cheers1::cheers1::cheers1::cheers1::cheers2::cheers2::cheers2:

I being a management student can easily elaborate the effects of tis project on our economy:-

1.Exponential rise in employment

2.Space for easy operation of firms,we shall see Reliance City, Tata city like you see in Japan eg.Toyota City

3.A region to provide sustainable source of revenues like Jamshedpur-Kolkata corridor or Mumbai-Pune corridor but at a much larger scale.

4.Increased foreign investment.

5.Japanese expertise

6.Credit for local businesses.

7.Infrastructure for easy business(a thing that is absent in India).

..........guys this project can easily accelerate the growth of our country to the level that India overshadows China and East Europe!:banana:

^^
there is no doubt that this would be a big boost to economy if we find some to build this. but it is a big if. clearly india does not have this kind of money. if we leave it to indian railways it would be a few centuries before they allocate all the money through their budgetary process.

so it has to be foreign capital. japan seem to be the hope. we have a joke in investment communities that when japanese are buying it's a clear signal that indices are high and you get out of the market. they don't mind low returns but in this case even they are not willing.

Percentage of people living in cities:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Urban_population_in_2005_world_map.PNG/800px-Urban_population_in_2005_world_map.PNG

The hope is that this project will urbanise millions of people in a giant corridor from Delhi to Mumbai - like the Taiheiyo Belt in Japan.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Megalopolis.png/342px-Megalopolis.png

But if India ever wants to urbanise, its the Gangetic plain that needs to become a giant urban belt - from Delhi to Patna to Kolkata:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Population_density.png/800px-Population_density.png

Bihar and Uttar Pradesh need that kinda development.

It would have been more fruitful to have Delhi-Kolkata corridor because that are has about 65% of our population and that population is skilled,cheap but very very impoverished.Rather than making infrastructure in barren Rajasthan and Kutch they would have been investing where majority of India resides and the results would have been astonishingly high because several times of people could have been engaged in this wave of development.

Guys UP and BIHAR are the to states of India which are still totally untouched by India's booming economy and this is the biggest reason of our growth below double digits.If somehow they are also included we will be top of the world in no time.

^^ U.P & Bihar lie in the fertile Ganga region where agriculture thrives and can be developed on a large scale. Industrialization would only kill agriculture. Instead barren lands wili be most suited for Industrial development as they may not be of any other use. If every state goes for Industrializing all its land what will happen to agriculture?

^^ U.P & Bihar lie in the fertile Ganga region where agriculture thrives and can be developed on a large scale. Industrialization would only kill agriculture. Instead barren lands wili be most suited for Industrial development as they may not be of any other use. If every state goes for Industrializing all its land what will happen to agriculture?

Every state has a fair share of industrialization and the best example in this case is MAHARSHTRA which is not only a major industrial hub but also also an important agricultural hub.Factories provide high wages ,substantial income and poverty alleviation to the population and I must say that there aren't any good industrial establishments in the region and an economy is always good when it has a mixture of all it sectors in proper proportions be it at city level or at national level...........and BARREN lands can be converted to lush green farms through proper irrigation but they don't provide enough labor and local markets.

The only areas with a similar population to the Ganges plain, are China's river plains, and Japan's coast. So India should probably look to their experiences at developing these areas, for ideas.

Japan is probably a better example for India, because they have a similar style of government - India probably needs to turn places like Patna, Lucknow and Kanpur into megacities, with big central business districts. The Ganges plain needs to look like the Taiheiyo Belt from orbit. It needs to be linked by a giant transport corridor full of highways, high speed rail, airports, ports, etc - from Delhi to Kolkata.

Here is how it currently looks:

http://gator783.hostgator.com/~zeroimpa/images/stories/india_by_night.jpg

If the Delhi-Mumbai corrdor is successful, there should be a line of bright cities and towns from Delhi, through Rajastan and Gujerat, to Mumbai. But half of India lives in the Ganges plain - so thats where we need a similar corridor most.

Look at western Europe and eastern Asia by comparison:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tm33tTS2iZc/SKNC7jarSEI/AAAAAAAABEk/WnVQzYVseBQ/s400/satellite-photo-of-europe-at-night.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tm33tTS2iZc/SKND-QD7thI/AAAAAAAABE0/jJWhb_TpXRw/s400/satellite-photo-of-asia-at-night.jpg

Every state has a fair share of industrialization and the best example in this case is MAHARSHTRA which is not only a major industrial hub but also also an important agricultural hub.Factories provide high wages ,substantial income and poverty alleviation to the population and I must say that there aren't any good industrial establishments in the region and an economy is always good when it has a mixture of all it sectors in proper proportions be it at city level or at national level...........and BARREN lands can be converted to lush green farms through proper irrigation but they don't provide enough labor and local markets.

Industrialization is important for every region. But such a large scale project like this cannot be located in that area. It will ruin agriculture completely. People will move away from agriculture. Think of land acquisition problems. Industrialization interms of ind'l estates and SEZs would be enough to tackle the problem. Also if agriculture is also made a high income one why should the standard of living be low? We must look in that way. Look at Punjab.

This photo shows it most clearly:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/images/dprk-dmsp-dark.jpg

Note how:

- Japan's Taiheiyo Belt is super-bright

- South Korea is bright, North Korea is dark

I am glad Japan is working with India. The two countries are natural partners.

This is a map of population density, by the way:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Population_density.png/800px-Population_density.png

The Ganges plain needs a Taiheiyo Belt - and unlike China, Japan had to build wherever they could find the right land, like India, so they are a more relevent example.

^^ U.P & Bihar lie in the fertile Ganga region where agriculture thrives and can be developed on a large scale. Industrialization would only kill agriculture. Instead barren lands wili be most suited for Industrial development as they may not be of any other use. If every state goes for Industrializing all its land what will happen to agriculture?

Its best to do both - make Bihar and Uttar Pradesh a breadbasket - but also build a massive corridor through them - because even if farming was super-developed, there would still be people in need of other jobs.

Recent talks in 2009 on the Delhi-Mumbai corridor:

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/india-japan.jpg

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/delhikolkata-freight-corridor-in-the-pipeline/138927/

2007: The government is considering development of the Delhi-Kolkata railway freight corridor to be built with Japanese assistance. “This would follow the Japanese supported Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor on which the two countries were actively involved,” said Kamal Nath, commerce and industry minister.

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Wish they would do this. Japan is recovering from the financial crisis at the moment however.

Eventually the Govt of India should think about a Quad of industrial development, that includes Mumbai-Bengaluru-Chennai and Chennai Kolkatta belts. The north south east west axis is also to be explored.

In Japan they have practically zero interest in the financial sector. The only safe means of investment return for Japan is investment in other countries. Besides the US, Japan invests in a lot of nations. Only recently, due to the collapse in world trade, Japan has shown interest in India. China used to be their favorite investment destination, however with fears of China dominating the region, Japan has looked at other nations including India to spread their investments bets. I see a lot of momentum in the India-Japan relations recently. If the GOI can convince Japan to take the lead in major infrastructure investments then the whole of India benefits. GOI has to think big and open up a slew of big ticket items.

^^ Well Said! :)

Guess they're exploring Chennai - Bangaluru - Goa Freight corridor and few other corridos.

i doubt the GoI is going to put in most of the money. if you need private money you need returns on investments. bombay-delhi is more likely to offer that to you than delhi-cal

there are also bigger and more frequently used ports on the western side. the corridor needs to be linked to these ports for it to make any sense

i doubt the GoI is going to put in most of the money. if you need private money you need returns on investments. bombay-delhi is more likely to offer that to you than delhi-cal

there are also bigger and more frequently used ports on the western side. the corridor needs to be linked to these ports for it to make any sense

Agree Completely!

Also, taking into consideration the investment environment, even though the Delhi-Kolkata Corridor has been talked about as being next, I personally think the following stretches would all make a much better investment proposition.

Bangalore - Vellore - Chennai
Bangalore - Mysore - Coimbatore - Kochi - Trivandrum
Hyderabad - Machilipatnam - Kakinada - Vizag

Even if only those first two routes were done then, Chennai - Trivandrum will turn into the Indian equivalent of the Taihyo belt even before linkage to Hyderabad.

The thing is, I can see that as a much more realistic scenario than expecting massive change across the Gangetic Plain.

It may be more financially realistic, but is it more prudent?

Can India really afford to have super-developed corridors between Delhi-Ahmdevad-Mumbai-Bangalore-Chennai - but most of the population living in the Ganges plain?

It does not sound healthy.

there are also bigger and more frequently used ports on the western side. the corridor needs to be linked to these ports for it to make any sense

This seems to be a big challenge - the west coast can provide an outled to Mumbai and Ahmdevad - but the Ganges plain is bordered by one of the world's most impassable borders - the Himalayas - Kolkata can hardly handle the entire output of Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, if it came to that. Yet thats where India's masses are.

Oh, and according to Wikipedia:

Some 60% of India’s container traffic is handled by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai. It has just 9 berths compared to 40 in the main port of Singapore. It takes an average of 21 days to clear import cargo in India compared to just 3 in Singapore.

No doubt the Delhi-Mumbai corridor will help a lot.

I think you are expecting a tad much from the business community in terms of Social Development as well as overplaying the economic productivity and consumer power of the Gangetic Plain masses.

What you are talking about, I personally feel is the responsibility of the State Govts of UP, Bihar; who need to create an environment that sees continuous investment growth even without mega-schemes like this one.

Let there be industrialization in the desert! (Barren areas actually) And migration is not something new for India. Industries must be built where they tap their full potential, in terms of connectivity to ports and major cities (for a skilled workforce). Delhi-Mumbai is ideal, especially with the massive development taking place in Gujarat. And it's not like UP or Bihar is extremely conducive to this level of development, with its level of transparency and governance. (Although Bihar is definitely showing signs of improvement under Nitish Kumar)

It may be more financially realistic, but is it more prudent?

Can India really afford to have super-developed corridors between Delhi-Ahmdevad-Mumbai-Bangalore-Chennai - but most of the population living in the Ganges plain?

It does not sound healthy.

i don't know why being financially realistic would not be prudent, unless we are communists. up & bihar states are a burden to rest of india and suck more money from better performing states. we don't need any more of such financial transfers.

farmers from such gangetic plains can migrate from villages in such inefficient states to cities in more efficient states. we don't need so many farmers anyway to do whatever they do.

It may be more financially realistic, but is it more prudent?

Can India really afford to have super-developed corridors between Delhi-Ahmdevad-Mumbai-Bangalore-Chennai - but most of the population living in the Ganges plain?

It does not sound healthy.

brings up scary visions of central planning. i thought we were beyond those days

there is no reason why the interiors should be artificially propped up at the expense of a more efficient coastal system. it will just amplify the inefficiencies in the indian system. one needs to question the need for so many people in the ganges plains. the northern states need to implement better population control and improve their basic infrastructure before they become attractive for large-scale industrial investment. they cant depend on subsidies forever. or agriculture for that matter

Migration is not game, and the migration in our country is like "SLUMMATION" and "POLITICAL AND COMMUNAL HUE AND CRY".Why not provide employment opportunities at the doorsteps than to isolate and individual from his land and region.............by going with such a policy India will always be divided into two regions:-labor providing poor and impoverished and capitalist industrial region!

To provide better social infrastructure may be the responsibility or even the policy of the central govt. But you need to attract investors to set shop here. They don't come here to do community service. They look for profitability and to the fullest extent.

brings up scary visions of central planning. i thought we were beyond those days

there is no reason why the interiors should be artificially propped up at the expense of a more efficient coastal system. it will just amplify the inefficiencies in the indian system. one needs to question the need for so many people in the ganges plains. the northern states need to implement better population control and improve their basic infrastructure before they become attractive for large-scale industrial investment. they cant depend on subsidies forever. or agriculture for that matter

When we think of the Indian government trying to develop a region top-down, it inevitably leads to ideas of curruption, cronyism, and billions wasted on nothing.

But wouldn't an industrial corridor be a bit different? Providing airports, highways, freight train lines, and connectivity to a port, is to encourage entrepeneurs, rather than state-run coal and steel industries.

The golden quadilateral and north-south east-west national highways are an example of a centrally planned idea that didn't go too badly.

Migration is not game, and the migration in our country is like "SLUMMATION" and "POLITICAL AND COMMUNAL HUE AND CRY".Why not provide employment opportunities at the doorsteps than to isolate and individual from his land and region.............by going with such a policy India will always be divided into two regions:-labor providing poor and impoverished and capitalist industrial region!

Yeah, this is what worries me. Migration sounds nice on paper, but on the ground, it usually means slums, social problems, mental scars, and suffering - all of which might translate into serious crime and unrest later. Even Britain has experienced this - communities of uprooted families that have become degenerate centers of crime. Then again, in some places in East Asia, it seems to be less of a problem.

To provide better social infrastructure may be the responsibility or even the policy of the central govt. But you need to attract investors to set shop here. They don't come here to do community service. They look for profitability and to the fullest extent.

"In June 2009, The World Bank ranked Patna as the second best city in India to start a business, after Delhi."

Patna has potential - its the fifth fastest growing city in India (and 21st in the entire world), behind only Mumbai and Delhi in terms of average per capita income - it was named the second best Indian city to start a business in, at one point recently. As someone mentioned above, Nitish Kumar has done good things in Bihar recently.

So maybe at least a Patna-Kolkata corridor? It could be expanded into Uttar Pradesh, if that state gets its act together.

It would be a nice historical precident, since Patna was the Mauryan capital, etc.

Patna has potential - its the fifth fastest growing city in India (and 21st in the entire world), behind only Mumbai and Delhi in terms of average per capita income - it was named the second best Indian city to start a business in, at one point recently. As someone mentioned above, Nitish Kumar has done good things in Bihar recently.

So maybe at least a Patna-Kolkata corridor? It could be expanded into Uttar Pradesh, if that state gets its act together.

It would be a nice historical precident, since Patna was the Mauryan capital, etc.

That belt is already under industrialisation with Durgapur Aerotropolis project presence of industrial cities like Burnpur, Jamshedpur etc. As you say Bihar has been left out of the race by the govt. It is the presence of naxalites and a bad image on people that is killing the state. The state govt needs to change the view. I've seen quite a number of IITians from Bihar. What do they do back for their state?

When we think of the Indian government trying to develop a region top-down, it inevitably leads to ideas of curruption, cronyism, and billions wasted on nothing.

But wouldn't an industrial corridor be a bit different? Providing airports, highways, freight train lines, and connectivity to a port, is to encourage entrepeneurs, rather than state-run coal and steel industries.

Thats a bit of a misconception

Entrepeneurship will thrive within an Industrial Corridor, but that doesnt mean that Industrial Corridors are built to encourage entrepeneurship, thats not their objective, nor should it be. They are creating economies of scale for themselves/their tenants/their clients, if other businesses can also take advantage of them, thats a pleasant byproduct, nothing more than that.

Helping out Small Business and Entrepeneurs should be the role of the Central Govt, failing that, State Govts.

The Corporates, whether Indian or Foreign are ultimately self-serving and its their right to be, they cant be blamed for not wanting to overcompensate for the failings of Indian governence.


"In June 2009, The World Bank ranked Patna as the second best city in India to start a business, after Delhi."

Patna has potential - its the fifth fastest growing city in India (and 21st in the entire world), behind only Mumbai and Delhi in terms of average per capita income - it was named the second best Indian city to start a business in, at one point recently. As someone mentioned above, Nitish Kumar has done good things in Bihar recently.

So maybe at least a Patna-Kolkata corridor? It could be expanded into Uttar Pradesh, if that state gets its act together.

It would be a nice historical precident, since Patna was the Mauryan capital, etc.

Lets not confuse the development of a City with the development of a State/Region.

Patna does indeed have a lot of potential, but that is only the very first step. Given a Corridor of:

City A - Patna - City B

The hard part is not filling in what City A and City B are, the hard part is attracting investment between the larger urban centres.

Investors may be interested in putting money into Patna and maybe even places like Ranchi or Varanasi, but putting money into rural UP, rural Bihar and rural Jharkhand? Not even remotely the same prospect.

Thats the major difference between the Delhi-Bombay route and a Delhi-Kolkata route. Apart from within Rajasthan, there are barely any stretches that dont already look like prime investment locations.

For the same reason, I know Id rather put my money into any number of potential Southern Corridors, rather than a route that covers the Gangetic Plain.

Wow - look at the density of UP+Bihar. Clearly, India is going nowhere until that region sees major urbanization.

Cabinet Flags off Rail Freight Corridor (http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/17170312/Cabinet-flags-off-rail-freight.html?h=B)

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New Delhi: The ambitious project to build a dedicated rail freight corridor running down a western corridor from New Delhi to Mumbai was put back on the tracks by the Union cabinet on Thursday, when it approved a Rs17,700 crore conditional loan from Japan to help build it.

The project is expected to decongest existing railway lines, catalyze industrial investments of around $50 billion (Rs2.4 trillion) and create new jobs along the rail route.

The western corridor is one-half of a marquee infrastructure project first conceived in 2005 by the first United Progressive Alliance government. It comprises two lines being constructed by the railways to transport goods and will connect India’s largest port in Mumbai to Delhi through the western corridor (1,483km) and link Dankuni in Bihar with Ludhiana in Punjab through the eastern freight corridor (1,806km).

The plan to build these two freight lines was derailed after the government was unable to resolve funding issues and the terms of Japanese assistance.

The financial assistance from Japan will start with funding a rail line, which will run on the western arm of the corridor between Rewari in Haryana and Vadodara in Gujarat.

“The Japanese overseas development assistance is going to be (a) soft loan with an interest of only 0.2% per annum with a long repayment period of over 30 years and a moratorium of 10 years,” said information and broadcasting minister Ambika Soni while addressing journalists after the cabinet meeting.

The loan comes with certain conditions—all prime contractors must be Japanese firms, while nearly one-third of the total contracts should go to Japanese companies.

Some government departments have in the past questioned the conditions, saying acquiring Japanese equipment for even a portion of the corridor could mean India would have to use similar equipment for the rest of the project.

“This (the dedicated freight corridor) was there for the last two-three years. But it had some conditions and I think there was some disagreement between the railways (and other departments). It could have a major impact because if the project gets off, it’s not only that the freight gets faster, but also the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor will get a fillip because you can’t have an industrial corridor without a freight corridor. Also, while there will be other forms of financing needed, the fact that anchor financing is available will make a difference,” said Arvind Mahajan, an executive director with audit and consultancy firm KPMG’s advisory services.

The western corridor will be financed through a debt to equity ratio of 2:1, with debt being raised from bilateral and multilateral sources such as the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.

The railways too will also contibute to the project funding.

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Open Letter, in Public Interest, to DMIC Mgmt. re: the non-issue of Pantograph's


Dear All,

Urgently note re: obsolescense of pantographs, frames, wires and paraphernalia thereof!

Technology has moved on. Pantographs etc. is on the way out. Commercial hybrid technology has now found application in diesel-electric locomotives. A small diesel powers batteries in parrallel or series in a stack or along the lenthg of the entire rake. A front-back or distributed propulsion entails motors all along the rake powering individual, sets or pairs of wheels in sync or otherwise for braking, using local networking, gps etc. to 'manage' the rake. No need for overhead wires, pillars, frames, pantographs etc.

In the best of public interest, feel free to evaluate said non-pantograph diesel-electric rakes at phenomenal cost savings to DMIC, and therefore India. It is understood that publicly funded projects are subject to 'costs escalation' generally promoted by political masters, never mind the savings in time, enhanced safety and better efficiency, ... to mitigate such vested interests who may sabotage adaptation of new diesel-electrics on DMIC and lose the pantographs and associated wires, frames etc., I propose to follow-up (monitor) and herein publicly motivate the govt. to engage, heretofore, in enhanced public-govt. partnership right in this forum. Please address your responses to this forum, I aim to build caucus, and facilitate authentic transparency. We want to re-generate India, enough of degeneration!


Pavan C. Joshi

:) Ppl., please ... I need a feedback loop on this, comments, replies, critiques welcome ... we need a support group on this ... we need caucus ... sub-commitees, oversight group, a PR group, Liasion Commitee ... wake-up!

Any organisation champions out there?

I intend to cc said open letter to DMIC mgmt.

Ø The Directors of the Board consist of the following:

i) Shri Ajay Shankar, Secretary, DIPP
ii) Shri Gopal Krishna, Joint Secretary, DIPP
iii) Dr.Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI
iv) Shri O.P. Agarwal, Managing Director, IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited
v) Shri Abhaya Krishna Agarwal, Sr. Vice President, IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited
vi) Shri Jai Prakash Batra, Ex Chairman, Railway Board
vii) Shri Athar Shahab, Dy. Managing Director, IDFC Projects Ltd.

Official dmic india site up now ...google it ... heyy .. someone pls. post ... e-mails of mgmt. & executive here ... I saw 'em listed somewhere maybe dmic on-site .. not running too good rg8 now ....

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I've .. hehe .. 'cleaned them up' for 'yer pleasure :righton:
... simply 'cut-paste' from here ...


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Go .. :poke: .. get'm Viru ...

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Work on DMIC may begin soon (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/workdmic-may-begin-soon/373623/)

Sharmistha Mukherjee / New Delhi October 19, 2009, 0:57 IST

Bids to be invited for one dozen projects, to come up along the corridor.



Construction work on the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) may begin soon, as the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) is expected to invite bids for a dozen “early bird” projects, to come up along the corridor.

The corporation has identified 24 such early bird projects across Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra.

These projects include development of a mega industrial park at Dholera, and a regional metro rail system connecting Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad-Dholera in Gujarat; an economic corridor along the link road connecting Indore airport to Pithampur, and a knowledge city in Ujjain district in Madhya Pradesh; a multi-modal logistic hub at IMT Maneswar in Haryana; a logistic hub at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan; a trans-harbour road-railway link project, rail connectivity of Mumbai Port Trust to Dedicated Freight Corridor and Inland Container Depot at Talegaon in Maharashtra, among others. Some of these projects will be put up for bids shortly.

The projects for which bids will be invited are part of the six investment regions (IRs) and six industrial areas (IAs). The first phase of the project is likely to be completed by 2012, and an estimated $100 billion will be invested to develop infrastructure in the IRs and IAs. Japanese companies are expected to invest over $10 billion in the proposed corridor during the first phase. The finance option of the remaining $90 billion has not been announced so far.

“This is the right time to invite bids. The sentiment is positive domestically as well as internationally,” said DMIC Chairman Ajay Shankar, who is also secretary of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. “We plan to host roadshows soon to attract funding. We have received good response from firms in Singapore, Korea and Taiwan,” he added.

Concurred Amitav Kant, the newly-appointed CEO of DMICDC: “The project is almost mapped on paper. Perspective plans are being firmed up.”

The six investment regions selected for development in the first phase include Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh for general manufacturing, Manesar-Bawal in Haryana for auto-components and automobiles, Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana in Rajasthan for general manufacturing, automobile, and auto component, Bharuch-Dahej in Gujarat for petroleum, chemicals and petro-chemicals, and and Igatpuri-Nashik-Sinnar in Maharashtra for general manufacturing.

The IAs include engineering and manufacturing hubs in Meerut-Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) and Faridabad-Palwal (Haryana), and marble, leather and textile units in Jaipur-Dausa (Rajasthan) and Neemuch-Nayagaon industrial area in Madhya Pradesh.

While an Investment Region would be specifically delineated as an industrial region with a minimum area of 200 sq kms, an Industrial Area would be developed over 100 sq kms. 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 logistic hubs, domestic and international air connectivity, reliable power, quality social infrastructure and a globally competitive environment for setting up businesses.

keeping all my fingers and toes crossed.

keeping all my fingers and toes crossed.
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That's all ...

Y not e-mail them ... Globalise the issue, the Medha Patkar's & Vandana Shiva types do ... y not take the prerogative nominally away from those .... anarchists huhn !

U waiting for something ...

Wake-up, action time ..

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Japanese Govt Commits Rs 130 Crore for DMIC (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Japanese-govt-commits-Rs-130-cr-for-DMIC/articleshow/5174080.cms)

After a yawning gap, the multi-crore Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) got a fresh impetus on Tuesday when the Japanese government committed Rs 130 crore as engineering services loan (ESL) for the dedicated freight corridor project's crucial phase I. The news was welcomed by state industries and mines department.

Almost 38 per cent of the dedicated freight project lies in Gujarat. Halcrow Consultancy will submit project reports and feasibility studies for Gujarat by December this year, according to department sources. The total worth of the DMIC project is $90 billion.

ESL indicates that the multi-crore project is ready for contracting. The loan bears basic costs of preparing tender documents, socio-economic impact studies, setting up of standard parameters for designing the freight corridor. The process will be completed within a year. Besides, a Rs 50-crore budget was extended for overall project.

It was only in May this year that there was brief fallout between Union government after the Japanese government set strict conditions for funding the project. The conditions included a comprehensive sovereign guarantee by Union government for the project that will also extend to overdue charges, penal interest for delays, penalties for late repayment as well as payment of components, including taxes and duties components.

At least four projects from Gujarat have been projected as early bird projects, which include regional metro rail, Ahmedabad-Vataman-Pipli-Dholera six-lane highway, international airport and integrated mega industrial park in Dholera.

The dedicated freight corridor is 1,483-km long, of which 38 per cent lies in Gujarat while Rajasthan constitutes 39 per cent of the total length of the corridor. This dedicated freight corridor envisages a high-speed connectivity for high axle load wagons (25 tonne) of double stacked container trains supported by high power locomotives. This corridor will be equipped with infrastructure such as power facilities, rail connectivity to ports en route. A band of 150 km, the influence region, has been chosen on both sides of the freight corridor to be developed as the DMIC.

"Once Halcrow Consultancy submits its report, detailed engineering contracts will be drawn starting December this year. The dedicated freight corridor requires frequent reviews. Issues like constitution of special purpose vehicle also needs to be formed," says a senior official in industries and mines department.

From the DMIC website (http://dipp.nic.in/dmic/dmic_index.htm)

Early Bird Projects - India (http://dipp.nic.in/dmic/EBP_IndianSide_01October2009.pdf)

Gujarat:

1. Amdavad- Vataman- Pipli- Dholera- Bhavnagar Six Lane Access Controlled Highway (180km)
2. Regional Metro rail system between Gandhinagar- Amdavad- Dholera (120km)
3. International Airport between Amdavad- Dholera
4. Integrated Mega Industrial Park at Dholera

Madhya Pradesh:

1. Development of economic corridor along link road connecting Indore Airport to Pithampur.
2. Development of integrated multimodal logistic hub near Maksi
3. Continuous water supply and waste water management in Pithampur Industrial Area and
4. Knowledge City in Ujjain District.

Haryana:

1. Regional MRTS between Delhi-Manesar-Bawal with feeder service to enhance connectivity between Delhi and the upcoming manufacturing hubs.
2. Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre in NCR
3. Multi-modal Logistic Hubs at IMT Manesar
4. New passenger Rail Links; Palwal-Rewari via Bhiwadi, Farrukhnagar - Jhajjar

Maharashtra:

1. Connectivity of Alewadi Port by rail to Dedicated Freight Corridor and to Alewadi Port by 4 lane road to Mumbai – Ahmedabad Highway and to Mumbai-Nashik Highway
2. 4 lane Road Connectivity from Shirdi (Dist. Ahmednagar) to Igatpuri via Sinnar (Dist. Nashik)
3. Rail connectivity of Revas port and Dighi Port (Dist. Raigad) to Konkan Railway and 4 lane road connectivity of these ports to nearest National Highways
4. Trans Harbour Road – Railway Link Project
5. Inland Container Depot at Talegaon (Dist Pune)
6. Connectivity by 4 lane Road and Rail of Nevali Growth Centre (Dist. Thane) to Dedicated Freight Corridor
7. Rail Connectivity of Mumbai Port Trust to Dedicated Freight Corridor

Rajasthan:

1. Shahjahanpur – Neemrana – Behrore (SNB) Global City Complex
2. Central Spine connecting Global City with Bhiwadi-Tapukada Industrial Complex via Ajarka
3. Green Field Airport (Aerotropolis) Project
4. Water Resource Management for Investment Regions in DMIC
5. Development of Gas Grid in Rajasthan

Early Bird Projects - Japan (http://dipp.nic.in/dmic/EBP_JapanSide_01October2009.pdf)

1. Captive Power Plant at Neemrana Japan Investment Park

Proposed to be located in Neemrana, Rajasthan
Project Organizer is Hitachi
Aims at non-water use method of power generation using GAIL gas and Hitachi technology
Shared Energy Centre would result in uninterrupted power supply, reduced power cost, etc.
Project status: Project feasibility study completed. Gas pipeline expected in March/April 2010. Hitachi was requested in the meeting held on 8th may to contact GAIL and appraise them of the project and probable demand for gas.

2. Neemrana Jet Stream Logistics Project

Proposed to be located in Neemrana, Rajasthan
Project Organizers are NYK Line India & NYK Logistics India
Container Depot is planned in 20 acres of land.
Road/rail connectivity requested by the organizers.
Project status: As requested by the Organizer, DIPP has already written to CBEC for provisioning of EDI facility for customs clearance at NYK ICD. In the meeting on 8th May, the organizers were requested to contact the authorities concerned and explain the volume of business and match their requirement with the plans of the authority.

3. Free Trade Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) Project

Proposed to be located in Greater NOIDA, UP
Project organizer is M/s MITSUI & Co. Ltd.
Development of global standard Logistics Platform connecting DFC
Draft MoU between GNIDA and MITSUI sent to State Government for approval
Land selected and awaiting approval of State Government
Project status: State Government requested to speed up the site selection.

4. DMIC Human Resources Training Project:

Project Organizer is Techno Brain Company
Program content to include Japanese language skills, Japanese work practices apart from skills for specific industries.
Project status: Study on skill development, technical progress, human outreach, software development etc in collaboration with Oriental Consultants under way.

5. Logistics Project in Haryana

Project organizer is M/s MITSUI & Co. Ltd.
This project was introduced in the Sixth Task Force meeting held on 13th July 2009 at New Delhi in place of the Integrated India-Japan Enclave Project in Haryana
Project status: New project. Progress awaited.

1st October Status - Click for Table (http://dipp.nic.in/dmic/MonitoringFormat_DMU_PMO_01October2009.pdf)

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Ppl. here seem confused ... re: GoI functioning.

DMIC is nice, really nice. Well thought out stuff ... a reasonable Indian mega-project.

This GoI of ours is a continuation of the East India Co. only. In a good way.
Sure there are 'social justice' ponderings, politicking, call them CSR scheme, however, real decisions are 'cost-benefits' based. GoI is among the biggest ... how-u-say ...scam in the world. Behind all the flim-flam, the GoI is the world's biggest owner/operator of world's biggest Co.'s like CIL, SAIL, NTPC, BSNL, NTC, HAL, HMT, FCI, SCI, NHAI, AAI, TV, Radio, STC. MMTC, Railways, Ports, Oil, Gas Co.'s, Banks, Insurance, fertilizer and real-estate Co.’s. All ‘legit’.

Too much business if you ask me.

Corp. India = Govt. of India (GoI), most ppl. think Corp. India is all about Tata-Birla. Both GoI Public Sector Corp.’s and Tata-Birla type Private Corp.’s are taxpayer funded by the way.

Point being, Indian mega-projects re: things like our DMIC Corridor etc. are probably the best fleshed out projects in the world, no shit!

Everything is benchmarked with Global (IMF,World Bank, EU, Japan etc. standards). English language skills anyone? Sadl, so are costs. No ‘low-cost’ proj. mgmt. here.
Even Indian ‘Private’ Corp. proj. mgmt. standards are high. Solid, multi-gen. mgmt. skills exist in India as an inheritance of the old Empire. Think British Ports, Forts, Cantonments, Canals and Railway projects in India. Indian Co.’s (read: Tata, Birla, Godrej) also do a good job eg. Jamshedpur, Godrej factories, Birla manufacturing. A lot of Co.’s got there learning in the Gulf proj. markets. Pretty high standards if u ask me ...


I'm gonna go all out and champion this shit. '..Eat Grass!' - Pak.'s ex Bhutto re: Pak atom bomb. Besides, where are Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Sing., Malay ... even China or specially Indian Co.’s going to go now & in the future? Where are the markets, where's the juice? India itself of course! Time to re-hash those SWOT/PEST analysis modules we took in mgmt. school.

One pet peeve though, considering today not only GoI owned Corp.'s, but Tata-Birla. types Corp.’s can do mega-projects like DMIC. Many local & foreign Infra Co.'s can do DMIC type projects ... cheaper/faster/better than GoI. Nobody asks why only GoI monopolises such mega-developments?


Personally, I have decades to go in life yet. DMIC opens up an entire new world for me personally re: retirement, hell ... business options even. Me net worth is ok, so I can think of investing, migrating etc. Got plenty of resources. Anyway, 3 cheers to the Japanese. I mean it! I'm, rg8 now as I post .. into ... Gekkeiken Sake - The World's Finest Saki -Made In Japan.
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wat wat wat??????????...

^^The only thing thats relevant from his post is the last line:lol:

I'm gonna go all out and champion this shit ... or how Bhutto used to say ... '..eat grass!'

and my man bob used to say 'smoke da grass'

naaa...first cut & grind da grass...

.

Ppl. here seem confused ... re: GoI functioning.

This GoI of ours is a continuation of the East India Co. only. In a good way, there are 'social sector & justice' ... call them CSR schemes ... however, ... real decisions are ... how-u-say ... 'cost-benefits' based. GoI is the biggest scam in the world, behind all the flim-flam ... the GoI is the world's biggest 'free market' enterprise ... it is owner/operator of world's biggest Co.'s like CIL, SAIL, NTPC, BSNL, NTC, HAL, HMT, FCI, SCI, NHAI, AAI, TV, Radio, STC. MMTC, Railways, Ports, Oil, Gas Co.'s, ... too much business if you ask me. All run on and under Co.'s Act, .. Corp. India = Govt. of India (GoI) ... oh .. & I did'nt even mention the fertiliser Co.'s ...

Point being ... meta level biz planning re: things like our DMIC Corridor etc. are probably the best fleshed out projects in the world ... no shit ... and everything is benchmarked with Global (IMF,World Bank, EU, Japan etc. standards) + Indian Corp. standards re: Tata, Birla, Godrej ... etc. pretty high standards if u ask me ...

DMIC is nice, really. Lots of well thought out stuff ... I have decades to go ... yet ... DMIC opens up an entire new world for me personally re: business ... hell ... even retirement options. Got plenty of property/assets in Delhi but who cares ... Delhi turning into monster megapolis.

I'm gonna go all out and champion this shit ... or how Bhutto used to say ... '..eat grass!'
... hehe ... that was Pak.'s ex Bhutto re: Pak atom bomb. Besides, where are Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Sing., Malay ... even Indian Co.,s going to go in the future ... wheere's the ... juice .. don't forget those SWOT/PEST analysis modules we took in Mgmt. school.

Today, Corp. India, the Tata-Birla types, ... not goI owned Corp.'s ... both are publicly funded by the way ... can do mega-projects like DMIC ... nobody asks why GoI monopolises such developments?

Many local & foreign Infra Co.'s can do DMIC type projects ... cheaper/faster/better than GoI ... these days ...

Anyway ... here's ... cheers to the Japanese ... I mean it ... I'm ... rg8 now ... as I post .. into ... Sake ... Gekkeiken - The World's Finest Saki - ... so it says ...

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Calm down - take a peek thru that Purple haze! Whatcha smoking mate? :lol:

naaa...first cut & grind da grass...

:rofl:

and my man bob used to say 'smoke da grass'

Bob, Jim, Janis, Jimmy H - good folks all - RIP

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German Companies keen to set up units along DMIC (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/German-companies-keen-to-set-up-units-along-DMIC/articleshow/5200905.cms)

SURAT: "Some of the leading chemical and machine tool manufacturing companies in Germany have expressed their keenness to set up units along the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) from Vapi to Bharuch," said Dr Walter Stechel, council general of Federal Republic of Germany here on Thursday.

On his maiden visit to the region to explore the investment potential for German companies, Stechel said, "I am awestruck with the fast-paced development in this region. I had heard about Surat as the city of diamonds and textiles, but it has got one of the best infrastructural facilities among the country's Tier-II cities."

Talking about investment, he said DMIC, India's mega infrastructure project in association with Japan is the most dynamic project in the country and it will be the mother of all investments in Gujarat.

"There are many leading chemical and machine tool manufacturing companies who are keen to invest in the DMIC region from Vapi to Bharuch due to the easy availability of raw material, labour and good infrastructural facilities" Stechel said.

According to him, Pune is the only city in India where over 170 German companies have set up units. The bilateral trade between India and Germany was pegged at 10 billion Euros, which has increased to 13 billion Euros in 2009.

"After Pune, I perceive the area between Vapi and Bharuch as the best investment region for German companies. For this, the German consulate is keen to start the Indo-German Trade and Information Centre in Surat in the next few months" Stechel said.

The German Consulate plans to send its trade delegation to participate in Udhyog-2010 organized by Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) at the newly constructed Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre at Sarsana in January next year.

Nilesh Mandlewala, president, SGCCI, said, "Germany's counsel general is quite impressed with our world class international exhibition and convention centre project at Sarsana. He has expressed his willingness to send a trade delegation comprising leading German companies to explore business opportunities in city's textile and diamond sectors."

.

Ppl. here seem confused ... re: GoI functioning.

This GoI of ours is a continuation of the East India Co. only. In a good way, there are 'social sector & justice' ... call them CSR schemes ... however, ... real decisions are ... how-u-say ... 'cost-benefits' based. GoI is the biggest scam in the world, behind all the flim-flam ... the GoI is the world's biggest 'free market' enterprise ... it is owner/operator of world's biggest Co.'s like CIL, SAIL, NTPC, BSNL, NTC, HAL, HMT, FCI, SCI, NHAI, AAI, TV, Radio, STC. MMTC, Railways, Ports, Oil, Gas Co.'s, ... too much business if you ask me. All run on and under Co.'s Act, .. Corp. India = Govt. of India (GoI) ... oh .. & I did'nt even mention the fertiliser Co.'s ...

Point being ... meta level biz planning re: things like our DMIC Corridor etc. are probably the best fleshed out projects in the world ... no shit ... and everything is benchmarked with Global (IMF,World Bank, EU, Japan etc. standards) + Indian Corp. standards re: Tata, Birla, Godrej ... etc. pretty high standards if u ask me ...

DMIC is nice, really. Lots of well thought out stuff ... I have decades to go ... yet ... DMIC opens up an entire new world for me personally re: business ... hell ... even retirement options. Got plenty of property/assets in Delhi but who cares ... Delhi turning into monster megapolis.

I'm gonna go all out and champion this shit ... or how Bhutto used to say ... '..eat grass!'
... hehe ... that was Pak.'s ex Bhutto re: Pak atom bomb. Besides, where are Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Sing., Malay ... even Indian Co.,s going to go in the future ... wheere's the ... juice .. don't forget those SWOT/PEST analysis modules we took in Mgmt. school.

Today, Corp. India, the Tata-Birla types, ... not goI owned Corp.'s ... both are publicly funded by the way ... can do mega-projects like DMIC ... nobody asks why GoI monopolises such developments?

Many local & foreign Infra Co.'s can do DMIC type projects ... cheaper/faster/better than GoI ... these days ...

Anyway ... here's ... cheers to the Japanese ... I mean it ... I'm ... rg8 now ... as I post .. into ... Sake ... Gekkeiken - The World's Finest Saki - ... so it says ...

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i sometimes feel like drinking too when i think about the actions of GoI.

Another baby step. Hope IR does not cock this up.

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_freight-corridor-loan-in-2-months_1313534

Freight corridor loan in 2 months
Ashutosh Kumar / DNAThursday, November 19, 2009 3:32 IST

New Delhi: The Indian Railways is likelyto ink the second engineering service loan contract for the Western stretch of the dedicated freight corridor project in about two months.

This pact will pave the way for securing debt worth around Rs 17,000 crore for the project from the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC).Officials from the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA), who arrived here last week, have initiated studies on two stretches on the corridor.

"The survey has been initiated on the stretch between the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai and Baroda as well as Rewari and Delhi. After the completion of the survey in two months, an engineering services loan agreement willbe signed with JBIC," a railministry official said. The official did not disclosing the amountof the loan.

Engineering service essentially means preparing the project for contracting. This entails carrying out socio-economicimpact, setting up of design parameters and preparing the bidding documents.

The JICA team, in its study, will make an estimate of the amount of the loan by assessing the requirements towards track-laying, making the terrain suitable, overall financial viability and impact on surroundings.

Japan has already committed Rs 130 crore for the engineering services loan for the 920 km stretch between Haryana and Vadodara. The agreement was signed last month.

The traffic on the corridor will mainly include containers from JNPT and Mumbai port in Maharashtra and ports of Pipavav, Mundra and Kandla in Gujarat destined for inland container depots at Tughlakabad, Dadri and Dandharikalan. Besides containers, commodities moving on the corridor include fertilisers, food grains, salt, coal, iron ore, steel and cement.

For the funding requirement of the project, a gross budgetary support of Rs 1,250 crore has been envisaged for the project. The Railways will also use its internal resources and domestic borrowings, if required.

Have started a seperate thread for the Dholera SIR (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1008531)

Felt it is an extensive enough project to warrant a thread of its own.

Will X-Post anything here that is relevant to the DMIC as a whole.

^^ I think we can have all such developments restricted to this thread only for time being until the project gathers speed. Otherwise we will have to search many threads for little information and this thread will dry out. We can branch it when there is enough news and material available for different sub-projects.

Or, you may also post major information in this thread along with new thread.

no this project is at national level on broader basis but whichever projects at regional level with much detailed information should be included in regional sub forums too even though it is connected with national projects anyway..^^

good to see that this project is actually moving ahead but I really doubt that gujarat dreams of dholera and gift will ever come true.......who the hell will finance them...it requres some USD 200 billion to complete dholera and GIFT which is roughly 5 times Gujarat's GDP!..its like India buliding a $5.5 trillion project which is impossible!

alright ..take it easy dude, u r wrong just like u r wrong about Gujarat GDP. so stay where u r and stop accusing or judging without proper depth knowledge about something..

good to see that this project is actually moving ahead but I really doubt that gujarat dreams of dholera and gift will ever come true.......who the hell will finance them...it requres some USD 200 billion to complete dholera and GIFT which is roughly 5 times Gujarat's GDP!..its like India buliding a $5.5 trillion project which is impossible!

First phase of whole DMIC project is $90 billion. Then how can Dholera be $200 billion ?

no this project is at national level on broader basis but whichever projects at regional level with much detailed information should be included in regional sub forums too even though it is connected with national projects anyway..^^

I haven't said don't include this in regional projects. I just said that wait for some time till the activity increases, otherwise there will be many threads with few posts each.

First phase of whole DMIC project is $90 billion. Then how can Dholera be $200 billion ?

as far as videos of bothe gift and dholera are concerned.........it looks like a $200 billion project......its a part of DMIC which is funded by japan but its full implementation will require loads of FDI and private investment...DMIC will just provide roads,ports,airports and railways.........skyscrapers,waterfronts and stadiums (to name a few) require external investment from real estate companies which in turn need investment from buyers.....which is a huge task....do you think that entire dholera and GIFT overvalued by me.......what worries me is not the cost price but the selling and then re selling price......that is the money from private firm's pockets....and in 6 or 7 years of time gujarat may not get $200 billion as external and direct investment from the buyer of the project and its services.....it requires a quarter of a century to sell it all....

as far as videos of bothe gift and dholera are concerned.........it looks like a $200 billion project......its a part of DMIC which is funded by japan but its full implementation will require loads of FDI and private investment...DMIC will just provide roads,ports,airports and railways.........skyscrapers,waterfronts and stadiums (to name a few) require external investment from real estate companies which in turn need investment from buyers.....which is a huge task....do you think that entire dholera and GIFT overvalued by me.......what worries me is not the cost price but the selling and then re selling price......that is the money from private firm's pockets....and in 6 or 7 years of time gujarat may not get $200 billion as external and direct investment from the buyer of the project and its services.....it requires a quarter of a century to sell it all....

Projects like these have long gestation periods. They cannot be developed in 6-7 years. It will take at least 20 years for a project of such a magnitude to get finished. I hope that Gujarat will be able to attract good investments in next few decades to make it viable. $10 billion per year is not that big for one of the most industrialist state of India.

Projects like these have long gestation periods. They cannot be developed in 6-7 years. It will take at least 20 years for a project of such a magnitude to get finished. I hope that Gujarat will be able to attract good investments in next few decades to make it viable. $10 billion per year is not that big for one of the most industrialist state of India.

dude $10 billion dollars will not be raised by the Gujju government or even any government....it should be the the selling of $10 billion of property and services and developement per year which is huge for even a state like gujarat.....net investment in gujarat in 2008-2009 was $8.7 billion(including $3.7 billion FDI)....adding dholera and giftte required investment is some $20 billion per year...which is huge...but you are also right the seeing the long term aspects...the project will be fully up and running and fully sold in 30-40 years of time....we all hope so..by that time i'll be 60 and some forum members RIP and it will not matter us anymor....lol!!

http://www.constructionweekonline.in/article-5788-dedicated_freight_corridor_project_on_track/


Dedicated Freight Corridor Project on track, November 24th, 2009


The Western and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Projects of Ministry of Railways are approved and being implemented by Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL), a wholly owned Public Sector Undertaking of Ministry of Railways.

Final Location Survey has been completed on Western DFC and Ludhiana-Sonnagar section of Eastern DFC. Process of land acquisition has been started for about 2400 kilometers. Construction contracts for 105 kilometers of Eastern DFC and 54 major and important bridges of Western DFC have been awarded. Funding has been sought from World Bank and Asian Development Bank for Eastern DFC and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for Western DFC. Eleven field units headed by Chief Project Managers have been set up for project implementation and two initial construction contracts for Railway funded portions i.e. 105 km on Sonnagar-Mughalsarai section and 54 major and important bridges on Surat-Virar section have been awarded. External funding has been sought from bilateral/multilateral agencies.

In respect of funding sought from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the Special Terms of Economic Partnership (STEP) scheme of Government of Japan for the Western Corridor, loan discussions have taken place coordinated by Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. An engineering Services loan agreement has been signed in October 27, 2009.
Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) on Eastern and Western trunk routes have been approved.

The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor starts from Dankuni in West Bengal and terminate near Ludhiana in Punjab and will pass through West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. The Western DFC will start from Dadri/Tughlakabad and terminate at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai and will pass through Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

http://www.constructionweekonline.in/article-5788-dedicated_freight_corridor_project_on_track/


Dedicated Freight Corridor Project on track, November 24th, 2009


The Western and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Projects of Ministry of Railways are approved and being implemented by Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL), a wholly owned Public Sector Undertaking of Ministry of Railways.

Final Location Survey has been completed on Western DFC and Ludhiana-Sonnagar section of Eastern DFC. Process of land acquisition has been started for about 2400 kilometers. Construction contracts for 105 kilometers of Eastern DFC and 54 major and important bridges of Western DFC have been awarded. Funding has been sought from World Bank and Asian Development Bank for Eastern DFC and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for Western DFC. Eleven field units headed by Chief Project Managers have been set up for project implementation and two initial construction contracts for Railway funded portions i.e. 105 km on Sonnagar-Mughalsarai section and 54 major and important bridges on Surat-Virar section have been awarded. External funding has been sought from bilateral/multilateral agencies.

In respect of funding sought from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the Special Terms of Economic Partnership (STEP) scheme of Government of Japan for the Western Corridor, loan discussions have taken place coordinated by Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. An engineering Services loan agreement has been signed in October 27, 2009.
Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) on Eastern and Western trunk routes have been approved.

The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor starts from Dankuni in West Bengal and terminate near Ludhiana in Punjab and will pass through West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. The Western DFC will start from Dadri/Tughlakabad and terminate at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai and will pass through Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

great news......a major reason behind china's development is Japanese funding..it various iconic infrastructural marvel are made on japanese money.....now japanese money has arrived in India.........hurray!:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

I agree completely.

Hopefully this will do for India what the Taiheiyo Belt did for Japan.

Their Tokyo-Osaka corridor contributes something crazy like 2/3rds of Japan's entire GDP.

In ref to what we said earlier in the thread - maybe India should turn Delhi-Patna-Kolkata into a giant SEZ, to promote companies coming to a Delhi-Kolkata corridor, and developing Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

^^even without corridor, delhi-mumbai belt covers 1/3 of indian economy...

dude $10 billion dollars will not be raised by the Gujju government or even any government....it should be the the selling of $10 billion of property and services and developement per year which is huge for even a state like gujarat.....net investment in gujarat in 2008-2009 was $8.7 billion(including $3.7 billion FDI)....adding dholera and giftte required investment is some $20 billion per year...which is huge...but you are also right the seeing the long term aspects...the project will be fully up and running and fully sold in 30-40 years of time....we all hope so..by that time i'll be 60 and some forum members RIP and it will not matter us anymor....lol!!

dude..i just want to say tat total cost of GIFT and dholera including kalpasar is 95 billion so stay where u are..

India's Industrial Corridors the way i want and the way it should be...
Red Line=primary corridors( at least a large port, large international airport and transport hub,a dedicated freight corridor,must have a Megacity)

Purple Line=Secondary corridor(a developed track coming out from each Megacity of Primary corridor encompassing nearby big and small ports,airports,industrial clusters and million plus cities through freight lines+expressways+regular high speed trains and intermediate free trade zones)

Yellow Line=International Corridor(connecting a major Indian city with a major nearby foreign city with dedicated freight corridor+regular flights+high speed trains+expressway and encompassing various free trade zones)

Red Circle=Hotpots and larger the circle larger the economic developments occurred after the corridor projects

Grey shading=Industrial development.
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4628/mapindiapolw.jpg

good job! feels good to see this!!

India's Industrial Corridors the way i want and the way it should be...
Red Line=primary corridors( at least a large port, large international airport and transport hub,a dedicated freight corridor,must have a Megacity)

Purple Line=Secondary corridor(a developed track coming out from each Megacity of Primary corridor encompassing nearby big and small ports,airports,industrial clusters and million plus cities through freight lines+expressways+regular high speed trains and intermediate free trade zones)

Yellow Line=International Corridor(connecting a major Indian city with a major nearby foreign city with dedicated freight corridor+regular flights+high speed trains+expressway and encompassing various free trade zones)

Red Circle=Hotpots and larger the circle larger the economic developments occurred after the corridor projects

Grey shading=Industrial development.
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4628/mapindiapolw.jpg

nice but West Bengal seems to be over industrialized. :lol:

nice but West Bengal seems to be over industrialized. :lol:

Because it is presently the most industrialized region of the country and will grow further thanks to Natural resources and cheap labour and abundance of water supply!

Because it is presently the most industrialized region of the country and will grow further thanks to Natural resources and cheap labour and abundance of water supply!

wat ????????????????.....this is the best joke i hv heard in long time...:lol:

cmon yash...bad ans. unless if it is humor....now i really pity on IIM..

ya..it is one of the industrialized state of india..not certainly not the best..or not near to best states of india..plz...

Guys, is there any construction activity happening along the proposed delhi mumbai corridor regions? We have been discussing about the kinda developement activities happening around the corridor, but no news on the construction activities. Its no big deal on proposing something, the big deal is on starting execution of projects...anybody updat please...

wat ????????????????.....this is the best joke i hv heard in long time...:lol:

cmon yash...bad ans. unless if it is humor....now i really pity on IIM..

Atleast thats what I ve been taught........that Damodar River Valley(Hazaribagh, Koderma, Giridih, Chatra, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Bardhaman,Hughli, Howrah, Bankura and Durgapur) and Kolkata -Jamshedpur corridor has highest industrial output(by value) in India next is Surat-Mumbai-Pune-Sholapur-Nashik and all followed by Gazhiabad-Okhla-Delhi-Faridabad and all.

You better individually Wiki these places especially DVC and jamshedpur to understand the level of industrial base they have!Surely greater than anywhere in South Asia...
Bardhaman,Durgapur,Dhanbad,Hazaribag,Jamshedpur,Howrah,Hooghly,Kolkata and all are very developed industrially and have many private and ppulic insutrial units!

Because it is presently the most industrialized region of the country and will grow further thanks to Natural resources and cheap labour and abundance of water supply!

I agree to ur point,only if it can get some more industries and check migration at all levels it would be fabulous for WB.:)

Atleast thats what I ve been taught........that Damodar River Valley(Hazaribagh, Koderma, Giridih, Chatra, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Bardhaman,Hughli, Howrah, Bankura and Durgapur) and Kolkata -Jamshedpur corridor has highest industrial output(by value) in India next is Surat-Mumbai-Pune-Sholapur-Nashik and all followed by Gazhiabad-Okhla-Delhi-Faridabad and all.

Damodar valley region and greater kolkata area are certainly one of the most industrialized areas of India but it is surely not the most.. in other words i dont think u have seen AMD-PUNE region which is so long called as prime industrial region with diverse industries , by output and value this region covers almost 40% of indian industrial figures..

WB used to call as most industrialized state of india before 1970s as its greater kolkata area were full of JUTE, rayon and cotton mills plus damodar vally was givin turbo charge..but after that period its industrial activity slowed down until 2001 (third industrial reform). during this period states like gujarat, maharastra, or hariyana did far better job.

list of industrial areas @gujarat and maharastra in this DMIC regions:

Gujarat DMIC region: bhavnagar,alangh,Pipvav,
dholera(new), ghogha, disa,mahsana, himatnagar, kalol, naroda, ahmedabad, tarapur, sevalia, nadidad,anand,memdavad, timba, savli, halol, kalol(second one), waghodia, vadodara,padra,nandesari, koyli, bajwa, ranoli, jambusar,por, dabhoi, karjan(new), dahej, bharuch, tilakwada, ankleshwar,hajira,gandhar,jaghadia,kim,surat,sayan, kamrej,udhna,sachin,navsari,bardoli,valsad,atul,vapi,dandi

maharastra DMIC region: bhoisar, nasik, pune, pimpri, greater mumbai region, mahim, palghar, dhule, malegaon, aurangabad, baswant, etc..etc...etc..etc..:nuts:


this was the list of only tat industrial regions which could come into direct or indirect contact wid DMIC region in these two states..which mean only half the part of that states..:cheers:

Damodar valley region and greater kolkata area are certainly one of the most industrialized areas of India but it is surely not the most.. in other words i dont think u have seen AMD-PUNE region which is so long called as prime industrial region with diverse industries , by output and value this region covers almost 40% of indian industrial figures..

WB used to call as most industrialized state of india before 1970s as its greater kolkata area were full of JUTE, rayon and cotton mills plus damodar vally was givin turbo charge..but after that period its industrial activity slowed down until 2001 (third industrial reform). during this period states like gujarat, maharastra, or hariyana did far better job.

I am not talking about WB only!!!!!

i hope u wrote wat u mean...

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/haryana-marks-four-projects-for-dmic/380540/
:cheers:

The Haryana government has decided to put its “early bird” projects within the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) sub-region of Haryana in the fast track mode for speedier implementation.

Disclosing this, HSIIDC Managing Director Rajeev Arora said the state government had identified four early bird projects to be implemented as a pilot initiative within the DMIC region, including a mass rapid transportation system on the Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal route, exhibition-cum-convention centre, integrated multimodal logistics hub and a new passenger rail link.

He said that Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited (DMICDC), the SPV floated by the Government of India for implementing the DMIC projects, had appointed the consultant for undertaking a study on the Master Plan for the Manesar Bawal Investment Region (MBIR) and undertaking pre-feasibility studies for two early bird projects that are exhibition-cum-convention centre and the integrated multimodal logistics hub.

Arora pointed out that in the report submitted by DMIC consultants for the exhibition-cum-convention centre, space requirement of about 15 million square meters had been estimated by the year 2025 within the MBIR. The consultants had also shortlisted location in Gurgaon after studying about eight prospective sites. Based on the study, the project was to be developed over an area of about 300 acres providing exhibition space of about 1,20,000 square meters besides convention facilities for about 4,000 persons. The land at the site identified for the project was already under acquisition by HSIIDC, he added.

He added the logistics hub project was being developed in collaboration with Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) for which an MoU had been signed between the two parties.

The consultants in their report had estimated container traffic of about 1.62 million TEUs by the year 2018, he said. The site for the project has been finalised in Rewari district and the consultants have been advised to submit a final feasibility report.

For the third project, study for identifying the right of way alignment has already been completed by the consultants and being finalised in consultation with the state government of Haryana.

India, Japan to firm up bilateral relations

http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/26/stories/2009122660041500.htm

..A further impetus is expected to be provided with the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project. An agreement on the first tranche of project development fund would pave the way for s feasibility study. Once issues such as infrastructure building and electricity supply are settled, the “early bird” Japanese companies besides some from India will set their investment plans in motion...

Early bird projects under DMIC - Japan side

http://dipp.nic.in/dmic/ANNEXURE_V_EBP_Japan%20side.pdf

Japanese PM arrives in India

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/article71385.ece

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 Rs 1,000 Crore (about $212 milion). Both the Japanese and Indian governments contribute equally.
The fund will initially finance the preparation of overall development and feasibility studies for the 1483 km DMIC.
The corridor would include six mega investment regions of 200 square kilometers each and will run through seven states – Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Each investment region would have a combination of production units, public utilities, logistics, environmental protection facilities, residential areas, social infrastructure and administrative services.
The first phase of the project is likely to be completed by 2012 with an estimated $90 billion ( Rs 4,23,000 crore) to be invested to develop infrastructure in the investment regions.
An official said the government would invite bids soon.
“This is the right time to invite bids. The sentiment is positive domestically as well as internationally,” said the official.
“The project is almost mapped on paper. Perspective plans are being firmed up.”
The six specifically delineated investment regions planned for manufacturing facilities for domestic and export led production along with associated services and infrastructure.
The minimum processing area in these regions will be about 40 per cent of the total designated area, which may or may not be contiguous.
In addition to the investment regions, the DMIC will also have six industrial areas of 100 square km each. A steering authority, headed by the Finance Minister, is overseeing the project.
A corporate entity, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation has been set up to undertake planning of the project, development of its various components, coordinating with all stakeholders, monitoring of implementation and raising all finances.
The corridor will have a 4,000 mw power plant, three greenfield ports and six airports. It will also link 10 cities with population of more than 1 million. It will built along a dedicated rail freight corridor, and once commissioned, will reduce the Delhi-Mumbai transit time from 60 hours to 36 hours.
The corridor, spread across 2,700 km with an additional 5,000 km of feeder lines connecting Mumbai to West Bengal.

UP govt and Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor development corporation have signed an MoU which has paved way for 11 new projects.


Greater Noida airport (at Jewar) - It will cost Rs. 5000 crore

Dadri (Greater Noida) - Tughlaqabad (Delhi) - Ballabhgarh (Faridabad) rail link

Noida-Greater Noida-Faridabad expressway - Traffic from Noida to Faridabad will not have to pass through Delhi after this

Rail link for Greater Noida airport (Jewar)

Noida city centre to be developed at world class level

Auto mart in Noida - For national and international auto expo

Power plant near Greater Noida

Noida-Greater Noida-Jewar metro line - Noida-Greater Noida in 1st phase and rest in 2nd phase

Noida multilevel parking - For parking thousands of cars

Logistics hub in Greater Noida

Bokari railway junction to be developed at world class railway station


More (http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/delhiarticleshow/5425341.cms)

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India’s ambitious effort to connect its busiest commercial centres with a dedicated rail network remains on paper five years after the project was announced, but its cost has more than doubled to Rs57,667 crore.

In the pipeline: Freight trains at the Tughlakabad railway station in New Delhi. The project is expected to decongest existing railway lines, catalyse industrial investments of around Rs2.3 trillion and create new jobs. Rajkumar/Mint
This detail is part of a draft business plan for the project submitted in a December board meeting of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp. of India Ltd (DFCCIL), and which has been reviewed by Mint.

DFCCIL is a government-owned company set up to build the network. The new figure of Rs57,667 crore is around Rs30,000 crore more than the earlier estimate.

A DFCCIL executive who did not want to be identified said the business plan with the new numbers has been forwarded to the Railway Board, the apex decision-making body of the Indian Railways.

The proposed freight corridor has two lines being constructed by Indian Railways to transport goods and will connect India’s largest port in Mumbai to Delhi through the western corridor (1,483km) and also link Dankuni in West Bengal with Ludhiana in Punjab through the eastern freight corridor (1,806km).

The project is expected to decongest existing railway lines, catalyse industrial investments of around Rs2.3 trillion and create new jobs along the rail route.

The government’s plan is to build industrial corridors along the freight lines.

The government has so far accepted an offer from Japan—of Rs17,700 crore in soft loans through the Japan International Cooperation Agency—for the western corridor. The two countries have already signed an agreement for a small component of this, while the main loan agreement is expected to be inked sometime in March. Indian Railways is negotiating with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank for funding the eastern corridor.

The DFCCIL executive said the cost of the project had increased because of several factors, including the fact that the scope of the network had not been finalized when the earlier estimate was announced.

A government official familiar with how Indian Railways operates said that the increase in cost reflects how this organization works. In the case of two small construction tenders—the only ones that have been floated by DFC so far—the costs involved were as much as 40% higher than the estimates mentioned in tender documents, the official added. Mint couldn’t independently verify this claim.

This person added, asking that he not be identified, that the cost of the freight network could be even higher, at least Rs65,000 crore. “What happens by the time the project is finally completed?” he asked.

The DFCCIL executive cited said the cost of the project was not expected to rise further. “It doesn’t look like that. When we were making final estimates, lot of corrections were made.”

The business plan further estimates that the company’s rate of return on investment—from incremental traffic alone—could range from 8.97% to 13.97% based on varying projections of traffic.

The government official said the business plan was incomplete without details of the number of trains DFCCIL would be allowed to run on its tracks. The report doesn’t address the terms of the agreement between Indian Railways and DFCCIL, he added.

The Rs57,667 crore estimate includes interest costs, insurance and taxes.

The construction cost for the first version of the proposed project, where the eastern line terminated at Sonnagar in Bihar works out to Rs42,231 crore. The project has since been extended to Dankuni in West Bengal, current railway minister Mamata Banerjee’s home state. Lalu Prasad, her predecessor in the ministry is from Bihar.

According to Indian Railways, the project could cost around Rs49,624 crore in its current configuration. This estimate, however, excludes interest costs.

“If today they are saying Rs57,000 crore, I would say it would cost at least Rs75,000 crore by the time they are finished,” said Amrit Pandurangi, who heads the transport and infrastructure practice for consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. “I’m sure if you conduct an analysis, you’ll find a variation of at least 30%, if not more, for publicly funded projects.”

Source (http://www.livemint.com/2010/01/25214345/Proposed-freight-corridor-cost.html)

X-Posted in Dholera SIR Thread

Trams likely to reappear in new avatar in upcoming smart cities (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/the-sunday-et/companies/Trams-likely-to-reappear-in-new-avatar-in-upcoming-smart-cities/articleshow/5543783.cms)

They've often been considered a relic of the British era that most cities gave up on amidst a modernising drive. But, trams are likely
to resurface in a new avatar, gliding along unexpected paths. About six yet-to-be-built cities in India are expected to be dependent on tramways as the main means of intra-city transport.

]The first of these new-age trams is expected to become operational in Dholera, an 800-sq km industrial city coming up near the Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat, on the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor.

Amitabh Kant, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC), which is undertaking a $90-billion infrastructure project along the proposed western dedicated rail freight corridor, confirmed to Sunday ET that they had proposed to introduce it for the new city of Dholera and then in others. “For intra-city transport, tram was found to be suitable. After all, we need to think of hundreds of workers commuting within the city,” he said. Trams could soon become a regular sight given that 30 such new cities are expected to come up in the next few years.

The trams, which are electrically driven, will run on the street along with other modes of transport like buses or cars. The predominant idea is to link residential areas with areas of employment, central business districts and main line railway stations. The trams will be routed through densely populated areas and will include many stop points. VK Agarwal, former chairman of the Railway Board said that reintroducing trams in some of the new cities ties up very well with the green theme that is being espoused globally. “In this green era, reintroducing trams in some of the newly-built Indian cities makes sense. It has no oil consumption like buses, and it’s environment-friendly,” he said.

In fact, trams became operational in cities like Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai around the early 1900’s but most were phased out by the 1960s, particularly after Indian roads and cities became crowded. Moreover, the slow movement of the trams added to the traffic snarls. Kolkata perhaps remains the only city where the trams still sluggishly meander their way along the length of the city. However, the newly introduced trams are expected to be more sophisticated and along the lines of those which operate in European cities. “For the newly developed industrial towns, which will not be crowded in any which way, trams should be used,” added Agarwal.

Apart from Dholera in Gujarat, other potential locations for these industrial cities are between Indore and Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh and between Manesar and Bawel in Haryana. According to the newly appointed secretary of department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), Rajinder Pal Singh, these new industrial cities would be named ‘smart cities’.

“We are also coming out with a new industrial policy which will be applicable to some of the new industrial zones. We are aiming at making the policy better than the SEZ policy,” said Singh.

Imho, BRTS in many ways is just a reinvention of the Tram

With the recent successes of BRTS both in India and abroad, I reckon it makes perfect sense to try to reintroduce the Tram concept

Some more info from a presentation by the Japanese Bank of International Co-Operation (JBIC) in November 2009

Clarifies the long-term phasing of the Dholera Project (upto 2040!) as well as shedding more light on some of the designated "early bird projects" in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.

Full pdf here (3.67MB) (http://www.jbic.go.jp/ja/about/office/new-delhi/seminar/pdf/091109_investment_05.pdf)


Overall Status
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Early Bird Projects

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MP - Ujjain Knowledge City
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MP - Logistics Hub
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MP - Water Supply & Management
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MP - Indore Industrial Corridor
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Haryana - Logistics Hub
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Hindustan Times

^^

As with any project this size, this was always the biggest threat, and to be honest, the signs were there right from June 2009 when it was decided to split the project into two phases because Govt of Maharashtra could not guarantee land Link (http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/freight-corridor-to-be-operational-by-2016-forbes-india_402134.html)

With all the random clutter in this thread re communist social planning for UP/Bihar and random incursions from Patentneer and Yash, I think some important details regarding what is probably the most important project in the country may have overlooked

Oct 2009
130 Cr ESL (Engineering Services Loan) signed for Rewari - Vadodara
Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45352669&postcount=109)

Nov 2009
Reported that ESLs for Rewari-Delhi and Vadodara-Mumbai stretches were "2 Months Away" ie Jan 2010
Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=46441847&postcount=119)

In real terms we are waiting for these 2 ESLs to be signed before anything actually happens either in terms of groundwork or the provision of the main 17k Cr loan.

I do believe the maha mumbai sez was also panned due to lack of land for Reliance industries.

Its a shame that Maharashtra cant sort out the land issues. Thats a bigger threat to the state's growth than anything else. having said that I do hope these people get compensation.

If what the villager said is true then they certainly do have a point.

Work on dedicated freight corridor (DFC) on both eastern and western regions has been going on in full swing. The railways intends to complete this project at an estimated cost of about Rs 50,000 crore latest by 2016-2017 to give an impetus to freight and goods loading.

The corridor of the eastern region linking Dankuni in West Bengal to Ludhiana in Punjab is likely to prove a boon for the railways and business community. It will pass through Asansol, Gomoh, Sonnagar, Mughalsarai, Kanpur, Khurja and Saharanpur.

The civil work of the eastern corridor, which was inaugurated by Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at Dehri-on-Sone on February 10, 2009, will give a boost to railway economy. This ambitious project covering a stretch of about 1,806 km will be completed in a record time at an estimated cost of Rs 23,500 crore while the western corridor is likely to cost about Rs 26,124 crore.

According to a Railway Board official, goods traffic has been the mainstay of the Indian Railways yielding about 80 per cent revenue from freight traffic only. The railways has registered a substantial increase in the goods loading segment, he said, adding the construction of the DFC would attract more market for the railways to carry goods from one place to another across the country.

The proposed eastern corridor will be a rare gift to the business community belonging to West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Punjab as their goods would be carried to their destination on priority basis. Moreover, the goods trains will run at 100 kmph on this corridor, a Board official said.

According to the official, iron, coal, cement and other minerals are being sent from Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal to other parts of the country. Similarly, these states are the major recipients of other products from Punjab and Haryana to cater to the needs of business community.

According to sources, the railways has already suffered a huge loss due to sudden freight rate discount on various items meant for export. The container traffic has registered about 40 per cent decline during the past few months.

According to a Board official, the railways has set up a Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) to expedite early completion of the project for which international agencies, including Japan Bank, World Bank and Asian Development Bank, have been providing funds.

Times of India

No hike in freight rates, corridor project to be put on fast track (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/no-hike-in-freight-rates-corridor-project-to-be-put-on-fast-track/584056/0)

Despite delays in land acquisition, railway minister Mamata Banerjee assured on Wednesday that the government is determined to fast-track the dedicated freight corridor project (DFC) on the eastern and western seaboard and promised to start groundwork on four more freight corridor projects crisscrossing the country.

Preliminary work would start in the 2010-11 fiscal for freight routes between North-South, East-West, East-South and South-South, Banerjee said. The minister also unveiled a strategy to expedite the implementation of the West and East corridor projects where slow progress has been reported. She made it clear that land for these projects will be acquired through negotiations.

The minister said in the present economic situation, when the country is about to return on a high growth path, she did not wish to “impose any burden on the citizens” by raising freight rates.

Banerjee also promised to introduce a premium tatkal service for parcel and freight movement to facilitate transportation of goods on short notice. This is likely to give flexibility to the industry, while helping the railways to generate some extra revenue. The railways will also examine the need for special wagons for iron ore, fly ash and automobiles.

“DFC is our prime minister’s dream project. I am concerned about the pace of progress and Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd will be revamped within a short span of time to ensure timely implementation of the project. We will implement it in time,” Banerjee said.

For the western corridor of the DFC, agreement for main loan for phase I would be signed with Japan International Cooperation Agency next month. For the eastern corridor, negotiations for funding up to Sonnagar are on. The ministry will start execution of Sonnagar-Dankuni section during the year. Funding for this section will be arranged through domestic investment on PPP mode.

For the remaining four corridors— North-South (Delhi, Haryana, UP, MP, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu), East-West (West Bengal, Jharkahnd, Orissa, Chhtisgarh, Maharashtra), East-South (West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh) and South-South (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa)—preliminary engineering-cum-traffic survey will be taken up this year.


So it seems like we're looking at March 2010 for the 17k Crore Japanese Loan?

Also, I dont know whether it is just a lame attempt at an obvious pun, but surely its not rocket science that the Govt would want to "Fast-track" these DFCs

As part of the Early Bird Projects under Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), prepared in consultation with respective State Governments, it was envisaged to develop an international airport between Amdavad and Dholera in Gujarat; an aerotropolis near Jaipur in Rajasthan; and an international airport in Uttar Pradesh. This information was given by the Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

The Government has received proposals from the State Government of Gujarat and State Government of Uttar Pradesh for setting up of new Greenfield airports at Dholera, Gujarat and Jewar/Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh respectively. Further, the Government of India has accorded ‘in-principle’ approval for setting up of new Greenfield airport at Viratnagar, Jaipur in Rajasthan to M/s. Rajasthan Aviation Infrastructure (India) Limited under public use category for domestic operations. The Promoter has informed that the construction of airport at Viratnagar, Jaipur in Rajasthan will be started on completion of the necessary formalities with the State Government of Rajasthan.

Source (http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=59474)

Looks like the Rs 454 Crore first installment of the main loan is imminent.

Japan and India to sign pact for dedicated freight corridor (http://steelguru.com/news/index/MTM4NTA2/Japan_and_India_to_sign_pact_for_dedicated_freight_corridor.html)

It is reported that India and Japan are likely to sign an agreement for the first tranche of JPY 9 billion or about INR 454 crore of the main loan to fund the dedicated rail freight corridor on March 30. This is over and above the JPY 2.6 billion loan signed under the engineering services agreement in December 2009.

The engineering services loan will be used to prepare and draw up designs of the project and structure the bid documents. The loan will be disbursed by JICA to the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd on an as and when required basis over fiscal 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Japan has agreed to a JPY 450 billion tied-loan to fund the western corridor of about 920 km to be built between Rewari and Vadodara.

The Railway Ministry, meanwhile has asked Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd to change the route alignment of the freight corridor at certain places to avoid acquiring land from owners not willing to part with their land.

Japanese Firms picked for India eco-city initiatives
The industry ministry has chosen four Japanese consortiums for Japan-India joint projects to build eco-friendly cities along the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor in northwest India.

The groups will start preparations in April for landing contracts to build infrastructure such as solar energy and water treatment systems.

The four groups will each be led by Toshiba Corp., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Hitachi Ltd. and JGC Corp. The cities of Yokohama and Kita-Kyushu will assist in building water-related systems.

"These cases are the precursors of systems exports that will be a key pillar of our growth strategy," industry minister Masayuki Naoshima said in announcing the selections on Tuesday.

The projects are part of an eco-cities deal signed by the two countries in December, when Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama visited India.

It is part of a $90 billion (8.1 trillion yen) Indian government initiative to build a 1,500-kilometer industrial corridor linking Delhi and Mumbai by arterial freight railway.

The Japan External Trade Organization and India's Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corp. have joined hands to build eco-friendly cities along the way.

The four consortiums were selected from among 10 applicants on the basis of technological capability and profitability of proposals.

Besides the four major firms and two cities, 13 Japanese businesses including NEC Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp. and a Singaporean water business, Hyflux Ltd., make up the groups.

The Hitachi-led group will build a solar power plant in Dahej, north of Mumbai, to take advantage of the area's long daylight hours. Kita-Kyushu will develop water treatment and PET bottle recycling systems in the city.

In Manesar, in northern India, the Toshiba-led group will build an energy supply network combining electricity and gas that will incorporate cutting-edge information technology.

In Shendra, east of Mumbai, the consortium led by JGC Corp. will build a next-generation electricity distribution network utilizing its storage battery technology. Yokohama will bring its know-how in building water supply and sewage systems to the city.

The fourth group, led by Mitsubishi Heavy, will build a system to generate electricity using natural gas near Changodar, north of Dahej.

After doing field studies beginning in April, the groups will carry out feasibility studies, which are expected to take between one and two years.

They are planning to start full-scale work on the projects, worth 100 billion yen ($1.11 billion) for each city, as early as fiscal 2012.
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201003240435.html

Hitachi, Toshiba, Mitsubishi and JGC ready to invest in DMIC (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/hitachi-toshiba-mitsubishijgc-ready-to-invest-in-dmic/389947/)

Leading Japanese corporations such as Toshiba Corporation, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JGC Corporation are planning big investments in the proposed Rs 3.6-lakh crore Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project.

hese companies are planning projects in solar power, power transmission, infrastructure development, water supply and sewerage treatment, according to reports appearing in Japanese newspapers that quoted Masayuki Naoshima, the Japanese minister for economy, trade and industry.

However, he did not specify the nature of the projects and the investment by each of these companies. The companies are scheduled to begin feasibility studies in April and will launch full-fledged construction work as early as 2011-12, according to the reports.

Besides, the city of Kitakyushu will provide its knowhow on environmental technologies, while Yokohama is expected to help develop and manage water supply and sewerage systems for DMIC, said the minister.

Business Standard could not independently verify the development with the companies. DMIC Development Corporation Chief Executive Amitabh Kant was not available for comments.

According to sources, the $76-billion Toshiba Corporation is targeting $1 billion in revenues from India by 2015, with a range of new products from computers to televisions and washing machines. Hitachi also has extensive presence in India, with a dozen odd trading and manufacturing companies. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, one of the largest heavy engineering players in the world, had last year started a Rs 880-crore steam turbine and generator venture in India with Larsen & Toubro. Toshiba and JSW Energy also have a joint venture in Chennai to make steam turbines and generators, which will take off by 2011.

JGC Corporation, formerly Japan Gasoline, is one of the leading petrochemical companies in Japan and is yet to make major investments in the country, said the sources.

nice. 3/4 projects in western india. should help navi mumbai and thane get 24x7 power, as well as other places in maharashtra hopefully

Indian Railways’ ambitious project of developing Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs), conceived to change the face of its freight traffic business, is set to suffer inordinate delays due to troubles in land acquisition and various other issues.

The total land required for developing the eastern and western arms of the freight corridors has been estimated to be 11,180 hectares. Of this, the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has issued a notification under Section 20A of the Indian Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008, for nearly 5,000 hectares spanning across eight states. The final notice under Section 20E, which gives the railways special powers to take possession of land for projects of national importance, has been issued for 6,000 hectares.

However, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resolution to refrain from forcibly acquiring land for the project has led to objections surfacing from land owners in Maharashtra, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. This has forced the corporation to go back to the drawing board to re-examine the alignment of the corridors.

Alignment of the corridors is already being reconsidered at Chandoli and Panvel in Maharashtra, on the Gurgaon-Palampur route, near Mughalsarai in Uttar Pradesh and at stretches in Gujarat.

A former member of the Railway Board said, “Though land acquisition procedures should not be oppressive, realigning the route of the dedicated corridors will result in major delays and endanger the commissioning of a project which is integral to the growth of the railways. The measure will result in cost escalation due to time over-runs.”

Further, the minister’s assurance may encourage land owners to hold up sections of the project for demanding additional compensation. He added detours from the existing alignment through far-flung areas may give rise to political pressure in the future to run passenger trains on the dedicated freight tracks.

This would defeat the very purpose of the dedicated freight corridor, which is one of India's largest infrastructure project.

Indian Railways currently runs mixed traffic (passenger and freight) on all its existing network of 64,015 route km. Since passenger trains get priority over goods trains, the average speed of freight trains is limited to 25 kmph.

The dedicated freight corridors have been conceptualised to ensure timely delivery of goods by running trains at 75-100 kmph. Operation of passenger trains on the dedicated routes in future would slow down freight traffic to the current levels.

A senior official familiar with the developments said, “Land acquisition problems dogging the corporation is raising considerable concern. What is more important is the corporation has not yet finalised a list of contracts which can be put up under the bidding process.”

Authorities at DFFCIL had earlier said the bidding process for the eastern corridor would be initiated by May 2010 and that of the western corridor by December this year. However, considering the slow pace of progress of the implementation mechanism, the official added, meeting such targets do not appear to be realistic. Commissioning the entire project by 2016-17 too seems to be far-fetched.

COST ESCALATION
In the meantime, project cost has escalated from the originally sanctioned Rs 28,181 crore to Rs 42,311 crore for developing both the eastern and the western corridors, excluding the Sonnagar-Dankuni stretch on the eastern arm which is currently under survey. Initial estimates available with DFCCIL indicate that around Rs 8500 crore would be required for completing the segment.
V K Kaul, managing director, DFCCIL, said cost on completion is likely to be about Rs 60,000 crore. But estimates made by independent bodies show that the cost of completing the project is likely to go up to around Rs 80,000 crore.

Resource mobilisation is a persisting issue with railway projects. A loan agreement for Rs 17,700 crore has been signed with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to fund the development of the 920 km stretch between Rewari and Vadodara. Another Rs 10,000 crore is expected from the World Bank to construct 730 km between Khurja and Mughalsarai. Financing arrangements for the remaining stretches are yet to be finalised.

Traffic projections made by RITES depict that in 10 years time, incremental freight on the western corridor would be 16.60 million tonnes. The eastern corridor is projected to transport 91 million tonnes of coal (for power plants in UP, Delhi, Haryana , Punjab, Rajasthan), finished steel, foodgrains, cement, fertilisers, limestone by 2021.

The existing trunk routes of Howrah-Delhi on the eastern side and Mumbai-Delhi on the western corridor, which carry 55 per cent of revenue earning freight traffic, are highly saturated with line capacity utilisation varying between 115 and 150 per cent. Industry experts say, failure to build the DFCs within the stipulated timework, would choke the freight carrying capacity of the Indian Railways.

Parvesh Minocha, managing director of the transport division of Feedback Ventures, said, “The dedicated freight corridor can be a game-changer for the Indian Railways by providing for quicker, timely and reliable carriage of freight traffic. If the railways are to increase and regain share in the freight transportation market they have to come up with DFCs to create the much required additional capacity on the network.”

Indian Railways’ share in the freight transportation market has declined from 89 per cent in 1950-51 to 30 per cent in 2007-08. The highways have been the prime gainers increasing share from 11 per cent to 61 per cent in the period.

TIMELINE

Project conceptualised: April 2005

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd or DFCCIL established: October 2006

Project approved at the cost of Rs 28,181 crore: 2007

Two projects for construction of bridges awarded: December 2008

Construction of Phase I (Rewari-Vadodara in the western corridor and Sonnagar-Mughalsarai and Mughalsarai-Khurja in the eastern corridor): 2009-16

Physical acquisition of land expected

2016-17: Commissioning: January 2011 onwards

Current estimated cost of completion: Rs 60,000 - 80,000 crore


Source (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dedicated-freight-corridors-in-super-slow-lane/390630/)

U guys r out to lunch ... GoI & investment partners like Japan ...
seek RoI ... in biz u can't sink ur money into ... nothing ... a black hole ... don't get money for nothing ... hehe (nothing = UP/Bihar ... C'mon ... quick test ... wotis the P in PEST analysis?) ... for all u socialist MBA'sters ... this is a profit project ... NOT welfare project for bhayya/biharis ...

Big side benefit, I have made this point elsewhere too ... is in western migration of labour ... hopefully de-conjesting UP/Bihar from their choke levels ... upto the eye-balls with population pressure on local resources ... anyways ...

... hehe ... that last bit where u r 60 & others RIPped ... hehe ...
pls. mind yer bhaiyya-isms ...

Idea of this thread is to share our enthusiasm re: said topic ... for public interest and collective ... public well-being :)

Why then reduce it to ... hehe ... 60 yrs. ... what's in it for me mentality ... and by-the-way ... if I lived in UP ... with the Human-Index indicators of UP ... I would'nt count on ur said 60 yrs. ... hehe ...

So ... my dear friend ... lets not miss the wood for the trees .. yea:)

Let's not take things personally ... whynot ... ynot ... take things ... I dare say professionally ...

FYI ... I taught at Telfer Sch of Mgmt., UofO.

Just how deep does the rabbit hole go ? ^^

Somebody please translate these posts in English.

For that you need to take the red pill ... Are you ready for that ?? :)

Just how deep does the rabbit hole go ? ^^

lol!

For that you need to take the red pill ... Are you ready for that ?? :)

lol

Freight corridor aims to host smart-cities (http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/29232641/Freight-corridor-aims-to-host.html?h=B)

New Delhi: What was initially planned as an investment corridor along the proposed Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) between Delhi and Mumbai may give India its first world-class, self-sustainable smart cities if plans by the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corp. Ltd (DMICDC) are implemented.

The DFC between Delhi and Mumbai, covering an overall length of 1,483km and passing through six states—Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra—will have end terminals at Dadri in the National Capital Region and Jawaharlal Nehru Port near Mumbai.

The feasibility studies for the first three “smart cities” are set to be commissioned through Japanese consultants in the current year. The first phase of urbanization in these cities is targeted to be completed by 2017-18, said Amitabh Kant, chief executive and managing director of DMICDC.

“When initially we thought about DMIC, we did not think of building new cities, but later we realized without world-class cities, no industrial hub can thrive,” Kant said.

“DMICDC provides India a unique opportunity to adopt futuristic smart city concept of minimal pollution, maximum recycling and reuse of finite resources, optimization of energy supplies and consumption-efficient use of public transportation in its new cities,” a prepared press statement read.

Towards building these new global cities, DMICDC and the state governments of Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra, and Japanese consultants will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for pilot projects in areas such as the Manesar-Bawal region (Haryana), the Sendra industrial region (Maharashtra), and Dahej and Changodar (Gujarat).

The MoU will be signed on Friday in the presence of commerce minister Anand Sharma and Masayuki Naoshima, Japanese minister for economy, trade and industry.

Japanese companies such as Toshiba Corp., Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd, Mitsubishi Corp. and Hitachi Ltd will experiment with smart technologies in the areas of logistics, water treatment and urban transport before they are implemented along the industrial corridor.

When asked whether land acquisition will be a problem, Kant said: “We are working on a unique model of community partnership where landholders will be made partners in the process of development.”

The first set of such cities may come up in Gujarat and Maharashtra. A proposed city at Dholera in Gujarat is planned to attract a resident population of about two million and provide employment to more than 0.8 million people. More than 20% of the area will be under green belts, Kant said.

The total cost of the projects is calculated at Rs55,225 crore at current prices. The other two cities that may come up are in the Nasik-Sinner-Igatpuri investment region and the Dighi port industrial area in Maharashtra. The projected population at Dighi port is 1.75 million by 2042 with a total land requirement of 23,000 hectares. The Pitampur-Dhar-Mhow investment region in Madhya Pradesh will be built up in a delineated area of 372 sq. km.

The proposed industrial corridor is being developed in collaboration with the government of Japan as global manufacturing and trading hubs.

The regions will have road and rail connectivity for freight movement to and from ports and logistics hubs, apart from domestic and international air connectivity, reliable power, quality social infrastructure, and will provide a globally competitive environment conducive for setting up businesses.

“Around 80% of these cities will be developed through the public-private partnership model while the government has to build the basic infrastructure,” Kant said.

During the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to India in December, an MoU was signed between DMICDC and Japan External Trade Organization to develop “smart communities” or eco-cities in India.

Japan has been the front-runner in introducing sustainability concepts through various innovative planning and implementation models that incorporate industrial ecology, waste water, renewable energy, among others. “Kitakyushu eco-town” in Japan is one such example.

^^^^FAKE NEWS!!!!!It will never become a reality....I Bet!India has stopped doing anything big after Rajiv Gandhi's era in the field of new cities.....

Phase- I of DMIC to be completed by 2018-Seven cities will be developed in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra under phase -1 of the project
New Delhi: The first phase of the over US $100 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) will be completed by 2018.The DMIC, running through six states — Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra — is being developed in collaboration with the Japanese government as a global manufacturing and trading hub.

"We expect industrial output to triple and exports to grow four times on its completion," Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said.

Under the first phase of the corridor project, seven cities, each entailing an investment of around US $9-10 billion, will be developed in these states, reports IANS. "These will have significant impact on employment generation, industrial production and exports," Sharma said.

Four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) were signed on Friday by Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) and state governments of Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra with Japanese companies Hitachi, Mitsubishi Corp, Toshiba, JGC and Tokyo Electric Power Company. As per the agreements, the Japanese consultants will launch feasibility studies to set up the first set of "smart communities" in Manesar-Bawal region of Haryana, Dahej and Changodar in Gujarat and Shendra industrial region in Maharashtra.

Defining the concept, DMICDC Chief Executive Amitabh Kant said, "A smart community means a city in which citizens, business and government live, work and interact in a sustainable manner through delivery of integrated, low carbon products and services. The industrial corridor provides India a unique opportunity to adopt futuristic smart city concept of minimal pollution, maximum recycling and reuse of finite resources and optimisation of energy supplies."

The eco cities in India will follow the Japanese model of using all industrial wastes as raw materials for other industries to create a zero emission environment and an independent recycling-based society.

The feasibility studies will be financed by Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Based on the report, the Japanese consortiums will start demonstration projects by this year-end.


http://sify.com/news/Phase-I-of-Delh...4rubdfhjb.html

India, Japan to build eco friendly cities in Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor

New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): India and Japan have agreed to build eco friendly cities in the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor at a cost 90 billion dollarsFour memorandum of understanding was signed between the two countries to building future cities of India.Japanese consultants will launch fesibility studies to set up the first set of Smart Communities in Manesar Bawal region in Haryana, Dahej and Changodar in Gujarat and Shendra industrial region in Maharashtra.

Union Commerce and Industry minister Anand Sharma said that the largest ever project in the world will be completed within nine years.He said that the initial face would comprise eleven-investment zones and 13 industrial parks.

India’s exports will increase by four times due to this development cum investment project, Sharma said.Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Naoshima, said that the Smart Community Initiative has the potential to revolutionize infrastructure development and emerge as a role model that can be taken to other parts of the world. (ANI)

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/india-japan-to-build-eco-friendly-cities-in-delhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor_100356564.html

More on new eco-friendly smart-cities Changodar and Dahej as mentioned above

A Tale of 2 Cities (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIA/2010/05/02&PageLabel=4&EntityId=Ar00404&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T)

After the mega industrial city finalised at Dholera, some 80 km from here, Gujarat has clinched another world-class eco-friendly city at Changodar.

Four memoranda of understandings (MoUs) were signed on Friday between Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor and Development Corporation (DMICDC), three state governments and six leading Japanese consultants. Under the four MoUs, Japanese consultants will launch feasibility studies to set up the first set of ‘Smart Communities’ in Manesar-Bawal (Haryana), Dahej and Changodar (Gujarat) and Shendra (Maharashtra).

The Gujarat government has already declared Changodar as a special investment region (SIR).

As per the details of the agreement, leading Japanese infrastructure companies have entered into joint pacts with state governments for the $90-billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) to model and develop cities on the lines of Japan’s Yokohama and Kitakyushu. The Japanese firms that are becoming stakeholders in DMIC include Toshiba, Mitsubishi Group, Hitachi and Tokyo Electric Power.


Dahej to get an Eco-City too (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIA/2010/05/02&PageLabel=4&EntityId=Ar00400&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T)

Gujarat’s third eco city, as defined in the agreement signed recently, would come up at Dahej in Bharuch district. Close to sea shore, like Dholera in Ahmedabad, the area is already a declared Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR).

It had attracted investment promises worth over Rs 1 lakh crore during the Vibrant Gujarat summit 2009.

As per the MoUs between Japanese majors and Gujarat government at New Delhi for the new cities, a major feature is commissioning of feasibility studies through Japanese consultants, to be financed by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in 2010.

Based on the report, the Japanese consortiums would start demo projects by the end of 2010, again funded by Japan.

In the first phase of the corridor project, seven cities, each entailing an investment of around Rs 40,000-Rs 45,000 crore ($9-10 billion) will be developed in these states.

The entire DMIC region is projected to grow @ 13% year-onyear. In addition, DMIC has also undertaken development of early bird projects in each state, in parallel to the comprehensive planning activities.

As per a press release, DMICDC chief executive officer and managing director, Amitabh Kant said, “A Smart Community can be defined as a city in which citizens, business and government live, work and interact in a sustainable manner through delivery of integrated, low carbon products and services.”

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Location of the 4 upcoming Smart-Cities within Gujarat.

Lots of new articles related to the smart cities:

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India and Japan to lead the green revolution in infrastructure: Minister Naoshima (http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/India-and-Japan-to-lead-the-green-revolution-in-infrastructure-Minister-Naoshima/4830022505)

Referring to India’s dynamic middle-class and its young population, Naoshima was of the opinion that the country’s potential for growth was practically unlimited

Addressing the CII – Jetro Seminar on India – Japan Business Opportunities, Naoshima, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry said that innovations in energy efficiency, recycling and sustainable infrastructure development would serve as a second green revolution for the world and would be the driving force for innovation. The Minister said that the Smart Community Initiative, the MoU for which was signed here between Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor and Development Corporation (DMIDc) and six major Japanese companies including Toshiba, Mitsubishi, and Hitachi, has the potential to revolutionize infrastructure development and emerge as a role model that can be taken to other parts of the world. Referring to India’s dynamic middle-class and its young population, Naoshima was of the opinion that the country’s potential for growth was practically unlimited.

Anand Sharma, Minister for Commerce and Industry, in his address, said that the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) represented a great opportunity for investment for both Japanese and Indian companies and invited the Japanese business community to come forward and embrace the growth potential of the Indian economy. With a rapidly growing urban population and expansive infrastructure needs, the Minister felt that India represented an investment opportunity for the future. Japanese firms with their expertise in infrastructure development were particularly well placed to leverage this opportunity, he felt.

Speaking earlier Amitabh Kant, CEO and Managing Director of DMIDC said that sustainable infrastructure development with a stress on recycling, waste management, and use of eco-friendly materials was something that countries in Asia, especially Japan, have achieved great proficiency in. He felt that the western models of urbanization and development was not applicable to India’s urgent need for creating an urban infrastructure for millions of people as they were based on extensive use of both land and natural resources and took place when energy and resources were cheap. Kant outlined the model of development of the DMIDC which looked to creating the cities of the future in India with many central business districts that would be easily accessible and would have an environmentally friendly design that would reduce need for travelling long distances between work and residential areas.

In his remarks H.K. Singh, Indian Ambassador to Japan, said that India-Japan cooperation in infrastructure especially with reference to the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) would have transformative effect on India’s landscape and would add to India’s growth. The Ambassador expressed his confidence that the negotiations on India-Japan CEPA is being given great priority by both governments and are personally being led by the Prime Ministers of the two countries.

In his opening remarks Sunil Kant Munjal, Past President CII and Chairman, Hero Corporate Services, lay emphasis on the CEPA and felt that an early conclusion would boost bilateral economic ties. Munjal described the DMIC as a corridor of opportunities and as a great example of the strength of Indo-Japanese bilateral ties.

From the looks of DMIC - only Gujarat seems to be doing something concrete. What about the laggards Rajasthan, UP and MP? Its these states that should be jumping the hoops to build the infrastructure - they need it more than any other states - and I don't hear anything happening from these states. Are they truly and officially BIMARU?

From the looks of DMIC - only Gujarat seems to be doing something concrete. What about the laggards Rajasthan, UP and MP? Its these states that should be jumping the hoops to build the infrastructure - they need it more than any other states - and I don't hear anything happening from these states. Are they truly and officially BIMARU?

Wrong.....Maharashtra has just released plans to firm up its share of the DMIC gravy train!!!

State will get four new industrial hubs (http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=14_05_2010_001_010)

(Taken from HT ePaper) The state claims to begin the planning stage of the Maharashtra block of DMIC, although land acq will be a major mess (as expected), unless the babudom can learn from experience and target barren land....is there any???

BTW, the targeted zones are Aurangabad, Dhighi Port, Nasik and Dhule. Out of these, IMO, Aurangabad and Dhule should be smooth going. However, if the "do not touch cultivable land" condition sticks, or the affected farmers dont co-operate, then Nasik and Dhighi can just go bust in no time!!!

Wrong.....Maharashtra has just released plans to firm up its share of the DMIC gravy train!!!

State will get four new industrial hubs (http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=14_05_2010_001_010)

(Taken from HT ePaper) The state claims to begin the planning stage of the Maharashtra block of DMIC, although land acq will be a major mess (as expected), unless the babudom can learn from experience and target barren land....is there any???

BTW, the targeted zones are Aurangabad, Dhighi Port, Nasik and Dhule. Out of these, IMO, Aurangabad and Dhule should be smooth going. However, if the "do not touch cultivable land" condition sticks, or the affected farmers dont co-operate, then Nasik and Dhighi can just go bust in no time!!!

well he didnt mention Maharashtra in his comment...

well he didnt mention Maharashtra in his comment...

This one should clarify things!!!

Maharashtra gets cracking on Delhi corridor (http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_maharashtra-gets-cracking-on-delhi-corridor_1382730)

Mumbai: There has been an enormous delay in responding to the Centre-envisaged Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, but the state government, finally, has come out of its slumber. It has constituted a high-power committee to develop four integrated industrial mega towns in Dhule, Nashik, Aurangabad and Dighi in a time-bound manner.

More than three years have passed since the Centre initiated the development of the corridor that will connect six states and several districts between Delhi and Mumbai. Gujarat was promptly out of the blocks, but Maharashtra has not yet started the process of land acquisition.

The state government has decided to set up an exhibition and convention centre at Shendra, Aurangabad; the Nashik-Igatpuri-Sinnar investment region; and a multi-model logistic hub at Karla. It also has plans to develop the Dighi port.

“The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is the planning authority for the corridor. It will take care of land acquisition and other things. We are exploring possibilities of promoting manufacturing industries, such as automobiles, white goods, hardware, iron and steel. With adequate connectivity and infrastructure available along the corridor, transportation of raw and finished goods will become easier,” an MIDC official said.

Major chunk of financial assistance for setting up the corridor will come from the Centre. “The early birds will get more assistance. Maharashtra is lagging behind other states involved in the project. Chief minister Ashok Chavan has taken up the matter very seriously. He has directed the department concerned to complete development in a time-bound manner,” the official said.

The high-power committee, headed by state chief secretary JP Dange, will take care of land acquisition, skilled manpower, and adequate supply of water and power for the project.

Personally, I think putting all your eggs into one (the Japanese decision) is bound to create problems (like being tied down by too many conditions being imposed by the Japs!!). Hence, a chance to hedge our bets with help from Singapore is a prudent decision indeed.....Hopefully, shall hear from Temasek pretty soon!!!

India urges Singapore to invest in Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/11/indiaurges-singapore-to-invest-in-delhi-mumbaiindust.html)

New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Tuesday urged his urges his Singaporean counterpart, Lim Hng Kiang, to encourage Singaporean entities to invest in one of the 24 nodes of Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, a project aimed at developing an industrial zone spanning six Indian states.

Sharma said that during the meeting, the two countries discussed the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, and he asked Singapore to invest in the 90 billion dollars project.

"Also the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor we have discussed, and the investment nodes, and we have urged Minister Lim to encourage Singapore entities, bringing together on one platform all the stake-holders to invest in one of the 24 nodes identified under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, which will, in fact, be covering six states in India," said Sharma.

The project will see a major expansion of infrastructure and industry, including industrial clusters and rail, road, port and air connectivity within the six states along the route of the Corridor.

The ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) has received a major boost with India and Japan inking an agreement to set up a project development fund.

Meanwhile, Singapore also discussed their generic drug imports from India and made the import procedure much easier at the registration clearance desk from a generic company.

"Basically, whenever Indian companies producing generics, whenever you sell to a country, you got to go through a regulatory process of registering and getting regulatory clearance," said Lim Hng Kiang, Trade and Commerce Minister of Singapore.

"What we have agreed is that you can do that in a normal way but if your generics are already cleared through one of the five countries - US, Canada, EU, UK or Australia - Singapore would take that as already cleared, and we will import it without additional clearance from a generic company," he added.

Singapore is India's largest trading partner in the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. (ANI)

From the looks of DMIC - only Gujarat seems to be doing something concrete. What about the laggards Rajasthan, UP and MP? Its these states that should be jumping the hoops to build the infrastructure - they need it more than any other states - and I don't hear anything happening from these states. Are they truly and officially BIMARU?

Yes, officially govt of India recognizes that that's why they have changed the fund allocation from this year. so states with high growth rate will get less funds.

Surprisingly Bihar also gets low funds due to its high growth rate.

And for projects in UP there is Yamuna expressway, 1047 km access controlled 8 laned Ganga expressway, formula one GP motor racing venue, cricket stadium, hockey stadium. international airport at Kushinagar (Lord Buddha attained nirvana here) and Greater NOIDA, various power plants, new roads and highways etc. etc.

^^ All those UP projects you mentioned are being built by private money and not by govt.

Here's a map showing the alignment of the high speed freight corridor (from Tehelka):
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Question: Is DMIC soemwhat parallel to Del-Mum Golden Quad link?

I read some neta say DMIC is largest infrastructure project Globally. True?

Idea! :nocrook: Whynot desi housing Co.'s put up low-cost cities around obvioulsy hyphy Japanee areas, whynot govt. do a mass migration and shift from UP/Bihar to agri-fy, industrialise and shoon-shaaan these areas ... Oh! I guess that goes without saying ... my bad;)

Is it just me or all can't help notice that deep green agri belt in Pak, above pic. Wow!:smug:

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^^ All those UP projects you mentioned are being built by private money and not by govt.

but where i have said that its by govt money?

but where i have said that its by govt money?

You talked about govt funds and these projects in same breath, so I thought you were saying that govt has increased spending in UP.

[QUOTE=Gotcha;45529813]^^The only thing thats relevant from his post is the last line

I suppose it would be preferable for some of us subsribers that I write in long form ... post in triplicate, and grease some 'bakhshish' over for not jumping on me re: my rapid-fire writing ...

Point taken!

And Yash Chauhan Bhai, you went from support, to insight based comments to outright contrarian, wassap kid?

I suppose it would be preferable for some of us subsribers that I write in long form ..Point taken!



Oh wow ..you can be coherent :) :cheers: More power to you. Please don't revert to your original style. I dont have the requsite grey matter to 'understand' it.

I wonder if the GoI has stipulated a time limit for the implementation of the DMIC and the DMFC projects. Considering that most projects in the north and west of India tend to be completed earlier and faster than the projects in other parts of the country (relatively speaking!!!), it might not be over ambitious to expect the DMIC/DMFC to see the light of day much earlier than the eastern leg being planned from Delhi to WB via UP/Bihar.

I was just checking on the progress of the NHDP GQ project (it is still not done even after 11 years!!!), and they had 80 kms of road work still pending (all in the sectors other than the Delhi-Mumbai leg, which has been 100% done since the last couple of years) as of Feb 10 end. Their latest progress report was posted for Apr 10, and they seemed to have completed only 20 kms in these 2 months, and there is still 60 kms left to be done after 11 years of effort!!!

I wonder what will happen to Kamal Nath's claim of building 20 kms a day, if this is the pace of a project (10 kms on average per MONTH!!!) which has been universally labeled the pièce de résistance of all highway projects in India!!!:bash::bash:

This one should clarify things!!!

Maharashtra gets cracking on Delhi corridor (http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_maharashtra-gets-cracking-on-delhi-corridor_1382730)

Mumbai: There has been an enormous delay in responding to the Centre-envisaged Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, but the state government, finally, has come out of its slumber. It has constituted a high-power committee to develop four integrated industrial mega towns in Dhule, Nashik, Aurangabad and Dighi in a time-bound manner.

More than three years have passed since the Centre initiated the development of the corridor that will connect six states and several districts between Delhi and Mumbai. Gujarat was promptly out of the blocks, but Maharashtra has not yet started the process of land acquisition.

The state government has decided to set up an exhibition and convention centre at Shendra, Aurangabad; the Nashik-Igatpuri-Sinnar investment region; and a multi-model logistic hub at Karla. It also has plans to develop the Dighi port.

“The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is the planning authority for the corridor. It will take care of land acquisition and other things. We are exploring possibilities of promoting manufacturing industries, such as automobiles, white goods, hardware, iron and steel. With adequate connectivity and infrastructure available along the corridor, transportation of raw and finished goods will become easier,” an MIDC official said.

Major chunk of financial assistance for setting up the corridor will come from the Centre. “The early birds will get more assistance. Maharashtra is lagging behind other states involved in the project. Chief minister Ashok Chavan has taken up the matter very seriously. He has directed the department concerned to complete development in a time-bound manner,” the official said.

The high-power committee, headed by state chief secretary JP Dange, will take care of land acquisition, skilled manpower, and adequate supply of water and power for the project.

you are totally missing the ball buddy...i didnt mention any of words like Maharashtra is lagging behind among certain DMIC states...i just said the guy was talkin about few north indian states against gujarat not maharastra...why wasting extra bytes buddy...

you are totally missing the ball buddy...i didnt mention any of words like Maharashtra is lagging behind among certain DMIC states...i just said the guy was talkin about few north indian states against gujarat not maharastra...why wasting extra bytes buddy...

As far as I understand it, I think MP and UP's contribution, benefits and offtake from this whole project is bound to be minimal. Yes, I do agree with the fact that Raj (One of the truly BIMARU) states need to do more bcos they stand to benefit a lot from this....but honestly, I dont even know if we should bother about what UP and MP are doing on their side, since very little of their population is going to be affected/benefited, if at all. Hence, I wanted to impress the fact that out of the main stake holders of DMIC (NCR, Raj, Guj, Mah), Guj is # 1 by a long shot, while Mah is beginning to make its mark....NCR (Delhi city + all of Haryana) might wanna jump in next. But UP, MP.....who cares!!!

This one is in the Maharashtra portion of the DMIC hinterland, so I think it is appropriate that its posted here!!!:banana::banana: While its good news that DMIC will attract a lot of manufacturing jobs to the hinterland, even high paying R&D jobs and related service jobs should also be actively encouraged.

Rs 10,000-crore (USD 2.25 billion) innovation park to come up in Roha (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rs-10-000-crore-innovation-park-to-come-up-in-Roha/Article1-545081.aspx)

The sleepy little town of Roha, located 120 km from Mumbai, may soon see the largest collection of scientists working under a single roof.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) decided to allow the Mahindra and Mahindra group to build a Rs 10,000 crore innovation park which will house 25,000 scientists who will undertake state-of-the-art research in a sprawling 5,000 acre complex.
“Mahindra Life Spaces has been chosen to build the Innovation Project which will cost Rs 10,000 crore. The project has been cleared by the Chief Minister and a formal announcement is likely to be made next month,” a senior government official said.
The MMRDA planned the innovation park on the lines of France’s Sophia Antipolis, as a research and development hub where scientists can find all facilities to undertake research activity and work on product development.
The park will facilitate interaction between scientists and businessmen who can market the technologies or products.
“The MMRDA’s estimate committee found Mahindra’s proposal superior than the others,” the official said. Mahindra has already made a presentation of their plans to the chief minister earlier this week.
MMRDA was seeking builders having a land bank of close to 5,000 acres.
MMRDA will contribute only 26 per cent equity but will help in getting clearances and create infrastructure in the surrounding areas of the park.
The innovation park will be completed in the next 10 years. Mahindra will develop the infrastructure for the park and then sell or lease the land to various pharmaceutical companies who want to undertake research and development work.
The MMRDA is taking help from the Science and Technology Park, which is a part of Pune University, to facilitate the setting up of the park. It will house nearly 2,000 research centers of industries and government where more than 25,000 scientists from over 100 nationalities will do research.
MMRDA officials claim that once operational, the park will create nearly one lakh science-related jobs and nearly eight lakh jobs for allied services.

^^ above post should be Mumbai project thread??? anyways that awesome prjt ,hope get completed in time :)

^^ above post should be Mumbai project thread??? anyways that awesome prjt ,hope get completed in time :)

Roha is 120 km from Mumbai....too far off to be included in Mumbai projects, dont u think??? I added it here, since it comes in the catchment area of the DMIC project, altho it is not being funded thru the DMIC funding agencies....but I m sure there will be mutual benefits reaped by both this project and any DMIC-specific projects that may come up in its vicinity in the future.....

A port connector bypassing the outskirts of MMR is being planned, and Dhule, Aurangabad, Dhighi Port and Nasik are being planned as catchment cities!!:banana::banana:

Maha wants to link JNPT to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Maha-wants-to-link-JNPT-to-Delhi-Mumbai-Industrial-Corridor/articleshow/5948400.cms)

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government wants to link the largest container port JNPT to the ambitious Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project and said it would suggest the DMIC Development Corporation on the alignment of the route in the state.

"We want JNPT, being a major port to be connected to the proposed Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor instead of routing from within the busy financial capital as it already has several infrastructure projects on hand," Principal Secretary for Industry, A M Khan told.

The government is also considering a plan to develop four towns--Dhule, Aurangabad, Nashik and Dighi which come within 150 km radius from the corridor alignment, as integrated mega towns under DMIC.

"These towns would have economic activities rather than just industrial units and would also attract international investment," Khan said.

A convention and exhibition centre has been planned at Shendra near Aurangabad. The town was chosen since the it is being developed under some other projects also, he said.

Engineering and design firm Aecom has been appointed as consultants to study and identify projects and companies which can make investment in these townships, the official said.

A high power committee under the Chief Secretary has also been appointed to look into the progress of the work. The committee would also help in providing logistics, power and water supply for the project, he said.

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a mega infrastructure project passing through six states -Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh- covering an overall length of 1,483 km between the political capital and the business capital of the country.

Roha is 120 km from Mumbai....too far off to be included in Mumbai projects, dont u think??? I added it here, since it comes in the catchment area of the DMIC project, altho it is not being funded thru the DMIC funding agencies....but I m sure there will be mutual benefits reaped by both this project and any DMIC-specific projects that may come up in its vicinity in the future.....

Hey Partho,

Appreciate your enthusiasm for this thread, but tbh news like that should have just gone in the "Maharashtra Projects Thread" in Central/West section.

Lets try and keep this thread for news/updates related specifically to the projects that are officially part of the DMIC or Western DFC. There are far too many projects going on in the 6 DMIC states to fit everything into this thread!

On another note, wrt to the two articles suggesting how well Maharashtra is doing with the DMIC (Maharashtra gets cracking & JNPT article) Im aware that the standard of media reporting isnt always amazing in India, but these really drop the standard to a new low.

All the plans and projects that they refer to as if they are new brainchilds of the Maharashtra Govt have clearly been part of the DMIC masterplan since the start and have been reported by the media and posted here on SSCI as far back as 2006!

What would even be the point of a DFC going to Mumbai would be if it wasnt connected to JNPT? In all honesty, the only real information to get from those articles is that Maharashtra still hasnt begun land acquisition or detailed planning for any of it.

McKinsey's Indian Urbanization Story.....

India's Urban Awakening: Building Inclusive Cities, Sustaining Economic Growth (http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/reports/freepass_pdfs/india_urbanization/MGI_india_urbanization_fullreport.pdf)

Oh wow ..you can be coherent :) :cheers: More power to you. Please don't revert to your original style. I dont have the requsite grey matter to 'understand' it.

... hehe ... bete .. 'Watch & Learn' !

This is due on 12th July 2010 at Le Meredien, New Delhi

Details here (http://www.assocham.org/events/showevent.php?id=450).

there are always enough proposals/plans/visions/etc in india. too little in way of reality

there are always enough proposals/plans/visions/etc in india. too little in way of reality

C'mon man .. don't knock everything in line-of-sight, pls.! Times r a changing ...

Plus, I dis-agree ... there is never enough proposals, hardly any debate or public participation ... it's all so 'propah' ... (all govt.'-ia)...

... does only lack of infrastructure make things so acidic India-side, I think there are as many insurmountable cultural and social issues hidden in the :bash: closet (wazzat?) ... ufff .. ! :ohno: ... hehe ... no infra ... no closet! 'Closets' = Infrastructure in India yea? My bad

An interesting article with facts and numbers to back up....

Have India's clogged rail lines stalled progress? (http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/indias-clogged-rail-lines-stall-economic-progress-31977.php?u=0909)

That was nice and crisp article. Sums up the scenario in a short length.

This has a list of all major consultants and stakeholders. MahaGov seems to be catching up to Guj as far as laying groundwork concerned....I am sure at the end only GJ and MH will make optimal use of this awesome opportunity to completely remake India's destiny......:banana::banana::banana::banana::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

Massive Indian Corridor Work To Start Soon (http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_intr100616IndianRailwa)

The first phase of the $90-billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), a collaboration between India and Japan, is expected to begin late this year and be completed in 2018, say officials. The project to build a 150-kilometer corridor on either side of the 1,483-km freight rail line planned between Delhi and Mumbai was to have started in 2008.

The project incorporates nine mega-industrial zones of about 200 to 250 sq. km, a high- speed freight line, three ports, six airports, a six-lane intersection-free expressway and a 4,000-megawatt powerplant. It will develop 24 locations into high-tech residential and industrial hubs, according to Commerce Minister Anand Sharma.

The first phase includes seven cities, each requiring an investment of around $9 billion to $10 billion.The project received a boost from agreements signed by Japan in January to invest $75 million, with India putting in an equivalent amount. The monies will establish a Project Development Fund (PDF) to finance project structuring, including feasibility studies. The projects then will be handed over to specially floated companies for implementation through a mix of public and private fund-raising.

Four memorandums of understanding were signed in late April by Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corp. (DMICDC) and the state governments of Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra, with Japanese companies Hitachi, Mitsubishi Corp., Toshiba and Tokyo Electric Power Co.

The industrial corridor provides India with a "unique opportunity to adopt [a] futuristic, smart-city concept of minimal pollution, maximum recycling and reuse of finite resources and optimization of energy supplies," said DMICDC chief executive officer Amitabh Kant.The eco-cities in India will follow the Japanese model of using all industrial wastes as raw materials for other industries to achieve zero emissions.

The feasibility studies for the first three smart cities will be commissioned through Japanese consultants this year, Kand stated. Based on the report, the Japanese consortiums will start demonstration projects by year's end.

The U.K.'s Scott Wilson Group plc has been appointed as the overall DMIC region master-plan consultants. London-based Halcrow Group will head the Gujarat Investment Region (IR) and Uttar Pradesh. Los Angeles-based Lea Associates will consult for Madhya Pradesh, India's Jurong Consultants for Haryana, Los Angeles-based AECOM for Maharashtra and the Dighi Port industrial area, and the Netherlands' Kuipercompagnons BV for Rajasthan.

The government says funds will be allotted to the states depending on their progress in getting the projects moving. Interest from Maharashtra is apparent. Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has set up a new department under the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corp. to speed up the work. Procedures of land acquisition for the corridor are being accelerated. The Maharashtra government wants to link the largest and busiest container port to the ambitious DMIC project.

"We want Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust ( JNPT), being a major port, to be connected to the proposed DMIC instead of routing it from within the busy financial capital, as it already has several infrastructure projects on hand," says Principal Secretary for Industry A.M. Khan.

Further, the government is considering a plan to develop four towns-Dhule, Aurangabad, Nashik and Dighi, which fall within a 150-km radius of the proposed corridor-into integrated mega-towns under the DMIC. AECOM will study and identify projects and companies for that purpose.

MahaGov seems to be catching up to Guj as far as laying groundwork concerned....

Based on..........? :dunno:

Anyway, heres a presentation from April on the Gujarati component of the DMIC, including the Dholera SIR and proposed greenfield intl airport

Guj DMIC presentation 16/04/10 (pdf) (http://www.assocham.org/events/recent/event_431/AK_Sharma.pdf)

Plan panel slams Railways for delay in freight corridor work (http://www.mydigitalfc.com/economy/plan-panel-slams-railways-delay-freight-corridor-work-237)

The planning commission has pulled up the railways for the delay in its dedicated freight corridor (DFC) project.

In a letter to the railway ministry, the plan panel has asked railways to firm up a proper business plan, concession agreement, project awarding and the frame work for public private partnership (PPP) model within a timeframe.

Yojana Bhavan also slammed railways for not adopting EPC (engineering procurement and construction) model for DFC projects. “The letter was sent last week. The letter was sent following a review of infrastructure projects by the cabinet.

"The commission had su*ggested railways to go for EPC contract wherein private players would pitch in with funds and suppliers credit. Instead, the railways have begun borrowing from bilateral funding agencies to do the project on its own,” a senior government official said on condition of anonymity.

DFC project has been on slow track for a long time. The cost of DFC has escalated from estimated Rs 28,000 crore to Rs 60,000 crore now. After three years of negotiation, the railways have managed to tie up Rs 4,500 crore loan with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to fund the Western Freight Corridor project covering 1,483 km from Vadodara to Rewari. The eastern corridor is likely to be supported by the World Bank. The World Bank has already committed a Rs 12,000 cro*re loan for Mugalsarai-Kanpur-Khurja section. In addition, the bank has now decided to replace Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the 430-km Khurja-Lu*dhiana stretch of eastern fr*eight corridor.

Planning commission has not favoured such huge borrowing plan for railways. In the recent letter, it said that there is still uncertainty about further cost escalations and railways must control such huge borrowing.

Railways are yet to respond to the commission’s objections. A ministry official said it already has charted out plans for DFC project and therefore, there was no question of delay.


Of course... no question of delay, it is a 100% certainty :ohno:

Somebody should storm railway bhawan, dissolve the whole bloody organization, and start from scratch. We'll have riots for a few months but the future will definitely be brighter.

^^^

:horse: i am ready who else will follow!

Apparently, the land acq reform bill has been stuck thanks to Mamata Banerjee's histronics.....so dont expect much progress till WB state polls in 2011.....or atleast Dec 2010 if they manage to prepone the elections to Nov 2010.....:bash::bash::bash:

Apparently, the land acq reform bill has been stuck thanks to Mamata Banerjee's histronics.....so dont expect much progress till WB state polls in 2011.....or atleast Dec 2010 if they manage to prepone the elections to Nov 2010.....:bash::bash::bash:

Of course these are "allegations". It is fun to see different arms of the government washing dirty laundry in public.

Mamata hauled up for delaying project

http://expressbuzz.com/nation/mamata-hauled-up-for-delaying-project/190124.html

After being called ‘armchair advisers’ by Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath just a week ago, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has hauled up Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for delaying the work on the dedicated freight corridor project.


In a stern letter sent to Mamata, Ahluwalia had pointed out the huge escalation of cost the delay is causing to the eastern and western wings of the project.

The Railways had already given a revised estimate of Rs 60,000 crore, up from Rs 43,000 crore, the original cost of the project at its inception in the UPA-I tenure.

The Planning Commission fears that Mamata’s delaying tactics will push up the cost of the project to a further high of Rs 80,000 crore.

But unable to get the Railway Minister to step up the work on the project, despite repeated reminders, Ahluwalia had asked Mamata to report to the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI), headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ‘on what she has done till now’.

Quite peeved with Mamata (she has not yet bothered to respond to the letter), the Planning Commission is now hoping that by directing her to present a progress report to the CCI, they can pin her down. “It will also help the plan panel to put the record straight,” sources said.

Mamata, it seems, has been ‘quite willfully’ delaying the project by not giving go-ahead to fresh land acquisition proposals. “Without acquiring the land required for the project, no one really knows when the work will end,” sources in the plan panel said.

Of course these are "allegations". It is fun to see different arms of the government washing dirty laundry in public.

Mamata hauled up for delaying project

http://expressbuzz.com/nation/mamata-hauled-up-for-delaying-project/190124.html

The fact that she has refused to accede to the bill is a fact, not allegation.....The consequences, then, too are facts, not allegations......

The fact that she has refused to accede to the bill is a fact, not allegation.....The consequences, then, too are facts, not allegations......

I said alleged for the following reasons:

1) the article says that "Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has hauled up Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for delaying the work on the dedicated freight corridor project." So as per the article Mr Montek Singh is kind of accusing Miss Mamata of delaying the project. Mr Singh is a bureacrat. Unless he is dumb (which he is not), it is extremely doubtful that he will accuse a cabinet minister of "delaying" a project in writing. He probably expressed displeasure aboutdelays by the ministry. He cannot haul up the minister.

2) The "willfull" delaying by Miss Mamata is also attributed to an unnamed "source".

3) Here's another article which kind of mentions some of the content of the letter(s). It doesn't seem to talk about the land issue.

http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/20/slide-show-1-railways-cool-to-montek-critique.htmhttp://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/20/slide-show-1-railways-cool-to-montek-critique.htm

The Ministry of Railways has sat for three months on a strong recommendation of the Planning Commission to redo the supervision of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the Planning Commission's deputy chairman, had written to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in April that the quality of oversight of the board of directors of DFCCIL left quite a bit to be desired. There was, the letter said, need "to lend greater quality to the deliberations of the board".

His letter notes the estimated project cost has shot up by as much as Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) over the Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) estimated earlier and seems likely to go beyond, too.

"The DFC Corporation seems to expect that this entire amount will be provided through the railway budget. Moreover, the DFC Corporation also expects that all its operational expenses would be paid by the railway ministry. Given the exceptionally large financial implications of this project on the railway's budget, it would be desirable to have the Financial Commissioner on its board," said the letter

There are also considerable time over-runs. DFCCIL had awarded two contracts in December 2008, of Rs 605 crore (Rs 6.05 billion) and Rs 781 crore (Rs 7.81 billion) for construction of bridges on the western and eastern corridors, respectively.

Work is progressing only slowly, which would lead to significant time and cost over-runs, states the letter.

Not satisfied with the railways' internal monitoring, Ahluwalia had proposed to the railway minister "to conduct a high-level review and assess the current status, which may also be placed before the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure".

4) Yet another article (http://epaper.asianage.com/Asian/AAge/2010/07/19/ArticleHtmls/19_07_2010_004_032.shtml) states that there was a temporary halt for a review of the land acquistion process but it has resumed. But with the current laws of the country it will take a couple of years to get all the land. The process is definitely going on (http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_land-acquisition-for-dfc-118-farmers-objections-rejected_1408786).

5) Another article (http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264325) also states that "The PMO has now asked the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL), a special purpose vehicle created for building the corridor, to report directly to it."


While Mamata may be incompetent, I think the Indian media is also pretty sensationalist and often portrays a journalist's or the editorial board's "views" as news. So it is hard to fathom what is really going behind the scenes.

DMICDC to invite global bids for four mega projects soon

Gireesh Chandra Prasad
Posted: Monday, Jul 26, 2010

New Delhi: The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC), a union government company, would invite global bids in the next three months to build four mega infrastructure and logistics projects as it begins building sophisticated industrial cities across northern and western India connecting Haryana and UP with Maharashtra with a total investment of $100 billion. These six states, where new cities would come up, account for half of the country’s industrial production and exports and about 43% of the country’s total economic output.

The projects, for which international competitive bids would be called, include a Rs 2,500 crore logistics hub in Pune and a Rs 800 crore-Rs 900 crore exhibition and convention centre in Aurangabad. More expensive projects include a mega industrial park in Gujarat at Dholera and a water supply project in Madhya Pradesh. The initial cost estimates could change as the DMICDC gives final touches to the projects. DMICDC CEO & MD Amitabh Kant told FE that bids would be invited for these projects in the next three to four mon ths from specialists in multi-modal logistics, public transport and water supply management. The first phase of the industrial corridor project would be completed by 2017. About 65%-70% of all the projects would be executed in public private partnerships and a large number of them would require trunk infrastructure or long distance pipelines. The projects would be executed with state government participation to ensure that land, water, power and environment clearances are tied up without delay.

“If India has to grow at 9%, then we need large scale manufacturing. For that, we need to step up manufacturing growth from 16% to 25% of gross domestic product. That’s why we are creating the new industrial cities where the back bone would be the Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor,” Amitabh Kant said.

The states that would directly get benefited are Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/DMICDC-to-invite-global-bids-for-four-mega-projects-soon/651539/

DMIC hubs to add Rs 20,000-bn to Maha''s ind output: MIDC
PTI
Mumbai, Aug 9 (PTI) The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project will boost Maharashtra's industrial output by an additional Rs 20,000-billion over the next three decades, a state agency said.The project would also create 23-lakh industrial/manufacturing additional jobs over the same period, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) said in a press release issued here today. Accounting for the largest share of the DMIC project area-wise, Maharashtra has already put in place an enabling policy framework with an aim to strategically capture the spill-over growth from Mumbai into other areas that fall under this 1,500-kilometre long, 300-kilometre wide belt, it said. The DMIC projects in the state have been divided into two key economic influence zones--Nashik-Sinnar-Igatpuri Investment Region (NSIIR) and the Dighi Port Industrial Area.Under each of the two zones, various industrial and mega-industrial park projects are being implemented, the release said.MIDC is acquiring 70,000-hectares of land to accommodate these DMIC initiatives and steps are also being taken to ensure water allocations and superior road and rail connections to and from every DMIC hub.

I said alleged for the following reasons:

1) the article says that "Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has hauled up Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for delaying the work on the dedicated freight corridor project." So as per the article Mr Montek Singh is kind of accusing Miss Mamata of delaying the project. Mr Singh is a bureacrat. Unless he is dumb (which he is not), it is extremely doubtful that he will accuse a cabinet minister of "delaying" a project in writing. He probably expressed displeasure aboutdelays by the ministry. He cannot haul up the minister.

2) The "willfull" delaying by Miss Mamata is also attributed to an unnamed "source".

3) Here's another article which kind of mentions some of the content of the letter(s). It doesn't seem to talk about the land issue.

http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/20/slide-show-1-railways-cool-to-montek-critique.htmhttp://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/20/slide-show-1-railways-cool-to-montek-critique.htm



4) Yet another article (http://epaper.asianage.com/Asian/AAge/2010/07/19/ArticleHtmls/19_07_2010_004_032.shtml) states that there was a temporary halt for a review of the land acquistion process but it has resumed. But with the current laws of the country it will take a couple of years to get all the land. The process is definitely going on (http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_land-acquisition-for-dfc-118-farmers-objections-rejected_1408786).

5) Another article (http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264325) also states that "The PMO has now asked the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL), a special purpose vehicle created for building the corridor, to report directly to it."


While Mamata may be incompetent, I think the Indian media is also pretty sensationalist and often portrays a journalist's or the editorial board's "views" as news. So it is hard to fathom what is really going behind the scenes.

^^She is both incompetent and selfish. She cares much more about coming to the CM's chair than the progress of the country as a whole. She is delaying providing the necessary approvals to the amendments of the land acquisition bill and would probably continue to do so till her party wins the elections in WB next year.

Cities away from cities


Creating new cities may be the much needed antidote to the skyrocketing housing prices and congestion on our roads, says Sudheer Nair

The 21st century finds a majority of the world’s citizens living in cities and other urban places, for the first time in history. As the planet becomes increasingly urbanised and affected by human activity, the need for a more environmentally sustainable form of urban design has never been greater.

According to a McKinsey Global Institute 2010 report, 590 million people will live in Indian cities by 2030, almost twice the population of the United States today. The study states that India will require 20-25 new cities in the next 30 years near the largest 20 metropolitan cities by providing adequate infrastructure, but funding could be a big bottleneck.

A recent example of a big city coming up is the Lavasa city project in Maharashtra close to Pune, billed as India’s largest hill city. The Vijaynagar Area Development Authority in Karnataka is developing a ‘New City’. The New City would have a capacity to accommodate a population of 5-10 million, according to estimates.

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) plans to build six greenfield cities across the country over the next five years — Dholera in Gujarat, Manesar-Bawal in Haryana, Indore-Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, and Dighi and Nasik-Igatpuri in Maharashtra. This means the plan is to have five brand new cities, which are bigger than Navi Mumbai, in the next five years.

Will such new cities work?

Kumaran and Rashmi Jaishankar, project engineers in a Bangalore-based real estate company, think the success of such cities depend a great deal on the jobs that are created, and whether each of these cities hosts a population of around one million.
For any smart growth of a city, the environmental aspect needs to be taken into account. Quality transportation facility design to deliver the highest quality of urban life is another factor. It is also important to maximise energy efficiency in offices and schools, apart from houses and hospitals. This also minimises the city’s carbon footprint. Environmental sensitivity and long-term sustainability should shape everything about any new city.
Any person who lives in crowded cities will concur. “If people can easily commute between their workplace and home, and also have a better quality of life and meet ‘Maslow’s hierarchy of needs’ at a new location, then the housing shortage can be partly addressed,” says Viswanathan, who works as a finance controller in an MNC. The current housing shortage is a result of everybody moving towards existing cities, thus making real estate more expensive.

“Whenever there is a new city, real estate business will certainly boom especially because of the size of our population and because people always want a better standard of living,” explains Sara Varghese, school teacher at National Public school Indiranagar.

Our goal to have new cities should not be to design the city of the future but to influence the city of today. The achievement will be hollow if new cities become known for their high rise buildings or Special Economic Zones. “Most Indian cities today are reeling under problems of infrastructure collapse because of increasing population, lack of planning and poor management; so a new city can be built only if there is a pro-active government and planning,” opines Yair and Izzie who head departments in a real estate company.

Poor infrastructure is what troubles Madhu Singh, Business Manager. She is “flabbergasted” with the present infrastructure and the traffic jams that she and her colleagues suffer everyday to and fro from office to home means that she will consider moving to a new city if the city is in Karnataka and if she can get a decent job, accommodation with proper civic amenities that are sensitive to the environment and intelligently planned infrastructure integrated with public transport system to meet the fast-evolving future.

Clear revenue sharing

Shashank, a marketing director of a real estate company based in Pune, explains that the private sector won’t mind setting up a part of the city in Karnataka (like Lavasa in Pune) so long as the revenue sharing model is clear. Interest of the private sector in creating brand new cities has been limited mainly because of large requirement of funds, land acquisitions and litigations.

Better connectivity and transportation system in existing cities are important, points out Asha Menon, a lawyer. According to her, creating a new city is a burden on the government exchequer. An increase in housing demand and congestion in cities can be addressed by providing higher Floor Space Index (FSI) in existing cites and improving the infrastructure to support such developments, she points out. On a larger level, she adds, “An ideal situation is when the real estate sector evolves, the way the auto or telecom sectors have evolved in India where there is a product for everybody. So, while you have premium housing at one end of the spectrum, for customers who can afford it, you also have a house for the mid range and a house at the other end of the chain. Every person should be able to buy a house based on his or her purchase capacity.”

‘New cities mean new opportunities’

“New cities bring new opportunities,” according to Pravin Malkani, President, Patel Realty India Ltd. He adds, “Therefore one should see a softening of inner city (current city limits) prices as the outer satellite cities and townships would offer people a more comprehensive lifestyle option and ease of living with lesser congestion, better infrastructure and better planned neighbourhoods etc. Whether it would serve as an antidote and cure the problems of our inner cities really depends on how these satellite developments are connected to mainstream work-and-live areas, and the availability of infrastructure in these satellite towns. Migration to most Indian cities has been due to poor availability of infrastructure and jobs in our hinterlands, and this unfortunately does continue to be the reality six decades into our independence.

“There won’t be any short-to-medium-term antidote effect of these ‘new cities’ going forward, but on a larger (five years plus) window, the satellite townships would be the place to stay in, as the congestion, pollution and space crunch in inner cities would be extreme.” But, would such new cities work and why? Malkani explains that if planned well and provided with basic infrastructure, they would work like a dream.

“The fact that such cities are being planned by the private sector and are even being managed by them over a larger time span would eliminate issues like overflowing bins, potholed streets, broken pavements, stray dogs, hawkers etc. Several such townships are being built (like Neotown - Bangalore South). An earlier example is the Hiranandani Powai development. When announced, Powai was hardly a suburb, but as it grew and people understood the value of the infrastructure and systematic approach of the developer, today it is a much sought after suburb and continues to appreciate creating value for the citizens.”

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/95354/cities-away-cities.html

DMIC to set up 6 power projects along the industrial corridor

The DMIC Development Corporation, which is developing the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, today said that it would set up six gas-based power projects of about 12,000 megawatt capacity each along the corridor.:cheers:

"We will set up 6 gas-based power projects, of which, two power plants will come up in Maharashtra, two in Gujarat and one each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan," Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) CEO Amitabh Kant told reporters here on the sidelines of a CII conference.

This includes 1200-mw plant at Banswara, Rajasthan, 1,000-mw plant near Guna in Madhya Pradesh and about 2,000-MW power plants in Gujarat.

DMIC Development Corporation Chief Executive also said that land acquisition process of the proposed plants have been completed and other necessary clearances, including environmental clearance, are being taken from respective government agencies.

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a mega infrastructure project, covering an overall length of 1,483 km between the National capital and the business capital and entails an investment of over $90 billion.

The corridor is being developed in collaboration with the Japanese government as a global manufacturing and trading hub. The first phase of the industrial corridor is slated for completion in 2018.

Talking about the fuel requirement of the plants, Kant said that an agreement with GAIL has been signed recently for sourcing of 24 million standard cubic meters of gas per day (MSCMD).:banana::banana:

The proposed plants will be set up along the GAIL's Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur and Dahej-Vijaipur pipelines, which falls on the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, he added.

Besides this, the DMICDC is also developing seven new environment friendly cities spanning Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Rajasthan in Phase-I at an estimated investment of about Rs 40,000-50,000 crore, Kant said.:)

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dmic-to-set6-power-projects-alongindustrial-corridor/108229/on

First integrated manufacturing zone to come up in Neemrana

JAIPUR: The first integrated manufacturing and investment zone as part of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor will come up at Neemrana in Rajasthan. This was stated here by Union minister for commerce and industries Anand Sharma on Saturday.

The survey of the project has been completed and the union industries ministry and the state government are giving final touches to the ambitious project, he said.

A presentation of the project was held at the chief minister's office here on Saturday in the presence of the Union minister, chief minister and senior officials.

Sharma said the second manufacturing and investment zone is proposed in Pali and Marwar region. Besides, a footwear design centre at Jodhpur is also proposed at an investment of Rs 100 crore.

Out of the five training institute to train skilled manpower for the industry requirement, the first one would come up at Bhiwadi by April 2011. This is a pilot project and the places for the other four institutes would be identified within two months, he said.

The minister said Rajasthan would emerge as a major industrial and manufacturing hub in the coming days and a number of steps had been taken to realise this aim.

The Centre proposes to set up another spice park at Ramganj Mandi in Kota with special focus on coriander, in addition to the spice park in Jodhpur, he said.

In order to harness the potential of water bodies, the central government has also decided to support the proposal for ornamental fish cultivation. The ornamental fish project were proposed in Banswara, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Hanumangarh, and Bharatpur district, said Sharma.

In order to augment power production to meet the demand of the freight and industrial corridor, DMIC proposes to set up a 10MW solar power project in the state while another 1200 mw of gas-based power project in Banswara is also in the pipeline while two export units of vegetables and fruits are coming up in Sohela in Tonk and Bassi in Jaipur district.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said a huge opportunity is waiting for the state as 39% of the freight and industrial corridor passes through Rajasthan which promises an industrial and employment boom for the state. He said the state is well-prepared to take maximum advantage of the project and is eager to complete the project on time.


Read more: First integrated manufacturing zone to come up in Neemrana - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/First-integrated-manufacturing-zone-to-come-up-in-Neemrana/articleshow/6389683.cms#ixzz0z9JIUhGP

good progress in Rajasthan and Gujarat :cheers:

Govt plans power SUV for Dholera

AHMEDABAD: The state government has proposed a special utility vehicle (SUV) for power distribution in Dholera SIR. The SUV would collaborate with major private power generation companies to meet power requirements in the region.

Citing an example, a recently submitted report on Gujarat- Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation ( DMICDC) to the Gujarat Industrial development Board (GIDB) claims that the SUV can collaborate with any of the private operators like Torrent Power, Reliance Energy, Tata Power or Kalpataru. The SUV would obtain a distribution licence from the state government since the SUV would be a co-developer with the right to buy bulk power from any national grid provider in the state. The SUV can even trade power with a private operator at competitive rates.

"A major objective here is the supply of uninterrupted, reliable power supply at economical rates. Dane SEZ and Mundra SEZ are successfully developing such partnership schemes with Torrent and Adani respectively which are a major attraction for investors," says a senior GIDB official.

The power distribution network in Dholera would be designed to be flexible enough to accommodate not only the estimated 1,700 megawatt but also variations in amount and time of the incoming load. The state government has proposed to build a captive gas power plant of 270 MW. This captive plant would run in synchronisation with state and national grid and in case of a total black out this plant would power essential utilities like streetlights, water supply plant, hospitals and various other emergency services.

Drawing further estimates, the report mentions that industrial load would be the main power consumer, taking approximately 63 per cent of the total demand with social infrastructure constituting 27 per cent while, the remaining 11 per cent would be accounted for mixed loads.

The receiving voltage at Dholera SIR would be 400 Kilovolt (KV). the bulk power transmission voltage level inside the SIR will be 132 KV, while the sub-distribution voltage will be 33 KV. "The lower voltage levels will reduce transformation losses and equipment cost," adds the GIDB official

Read more: Govt plans power SUV for Dholera - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Govt-plans-power-SUV-for-Dholera-/articleshow/6442186.cms#ixzz0z9Kt3ckT

:cheers:

Dholera airport will need Jairam Ramesh’s approval, process initiated

The Airport Authority of India has started process for environment clearance to proposed Dholera airport near Ahmedabad.

Proposed Dholera airport is about 100 km away from the city of Ahmedabad.

The state government has planned this airport.

The proposed airport has already received various clearances from aerospace to defense.

However the next big task is to receive clearance from central Enviornment and forest ministry.

The ministry is led by minister Jayram Ramesh, who is very strict when it comes to environment related matters. Ramesh has not granted clearance to Navi Mumbai airport even after great political pressure.

In such situation, environment clearance process is very important and crucial for Dholera airport. The actual construction work on ground will be possible to start, only after environment clearance is received.

The Airport Authority of India has issued a notice inviting application for shortlisting of consultant for Enviornment impact study of proposed Dholera airport.

The consultants will carry out Environment Impact Study / Environment Management Plan for the project and obtaining clearance from Gujarat State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) & Ministry of Environment and Forest ,Govt. of India (MOEF) for the work of “DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GREEN FIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT DHOLERA NEAR AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT” with period of completion 7 (Seven) Months.

The AAI wants consultant who have satisfactorily carried out (Phase/Part completion of the scope of work in a contract shall not be considered) at least two works for Environment Impact Study (EIS) for Airport / Social Economical Zone (SEZ) project / IT park project and other similar infrastructure projects in India during the last seven years.

The background of Dholera airport

The existing airport of Ahmedabad has emerged as one with highest annual growth in traffic and will get saturated much before the year 2020. The expansion of Ahmedabad airport is difficult due to various reasons. Under the circumstances, a new international airport is required to cater the future traffic.

While assessing the potential and requirements of the Dholera SIR, Government envisaged a tremendous need for a Greenfield International Airport in its vicinity. The level of economic activities in the SIR backed by enormous domestic and foreign investment shall need a world class modern International Airport in this region. Therefore state has included the development of an International Airport in the list of “Early Bird Projects” in consultation with Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy. GoG has also signed an MoU with the Delhi Metro Industrial Corridor Development Company in this regard.

The state Government identified the location for the proposed Airport and has earmarked the land. A parcel of Government land measuring approximately 1700 hectors has been reserved in the triangle of village Pachham-Valinda-Pipli of Taluka Dhandhuka Dist Ahmedabad in the name of Gujarat Industrial Corridor Company Ltd (GICC), which would work as a project development agency for DMIC. The site is about 80 kms from Ahmedabad and around 20 kms from Dholera SIR. In addition to the SIR and Ahmedabad city, this location is also ideally placed vis-à-vis the cities like Nadiyad, Bhavnagar, Vadodara and Rajkot.

http://deshgujarat.com/2010/09/16/dholera-airport-will-need-jairam-rameshs-approval-process-initiated/

:banana::banana::banana:
good to know that leaving environmental they have received other clearances :cheers:

Knowledge City in Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Sept 14:
Under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project, Knowledge City will be established in Ujjain. Higher Education and Culture Minister Shri Laxmikant Sharma today chaired a high-level meeting and held discussions on the proposals received about the Knowledge City project. Principal Secretaries of Higher Education, Technical Education, Commerce and Industry, and Finance departments, Managing Director of TRIFAC, and South Asia Consultant of Knowledge City Early World project consultant Lee Associates were present. Chairman of Private University Regulatory Commission was especially invited to attend the meeting.
Shri Laxmikant Sharma said that Madhya Pradesh is now becoming hub of higher education and technical education. With the establishment of Knowledge City in Madhya Pradesh, the state will have facilities for national and international level higher education, engineering, technical, medical, management, bioscience, agriculture, design planning and environmental academy, vocational and skill development centres. Under the Knowledge City project, around 50 thousand seats in educational institutions would be proposed. On PPP mode, institute of excellence will be set up under the project. The project will be run jointly as an undertaking by the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and Madhya Pradesh Government. The TRIFAC has already prepared project of Knowledge City.
The Knowledge City will be established between Indore and Dewas. For this purpose 419 hectare of land has been earmarked. Out of this around 233 hectare of land is government land and the remaining barren land which the farmers have been agreed to for acquisition by the government. The aim of establishing Knowledge City is to develop necessary technically educated human resources to meet the demands of the industries to be set up under Industrial Corridor. The meeting fixed time-bound plans for Concept Master Plan, Cluster Approach, Infrastructure Demand, Project Phasing etc.
With a view to attracting private investment to the project, the meeting also discussed about the expected investors. Several proposals are being received for establishing private universities in the state. The directors of the educational institutions who proposed to establish private universities would be invited for a discussion to establish educational institutions in the knowledge city. Representatives of South Asia Private Limited spoke in detail about presently running of knowledge cities in Dubai, China, and Singapore. The meeting was also informed that development of infrastructure has been proposed with a view to maintaining international standard.

http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=47280

50,000 seats is a very big number :cheers:

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/8350/statusdmicdc180208r0001ch4.jpg


.pdf to .jpeg ... by freeware .. who would've thought of it for all of us!

And then to act on it and do it but a dedicated die-hard, well done !!! :cheers: .

:runaway: Did I read "12000 MW EACH ... above" re: power plants?
Stands to reason with all the oil & gas play in the region - Guj. & Raj. side.


[QUOTE]Stop Press ! Tragedy !!!


Rlys ask DFC chief to proceed on leave


Press Trust Of India / New Delhi September 22, 2010, 1:09 IST

In the wake of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) expressing concern over irregularities in awarding contracts under the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) project, the railways have asked its chief to proceed on leave, replacing him with another senior official.

S K Malik, additional member in the railway board, has taken over as interim head in place of V K Kaul of DFCC, which was set up to lay about 2,800 km of dedicated freight corridors in the eastern and western parts of the country. Railways sources said showcause notices had been served to 11 officials, including Kaul, involved in the projectCVC, which conducted a probe, concluded that irregularities in awarding contracts included “malicious interpretation of tender provisions and subsequently motivated negotiation against the interest of DFC”.

It investigated awarding contracts for 54 bridges in the Western Corridor between Vaitarna and Utran stations of Western Railway. “The tender itself seems to be awarded at a very high rate, as the consultant’s revised estimate was quite inflated and not based on standard analysis and practices,” the commission observed.

CVC said the “revision in estimates appear to be solely with the purpose of bringing lowest tendered amount near the estimate and thereby facilitating the award”. Changes were made in the contract agreement surreptitiously, against the interest of DFCC and to favour the contractor, CVC said.

It said there was no system of vetting draft tender documents by the legal and finance wing of DFCC. “Changes were made in the agreement unilaterally by DFCC.” It said irregularities were gross and serious and could cause DFCC loss of hundreds of crores of rupees.

The Planning Commission, while expressing concern over the tardy progress of the DFC project work, had desired to revamp the corporation for smooth and timely project execution and appointment of a financial commissioner on its board, given the large financial implication of the project.


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Bloodeee haramiis !!!

CC: fuwad

Japanese consortium to develop ‘smart city' near Aurangabad

Rahul Wadke Hindu Business Line

Mumbai, Aug. 20

Shendra industrial area near Aurangabad will be converted into a ‘smart city' by a consortium of 30 Japanese companies. They have committed an investment of $10 million for converting 400 hectares into a green, high-tech city, with low carbon footprint.

Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is the lead developer of the project. It is a part of the multi-billion dollar Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) which is being jointly developed by the Indian and Japanese governments.

India Government plans to develop a dedicated rail freight corridor of 1,483 km connecting Delhi and Mumbai. Along the alignment of the rail corridor would by be DMIC, which will enhance investment climate and promote the economic development of the region. The Japanese Government would help the Union Government with planning and execution of both the corridors.

The ‘smart city' will come up on the existing 400 hectares of MIDC-controlled industrial area, which is home to companies such as Skoda Auto. The city will have 24-hour power supply and drinking water, rapid urban transportation network, complete waste and water recycling systems. Power supply will be controlled through intelligent grids and smart metering.

Facilities

Dr K. Shivaji, MIDC's Chief Executive, told Business Line that the smart city would be connected with fast and integrated IT systems, modern transportation network and modern recycling facilities. For Japanese companies it is an opportunity to showcase their technological advancement, he said.

Dr Shivaji said that the companies have already started the concept planning for city which is likely to come after 2012. MIDC is also in the process of acquiring additional 1,500 acres of land for the Shendre industrial area, he said.

A senior MIDC official said that the companies would develop the city along the lines of Kitakyushu city in Japan which has successfully managed to integrate environment conservation policy with an industry promotion policy.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...2152071700.htm

:cheers:

Projects under DMIC moving at fast pace

Chandigarh: Four early bird projects, to be developed under the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) sub-region of Haryana, are moving at a fast pace of implementation.

The projects include mass rapid transportation system (MRTS) between Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal, exhibition- cum-convention centre, integrated multi-modal logistics hub and a passenger rail link.

Officials of Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), the nodal agency told FE that the draft reports of these projects are being examined. “Feasibility studies are being conducted to work out the modalities of the projects. The DMIC consultants—Jurong and KPMG-led consortium—are drawing the plans for these projects,” said the official.

Pre-feasibility study of MRTS project has been conducted and location is being finalised. The alignment for MRTS has been finalised and now the minor details are being worked out. “Also the boundaries are being drawn for the Manesar-Bawal industrial cluster to be spread over approximately 800 square km of area,” a senior HSIIDC official said.

Moreover, pre-feasibility studies for exhibition-cum-convention centre and integrated multimodal logistics hub are being conducted. Gurgaon has been shortlisted as the site for convention centre. The integrated multi-modal logistics hub is likely to be developed in Rewari, spread over an area 1,500 acre.

The first phase of the over $100 billion DMIC is expected to be completed by 2018. The DMIC, running through six states—Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra—is being developed in collaboration with the Japanese government as a global manufacturing and trading hub.
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Projects-under-DMIC-moving-at-fast-pace/685488/

India, the ‘nation of villages’, faces an urban future
India’s need for new cities has never been greater. To understand this, one just needs to take a look at numbers produced by McKinsey.

The global consultancy group predicts that by 2030 the number of people living in India’s cities will swell from the current estimate of 340m to about 590m – the fastest addition to an urban population in history, outside China.

At present, only about 30 per cent of India’s 1.1bn citizens dwell in urban centres. The remaining 70 per cent reside in rural areas, making Asia’s third-largest economy the biggest nation of villages in the world, exactly as Mahatma Gandhi, the country’s independence leader, envisioned it would be.

However, this is about to change, as India is on the cusp of an urban transformation, according to Shirish Sankhe and Richard Dobbs, authors of McKinsey Global Institute’s re*port “India’s Urban awakening”.

“It took nearly 40 years for [India’s] urban population to rise by 230m, but it will take only half this time to add the next 250m. Cities will be core to India’s economic growth,” they argue.

“They will generate 70 per cent of net new jobs created by 2030, produce more than 70 per cent of GDP, and stimulate a near fourfold increase in per capita incomes across the nation.”

The rise of a new urban class, which experts believe will represent nearly half of India’s population by 2030, is seen as an opportunity to create and develop state-of-the art cities and drive the country’s growth to double-digit levels, according to city planners, environmentalists and social scientists.

However there are a number of concerns. Is India ready for such a transformation? Are the country’s leaders equipped to direct this phenomenal transition from rural to urban societies? And is there a vision about what kind of new cities should be built?

Prathima Manohar, founder of Urban Vision, an India-based think-tank, says unequivocally that the country is unprepared and ill-equipped to tackle the challenges it faces to create new and better cities.

“Most new cities in the world will probably emerge in India and Africa,” says Ms Manohar. “We have a great opportunity to create the cities we like and, more importantly, we can avoid the mistakes the others in the west and more developed countries made before us. But the problem is that we lack a vision.”

“On the policy side of things, there is nobody driving the development of cities at a macro-level. Policymakers are struggling to deal with the present and are finding it impossible to look at the next wave of urbanisation, which will be bigger and will grow at a very fast pace,” adds Ms Manohar.

Since India gained independence from the British empire in 1947, very few entirely new cities have emerged in the subcontinent. The first newly planned city was Chandigarh, in northern India, which was designed by Le Corbusier. The noted Swiss architect and urban planner had been commissioned by Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister.

Only three other major cities followed: Bhubaneswar and Naya Raipur, in eastern India, and Gandhinagar, in the west of the country. Apart from these four, most other “new” cities already existed and have grown bigger over the past six decades because of economic and industrial development.

In recent years, most of the attention has gone to improving and renovating existing cities under the government’s Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, which in 2005 allocated $23bn to improve infrastructure facilities. Only a small portion of the JNURM funds have been allocated to the development of greenfield cities.

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), a $90bn government-led project to develop the 1,483km swathe of land between the country’s political and financial capitals, is expected to host at least five new cities – Dholera in Gujarat, Manesar-Bawal in Haryana, Indore-Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, and Dighi and Nasik-Igatpuri in Maharashtra – by about 2015. However, the government will have very little say or involvement in the development of these cities.

Amitabh Kant, chief executive of DMIC Development Corporation, a private company that is 49 per cent state-owned, says they would be primarily owned by private companies.

The five cities sprouting along the DMIC will be de facto huge corporate townships, in which the inhabitants would have very little say on the management of the urban centres.

Chetan Vaidya, head of the National Institute of Urban Affairs in New Delhi, says several global companies have expressed interest in taking part in the development of these new cities, as they see it as an opportunity to enter India’s vibrant economy, which is expected to grow nearly 9 per cent this financial year.

Japan’s government is a partner in the DMIC project, contributing about $10bn to the plan, as Japanese groups including Toshiba, NEC and Mitsubishi are also considering setting up production plants along the corridor. Aecom, the US technical and management support services group, will also participate in the development of the master plan for two industrial cities on the DMIC.

However, there are several challenges and bottlenecks that private groups are likely to face and government intervention and policy guidance will be essential.

Land acquisition is one of the biggest, most politically fraught obstacles to industrial growth in India. Farmers have fought bitter battles against their land being taken for industrial use, stalling some projects for years.

In August, thousands of farmers marched on New Delhi streets to protest against government plans to build a highway close to Agra in north India, as they demanded higher compensation.

Housing is another big problem, as the majority of people living in cities are slum dwellers. Millions reside in tin shacks without basic amenities.

New cities, which attract a growing number of people from rural areas seeking better paid jobs, will have to offer affordable housing.

However, at present very few companies can provide housing facilities that cost less than $6,000, which is considered in the range of what lower level manufacturing worker can afford.

On a more long-term basis, there are substantial environmental risks that are likely to emerge as more people move into cities.

The provision of alternative means of transport to the present ones, which are reliant on non-renewable energy, will have to be reconsidered, says Ms Manohar.

Abraham Reuben, director of the Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions at the Indian School of Business, says many of these challenges can be tackled by the private sector in a profitable manner.

His centre has been working with a number of private companies to provide affordable housing, education and health services among others.

“Urbanisation is an inevitable trend, a positive one, that we need to embrace,” he says. “However, it is essential to tackle basic problems, such as housing, now before it is too late. Then people will realise that urbanisation can be a force for good.”

The way India manages its urban transformation will determine the course of its development and economic ascent, say several urban planning experts.

“We have the rare opportunity to start from scratch, we shouldn’t waste it,” says Ms Manohar.

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Rlys ask DFC chief to proceed on leave

In the wake of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) expressing concern over irregularities in awarding contracts under the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) project, the railways have asked its chief to proceed on leave, replacing him with another senior official.

S K Malik, additional member in the railway board, has taken over as interim head in place of V K Kaul of DFCC, which was set up to lay about 2,800 km of dedicated freight corridors in the eastern and western parts of the country. Railways sources said showcause notices had been served to 11 officials, including Kaul, involved in the project.

CVC, which conducted a probe, concluded that irregularities in awarding contracts included “malicious interpretation of tender provisions and subsequently motivated negotiation against the interest of DFC”.

It investigated awarding contracts for 54 bridges in the Western Corridor between Vaitarna and Utran stations of Western Railway. “The tender itself seems to be awarded at a very high rate, as the consultant’s revised estimate was quite inflated and not based on standard analysis and practices,” the commission observed.

CVC said the “revision in estimates appear to be solely with the purpose of bringing lowest tendered amount near the estimate and thereby facilitating the award”. Changes were made in the contract agreement surreptitiously, against the interest of DFCC and to favour the contractor, CVC said.

It said there was no system of vetting draft tender documents by the legal and finance wing of DFCC. “Changes were made in the agreement unilaterally by DFCC.” It said irregularities were gross and serious and could cause DFCC loss of hundreds of crores of rupees.

The Planning Commission, while expressing concern over the tardy progress of the DFC project work, had desired to revamp the corporation for smooth and timely project execution and appointment of a financial commissioner on its board, given the large financial implication of the project.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/rlys-ask-dfc-chief-to-proceedleave/408794/

Freight Corridor Scam: Nitish Says Lalu's Defence Weak
Launching fresh tirade against his bete noire Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said Prasad's 'weak defence' to allegations of Rs 700 crore scam in eastern and western freight corridor projects indicated that there was "something wrong."

"Mr Turnaround's (Lalu) weak defence to the allegations have fuelled the speculation that 'daal mein kooch kala hai' (there is something wrong)," Kumar told reporters here.

Alleging Prasad had stunted the growth of railways during his stint at Rail Bhavan, Kumar said "had everything been alright, Prasad would not have called the press in haste to deny the role of his office in the irregularities in allotment of tenders for the freight corridor projects.

"His (Lalu's) poor defence to the allegation has left several questions behind crying for answers," Kumar said and added that he would try to mobilise necessary documents about it before making full facts public.

"In fact, Prasad has said that the DFC committee has been responsible for the tender process... What is the justification for the then railway minister to speak about it... It will also raise questions about the person who headed the committee and from which place he comes from," he said.

Prasad had yesterday rubbished BJP's charge about his involvement in the alleged freight corridor scam saying neither the office of railway minister nor the Railway Board had any role in allotment of tenders.

"Neither the office of railway minister nor the Railway Board has any role in allotment of tenders for the freight corridor projects," Prasad said at a hurriedly convened press conference.

"Is khulasa ne Mr Turnaround Ka Yeh Rail ke Khel ko expose kar diya hai (this revealations of the scam in freight Corridor Projects in Railways under Lalu has exposed the fishy deals that might have taken place during that period... I think it will be uncovered one by one," Kumar charged.

"Safai bahoot Kamjor lagta hai (the explanations to the allegations by Lalu is very very weak)... It reflects that everything is not good and transparent," Kumar said.

http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?694257

IL&FS, Reliance to join hands for industrial township in Haryana

NEW DELHI: Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services will become an equal partner with Reliance Industries to develop an industrial township in Haryana, a project that is a pale shadow of what was planned as an ambitious special economic zone sprawling over 25,000 acres.

IL&FS will be given a 45% stake in a so called ‘Model Economic Township’ at Jhajjar which will focus on the domestic market, documents prepared by a Haryana government agency, and seen by ET, show. Reliance Ventures, a subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani-led RIL, will own 45% in the project and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) the rest. Of the about 10,000 acres acquired for what was meant to be an SEZ, 9,000 acres will be used to set up the township, which is meant to host global manufacturers keen on Indian opportunities.

The remaining 1,088 acres will be retained for the multi-product SEZ in Gurgaon, a project in which Reliance Ventures will have a 90% stake and HSIIDC the rest. Both IL&FS and Reliance declined comment. One of the key reasons for splitting the Haryana SEZ, in two, is because of the uncertainty over tax concessions for SEZs under the proposed new direct tax law, said an official familiar with the development.

The Direct Taxes Code Bill, which was tabled in Parliament in August, says only units in SEZs that commence commercial operations by March 2014 or are notified before March 2012 will be allowed profit-linked deductions. To make the township project attractive, its promoters have proposed that the location should be the main hub in north India for the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor being developed in partnership with the Japanese government.

The Haryana industrial investment agency has approved the setting up of the township and has sent the proposal to the DMIC, said a state government official. The deal with IL&FS values the township at around $1 billion (Rs 4,500 crore), said a person aware of the matter. The promoters of the township are in advanced talks with Mitsui, the largest export house in Japan, to divest a minority stake in the project.

They are also in discussions with several companies to lease land, among them Panasonic, which has agreed to take around 100 acres on long-term lease for nearly Rs 100 crore. More than half a dozen companies are expected to follow suit. The Harayana SEZ was to be India’s largest, with a target to generate 5 lakh jobs, a cargo airport and a 2,000-mw power plant with rail linkages from Delhi Metro.

However, due to protests across the country over land acquisition, the government capped the size of SEZs at 12,500 acres. Reliance then said it will develop two SEZs of 12,500 acres each in Jhajjar and Gurgaon but that plan has been stymied by its inability to obtain contiguous plots of land. When the plan was conceived in 2005, the projected investment in the project was in excess of Rs 50,000 crore. Till now, Reliance has invested around Rs 4,500 crore to acquire some 10,000 acres of land in the Jhajjar district of Haryana that lies between Gurgaon and Sonepat districts.

source (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/real-estate/news-/ILFS-Reliance-to-join-hands-for-industrial-township-in-Haryana/articleshow/6647773.cms)

township in 9000acres :eek2:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9670af02-c50f-11df-b785-00144feab49a.html

Since India gained independence from the British empire in 1947, very few entirely new cities have emerged in the subcontinent. The first newly planned city was Chandigarh, in northern India, which was designed by Le Corbusier. Only three other major cities followed: Bhubaneswar and Naya Raipur, in eastern India, and Gandhinagar, in the west of the country. Apart from these four, most other “new” cities already existed and have grown bigger over the past six decades because of economic and industrial development.


Not sure what the journalist is trying to say. Many parts of Bhubaneswar are centuries old. Naya Raipur is near Raipur.

In that aspect, sections of Bhopal are also new. Many other newer townships and cities have been built.

Not sure what the journalist is trying to say. Many parts of Bhubaneswar are centuries old. Naya Raipur is near Raipur.

In that aspect, sections of Bhopal are also new. Many other newer townships and cities have been built.

the biggest example is greater noida,new gurgaon(entirely built by DLF), lavasa hills, sahara city etc....

the biggest example is greater noida,new gurgaon(entirely built by DLF), lavasa hills, sahara city etc....
Bokaro Steel City !!

Bokaro Steel City !!

and jamshedpur steel city by TATA ;)

and jamshedpur steel city by TATA ;)
yes jamshedpur... thanx sscaddict...

MP gets DMIC’s power plant

The third proposed 1,000-MW power plant on the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) will be set up in Madhya Pradesh’s Chainpura industrial area in Guna district. To be commissioned by the DMIC Development Corporation (DMICDC), the set up will be a part of six power plants allocated for the corridor in the first stage.
“All the six power plants, with a total R20,000-25,000 crore investment will be set up close to the gas grid,” said Amitabh Kant, CEO and MD, DMICDC. “We are going for gas-based plants due to higher efficiency and environment-friendly technology.”

Having acquired 250 acres of land at the Chainpura industrial area, the Madhya Pradesh government has issued land allotment letter and confirmed water linkage from Gopi-Krishna Sagar dam for the project. “We’ll extend all kind of support required for this ambitious project,” Satya Prakash, additional chief secretary, commerce and industry, told HT.

The three projects — two in Maharashtra (Bhagad & Indapur) and one in MP — have received the first stage environmental clearance. DMICDC has already signed an MoU with GAIL for sourcing of gas.
The DMIC — a mega infra-structure project of $90 billion — covers around 1,483 km between Delhi and Mumbai.

source (http://www.hindustantimes.com/MP-gets-DMIC-s-power-plant/Article1-607819.aspx)

Govt to borne 35% cost of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor

DMIC Development Corporation, which is developing the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, today said the government will finance 35 per cent of total funding requirements of the corridor, while the rest of the money will be generated through public-private partnership.

"Trunk infrastructure on the corridor will be funded by the government, which is approximately 35 per cent of the overall funding requirements," Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) CEO Amitabh Kant said while addressing a CII conference.

He added that there is no shortage of fund and rest of the funding requirements will be generated through PPP mode.
The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a mega infrastructure project, covering an overall length of 1,483 km between the National Capital and financial capital Mumbai and entails an investment of over $90 billion.

The corridor is being developed in collaboration with the Japanese government as a global manufacturing and trading hub. The first phase of the industrial corridor is slated for completion in 2018.

Present on the occasion, Director Finance of Dedicated Freight Corporation of India, R K Sinha said that next freight corridors when approved by the government would require different kind of financing and innovative financial structures as about 20,000 km of double track will be laid under this.

The Dedicated Freight Corporation of India (DFCIL) is currently developing two dedicated corridors for freight movement -- Dankuni in West Bengal to Ludhiana as Eastern Freight Corridor and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai to Dadri in Uttar Pradesh as Western Freight Corridor.

Funding requirement of Western corridor is being met by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), while the government and World Bank would finance different stretches of the Eastern Freight Corridor, he said.

He added that for Sonnagar-Dankuni stretch on the Eastern Corridor, PPP mode will be adopted, for which the DFCIL is in the process of finalising detail terms of concession agreement.

source (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/govt-to-borne-35-costdelhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor/111331/on)

^^ Thanks for updates SSCA :cheers:

^^ Thanks for updates SSCA :cheers:

welcome mate :cheers:

Long but informative interview (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/7-cities--2-000-sq-km--Rs-325-000-crore/693686/) with DMICDC CEO and MD, Amitabh Kant

The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC), a joint venture between the Government of India and IL&FS and IDFC, is the only developer of new cities of any serious size in India. As per the plan, it will develop 24 industrial cities (cities with a large focus on industrial activity) over 5,000-5,500 sq km in area in the DMIC region that accounts for 43% of India’s GDP, 45% of its current factories and 57% of its exports. By way of contrast, Hindustan Construction Company’s Lavasa, near Pune, is around 60 sq km. DMICDC’s CEO & MD Amitabh Kant spoke to Sunil Jain about the first phase to develop 7 cities over 2,000 sq km and at a cost of Rs 325,000 crore by 2018.

What will be the cost of these cities?

The overall plan is to develop 24 cities along the 1,483 km Delhi-Mumbai corridor by 2040. The first phase has 7 cities over 2,000 sq km and a cost of around Rs 325,000 crore. To put this in perspective, Delhi is around 700 sq km and the new Lavasa is around 60 sq km. The costs differ. Dholera will be around 540 sq km and the cost is around Rs 60,000 crore. Dighi is 230 sq km and will cost Rs 44,000 crore; Manesar-Bawal’s 380 sq km should cost Rs 70,000 crore...

All of these will be developed on a PPP basis?

All the cities, but not all parts of them. The problem that you see with a city like Gurgaon is the lack of sewerage due to the unplanned nature. Our plan is to do detailed master-planning of the city and then develop the trunk infrastructure, the roads, the power plants, the sewerage and stuff like that. We will use PPPs to do all this, but we will do this before bidding out the city.

About a third of the cost of a city is trunk infrastructure, the rest can be PPP’d. And even this trunk infrastructure can be PPP’d—like the way the NHAI is getting work done—but it has to be readied before the residential/commercial/industrial areas of the city are put out on bid. In Dholera, of the Rs 60,000 crore cost, roughly Rs 17,000 crore will be the trunk infrastructure that we need to develop; the city developers will not do it as, in itself, this is not a profitable venture.

Once you do proper master-planning, like ensuring the city has a Bus Rapid Transport corridor going through it, that people live close to their work and so on, this reduces energy consumption by around 40%. No amount of energy-efficient buildings can substitute for this. Worker housing is critical to this piece… without it, you’ll just have urban slums. And you need to get the water and energy part worked out… cities need water and energy, and the idea is to see how to reduce both and to control the pollution both result in.

...What IBM calls a smarter planet?

Absolutely! I’ve visited cities in Japan, China, Korea… cities that have had yellow rivers and grey skies due to industrial pollution and today have almost everything being recycled—they have blue skies and blue waters now. But for all this, we have to lay down the specifications and then not allow the developer to deviate from the plan. In Asia, a lot of smart cities are based on technology solutions provided by the likes of IBM; in Korea the drivers are telcos. Eventually, one central command room has to allow you to look at what’s happening on water, on energy, on effluents and so on.

So how are you planning to do this here?

By March, we’ll have consultant feasibility reports on how to green four existing cities—Manesar, Dahej, Changodar-Sanand and Shendra. These will be then given out on PPP and we’ll study the results before seeing how to apply them in our new cities. Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Hitachi and JGC are heading the consortium that is doing the detailed studies.

How do you plan to fund these 7 cities?

What I’ve done is to see how a DLF or a Unitech would finance a project, though this is on a dramatically different scale. They develop one block, sell some part of it first and then get higher values for the rest and then move on to the next phase, right? We’ll do that as well. Say we need a trunk BRT of 55 km, we won’t do all 55 on Day 1. We’ll do 8 or 10, then land values will rise around this; this money will then go into the project and will be used to develop the next phase.

Who runs the project, DMICDC?

Each city project will be run through an SPV, equally owned by central and state governments—prior to this, 5% of the equity of the SPV will be given to land-losers, to ensure they have a stake in the city over the 20-30 years that it takes to get completed. The state government will buy all the land needed and that will be its equity in the project. In addition to the 5% equity, we’ve tied up with GTZ of Germany, the world’s best skill developers... the idea is that each family of land-losers will get trained in 16 skills, which will make them employable anywhere in the country.

So the city project is fully funded from day one?

Our calculations show there will be a fund mismatch for the first 12-13 years, after which the city makes lots of money. So we are asking the central government to make available a corpus to bridge this gap.

How much does that work out to?

It differs from city to city, so the final figure will only be known when we’re developing the city, but we’re not asking for all the money upfront. We want Rs 3,000 crore for Dholera and around Rs 2,500-2,800 crore for each of the others. We’re saying we’ll use this to do the detailed master-planning, then develop, say, part of the trunk infrastructure; once the value of land around this rises, the SPV sells off part of the land it owns; and the money goes back to the SPV; this then helps finance the next phase. In fact, ideally, after the cities have developed and the Centre has made money, it should use this to develop other cities.

Why do you call them industrial cities?

If you look at economic growth, it has all been powered by cities whether you’re talking of a Shuzou or Lingang in China or an Iskandar in Malaysia. But you can’t set up an industrial area in a vacuum, the young managers want schools, entertainment and so on. It has to be around a vibrant city life, so that’s what we are doing. Once the project is done, by 2040, our consultants estimate that industrial output in the DMIC area will go up by a multiple of 1.6 times as compared to a situation where there was no DMIC.


So, from an Urban-Infra pov, at least 6months till we start see if the "eco-city" plans for Manesar, Dahej, Changodar-Sanand and Shendra manage to translate into reality by attracting the kind of investment they have been talking about.

guys i dont understand one think

rather than all these fancy smancy things they have about an industrial corridor over a 40 year old period.


why not simply make the entire stretch of the NH8 a 10 lane road fully illuminated at night with service lanes on either side?

Thats just 1500km from one end to another and covers many important cities like Surat Baroda Ahmeadabad Jaipur along the way?

It will take about 20 billion to build IMO and will be much quicker

guys i dont understand one think

rather than all these fancy smancy things they have about an industrial corridor over a 40 year old period.


why not simply make the entire stretch of the NH8 a 10 lane road fully illuminated at night with service lanes on either side?

Thats just 1500km from one end to another and covers many important cities like Surat Baroda Ahmeadabad Jaipur along the way?

It will take about 20 billion to build IMO and will be much quicker

firstly only roads/expressway is not the only solution we first need a railway system for freight movement

secondly there will be a lot of difficulty for acquiring land then it will lead to alterations in the route

thirdly there needs to be availability of skilled labour around the industrial belt which is not necessary that it is available on the specified route

fourthly since you are recommending a whole belt then there needs to be availability of water,MOEF clearance and residential townships/small cities with adequate infra to sustain the labour and people working in industries

etc..etc...

@ Ichi,

Of course you could build a 10-lane road from Delhi to Mumbai far quicker and cheaper, but it wouldnt come anywhere near accomplishing what this project aims to.

I suggest you re-read some of the thread if you are still confused as to what the aims of this project are.

@GJ

some of these projects I fear are just too huge to get off the ground in a country like india and the time scale seems way out of whack.

Do you believe with our political process and environment whereby there is no real continuity in terms of power at the centre states concerned and massive land acquisition issues this project will see the light at the end of the tunnel?

Dont you think its over reaching a bit too much? I mean 30 year time scale is just predicting way too much into the future.


@SSC addict

Well i have seen the action along the mumbai pune express way and industry and capitalism in general has struck up right along the route without there being any planning for it what so ever.


Based on the same logic IMO if we build an express way(or many lane highway) along the NH3 and NH8 as I have suggested and let capitalism take care of the rest naturally it will serve us better.


Freight IMO can be moved by trucks at a good pace on a many lane highway.


you could have a top speed limit of 150km per hour on these highways potentially brining Delhi and Mumbai within 10 hours of each other.

Well i have seen the action along the mumbai pune express way and industry and capitalism in general has struck up right along the route without there being any planning for it what so ever.


Based on the same logic IMO if we build an express way(or many lane highway) along the NH3 and NH8 as I have suggested and let capitalism take care of the rest naturally it will serve us better.


Freight IMO can be moved by trucks at a good pace on a many lane highway.


you could have a top speed limit of 150km per hour on these highways potentially brining Delhi and Mumbai within 10 hours of each other.

well i think that freight remains a concern because the one goal of DMIC was to set up i think coal and gas power plants and for this we need coal imports from mumbai port so we need a dedicated freight for that and also its(DMIC) aim is to quadraple exports which can only be done if we have a freight corridor IMO

and for your recommendation of NH3 and NH8 i think we will need multiple approvals of state govts. and there may be a fight politically between congress and bjp
also mumbai-pune was done because the availability of raw materials easily and skilled labour easily since it was near the financial capital
maybe when it passes through MP or even Rajasthan there can be a shortage of these things

rather than a 10 lane expressway i would like to have a HSR which will reduce the travelling time between mumbai and delhi......less than maybe 5-6 hrs

del

well i think that freight remains a concern because the one goal of DMIC was to set up i think coal and gas power plants and for this we need coal imports from mumbai port so we need a dedicated freight for that and also its(DMIC) aim is to quadraple exports which can only be done if we have a freight corridor IMO

and for your recommendation of NH3 and NH8 i think we will need multiple approvals of state govts. and there may be a fight politically between congress and bjp
also mumbai-pune was done because the availability of raw materials easily and skilled labour easily since it was near the financial capital
maybe when it passes through MP or even Rajasthan there can be a shortage of these things

rather than a 10 lane expressway i would like to have a HSR which will reduce the travelling time between mumbai and delhi......less than maybe 5-6 hrs


From what i know there are a string of ports in Guj coming up ready to handle the coal to lessen the burden on Mumbai.

I do believe there always exists a freight line from IR between Delhi (NCR) and Mumbai directly from both of mumbai ports (though could be wrong but i have heard of it)


When we construct a 10 lane highway just have a dedicated freight lane and trucking lane on it. Freight trains on average across the globe travel at speeds of 50-60 km per hour. I am sure that a dedicated signal free road you will be able to do the same with a truck.

A high speed rail link will cost a lot of construct. Better IMO to upgrade the current track route and run a train an average speed 200km per hour.

Dont think many will be able to afford the ride. Could also be a case of low cost airline travel being cheaper.

Dont think many will be able to afford the ride. Could also be a case of low cost airline travel being cheaper.

this is somewhat happening in china
but i think till the time it is built(as we know the speed of IR) people will have enough+i think govt. should initially subsidy to HSR(if built).....

From what i know there are a string of ports in Guj coming up ready to handle the coal to lessen the burden on Mumbai.


that are for the plants in gujarat itself
like adani's mudra specially for its 4620 MW mundra power plant

this is somewhat happening in china
but i think till the time it is built(as we know the speed of IR) people will have enough+i think govt. should initially subsidy to HSR(if built).....

the geography of china and the distance between chinese cities and the route IMO more feasible.

Anyways, China has plenty of money to spare IMO. They dont have our levels of debt to GDP ratio is nearly 80%.

Now i realise that we can easily claw that deficit back by selling gov stake in publically listed companies etc and a rising tax base.

But still, I think it will be much cheaper to travel from Mumbai to Delhi and faster as well via plane.

your currently talking about 5-6 hours from say my house to centre of Delhi.

two hours flight time and three hours getting to and from the airports (which will be faster with the new Delhi airport to New delhi high speed link) with an hour added in for delays like traffic jams or airport bag handling issues.So even with a High speed rail link IMO it might be faster to travel via plane.

It currently costs about RS 8000-9000 to travel Mumbai to Delhi via plane for me on low cost airlines. IR costs about Rs3500 last i checked for AC travel with faster train in 16 hours.


I just think there needs to be a measure for all segments of society in years to come

1. Fastest mode of travel with direct flights between two cities 5-6 hours (rich, some upper middle class and buisness) costing about Rs10000-Rs20000

2. An upgraded dedicated track travelling at 150-160km per hour average speed with 4-5 stops in btween taking 9-10 hours (upper middle class-middle middle class) Rs4000-Rs6000

3. A normal track which anybody can afford taking 16-20 hours with many stops and an average speed of 90-70km per hour (middle middle class to lower middle class) Rs1000-Rs3000

4. A garib rath taking 30-35 hours making plenty of stops travelling at 30-40km per hour with cheapest of all fares.(lower middle class to poor) Rs500-Rs50. You could subsidies this route maybe.

out of the above options 1,3 and 4 are in place for the rail segment.

You can maybe further suppliment the rail by running a cheap BRTS system along he NH8 or NH3 taking 15-24 hours depending on stops and different levels.


I feel the above appraoch will be commerically more viable and sustainble then simple subsidies.


Who knows with newer planes coming in they might run on ethanol fuel and reduce travel time between the two cities to one hour or so in the coming decades.

With a HSR you committing yourself a lot. when new tech might easily be available.

the geography of china and the distance between chinese cities and the route IMO more feasible.

Anyways, China has plenty of money to spare IMO. They dont have our levels of debt to GDP ratio is nearly 80%.


I just think there needs to be a measure for all segments of society in years to come

1. Fastest mode of travel with direct flights between two cities 5-6 hours (rich, some upper middle class and buisness) costing about Rs10000-Rs20000

2. An upgraded dedicated track travelling at 150-160km per hour average speed with 4-5 stops in btween taking 9-10 hours (upper middle class-middle middle class) Rs4000-Rs6000

3. A normal track which anybody can afford taking 16-20 hours with many stops and an average speed of 90-70km per hour (middle middle class to lower middle class) Rs1000-Rs3000

4. A garib rath taking 30-35 hours making plenty of stops travelling at 30-40km per hour with cheapest of all fares.(lower middle class to poor) Rs500-Rs50. You could subsidies this route maybe.



see with china i meant that chinese HSR are now running in heavy losses since people considering air travel more cheap and thus preferring air over rail

and for garib rath i just checked that it takes 16 hrs and costs(lowest class) rs550 which i think is very better(actually it is at par with rajdhani in terms of time taken) considering your 4 point

rest all i agree with you and i think we should wait at least 4-5 yrs so that we can get enough money/funding a HSR with research in cheaper techniques